Neb Slate Historical Soc
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VOLUME XXXI.
PLATTSWICUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1912.
NO. 6.
Platte
after but uraiii
CHOSEN FORGQVERNMENT RIFL
This Will Be Pleasing News to Many of Our Citizens, as Consider
able Effort Had Been Put Forth by the Officers of the Com
mercial Club in Securing the Location.
Phil I siiioiitti is again fortunate
ill securing a government enter
prise, which will reflect credit on
the business acumen and push of
the Platlsinoulh Commercial
elub. The rifle range, which the
lub and business men of this city
have made strenuous efforts to
have located at Plaltsmouth, has
at last been located by the war
department on the site offered by
Plaltsmouth citizens.
The city of Ashland had a site
which the citizens there hoped to
have the department decide upon,
as that site had been leased by
the government for the past live
years as a rifle range. But Con
gressman Sloan of that district
wrote Mayor Alex Laverty, says
the Ashland Gazette, under date
f January 4, lo the effect that
the deparlment had decided to
locale the range on the Plat ts
niouth site. The Oazelle says:
"After a long delay the matter
of the location of the rifle range
for the soldiers of Fort Crook has
been officially decided by order of
the secretary of war at Washing
ton in favor of Platlsmouth.
When the mailer first came up
Senator Hurkclt introduced a bill
appropriating 650,000 for Hie
purchase of a site for a rifle
range. The house of represent
El
IKG CIRCLE
A Cacd Attendance Notwithstand
ing the Extreme Cold
We3thcr.
The Plallsniouth division of the
Cass coiinly teachers' reading
irele met Saturday afternoon at
Hie county superintendent's ollice.
There was a good al tendance con
sidering the extreme cold of the
preceding week. The meeting
was presided over by Miss Lena
Young, prinicpal of the Cedar
Creek schools.
An interesting paper was read
hy Miss Flizabelh Kerr, teacher
f district No. 48, the subject of
her paper being "Henry Harnard
as an F.ducator." Miss Flizabeth
Tombrinek, teacher of district No.
29. read an excellent paper on
"Cabot's Flhics of Children."
These were followed by discus
sions of Colcgrove's "The Teach
er in School," by Miss Hazel
Tuey, MissMallie Larson, Miss
Ifary Moore. Miss Helen Trility,
ltis Fslhcr Larson and Prof.
Oscar Larson, principal of I hi!
Platlsmouth High school. Holh
papers and the discussions were
rcry interesting to everyone
present, and indicated lhaf the
teachers of this division of the
reading circle are very much alive
to the needs of the schools of
khe county.
The meeting adjourned to meet
at the same place Saturday, Feb
ruary 17. The program rom
miltee for the next meeting is
composed of Miss Flizabelh Kerr,
Hiss Hazel Tuey and Miss Mattie
Larson; the commit tee will select
one of its own members to pre
side at the meeting.
Mrs. Thompson Quite III.
Mrs. Joseph Thompson has
been quite ill for the past few
days and on Saturday and Sunday
her condition reached a very
rritieal point, at which time Mr.
Thompson, who is in charge of
an express run out of Fairmont,
was called home. The patient
had greatly improved Sunday aft
ernoon and Mr. Thompson re
turned to his work. The many
friends hope that she may con
tinue to improve.
CASS COUNTY
TEACHERS
READ
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atives later cut the amount in
half in 11)10, and it was not rais
ed by any subsequent action of
tin; upper house. Congressman
Charles II. Sloan put forth
valiant efforts to bring the range
lo Ashland, but was handicapped'
by the meager amount available
for the purpose. The Platlsmouth
site could be purchased for $25,
000, hence was chosen."
The location of this important
government industry at Plat 1 s
nioiilh is largely due to the ef
forts of President T. II. Pollock of
(he Commercial club, ex-County
Treasurer F. F. Schlater, working
with the Commercial club, and the
leading citizens of the com
munity. During I he summer sea
son the range will be used as the
practice ground for the United
Stales troops at Fort, Crook, and
the wagon hridtre across the
Plalle will he utilized by the gov
ernment in gelling the troops to
and from the range. In fact, it
is doubtful if Hie range would
have been located here had it not
been for Hie enterprise of Messrs.
Pollock and Duff in building the
bridge. The banquet shortly to
be given bv the business men of
the cilv will no doubt be a sort of
eelebral inn of Hie event, of the
location of the rifle range at
Plaflsmoulh.
The Puis Road Law.
The Lincoln Journal commends
Hie biw introduced by Hon. Y. II.
Puis of I his county ami passed
by Hie last legislal lire, as fol
lows: "According to a law enact
ed al the last session of the legis
lalure, whenever a rural mail
carrier in (his stale or a post
master not i lies the county survey
or or county highway commis
sioner (bat any of I he imiil routes
wilhin the county are blockaded
with snow or are impassable for
any cause, il is the duty of the
county nflicial wilhin twenty-four
hours of receiving such notifica
tion to proceed with all haste lo
open such road. To accomplish
this, the new law sets out that
any road overseer may demand
and require the services of any
able-bodied person who is a
patron of the snow-hound mail
route. All able-bodied persons
called to service for this work
are to receive pay at the rale of
30 cents per hour for themselves
and 30 cents per hour for teams
employed al, the work. The ex
pense is to be paid out of the
township road fund. The law is a
new one on I he statutes and was
introduced by Representative
Puis of Cass county where such
I conditions are frequently met and
where the opening of mail routes
has frequent Iv been delayed to
such an extent that passage
thereon was seriously impaired
for several weeks at a lime. The
chief obslable heretofore en
countered was the lack of re
sponsibility for the opening of the
fiiehwavs, and the inattention
given the mailer by farmers along
I he various roules."
Died at Columbus.
Paul Hagel, a cousin of Mrs.
John Fight, died Saturday night
at his home in Columbus. Mr.
Hagel was known to many Plalts
mouth people, having visited in
this city at different times. Mr.
Hagel was about 00 years of age.
He leaves Iwo sons and five
daughters lo mourn his death, his
wife having died about seven
years ago. His funeral will oc
cur Tuesday.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to sincerely thank our
kind neighbors and friends who
so kindly assisted us at the lime
of our fire. We especially wish
lo thank the fire department.
Mrs. K. K. Harries.
Frank L. Harkus.
Lester L. rtarkus.
Gucst9 of A. L. Todd Home.
W. L. llelheringlon, II. M.
Clark, Hubert Smiley, Miss Minnie
Richards and Miss Hazel Wilcox,
all of Omaha, and Miss Fannie
Will of Platlsmouth were guests
of Miss Fleanor Todd over Sun
day and enjoyed a sleigh ride lo
Plallsniouth and attended church
in Hie forenoon. Mr. Hethering
lon played a violin solo at the
morning service at the Presby
terian church, which was very
flue. The title of his number
was "Andanlino," in I) flat, by
Flmer If. I.emare. Mr. llethering
ton will instruct a class in violin
here everv Saturday, and can be
found al the home of F. R. Ilanim
on North Fourth street.
STATE TOURNAMENT
The Local T. J. Sokcls Will Take
Part In First State Tourna
ment at Omaha.
From present arrangements
llie Platlsinoulh Itohemiau turn
ers will take part in the first
slate Itohemiau Sokol tourna
ment, which will be held at the
Bohemian Turner hall at Omaha
from February 1! to March i, ai
which entrants from the different
societies in the state will take
pari.
The lournainenl will not be one
in which competition is involved
so much as the matter of in
slruclion, say the managers, and
will be merely exhibition and in
structive in ils nature. The
tournament, will be in charge of
Frank Slavel insky, general com
mander of Hie Nebraska division
of the national Sokol, who at the
present is conducting a class al
Ravenna, Neb. He will be assisted
by Frank Rilia, the Omaha local
inslrnclor of the Tel Jed Sokol.
The Plallsniouth Hohcmian turn
ers made a good showing last
year, and it is expected lliev will
have a line class to enter in the
first slate lournainenl next
month.
Mr. Hiha says thai for the past
live years the need of such a
lournainenl has been felt in the
slides of (he middle west among
the Itohemiau athletes, and
especially in Nebraska, as it
serves llie purpose of instructing
the members while all lotrelher in
one place, while heretofore hired
gymnastic instructors had to be
sent out through the stale lo
show llie athletes the liner points
of physical training.
Travels In Frigid Weather.
Your "Uncle Tom" Kennish,
who has been visiting his sister,
Mrs. Shepherd in Chicago, arrived
in Platlsnionlh via Omaha on Ihe,
Northwestern Friday afternoon
about 3 o'clock, after about 11)
hours' of riding and wailing. It
was so cold that when the train
stopped long, enough to let the
crew lake lunch Ihe engine froze
lo Ihe track, and this is no joke.
"Fncle" Kennish enjoyed his
visit in Chicago very much, and
would not have torn hiiueslf
away at this lime, but had lo he
here lo superintend the ice har
vest, which siaris at llie Movey
store Tuesday.
Inventory Filed.
Kruni Monday' Pnlly.
In Ihe couuly court today was
tiled Ihe inventory of A. V. Wollen
of Flmwood in the assignment to
creditors matter showing assets
in Ihe sum of !? 3,390.15, exemp
tions in the sum of $500, with
800 incumbrance on assets, and
liabilities in the sum of $1,978.01.
The inventory would indicate that
Mr. Wollen's creditors will not
lose a cent, but on Ihe other hand
that he will be a few hundred dol
lars lo the good.
Hold Annual Meeting.
The policyholders of the
Platte Mutual Fire Insurance
company held their meeting last
Saturday afternoon at the coun
cil chamber. The following
ollieers were elected for the year
1912: II. M. Soennichsen, presi
dent; Walter White, vice presi
dent; Dr. C. A. Marshall, treas
urer, and J. C. Peterson, sec
retary. Walter White and II. R.
tiering were elected as directors
for three vears.
WOMAN
S RELIEF
Quite a Large Number Attended
the Exercises at the G. A.
R. Hall.
The annual installation of
ollieers of llie (i. A. R. and W. R.
0. was held Saturday evening,
January 13, at their hall. The fol
lowing oll'cers of the W. R. C.
were installed: President, Mrs.
Alice Cowles; senior vice presi
dent, Mrs. Inez Stenner; junior
vice president, Mrs. Frances
Purdv; chaplain, Mrs. Lollie
Archer: secretary, Mrs. Jennie
t i
I louge ;
Hurkel;
Ault;
treasurer, Mrs.
conductor, Mrs
guard, Mrs.
Nannie
Lorelta
Sarah
Mrs. L.
Slenner;
Oorhenour; delegate,
A tilt; alternate, Mrs
first color bearer, Mrs. Martha
Petersen; second color bearer?
Mrs. Laura Thrasher; third
color bearer, Mrs. Jennie John
sou; fourth color bearer, Mrs.
Margaret Manspeaker. Mrs. J. II.
Thrasher acted as installing
olllcer. Mrs. Caddy Hales was
elected assistant conductor.
Followimr Ihe installation cere
monies, on behalf of (he W. R. C,
Mrs. Thrasher then presented the
outgoing president. Mrs. Martha
Petersen, with a beautiful gold
ring for her faithfulness as
n'vsidenl of Ihis organial ion.
Mrs. Petersen was very much sur
prised, bul could nol help bul be
pleased al Ihe kind remembrance
of Ihe ladies.
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TELEPHONE CASE
PlittsmcLth Telephone Company
-, Asks Supreme Coort to Dis
miss Injunction Suit.
From TiiOHilay'8 I'ally.
'the I'lallsinoulli Telephone
( ipany yesterday asked Ihe su
preme court lo dismiss Ihe in
junction suit instituted in Ihe
name of llie slate to prevent Hie
Hell Telephone company from
buying the Piat'tsmoul h Independ
ent telephone exchange and one
or Iwo smaller exchanges.
As a result of the recent merger
of interests of the Independent
companies and the Hell company
in Nebraska, a plea in abatement.1
was filed by Attorney Morsman
for the American Telephone com
pany and oilier defendants.
Judge Field, representing in
dependent companies, answered
by admitting that the mailer in
litigation had been settled by a
recent agreement between the
contending companies.
Attorney (leneral Martin, for
Ihe slate, said he did not see any
thing in the proposed dismissal
of (he case that would jeopardize
Ihe rights of Ihe people and he
made no objections to a plea of
abatement. The court is expect
ed lo announce ils decision today.
Lincoln Stale Journal.
Frank E. Schlater.
Frank K. Schlater, four years
treasurer of Cass county, last
week turned over to his succes
sor $99,3(52.7 cash on hand, $1,
221.152 of which was excess fees
which Mr. Schlater had saved for
the county during his term of
ollice. He also turned over lo the
stale treasurer as Cass county's
share of Ihe stall! burden for
1911, 12,71 1.70. The county is
entirely clear of debt with that
handsome cash fund on hand
This is a tine showing for tin
county, something no other coiin
ly in Ihe slate can produce, and
speaks in high praise for I hi
record of Mr. Schlaler. So much
so that his friends are pushing
him forward as candidate for
slate treasurer on Ihe democratic
ticket. Frank Schlater is a good
man, one of the best, and if the
democrats want a strong, aggres
sive candidate for stale treasurer
they will look no further. Lin
coln Herald.
Hon. F. L. Nulznian of Ne
hawk a was an over-night visitor
in the city, having been called to
Platlsmouth on important busi
ness, and departed for his homi
via Omaha this morning.
CORPS INSTALLATION
MOTION TO 0 Si
I APPEAL 10 THE PEOPLE OF PLATTS-
i 0 ASS I ST
Many are Suffering From Cold for the Want of Fuel, or the Mon
ey to Buy It, and Many are in Most Destitute Circumstances
and in Want of Sufficient Food to Stay Starvation.
Various reports have come to
our ears in the past two weeks of
much suffering among the poor of
our rily, and many families are in
a distressed condition now and
liable to suffer more seriously if
not assisted by Ihe authorities or
Ihe charitable people of Plalls
month. ft is not only one, two,
three or four families, but there
are at least from twenty-live to
flfly families who are suffering
for fuel to keep them warm and
enough to eat. This is indeed a
verv sad slale of affairs to exist
right here in our own midst when
we have many who could give
abnndanllv lo these distressed
people, and it would not hurt
them in the least.
We heard of one instance yes
ferdav where a widow lady, who
has a family of children and a
mother HO years of aire to sup
port, and who entered a certain
saloon in town and I old her sad
predicament, and il was not long
until a collection was taken up
and she left Ihe place wilh several
dollars and a happy smile on her
heretofore careworn face, feeling
that (here were vet some good and
charitable people in Plallsmoulh.
We also learned of another in
stance where the mother and lit
tle babe were compelled lo go lo
bed in order to keep warm, pot
havinv any fuel wilh which to
keep from sneering from Ihe in
lense cold. There are a number
I
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LUUi
Paralysis Way Render J.
Barwlck an Invalid for
All Time.
J. F. liarwii k, who has been
coillllieil to llie house lor PloiiHls,
oping lo he aboul and abb to
be
in his ollice before long, has al- j
most despaired of regaining his
feel, again. Mr. Harwiek's gen-
erai ncaiin is good, ami tie can
eat three meals a dav and is
cheerful, but (lie use of his lower i
limbs is almost totally out of the
ipiesl ion. Until recent ly his i
phvsicians have held out, hope of
ultimately restoring the use of I
his limbs, but now have about i
abandoned all hope of Ihis desired
result. I
Paralvsis of the motor nerves j
of the legs is and has been his
I rouble for months, and w hat was i
thought al llrsl lo be temporary,
is now considered chronic. The
disease is probably Ihe result of
a fall Mr. Harwick sustained be
fore leavintr Canada years airo, 1
and which he partially recovered.
from and for vears thought thai
he would retrain his normal con
dition. His numerous friends
deeidv sv iiipattii'e with Mr. Par
wick in his nllliclion and are trnlv
sorry for his unfortunate condi
t ion.
Former Plattsmouth Boy.
In commenting upon the revival
services nt the Methodist churrh
in that vilalge, the last issue of
the Nehawka News has the fol
lowing lo say: "The congrega
tions are increasing nightly at
Ihe Methodist church. The song
service is a si rung feature of Ihe
meetings. Mr. K. O. Martin is do
ing good work as a leader. He
was born in Plalf smooth, Neb.,
has a good education and was
converted when a young man. Ho
has had splendid success in
church work. lie studied the
trombone under Prof. Hagenow of
Lincoln, Neb. This instrument is
unique in church work as it is
seldom phyed. He is also an ex
pert piano tuner. The song serv
ice is well worth hearing, Mr.
Martin having a strong choir
each night. It is a line oppor
tunity for the young people to get
a good training."
EC ON
II fi INVALID
of others in the city in like con
dition, but this should be enough
lo open the hearts of those who
are disposed to be charitably in
clined or slir up the city author
ities lo Ihe extent of doing some
thing for these sufferers.
It would really be in order for
the conncilmen in the different
w ards lo lake a si roll over their
wards and ascertain the needy
ones. They do Ihis in other cities
and whv not in Plaltsmouth? The
Journal has refrained from al
luding lo such conditions from
the simple fact that we did Tiot
believe thev could really exist
without so"'e effort to aid the
suffering. Put these reports have
come direct from parlies who
know that many families are suf
fcrintr for the want of fuel and
cnoucrh lo eat. And, again, we be
lieve that there are nianv people
in Plallsmoulh whose hearts are
in the right spot, and would give
liherallv to the snfl'ering
humanity.
The Journal would suggest
Ibal someone take the mailer in
charge who has Ihe authority to
act and see if something cannot,
be done lo relieve the distressed
people of our city. It would be a
verv credilnble and charitable net
on the part of every cili'en who
possesses the means to do so to
give liherallv to these poor peo
ple. Munv would not miss a few
dollars Ibus bestowed.
' Smo8?iC9 Finger on Ice.
Carl Kuiismanu, of Ihe firm of
Minsmann iv ltamge, met Willi a
very painful necidenl last Satur
day afternoon while agisting in
I I lie unloading of ice. lie b:ul his
bund cnuffhl between two of the
hrce chunks and the lim.ers of
I Ihe left bund were quite M-verely
mas'ied. The accident has rans
1 ed li i'i a great deal of pain ami
siiP'eritig, hut nothing serious will
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WHEAT IN SIGHT
Threshing Machine Men Unite In
Saying There Will Bo an
Excellent Crop.
Threshing machine men de
clare IhemsclvcH pleased with the
present oiillook for winter wheat.
Mosl of Ihe acreage is covered
wilh snow, which is a help in pre
venting damage from extreme cold
'weather. When wheal is exposed,
il was pointed out, during below
zero weal her, there is grave
: danger Ihat a portion of it may
before winter-killed,
j "We have had our men report
1 1 lie comlil urn of the winter wheat
to us recenlly," said Ihe manager
I of one of Ihe threshing machine
j companies," and they unite in
saving that Ihe prospect of an ex
cellent crop at the present time is
in sight. Of course, it is a long
lime till harvest and no one can
tell what may happen before that
period."
In Ihe eastern part of the slate
Ihe acreage is declared to In;
above the normal, from 15 to 20
per cent larger lhan the previous
year. In the western half Ihe
acreage is somewhat below. The
acreage of the winter wheat crop
of 1910-11 was reduced by being
winter-killed in some counties. A
good deal of it was plowed up and
the land placed in corn and other
crops. In many cases where it
gave little promise of making
even the seed, it proved a sur
prise, and growers were glad that
I hey did not plow il up. Lincoln
State Journal.
Louis Sehutz and W. A. Schutz
edparted this morning for Mont
icello, Ark., where Ihey will look
up heal estate matters wilh a view
of purchasing land in a warmer
cliamtc.