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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION EIGHT PAGES
VOLUME XXX
FLATTSMOUTT1, NEBRASKA. MONDAY JULY 10, 1911
NO 51
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UK PASSED Bl HE HIE LEGISLA
TURE UGH GO INTO EFFECT TODAY
Read Over the List, Hunt Up the
Ignorance of the Provisions
Today, July 7, a large number
of laws enacted by the late session
of the legislature, become ef
fective, and many laws that have
heretofore been in force were re
pealed at the same time. The
new closed primary law, the auto
mobile regulation act, the reap
portionment measure, several re
forms attempted in the line of
the conduct of the state's busi
ness, the trust company act and
the law providing for the com
mission form of government for
cities over 5,000 in population
lead the others in general im
portance and are among those
which will be operative statutes
beginning today.
Among those measures which
were enacted at the 1911 session
and which are of moment to the
people of the state at large are
the following:
H. R. 433 Requiring the regis
tration of stallions.
II. R. 177 Relating to the con
trol and suppression of infectious
diseases of domestic animals.
S. F. 115 The Ollis stock
yards bill.
S. F. 273 The Placek sen
atorial reapportionment.
S. F. 200 The Alberts judicial
reapportionment.
K. F. 314 The county attor
ney's salary act.
S. F. 342 The Banning bill
providing for the commission
form of government for cities.
H. R. 5 Providing for the in
corporation of religious societies.
, S. F. 171 The Tibbels-Jensen
trust company act.
S. F. 81 Relating to the pay
ment of jurors.
H. R. 389 Making judges in
eligible to election to other ollices
while si ill holding the office for
which they were elecled.
S. F. 173 The Hurtling bill
changing Ihe method of teaching
al the Omaha school for Ihe deaf.
II. R. 309 Providing for Ihe
appointment of legislators in
cases of vacancies.
II. R. 170 The new primary
election act.
II. R. 7 The act relating to the
salaries of clerks of Ihe distiict
court.
II. R. 00 The county commis
sioners' salalry bill.
Taken to Jail Soon After Taking
Poison, Where He Will Re
main for a Time.
Prom Friday's Dally.
Fred Ohin, whom Ihe officers
think was recovering from a
spree, yesterday afternoon had
some words with the loeai man
agement of the gas company
about the payment of a bill. Ohm
objected to the bill in some ol its
details, but stated that he had
the money with which to pay the
hill. He was asked why he did not
pay it, then, when he wheeled up
on his heel, left the office of the
gas company, went to a local drug
store, procured poison on the
pretext that he wanted to kill bed
bugs, hurried back to the pres
ence of Ihe gas officials and
started lo take the contents of
the bottle of poison and succeed
ed in swallowing a part of it be
fore Ihe bystanders could prevent
him.
A physician was summoned at
once and a quantity of lard and
raw eggs were given Ohm and he
was arrested and taken to the
county jail. It was Ihe physician's
order that he be given no walrr
until 11 o'clock, but so persistent
ly did the would-be suicide beg
for water that at about 7:.'0 ho
chief of police, with the consent
of Ihe physician, allowed him to
have some water. He was given
a large tinful, which he swallow
ed at one gulp and asked for
ATTEInPTED SUICIDE
OF FREDRICK 01
Law and Become Posted, as
of Any Law is No Excuse.
II. R. 572 Relating to the fees
paid insurance examiners.
II. R. 210 A lire escape act.
II. R. 243 The game season
measure.
II. R. 219 The Hardin-Sanborn
pure seed act.
H. R. 360 The Bulla hotel
commission act.
II. R. 53 The service letter act.
S. F. 240 Relating to the
sanitation of factories.
II. R. 481 The printing com
missioner bill.
11. R. 197 Provides for Ihe
construction of storm sheds on
railroad right's of way for use of
shippers.
S. F. 319 Railroads to furnish
men to protect freight.
II. R. 158 Relating to the re
leases and assignments of
mortgages.
S. F. 271 The Smith mortgage
tax act.
II. R. 274 The slate aid to
bridges over streams more than
175 feet wide.
II. R. 252 The McArdle auto
mobile act.
II. R. 703 Creating a depart
ment for the inspection and
supervision of construction of
slate buildings.
11'. R. 590 All state buildings
to be constructed within the ap
propriation made for same.
II. R. 98 Creating an advisory
board of pardons.
II. R. 2 The Eastman agri
cultural school act.
H. R. 257 Telephone booths to
be constructed in depots for the
use of patrons.
II. R. 71 Relating to the hours
of trainmen's service.
II. R. 286 Relating to the test
jug of grain in wagons.
v H. R. 109 Relating to Ihe
carrying of concealed weapons.
S. F. 55 Relating to the haul
ing of voters to the polls.
S. F. 318 The anti-bucket
shop act.
II. R. 107 The Hnush anti-free
gift act.
II. R. 313 Prohibiting minors
under 18 from using tobacco.
H. R. 215 Prohibiting hypnotic
.exhibit ions.
S. F. 175 The Hoagland in.le
'tenninate sentence, act.
II. R. 538 The Grossman
medical college bill.
more. Ohm was given the cup
and told to go lo the hydrant,
where he drank seven or eight
more cupsful.
It is the feeling of some of the
citizens of the town that Ohm
should have a term in the peni
tentiary, as one who values
human life as lightly as he ap
pears lo, and attempts to lake it
with no apparent, cause, should
Jia- a chain' lo learn self-con-
troi. I he offense is punishable by
a term in state's prison and there
is no doubt it would be beneficial
to Ohm to serve the slale for a
few years.
Ohm will not, di from Ihe
poison taken. It is" the general
opinion that lie tried to kill him
self because of Ihe trouble he has
been having with his wife.
Bent Kinkead Writes.
Mr. Charles Martin is in receipt
of a letter from his old friend,
Bent Kinkead, at Seattle, in which
Benton expresses himself as
somewhat lonesome, saying that
there he knows no one, while in
Platlsmoulh he knew everyone
and their dog, and ho finds time
hangs a little heavy on his hands.
The labor market there is in bad
condition, and he says they are
Ihe same all along the coast cities.
There are many men for each job.
The spring hail been somewhat
backward there and fruit was not
going lo make more than half a
crop. The weather hail been cool
all spring, ami every night a man
! needed two pairs of blankets lo
I sleep under.
Pmoke La-Flor-de-Fama, tte papu
lar 10c cigar. The bem on the market.
THINGS TO REMEMBER IN
KEEPING GOOD HIGHWAYS
Good Roads Commandments That
Should Be Learned by Heart
by All Believers.
1 Thou shalt everlastingly
keep at the good roads work, and
let nothing discourage thee.
2 Thou shalt trim out all brush
and hedge rows borderi'iu on the
road, that the sun and wind of
thy Crrator may keep thine high
way dry and that the passerby
may not be suffocated lo death.
3 Thy noble drag or two-horse
grader being thy handy and most
efficient weapon, thou shall wield
it twice a week at the very least.
Blessed is the man that useth
these lools for his fellowman's
sake.
.4 Thou shalt open all drain
age ditches at the side of the road
bordering thy farm, lest the water
collect in low places and form a
mire in which thou or thy neigh
bor may- gel "stuck," whereupon
the recording angel lisleneth with
great pity to wicked words and
snapping of the whip.
5 Toss thou those aggrevating
and damaging stones from the
track of the highway, for thou
grittest thy teeth in anger and
thinkesl wicked sayings when thy
vehicle striketh them. And they
do knock the "stuffing" right out
of thy buggy and wagon wheels.
Likewise they do trouble and in
jure thy noble horse.
6 If thy neighbor be a shirker
and doeth not his full share of
improving the roads, let not this
put a damper on thy enthusiasm;
but rather set a good example and
show by thy words that thou art
truly an honest "booster" and not
a hanger-on. Then shall thy
neighbor blush with shame and
feel constrained to follow thy
shining example.
7 -When thou drives! to town
put thy spade in the buggy. If
thou comest to one of those ruts
which do cause thee and thy
neighbor lo swear when passing
over, fill it with a few spadefuls
of dirt. Thy neighbor will bless
thee for it and thou rnayest save
a big repair bill on thine own
vehicle.
8 If thou bast been guilty of
throwing brush of any kind into
one of those small drain ditches
nlong Ihy farm, go Ihou straight
way and remove the obstruction.
Or if thy neighbor has committed
a like offense, "thou shalt, inter
cede with him till he also removes
these hindrances and opens up
the ditch. For a road with ditches
across it or down the main I rack,
is an abomination and a curse in
sight of every mortal who
laboriously travels over it.
9 Do thou all this and as
.much more that seemelh good and
the traveling public will raise on
tiptoes and call thee blessed
among men.
As the Girls Used to Appear.
Backward, turn backward, oh
Time in your flight, and give us a
maiden dressed proper and right.
We are so weary of switches and
rats, Billy Burke clusters and
peach basket hats. Wads of jute
hair in a horrible pile, slacked on
I heir heads to the height of a
miles. Something is wrong wilh
the maidens we fear. Oive us
Ihe girls as they used to appear.
Oive us the girlies we once knew
of yore, whoso curls didn't come
from a hair dressing store.
Maidens who dressed with a
sensible view. And just as Damo
Nature ifitended them to. fiivo uh
a girl with a figure her own, and
fashioned divinely by Nature
alone. Feminine styles getting
fiercer each year Oh give us the
girls as they used to appear.
Received Present
Mr. Kdwin Bates is the recipi
ent of a Fourth of July present
from Max Ploen. at the peni
tentiary. The gift is a broom,
Ihe handle decorated with red and
blue plush, and between these the
broom straw are entwined about
the handle jo ; 1 1 i t a pleasing
fashion. The broom is otherwise
decorated wilh red, while and
bine ribbon.
Mr. A. Childers of near Orea
polis, was in the city this morn
ing on business for a few hours,
having come down on No. 1.
Enterprise Appreciated.
From Friday's Pally.
The enterprising firm of C. F.
.Wescolt's Sons last night placed
75 chairs on Ihe walk near their
store and reserved them for ladies
who wished lo hear the band con
cert. The chairs were all oc
cupied and the recipients of the
favor were very grateful for them.
At the close of the concert every
chair was brought to the store
entrance and placed in Mr. Wes
eott's hands, with thanks. He
was agreeably surprised, as
usually people do not have time
to express appreciation for so
small a favor.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE BARELY
: AVERJEDJT ELMW000
Big Store Building of L. F. Lang
horst Caught Fire From
Irecrackers.
disai
rted
islrous fire w as "nar
rowly averted at Klniwood on the
Fourth b' July, which reculted
from aj hunch of firecrackers
which wrt) thrown under the only
board wilk remaining in the city.
The building threatened is the
Langhoi , opera house, which is
occupied ind owned by Mr. L. F.
Langhoijs!; as a store below and
hall abirv,
The itr was not discovered for
some minutes after the firecrack
ers had.llern exploded under the
walk, and it had crept to some
dry rubplsh under the foundation
of the W( oden structure and was
mnkinghtfi way upward between
the wcall.trboarding and plaster
ing whijn Hie smoke was not iced J
The (lip 'department soon had!
three streams of water playing on
the blate. The weather bonrding
was slightly scorched, and Ihe
stock s).;htly damagoi by water,
but thijjoss was smiipl compared
with whs t. it would hifve been had
tile fircj gained more "iicai! A'.'iy be
fore beir.jr discovered.
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Nobi aska Manufactories.
The hi ifirtl of governors of the
Ak-Sac-llen has decided to give
one p;iriile this fall to Nebraska
manufactories. This is a good
move, tinf) if every factory in Ihe
slale is represented it will prove
an eyei-o lienor to the world. Mau
pin's Weekly says:
"The act of Ihe mailer is, com
paratively few Nebraskans have
any adequate idea of Nebraska's
marvejous strides forward as a
manu fa'-luring slale. Nebraska
i . . . .
is an ignciiltural slale, to be
sure, ilnit, there are more Ne
braskans working for wages than
there arr-Jillers of the soil in Ihe
state. VV
"In 1910 Nebraska's output oi
manufactured articles were up
wards of $200,000,000, exclusive
of packing house products, and
much of it made of Nebraska raw
material.
"The percentage of growth in
manufacturing was double that of
Ihe growth in agricultural de
velopment. "In 1910 Nebraska wage earn
ers received upwards of $30,000,
000 in wages.
"The government census dis
closed Ihe fact that a dollar in
vested in manufacturing in Ne
braska brings n greater return
than a dollar invested in any
slate touching Nebraska's
borders.
"Without any natnraly supply
of fuel, power is cheaper in Oma
ha than In Massachusetts towns,
cheaper than in Plittsburg and
Ihe same price as in Chicago. And
there Is more power going to
waste In Nebraska streams than
can bo developed at Niagara. This
year of 1911 should see Ne
braska's total of manufactured
produclfl exceeding $100,000,000
fn vnlue."
The Stork's Work.
From Frldny's Pally.
lurs. u. . Johnson received a
card yesterday from Mr. and Mrs.
Dana Sleelh, nee Miss Hone Mar
shall, informing her of the arrival
at. the Sleelh home in Portland,
Oregon. June 25, of a fine baby
daughter. The little stranger has
been named Martha Allen Sleelh.
Tho numerous friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Sleelh will no doubt b
pleased to know of their good
fortune.
I.on Hackenberg was an Omaha
passenger on the afternoon train
; today.
FARMERS BUSY UNO
CROPS LOOK WELL
A Journal Representative Qlves
Glowing Account of What He
Saw on Trip.
From Friday's Dally.
The writer had occasion to go
to the country yesterday and was
agreeably surprised to see the
corn crop looking green and
healthy all along the route be
tween Piatt smouth and Klmwood,
the fields not showing the ill ef
fects of the drouth as much as
one would expect. The earlier
fields of corn are, growing at
about what the farmer would call
"waist high," and looks thrifty,
the shower of the 5th having re
vived the corn wonderfully, if it
previously showed signs of suc
cumbing to drouth. Occasional
ly over Ihe lop of the corn there
will be a slalk which is perfectly
while, but these are few.
The late corn, while it looks
green, does not look as thrifty as
the earlier plantings, probably
due to Ihe larger plants shading
Ihe -ground more; then, too, the
earlier "v'antings have had no
more cultivation a a. rule, which
no doubt served to retain the
moisture in the ground. In oic
field the farmer was plowing 1 s
corn, though most of the oafly
plantings have been laid by. jj
There were many sleami),"s
busy along the route, threshijg
out tli,-'all wheat crop, and lln)(o
who .'spring wheat were rua
ninttt I..-,'ers harvesting Ihe same.
1 n ujM -
T.Kie spr'ff wheat crop along tlio
Woopinr Water creek looked
heavy nnd fine and will no doubt
make largj yields. J
If Cass comity gets no tot
wimis ami noi -jays. sucn as Ke
have just gone through, there Jill
he lots of corn, provided we
another rain or two.
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Return 'From Platte Center,'
W. h. Rosencrans and
Bruce, and Karl Travis, who
Hj.ii,
Jite
parted by the automobile r
last Saturday evening for a
days' visit and business tn'T
to
Platte Center, Nebraska, reluii o
home Wednesday evening, the
party left here Saturday nl'fl-r
noon, going lo Omaha, where tfiey
remained over night and lookup
the westward journey Sunday
morning about. U o'clock, nndhr
rived at Platte Center about 6:30
that, evening. The trip was a f ry
pleasant, one and numerous sl-ips
wero made nlong the way. while
at Platte Center Ihey wornflhc
guests of Mr. K. T. Hughes, pi'si
drnt of the Platte County link.
Mrs. Rosencrans, who has beifn in
Colorado for the past few wviks,
arrived hr 4 ;ofnniwuHL"'M o n d a y
morning, whero Mr. Rosencrans
met her w ith the auto, and return
ed lo Platte Center, where thev
spent. Ihe Fourth. Bruce and Karl
Travis returned home by rail and
Mr. and Mrs. Rosencrans came in
wilh Ihe auto Wednesday evening.
The round trip, a distance of 200
miles, was made in good lime
without Ihe slightest accident or
delay, so you can easily see why
"Rosey" boosts for the Mercer
car. They report that Ihe good
roads movement has had Ihe de
sired effect up around Columbus
and Fremont, whero Ihey are the
finest Ihey had ever traveled.
Proud of It.
The Worth County (Mo.) Times
comes to us this week looking as
bright os a brand new silver dol
lar. Hon. F. S. Oarver fc Son, the
editors and publishers, have in
stalled a Junior linotype machine
and tho paper presents a very
neat appearance. No one is more
pleased to note tho success of the
Times than the writer, because he
has know both father and son for!
many years, and wo also know
that none deserve greater success
than the Times people. Long
live Ihe publishers, for we know
as long as it remains in the
hands of F,. S. Oarver & Son it is
bound lo thrive and prosper.
Automobile owners will do well
to read Ihe law pertaining to boys
under 10 years of age driving
automobiles. It is also just as
well for Ihe boys under 18 years
of age to know that Ihey are pro
hibited from using Inbareo, and
dealers are prohibited from sell
ing lo them. Both are finenble
offenses.
Has Injured Finger.
From Friday's Inlly.
J. C. Briltain, a Murlington
employee, working on the freight
car repair track, had the mis
fortune to get, the index linger of
bis left hand severely cut with a
piece of brass. The accident oc
curred Thursday morning. Mr.
Brittain went to Dr. J. S. Living
ston's office and had the injury
dressed and will be off duty for a
few days.
FIRE IN THE MIS
SOURI PACIFIC YARDS
Two Bunk Cars, Occupied by
Greek Laborers, Destroyed
In a Short Time.
About 3 a. in. this morning the.
citizens of Plaltsmouth wero
awakened from their slumbers by
the alarm of fire, which proved to
be at the M. p. railway yards,
where two bunk cars had caught
fire from some unknown cause,
thought to be incendiary in its
origin.
The fire department turned out
as speedily as possible and made
the run up the avenue to the sta
tion and turned the hose on the
remains of the fire. Very little of
the cars wero saved except tho
trucks. The distance over which
the hose carts had to be taken by
hand was too great and the time
so short that the fire could not
be reached in time to save the
cars. The bunks were occupied
by Crook road men, who were ablo
to get, most of their own belong
ings out of Ihe cars.
Happened In Weeping Water.
Hro. Oliver of the Weeping
Water Republican, when he is
hard up to say anything abort
Plaltsmouth and her people, al
ways appropriates something that
occurred in that village to "bund
it" to Platlsmoulh. Here js the
latest, production:
"A Plaftsmoiif h girl went lo a
picnic with her favorite beau.
While eating dinner the vounur
man noticed n speck of what ap
peared to be lint on her shoulder.
When she wasn't looking he at
tempted to knock it oil" wilh his
finger. After several futile at
tempts he took hold of the line
ami started to pull it olf. He
unraveled several yards ol fleecy
stuff, and when lie seemed to
have it all I brew the wad under
Ihe table. That night the gjrl
told her mother she had a per
fectly lovely lime. 'Hut,' she
added, 'I have just been lying
here in bed, mother, and wonder
ing what became of my union
suit.' "
Big Harvest Story.
August Sleppat holds the hell
so far for the large amount of
grain harvests on a short time.
Mr. Seppal hail in this season CO
acres of spring wheal, which was
g I. Mr. Sleppat, with the help
of I wo men, one of them working
about half Ihe lime, put the 00
acres of wheal in Ihe shock in
four days. He used six horses lor
the power to take the binder, three
of them in two-hour relays, the
shockers bringing and taking
away the horses each lime a
clianko was made. The reaper
run day and night until the moon
set. Mr. Sleppat commenced the
field July 3 at 9 a. m., and finish
ed July 7 at 8 o'clock a. in. If
there is anyone that can beat (hi t
record Mr. Sleppat and his helper.
Dick Wells, Would like to see tlm
color of their hair.
Died After Operation.
i From Friday's Pally.
Mr. Raymond Henry received a
'phone messnge from an Omaha
hosnilal this morning that his
lirothrr. Charles Henry, of near
Shenandoah, Iowa, who was
operated upon for appendicitis
last Tuesday morning, died this
morning al the hospital. Mr.
Henry went lo Omaha on the f;isl
mail today to accompany his
brother's remains to tho home
near Shenandoah. The deceased
was about 22 years of age and
leaves his parents, three sisters
and three brothers to mourn his
death.
Miss Viola Haynie and her sis
ter, Miss Hazel, left, this after
noon for Oordon, Nebraska, wl ere
they will visit relatives for a few
weeks.