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VOLUME XXXI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1912.
NO. 33.
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THE BURLINGTON IW LOSE SEVERAL
MILES OF IIS LINE ON IOWA SIDE
Missouri River Cutting Through Bottom Makin a Detour of all
Trains From East and South Through Plattsmouth-Hundreds
of Workmen Trying to Save Track.
The Council Bluffs correspond
ent to the State Journal has the
following bit of news relative to
the Burlington main line from
the Bluffs to (ilenvvood, which is
of interest to Plattsmouth
citizens:
"There is a posibility that the
Burlington railroad will be com
pelled to abandon its main line to
Chicago between this city and
(llenwood, Iowa. For a week the
company has had a big force of
men at work trying to prevent the
track at Folsom from being wash
ed awav. The Missouri river is
now within thirty feet of the track
for a considerable distance, and
no trains have been running over
the line for two days. Stub trains
to Omaha from hero are taking
the place of (lie Chicago and Kan
sas City trains, which are now
sent via Platlsniouth. The bluffs
prevent the company from moving
the track back from the river.
General Superintendent Eustace
of SI. Louis came here to take
charge of Hie force at Folsom.
Five slub trains are being oper
ated between here and Omaha to
care for the business from here.
"The tracks of the Burlington
were several hundred feet back
from the bank of the stream. For
three miles the river has cut up
as far as these tracks and a long
section of the roadbed has drop
ped out of sight.
"A mile east of Folsom there is
an old creek bed that is now quite
a large sized stream. It empties
into the Missouri nearly opposite
the south line of Cass county. Be
tween where the cutting is now
going on and this creek the land
is level and low. Fears are ex
pressed that if the river cuts
through into the creek the chan
nel of the river will follow the
cut and the main current will
move over from two to five miles
east, leaving Plaltsinoulli inland.
In this event it would leave the
Burlington's bridge high and dry
over a sandbar."
A l'latlsniouth citizen was in
conversation with Mr. Smart of
Omaha recently, when that gentle
man said that a titty-font dike
above the cut at Folsom would
slop the whole (rouble, and this
was (he only thing that would be
effective, but the government
objects to a dike being built, as it
would throw the water toward the
west bank and eventually lake out
the made land between Plalls-
month ami the mouth of the I'lallt
river, thrown the channel again
at 'the foot of Main street. The
government a few years ago spent
quite a large sum ot money np-
rapping the bank at the month of
the Platte, and this work would
be taken out should a dike he built
at Folsom and the curn'iit turned
this way.
Son Doing Nicely.
From Friday's Dally.
Henry Creamer came home this
morning from Omaha, where he
went yesterday evening to see his
son, Raymond, at St. Joseph's
hospital. The young man is get
ting along nicely at this time and
(he surgeons think that he will be
able to return home entirely re
covered. Raymond has been suf
fering from tuberculosis of the
pine and which seems to be the
result of an injury received last,
fall when he was thrown from a
horse.
REMINISGENSE OF
THE CIVIL IB
The Sultana Disaster One of the
Worst Tragedies of the
Civil War.
FRANK uOBLEHl AND
m ARE SURPRISED
TO IKE PLAITS-
MDUTH BEAUT
IFUL
The Park Committee Getting
Their Work on the Tree
Planting Matter.
In
The new park committee, re
cently appointed by Judge Travis,
ctmiposed of Pat Eagan, C. A.
Rawls and L. V. Lorenz, held a
meeting recently and decided to
go right ahead with the improve
ments mapped out by the old
committee, and will plant trees,
150 fine specimens having been
secured, and C. C. Despain, an
experienced forrester, will super
intend planting the trees. Mr.
Despain began on Washington
avenue this morning and will fill
in where the drouth and small
boys have killed the trees.
C. C. WVscott and J. M. Rob
erts have fallen in with the plan
for "a city beautiful" and are
having their properly brought to
grade and will both put in con
crete walks. Already the grading
is being done for them. As soon
as the grading is completed Mr.
Despain ami his force of men will
plant trees on both sides of Main
street, commencing at Seventh
and going westward to the Cen
tral school building. Should
there be any of the trees left they
will be planted on Chicago avenue.
The conunillee is yet undecid
ed as to just what further will be
done on Main street. It has been
suggested that a double drive
way, with the center of the street
parked and planted to dwarfed
evergreens would make a nice
showing from the Burlington sta
tion when it is completed and
would be attractive to tourists.
Some steps will no doubt lie taken
to protect Ihe parkway on each
side of (he street (o prevent Hie
water from cutting ditches. II
would be a fine improvement if
Main street were paved out se
veral blocks and the sides of the
street parked. This improvement
may engage (he attention of (he
park committee also.
Commissioners View Road.
From Friday's Dally.
Commissioners Friedricb, Jor
dan and lleebner were shown over
the Platle river road yesterday by
a committee from the Commercial
club composed of Messrs. Falter,
Tidd and Schneider. They found
a reasonably good road from this
city to Oroapolis, which can soon
be placed in condition by the use
of Ihe grader. The road which is
(o be repaired covers about 80
rods leading from the road cross
ing Ihe Burlington tracks east of
Oroapolis, west to the end of Ihe
Pollock-Dun bridge. The track
ran near Ihe river bank and Ihe
recent floods have deposited sand
and debris over Ihe roadway so
that it is impassable. The board
was impressed with (he import
ance of having a road from the
bridge this way, but wore unoer
tain as to which of two plans
should be adopted. One to trans
port clay and improve the sand
covered track formerly used, or
purchase sutllciont land for a
roadway from Henry Horn's, so
that the road could be moved
about forty rods south of the
former road. The matter was
left for the Commercial club to
say which it. wanted.
One of the greatest disasters
that this country ever experienced
is called to mind by the Titanic
disaster at sea, and yesterday was
the forty-seventh anniversary of
one ol the worst tragedies ot nit
civil war, and which is still fresh
in the minds of many of the old
veterans who chance to he on
earth today.
The Sultana went down when
her boilers exploded near Islam
No. 10, ten miles north of Mem
phis, Tennessee. There were 2,-
000 union soldiers on board who
were lieing convoyed norm at. Ihe
close of the war. About (,900 of
I hem were either killed by the ex
plosion or were drowned in tin;
river. Of twenty-two members
of Company 0, One Hundred and
Second Ohio volunteers, two alone
escaped.
At the time of the disaster the
public mind was charged with
other notable happenings. The
war was over, and Lincoln had
been assassinated but ten days
previously and the Sultana horror
attracted little notice.
pathetic feature of the dis
aster was the fact that nine-tenths
of th victims were hospital pati
ents or paroled prisoners, the ma
jority of them being weakened by
wounds, sickness, or lack of food,
and consequently unable to help
themselves when hurled into the
water after being aroused from
lumber by Ihe explosion.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gobelman
Surprised on Wooden Wed.
ding Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank (iobelman
of this city were agreeably sur
prised Wednesday evening, April
2i, by a company of their neigh
bors, and friends, it being their
wooden wedding anniversary.
The company brought with
them, baskets of lunch and pre
pared to make an evening at the
home of our young friends. It
was live years ago that the young
artist, Mr. (iobelman, led to the
brida altar Miss Hint t of Sidney,
Iowa, ami the novelty of the mar
riage relation having passed, the
company nrougiu wilh inein a
bountiful supply of weapons for
future use, such as rolling pins
and potato mashers and the likt
(iaines, music and talk furnish
ed entertainment for the guests,
one feature of the amusement
being a gum chewing contest,
which was to end in each guest
forming a Teddy bear from I In
gum when thoroughly mixed with
saliva. The contest was close
and many line specimens resulted
from the gum molding, but an
artist hand was required to lake
the prize, and the committee
awarded first favors to Mr. t iobel
man. An elegant lunch, consist
ing ol sandwiches, pickles, eollee
and cake was served, and at a very
late hour the company adjourned,
wishing Mr. and Mrs. ("iobelman
many returns of the delightful
day. ,
Those present were: Messrs.
and Mesdiimes (5. B. Could, John
Halt, jr., J. M. Lcyda, R. M.
Schlaes, A. J. Beeson, Rev. W. L.
Austin, E. 0. Hill, Frank (iobel
man and Mr. H. II. Cotton. Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Hayes would have
participated, but Mrs. Hayes was
BUUGTO WORKMEN 0 ill IN
N Oil
FIOIII WITH IHE DIM RIVER
Four Miles of Bank Riprapped at Folsom, Across From Bellevue,
in Effort to Prevent Change in Channel of "Old Muddy" the
Iowa Bottom Farmers Fear More High Water.
out of town.
Half Holiday This Afternoon.
from Friday's Daily.
Every boy and girl in (lie
grades who had put in ten hours
at cleaning-up work or in aiding
their tired mothers with the
household toil.-i were on hand at
the schools this morning bright
and early with the necessary
certificate from parent or
guardian. In one room the teach
er had only four nunils out of
forty-two who had not the neces
sary certificates, and she had to
drone out the afternoon with four
specimens of Young' America in
their seats. Another teacher was
more successful,- having but one
left, with whom she labored the
afternoon through, hearing all
Ihe classes in which the unfor
tunate youmiui nieniuer or so
ciety Irappened to have coining olT
during 'I lie afternoon. At Ihe
Columbian school the children
iook on themselves the re
sponsibility of cleaning up the
entire premises and the school
.ngor & (.o., took ,,.. ,,. ...,
Tuesday and '""m;v , , j
so very neat ami ciean u iookou
after the little folks wore through
with it. The plan of getting ten
hours' work out of the boys and
girls was a very wise one, and
more real cleaning up was done
during the past week than has
been experienced in the city for
some time.
Henry Herold Injured.
From Friday's Dally.
Henry Herold of this city was
injured last evening in a railway
wreck caused by a cyclone over
turning the coach in which he was
riding, and sustained a scalp
wound and a cut about Ihe face.
Mrs. Herold received a message
from her husband this morning
slating that he was not seriously
injured, but received cuts and
iruises. The twister struck the
Union Pacific train No. 35, north
bound on the Ord branch, a mile
west of Loup City, at 5:10 last
vening, and three cars were
blown into the dilch. The en
gineer saw the storm coming and
slowed down his train and no
death occurred among the thirty
passengers aboard.
Laundry Changes Hands
The Piersou Brothers have
closed a deal whereby they part
with the possession of the Plaits
mouth steam laundry. Ihe new
owners, J. II.
over i no property iiiesi
have operated il since. Mr. Pier
son will remain willi them for a
short lime until they become ac
nuainled with the trade. The
new owners are experience
laundryineii, having worked at the
trade in the best Omaha concerns,
and they will be glad to show any
one interested just the kind of
work they can turn out, which will
be as good as the best. F. 1
Pierson has a good position ten
dered him in Omaha, which he
will probably accept.
Returns From Arkansas.
John !). Tull. who went south
jK'ilh his son-in-law, Riley Frady,
last fall, arrived from Monticello,
Arkansas, last Saturday and will
make his home in Nebraska, dur
ing the summer at least. John
finds it hard to accustom hitn
Hf to dwell anywhere except in
Id Cass.
Will Open Office Monday.
Dr. Harold Thomson, Ihe
dentist, who has recently moved
his family here from West Point,
will occupy Ihe (i. Knapp resi
donee on (irantie street. Dr.
Thomson will open his dental
parlors, located over C. E. Wes
eott Son's store, next Monday, and
w ill have one of the best local ions
in the city.
II. Norlon was caller to Oma
ha on business this afternoon.
Buy New Thresher Outfit.
From Frliay'i Dally.
A company of enterprising
farmers west of Murray have just
purchased a new Weslinghousi
threshing machine outfit, includ
ing an eighteen horse-power en
gine and lliirly-six-ineh separal
or, self-feed and blower all com
plelo, with all the latest improve
incuts. W. T. Smith of this city
affected the sale, and what Mr
Smith does not know about i
luresner would not, make a very
big book. Some of Ihe gentlemen
interested in tne company are
Charles and William Troop, Jos
oph and Zack Shrader, Charles
and William Countryman and
John Murdock.
From Suturday's Dally.
Trainloads of stone were rush
ed to Folsom, opposite Bellevue,
last night, which hundreds of men
were engaged in dumping into the
river to protect the crumbling
banks. Tents were also taken
down during (he late afternoon
to provide shelter for the men
when not at work and to afford
quarters for some to sleep while
others worked so that continuous
shifts of fresh workmen could boi
at work. Late in the evening the
rock began to pile up above the
surface of (he water, and for the
first lime this week evidence was
visible that, the company was get
ting control of the river, says the
Omaha Bee.
II was stated last niht that the
company would continue the work
until a stretch of four miles of the
river bank would be riprapped.
The company's engineers decided
that this was the only means by
which the Plallsmouth bridge
could be prevented from being
Hanked. A carload of barbed wire
was taken down last night and
hundreds of trees will be wired
together and thrown into the
stream and be covered with rock
The Richardson farm, contain
ing 100 acres, which was between
the Burlington tracks ami Folsom,
has been entirely washed into the
river. This land a year ago was
half a mile from (be river and
was considered cheap at $10(1 per
acre.
Eighty acres of highly improved
laud west and south of Fohlsom
owned by a Mr. Oodsey, together
willi all of the buildings, has been
eaten away and is now a part of
the river bod.
South of the (iodsey place Ihe
Kemp tract of twenty acres of
alfalfa meadow has been washed
away and the current is rapidly
cutting into the balance of his
farm to Ihe oast.
At the south end of Folsom,
where Ihe Burlington track is
washed out, Ihe current set in to
ward the east and lias worked in
land, not oven slopping when il
reached Ihe blulT. Where a few-
days ago there was a wide but
torn between the fool of the blulT
and the river now this land has
all boon washed away and the cur
rent has cut. against the bill,
washing down its side. Here there
were supposed to be high above
any water line.
Below Folsom the river curves
to the east, following the base of
Ihe hills. Here is where it i9
heading directly for the open
country, its purpose apparently
being to reach a low valley or
creek bed (hat extends almost
south, connecting with Ihe river
below this city.
The Burlington has a force of
more than IHM) men trying by
From Yampa, Colorado.
From Friday' Dally.
We were agreeably surprised
today on meeting C. S. Stone of
Yampa, Colorado, for the first
time 'since be went to Colorado
three years ago. He came up from
Nehawka with his father, J. M.
Stone, and brother-in-law, D. C.
West. While here Charley let Ihe
light of his genial countenance
beam in upon us, that was a
gentle reminder that he was the
same old Charley. Mr. Stone was.
looking as though the Colorado
atmosphere agreed with him, and
better still, he reports himself and
Mrs. Stone enjoying the best of
health and that they were doing
well. Charley is in the banking
business at Yampa.
is a sheer precipice of 125 feet
and at the fool the water is thirty
feet deep. The Burlington tracks
were laid across this bottom and
every means available to slop the
ravages, but without any appreci
able success (ieneral Superintend
ent Fust ice of St. Louis yesterday
ordered the removal of Hie tele
graph polos that were ready to
slip into the river and the re
oslablishmont of the lines east
of the present right-of-way.
When (he men began (o dig.
post hides on the laud of S. W.
(iodfrey, owner of Hie adjoining
farm, ho strenuously objected,
and when they paid no attention
lo his protests he went homo
and got a sholgun ami threatened
to shoot the first man who at
tempted to invade his html. He
kept the whole force at bay until
late in the afternoon while the
company's attorneys were at
(Sleiivvooil gelling the necessary
legal papers.
The decision of Ihe company lo
rehuild me iracKs on die sme ot
the bin IT s where a rocky ledge
just out for a long distance, af
fording a protection which il is
believed now the river will finally
attack in vain, will entail an
enormous expense. It will roquiro
the condemnation of land now oc
cupied by farm houses and big
barns, as all of (lie best farm im
provements in the vicinity are
located al the foot of these blulTs.
The preliminary lines run by the
engineers pass through a number
of these fine homes, whose own
ers will fight vigorously to pre
vent I heir destruction.
That Hie railroad company
must fight (he current at Ibis
point to save its main line and
Plallsmouth bridge is a fact not
lost sight of by the adjacent, land; 1
owners, and Ihey fear that if Ihe
tracks are relaid on Ihe rock
prolecling ledge Ihe company's
engineers may let up in I heir light
and permit (he river (o swallow
up a lot more valuable farm land.
It is largerly for this reason that
they are opposing Ihe new right-of-way
immediately required by
the present situation.
WATER PLANT BEING
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VERY MUCH
mm
morning, a period of about four
teen hours, lowers the water
about twenty-five feet.
Here From Nehawka.
From Frlday'g Dally.
J. M. Slone of Nehawka, and
his son-in-law, D. 0. West,
cashier of Ihe Nehawka bank,
auloed lo (he county seat Ibis
morning to look after some busi
ness mailers, and while here our
idd democratic friend, Mr. Stone,
called on Ihe Journal and we on
joyed a few moments' chat wilh
him, as we always do when he
comes to see us. Before depart
ing he renewed for not only his
own subscription, but also the
subscription of his two sons, II.
B. and Carl Stone. The Stones
are good friends of the Journal,
of which fact we feel proud.
Miss Ella Neuman and her sis
ter, Anna, visited friends in the
metropolis this afternoon for a
few hours.
Valuable Improvements Are Be
ing Made at the Pumping
Station.
The Plaltsinoulli Water com
pany has completed some valuable
improvements at Ihe pumping
station, but are not nearly
through with all that has been
planned. The now brick engine
room has been completed for some
lime, as well as a concrete-lined
reservoir under a new brick build,
ing into which the water will be
pumped for purification before
being pumped into the settling
basin. The largo new boiler is on
the ground blocked up ready to be
set, on its concrete base as soon
as cement arrives, which was
ordered some lime ago.
Tom Svoboda, who has been
running the pump for a month,
keeps Ihe machinery shining and
ready for use at all times. It is
no trouble for Tom to keep the
water in Ihe stand pipe up to a 09
pressure, and at Ihe same time
the settling vats are kept at a
higher level (ban has boon done
for some time. The ordinary
drain on Ihe stand pipe from the
time the engineer leaves the sta
tion in the afternoon until he re
turns to work al 7 o'clock the next
Whiting Begins Term.
From Friday's Dally.
Sheriff Ouinlon left for Lincoln
this morning wilh Charles Allen
Whiting, who drew a term in the
penitentiary for having one more
wife than Ihe Nebraska statutes
provides for. Whiting was an
employe of the Omaha Ice com
pany, and while having a wife and
child residing in Lincoln, came to
Plaltsinoulli ami obtained n
license and was married to Mrs.
Backus, a former Plallsmouth
lady, a daughter of John McBride
of Ibis city. When his wife read
the account of his marriage she
at once look steps lo have Whit
ing prosecuted. When arrested
he pleaded guilty.
Quiet at Spokane.
E. 11. Ilamin is in receipt of a
letter from Mrs. Hamin, who is
visiting her parents at their ranch
a few miles front Spokane, Wash
ington, in which she slates that
Ihe orchards are in full bloom and
everything looking fine. Mrs.
Hamin has a sister residing in
Spokane, who she has also visit
ed, and finds business very quiet
in that city, rents cheap and
many properties for sale.
Ooorgo Snyder, the cattle feed
er, was an Omaha visitor Ibis
morning.
