...
''"or,1.,
moult
f t J V -i. ti
oursia
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION 1CIGHT PAGKS
VOLUME XXX
PLATTSMO UTI1, NEBRASKA. MONDAY .rULV :tl, 1911
NO ( 0
if
J J
b
3
W CIPLEII OF
Means a Big Thins for Plattsmouth Will Begin Actual Construc
tion of the Bridge Next Week Five Carloads of Material Al
ready On ihe Ground and Twelve More Enroute.
ihei
The Plattsmouth Auto and
Wagon Hridtfe company expects
to have the m:w bridge over the
Platte river ready for traffic on
October 1 of this year. This is
the bridge that will put Platts
mouth on the map as an import
aut point on the Omaha-Kansas
City road, agitation for which had
already been started in Omaha
and Kansas City arid at many
points on the road between, such
us Nebraska City, Auburn and
Falls City.
The promoters of the new
bridge are frank in saying that,
the people of Plattsmouth have
not fully realized the vast im
portance of this bridge to the
town. After the bridge is com
pleted practically all of the auto
mobile traffic between Omaha and
the south will be via Plattsmouth.
Tourists between Omaha, Lincoln
and other points to the west can
just as well come through Platts
mouth as Louisville.
This structure will open up to
Plattsmouth merchants a splen
did strip of territory that is now
practically cut off from coming
here except on trains. It has been
feared by some that the opening
of the bridge would benefit South
Omaha and Omaha to the detri
ment of Plattsmouth. This fear
can be proved groundless by go
ring across the river and talking
to the farmers who want to come
to Plattsmouth to sell their pro
duce and to do their trading.
To a local business man, one
farmer in the territory that the
new bridge w ill make contributory
to Plattsmouth, said: "When that
bridge is .completed I am going to
do my trading at Plattsmouth and
will haul my produce there. I
would rather trade at a small
store, any way. I go to South
Omaha and I hey don't know me,
even after I have been there a
dozen times. I like to trade at a
place where the merchant knows
trie by my first name, who knows
just what kind of a man I am, how
much my word is worth, and who
will give me a square deal at all
times. Plattsmouth merchants
can build up a good patronage on
this side of the river if they go
after it."
This is a fair sample of how
many of the farmers just across
the river from Plattsmouth talk,
One farmer, who lives seven miles I
irom Plattsmouth and nine miles .
from South Omaha, said that
Plattsmouth would get most of
bis trade.
Just, at the present time cross-I
state roads and "citv-to-citv
roads through several states are
being discussed in a dozen stales.
A score or more of cities in cen
tral Missouri are fighting to get
on the route of the St. Louis-Kansas
City state highway. Heing on
this road will be of as much value
to a town as the coming of a new
railroad. This one good road will
rot only put the town on all the
MISSOURI PACIFIC SUED
FOR $1,999 DAMAGES
Petition Alleges That Railroad
Company Did Not Have
Platform Lighted.
From Friday's Dally.
On October 10, HMO, William
R. Sperry purchased a ticket for
passage on a Misouri Pacific train
between Omaha and Mynard. lie
reached the latter place, according
to his petition, shortly after mid
night, and in walking along the
platform Ml to the ground, a
distance of three or four feet, and
sustained serious injuries, among
them torn muscles and tendons
of leg; back bruised and wrench
ed; spine severely injured, which
caused a partial parafvsis of the
bowels, and oilier inlenial in
juries. lie alleges that his fall from
the plat form was due to the fact
ILat the railroad company had
THE PLATTE
Ill
E
cross-state travel, but will be a
road that will be of immense local
benefit, as farmers can drive to
the state roadway and then to the
town where they want to trade.
After the state road is built the
farmers will want to build good
roads connecting with the state
road. Plattsmouth people are
familiar with the state highways
that run across Iowa, and have
doubtless read many newspaper
accounts of the Kansas City-Des
Moines road, the official route for
which has been determined.
Plattsmouth will owe a debt of
gratitude to the bridge company
for enabling this city to be on the
Omaha-Kansas City highway, a
road for which there is a greater
demand than the Kansas City-St.
Louis or the Kansas City-Des
Moines roads.
When the new structure is open
for tragic it will be up to Platts
mouth citizens to make the most
of its new opportunity. Its
citizens must begin the agitation
of the Omaha-Kansas City high
way, and must get back of the
flood Roads association to see
I that no farmer stays away from
Plattsmouth because of a bad
road. This, must be made a stop
ping point for the tourists who
will pass through the town.
Twelve cars of material for the
new bridge are already here, or
on the, way. Five cars have al
ready been unloaded. Next week
Cilenn Smith of the Nebraska
Construction company . will start
his gang of men to work on the
big bridge. The county has pur
chased a strip of land for a new
road to the bridge, and Hoad Over
seer Mike Lutz has a force of men
at work now cleaning up the newly-created
highway. To Martin
Freidrich, commissioner from
this district, is due much credit
fur his work in making the new
bridge, of value to the people of
the county by planning good roads
to the end of the bridge.
The personnel of the company
building the structure is familiar
to local people. T. II. Pollock of
this city and H. A. DulT, a capital
ist, automobile dealer and goTul
roads enthusiast of Nebraska City,
are the men who have made the
building of the bridge possible.
ihe bridge is to be 1,730 feet
long, of which f8rt feet is to be of
steel construction. There will be
four 85-foot snans nml rmo m.
foot span at the south end extend
ing across the channel of the
Platte, then a heavv wooden nilr
briflL'o for linn r!..i u.
r ' "i ' ' cum l.lii II
live 00-fool steel spans to the
landing on the north side of the
river. Theer wil lbe a tollkeep
er's dwelling on the Cuss county
side of the river.
The company is capitalized at
.friO.nno. nnd some stock is now
being sold o local parlies, though
the structure will be built whether
citizens buy much of the slock or
not.
provided no j-il. upon Ihe plat-
form or depot, and was not due
to any contributory negligence of
his. He further slates that the
steps leading from the platform
were too narrow and wholly in
adequate for (lie size of Ihe plat
fo rm. For his injuries, which
caused his great suffering and
kept him from his regular em
ployment for six months, he asks
damages from the railroad com
pany of $1,009.
The suit was tiled by his at
torneys, Matthew Oering and C. E
Tefft.
Taxing Examinations.
From Frldny's Dally.
The following are taking the
regular county tenehers' exam
inations today: Miss Jessie llar
mer. Weepinar Waler; Miss An-l-la-ia
Tiuhe. Wabash; Miss Mil
dn d Coon, Lincoln; Misses Fern
Shrader, Imo ami I " la lleehner a.nd
M
Lowell Massie. all of o-
I hawka.
and lion sin
Old Settlers' Reunion.
A business meeting was held at
the bank Wednesday afternoon to
complete the plans for the old
settlers' reunion, to be held here
August 11 and 12. One of the
important items of business was'
the acceptance of the Elmwood
band's proposition to furnish
music both days. Indications are
that there will be plenty of good
shows and novelty stands, and a
good program is being arranged
for each day. A few committees
are to hustle from this date and
see that everything is attended to
in due time. Union Ledger.
URNED AT FIFTEEN
Weeping Water Girl Found Little
Pleasure In an Early Marriage,
Following Short Courtship.
From Friday's Dally.
Love's young dream did not
prove a howling success to one
15-year-old girl, as was revealed
in district, court today when
Elizabethlelds, now 20 years old,
appeared before Judge Travis with
her sister, Mrs. Wright, of Wa
bash, and her attorney, Judge A.
J. Heeson, and asked that her
marriage with Fred Fields be an
nulled and declared void.
When Elizabeth was 15 years
old she met Fred Fields, whoso
occupation was a rare one, being
an actor-sign painter. Elizabeth
knew she was rather young to
consider marriage proposals, but
her sweetheart's tales of gallant
deeds before the footlights and
probably of marvelous signs he
had painted completely took her
lender heart by storm, and on a
balmy April day in 1906, at the
town of Moorlleld, the wedding
bells rang for her just three
months after she had met him.
Hut the memory of those bells
were short-lived. She learned
that Fred did not live up to his
line of courting talk, arid after one
month and thirteen days of wed
ded life they separated and have
not lived together since.
The petition staled that at Ihe
lime (tf marriage Mrs. Fields was
but 15 years of age and under the
age of legal consent and incapable
of contracting marrjage.
Judge Travis granted the wish
of Ihe petition and declared the
marriage annulled. Elizabeth
Fields now lives at Weeping
Waler.
The Band Concert.
From Friday's Dally.
The fourth weekly concert by
the Hurlinglon band was rendered
at the junction of Third and Main
streets last evening, was largely
attended and the music was
simply grand. The applause from
the audience at the close of each
number was evidence sufficient
that the music was highly ap
preciated. It can easily be seen
at each succeeding concert that
the band is improving wonderful
ly, and the music rendered right
up-to-date and first-class In
every particular. The concerts
are proving more popular as they
occur and become more 'largely
attended. A central point on Main
si reel should be arranged, as this
moving around is not very sals
factory to the band or Ihe people.
A Social Success.
From Thursday's Dally
The social given last night at
Ihe home of Mr. C. C. Wescott. by
the Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the M. E. church was
voted a success, both socially and
financially. The lawn was beauti
fully lighted with electric, lights
and cherry ice was. served by
young ladies of the church
daintily dressed in while. After
the excellent music furnished by
the Hurlinglon band, a large
crowd of people found their way
to Ihe Wescott lawn and enjoyed
the refreshments which were
served there.
Complaint on Quarantine.
Some complaint has been made
to the Journal thai the board of
health has been careless at times
in guardiiur patients quarantined
because of contagious diseases.
The law's regulating quarantine
should be strictly enforced.
The pel it ion for final sell le
nient was filed today in Ihe estate
of John M. Ruby.
16 PROMISED
AT mm 10
Veterans of the Grand Army Will
Get Together August 2 to
5 Inclusive.
The Grand Army reunion for
the Eastern Nebraska district, to
be held at. Ashland August 2, 3, 4
and. 5, w ill be the big event of the
year for this part of the state.
The people here look for an im
mense crowd. In addition to the
special features of the program,
a number of regular daily stunts
will be pulled off. Among these
there will be a daily balloon
ascension and parachute jump, a
thrilling slide for life a woman
will slide down a stretched cable
by her hair, starting from the
cupola of the High school and
landing near the park.
August 2, the first day, will be
devoted to the registration of old
soldiers and assignment of quar
ters. This will be "getting ac
quainted day." In the afternoon
a good baseball match will lake
place. Concerts will be given
daily by the Ashland band. A
dancing pavilion will be provided
and there will also be numerous
side-show entertainments.
The second day will be "Sol
diers' day." The United States
regulars, who are holding their
annual rifle practice at Ihe rifle
range north of town, will mono
polize the center of the stage.
They will give an exhibition of
rapid-lire guns with their noted
mule battery and tso through reg
ular military ninnuevers and other
drills. In Ihe aflernoon a great
ball game will be Ihe feature be
tween Ihe soldiers and Green
wood. "Governor's day'' will be Fri
day, when Chester II. Aldrich,
governor of the stale, will deliver
an address at 2 o'clock in Ihe af
ternoon, preceded by a patriotic
nag.,jlrill, participated in .by
twenty-five appropriately dressed
school schildren, drilled by Miss
Hendricks, one of Ashland's pop
ular school teaches. In addition
to this and the regular features
Hie Murdock and Ashland teams
will cross bats in what promises
to be one of the best games of
the reunion.
A number of good horse races
will be pulled off Saturday, includ
ing running ami novelty races.
Races open to all, wilh prizes to
the winners. The Memphis Stars
and Fairland teams will play ball
in Ihe afternoon.
There will be many features
not enumerated above, besides
oilier speakers in addition to Ihe
governor.
False Representation. '
Platlsinoulh, Neb., July i, 1911.
To Ihe Public:
Certain representatives of other
makes of gasoline engines have
spread abroad in this vicinity
many falcshoods and misrep
resentations as to "The Chopie
GasolhTe Engine," and "The
Chopie Gasoline Engine com
pany." Therefore, we, tin; under
signed Hoard of Directors of the
Plaltsmoulli Commercial club,
hereby inform the public that
"The Chopie Gasoline Engine
Company" is permanently located
here. "The Chopie" gasoline en
gines are guaranteed in work
manship, material and horse
power rating. If it is not as rep
resented your money will be re
funded by the company. We have
no hesitancy in giving "The
Chopie" gasoline engine our full
est endorsement.
T. H. Pollock. President.
J. P. Falter, Vice President.
E. H. Wescott, Secretary.
H. F. Patterson, Treasurer.
C. C. Parmele,
E. A. Wurl,
Philip Thierolf,
H. A. Schneider,
J. II. McMacken,
A. S. Tidd,
Hoard of Directors.
7-1 l-.lld-tlw.
Meets August 14.
The Cass County Tenehers' in
stitute will convene at Weeping
Water August l l, next, nnd con
tinue for one week. A fine pro
gram, good Instructors and pleas
ant, surroundings.
P. T. Hecker nnd wife left for
Omaha on the earlv train.
Engineer's Narrow Escape.
I'tkemont Fxpress: Engineer
Wehr had an experience Tuesday
night or rather morning, that will
give him thrills for all time to
come, whenever he thinks of it.
As he rounded a curve this side ot
Newcastle, he was horrified to see
fire and smoke curling up from
the banks of a creek that was
spanned by a thirty-foot bridge.
It was too close to stop and the
bridge looked all right, as the lop
coating of metal was still in plafe,
so he threw the throttle wide
open, the engine gave a tremend
ous jump ahead, breaking loose
from the train, and with several
mighty bucks reached the other
side just ns the bridge fell under
Ihe cars that followed. An engine
was called for, and hitching to the
pay car pulled the cars back on
the track. A temporary bridge
was soon constructed and traffic
again resumed its accustomed
run. The only thing that saved
the engine was (he four rails that
held the steel cover on the bridge
and the dirt that partially kept
the bridge from burning.
COMING BACK TO THE OLD
DAYS OF GUIDE POSTS
Gulq Posts Will Prove a Great
Boon to the Traveling Public,
Especially Automoblllsts.
There are a great many people
out here. in this prairie country
who bold an affectionate remem
brance of the old guide posts that
marked the highways in the east
in the days before- there were
many highways west of the Mis
souri river, says the Lincoln
Trade lleview. Those old guide
posts were a great boon to the
traveler. When he came to a
point where the roads forked or
crossed at right angles there wag
no perplexity as to the right road
to take for his destination. There
was the tall post with the four
wide arms and Ihe hands pointing
in the different directions. Jericho
Corners was so many miles in
this direction, Hichmond so many
miles on another branch of Ihe
road, and so the traveler knew his
way all through Ihe country by
the friendly guide posts.
One of the happy tilings in this
automobile travel is bringing back
these old signs, which marked the
distances. In the stale of Kansas,
alwa.vs a little to the front in do
ing things, a law was passed last
winter requiring guide posts to
be planted at road intersect ions
all over that stale. Ol tier western
slates are alive to the value, in
Ihe comfort and pleasure in
travel, that is going to come with
the re-establishment of these
marked places on the highways.
Today in this country Hie auto
mobile is annihilating distance.
Fifty miles is but as live miles
was a few years ago. Travel for
business and plcasuurc is being
multiplied a hundred-fold with
the coming of the automobile, and
the old guide posts are proving
the fact that they, almost for
gotten convenience, are coming
back. Today lines of travel be
tween towns and cities all through
this west are beinir laid out, map
ped ami marked for the con
venience of automobile travel.
The guide post is as certain lo
be re-established here in Ne
braska as good roads are sure lo
come. And as travel has already
become such an iinperau!
factor in the lives of all classes of
people (here will be a universal
welcome for the return of the old
friendly guide post, with its ex
tended arms and the certain in
formation in right direction and
distance lhat these arms convey.
New Journal Reporter,
From Satiirdny's Pally. '
Mr. Dan McFarland arrived in
the city this morning from Okla
homa lo accept Ihe position of re
porter on the Journal. Mr. Mc
Farland has been engaged on (lie
reporlorial staff of a number of
the leading country dailies in the
west and southwest and comes to
us highly recommended, both as
a gentleman of sterling qualities
nod a good reporter. We hope
our friends whom he meets on the
street will greet Inm cordially and
give him all Ihe news they have
in slo'-e, and he will do the rest.
J. C. Seiver and wife went to
j Omaha this afternoon on busi
ness.
PIONEER NEBRASKA LADY
PASSES AM IN OMAHA
Former Resident of Cass County
and Well Known at Ashland
and Elmwood.
From Frldny's Inlly. ,
The World-Herald of this
morning contains the following,
in reference to the death of a
most estimable lady and former
resident of Cass county:
Mrs. John M. McCaig, a well
known pioneer woman of Ne
braska, died yesterday morning at
33.')5 Hamilton street at 1 o'clock.
Death 'followed a condition of
poor health for several years,
through which lime Mrs. McCaig
at I traded the devotion of her
friends by her fortitude and lova
ble character. Her husband and
two sons am) two daughters
survive.
Mrs. McCaig came to Nebraska
when she was 15 years of age,
about 185(1, and was a resident. o(
Ashland, when' she married Mr.
McCaig, now in business In Oma
ha. She has a wide acquaintance
in this stale through her long
residence and faculty of holding
tier friends. A brother, Will
Harmsberger, now resides in Ash
land, which was her home until
twelve years ago, when the Me
Caigs moved to Omaha.
The body will lie taken to Elm
wood for burial Saturday. Mrs.
McCaig was a member nT the Lat
ter Day Sains church and vyas.70
years of age.
MRS. LOUISA NELSON
. WO TO REST TODAY
Funeral Attended by Large Con
coure of Sympathetic Neigh
bors and Friends.
From Saturday's l)ully,
Mrs. Louisa J. Nelson, whose
death occurred last Thursday
morning, was buried this after
noon at 2 o'clock. The funerul
took place from I lie family resi
lience, th e miles soul It of tow n,
Ihe services, being conducted by
Hev. W. L. Ausl in of this city.
Those who served as pall-hearers
are as follows; W. .
Wheeler, Oscar Gapen. Julius
Pills. D. A. Young, William
Adams and H. L. Creamer. Among
those who came from out-of-town
to attend Ihe funeral were Mrs.
Myra Howard and Mrs. Axmakep
of Greenwood. Charles McXurlln
of Weeping Water and Miss Rosa
Coglizer of Lincoln .
That Burlington Picnic
The Hiirliugloii picnic has been
changed from Hcntriec to Crete.
The commillee wade this decision
on account of the heavy rains and
Hood at Heal rice recently. The
date for the picnic has not been
definitely sell led, but it is prob
able Dial it will be held near the
middle of August. H. is expected
lhat about t,500 people will go
from llavelock alone, while Lin
coln, I'lallsiniMilli, Omaha,
Wymore ami other towns, it is
said, will probably bring the
number lo .yium. -Lincoln Jour
nal.
Hefore deciding on a location
why not take Platlsinoulh into
consideration? We have several
fine locations that overlook the
Misouri river, where there ar
several fine springs and nice,
shady groves, where a day's out
ing would be greatly enjoyed. Let
the Commercial club extend an
invitation to the Hurlinglon boys
nnd insist, on tehir coming here.
For Woodrow Wilson.
From Friday's Pally.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Walker of
Murray drove up this morning to
do some .shopping, visit their old
friends ami look after some busi
ness mailers. While here our
old friend called on the Journal
just to shake hands ami reiterate
the statement that he was for
Governor Woodrow Wilson for
president. Mr. Walker says Gov
ernor Wilson is the man for the
people.
Ilavw I Hlcdge and Harlan
Nelson. Vho have been working
for the jiast, tbree months with
the Hock Island Railroad com
pany at Caldwell, Kansas, arrived
home yesterday evening.
t