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Nfb sUuto Historical suo moutb Joiicn VOLUME XXXI. PLATTSMOUTH,- NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1912. NO. 36. - 1 1 Nsr r rfCS mnsiuiH sen MOLLIS IIS REGULAR 1 H. N. Dovey Retires From the Board and Is Succeeded by John Lute Dr. . A.Marshall Elected President, J. M. Roberts Vice-President and E. H. Wescott Secretary. The first meeting of the new school board was had last night, Mr. II. N. Dovey going out and Mr. John Lutz assuming' the duties of the ofllce of school board mem ber. The board was reorganized, Dr. Marshall was elected presi dent, J. M. Roberts, vice president, and E. II. Wescott secretary. The board decided to visit the Central building very soon and ascertain what is needed in the way of repairs, blackboards and fixtures and .seals. Joseph Ha draba, sr., was given the contract for removing the trees from the southeast corner of the campus, he fco take the wood in payment for his labor. The work of re moving the trees has already been commenced. The monthly report of Super intendent Abbott was considered and important, recommendations contained therein were adopted by the board in regard to install ing new rooms in the Central building and the use of stereopli can views and lectures by way of instruction, as has been adopted in some of the eastern schools. The substance of the monlhly re port is as 'follows: Collections from tuitions, .$03.10, making the grand total for the year $305.01. The matter of assignment of teachers bad been discussed with the teachers' committee, and the teachers re-assigned, practically all of the present corps to the rooms now taught, by them. The changes in the personnel will be as. follows: Crete Briggs, First ward; Miss Lumsden, Fourth ward, grades 1 and 2; Hess Ed wards, Columbian, grades 1 and 5; Esther Larson, Central, grades 5 and G; Pearl Staals, Central, grade G; Miss Tuey, Central, grades 3 and 1. In order to relieve the con gested condition of the upper E First Examinations for City State Certificates Will Be Held May 17 and 18. The slate superintendent of public instruction has issued a letter of instruction to the county and city superintendents, under date of May 1, 1912, stating that the first examination for city slate certificates will be given May 17 and 18. This examination will be under the supervision of the county superintendent, and will be conducted in the same manner as the exams for county and stale certificates. The fee will be one dollar, the same as required for state certificates. Information concerning the exams can be had from the coun ty superintendent. There are two lists of subjects, the academic (List A), and professional (List H).' The program for the exam ination is as follows: List, A (Academic Subjects). Friday Forenoon. Chemistry, General History. Friday Afternoon. English Literature, Plane Trigo nometry, Zoology. Saturday Forenoon, fieology, Physical Geography. Saturday Afternoon. Psychology, Rhetoric. List B (Professional Subjects). Saturday Forenoon. Child Study, History of Education, Induslrial Education, Moral Education. Saturday Afternoon. Psychology, School Hygiene, School Management, Theory of Education. One requirement for the re issuance of first and second grafh; city certificates is the completion of the reading circle work for the year just closing. If the can didate fails to produce a certifi cate from the county or city FIRST EXAMINATION FOR STATE CERTIFICATES L grammar grades, Mr. Abbott re commended as follows: First, that all seventh and eighth grade pupils of the schools be con gregated on the third floor of the Central building and that the de partmental teaching be extended even farther than we now have it. Second, that room 5 be divided, making two such rooms, as there are immediately above it; that the west part, or room ti be assigned to Miss Staats, with sixth grade pupils, and that the west part, or room 5, be assigned to Miss Lar son, with fifth and sixth grade pupils. , In many of the eastern schools the stereoptican is used by the schools, and the superintendent believed he would have a fund that could be available to do something of the kind next. year. Mr. Shlaes has been interviewed and has agreed to allow the use of one of his halls once a week from say ' till 5:15, for the actual operating expense, or about $2.50 for each afternoon. The super intendent has about 200 views of the Orient and Hawaii and could secure other people to come and talk to our children for the mere expense. The general plan would be for about twenty-five of these educational matinees to be furnished to the children free of all charge. The following is the tabulation of attendance for the months of March and April: Total number of days attended by boys in March, 7,i5)7; total days absent, 713; girls attended 7,808 days and were absent 810; there were 35 more girls enrolled for the month than boys; during April boys at tended 7,920 days and were absent 470 days, while the girls for the same month attended 8,(57 i days and were absent 351 days, and during the month there were 12 more girls enrolled than boys. superintendent that the circle work has been satisfactorily com pleled, the candidate will be re quired to take an examination in Colgrove's "The Teacher and the School." This examination will be given May 18. B. F. Dill Assaulted. From Tuesday's Dally. H. f . Dili, a rarmer and grain man of South Hend, was in the city today with a bandage on his head, interviewing the county at lorney relative to a criminal prosecution against a South Hend citizen. Since the above was placed in type a compalint has been filled before Judge Archer charging one (ieorge Vogle with unlawfully making an assault upon the com plainlant, H. F. Dill, on the 0th day of May and him said Vogle did unlawfully wound and batter Warrant was issued and placed in the hands of the sheriff directing him to arrest the said Vogle and have him before the court then to give his reasons for thus violating the statutes. Drives Up From Union. From Tuesday's Dally. A. Meeker, one of the prosper ous, progressive and up-to-date farmers and slock raisers from near Union, was in the city a fe hours today, driving up from his home this morning to look afli some county seat business He was acompanied by Mrs. Jam Allison, who is also making h ICS ei home in Union. While here Mr Decker paid this office a bri call, renewing his subscription to the Journal. We believe that, Mr Uecker has one of the finest im proved slock farms in Cass conn ty, and when we say that he IS successful in his line of work we know whereof we speak. J. E. McDaniel is having the fronts of his saloon building am ware room given a new coat i paint. Tom Mahoney is the artist neninn tne orusn and is doing a fine piece of work. Applies for Change of Venue. From Tuesday's Dally. County Attorney C. H. Taylor returned from Papillion last evening, where tie had been to submit a motion to the court ask ing for a change ()f vcniic in the Louisville bridge case, which has been tried and reversed by the su preme court more than once. If the change is granted the case will probably come to this county for trial. A. L. HELL DIES Former Citizen of Plattsmouth Passes Away at the Home of His Daughter. From Tuesdav't Dally Ed. Lutz is in receipt of a card from Mrs. Clark of Corning, Iowa, under date of May filh, staling that her father, A. L. Bu.ell, died at 11:15 a. m. that date. The re mains arrived in Plattsmouth this afternoon and the funeral will occur from the Christian church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Ilev. Zink will conduct the service. The deceased was for years a resident of this city and an employe of the Burlington shops in the carpentary depart ment. He leaves surviving two daughters, Mrs. Edith Clark of Corning, Iowa, and Mrs. A. E. J'odd of near Plaltsmoulb, and one son, Oliver, who is master mechanic of the railway shops at San Bernardino, California. Mr. Buzell had been making bis home during the past winter with his daughter, Mrs. Edith Clark, and had he lived and his health per mitted, he would have returned to this county and resided with Mrs. Todd during the summer. Glenwood Beats Plattsmouth. The (ilenwood High school baseball team won its third game of Ihe season Saturday by defeat. ing Plallsmouth on the grounds here by a score of 7 to 2. Tin game was well attended, showing the support being acorded the team is indicative of Ihe Glen wood spirit. In the sixth inning neither team scored; Morgan for Glen wood and Schlaler for Platts moii I li pitching fine ball. In the sixth Plait sinnulh put two over by several clever plays. Glenwood retaliated by nipping one. In the seventh Plallmouth failed, and did the same thing in the eighth, while Glenwood added four in the seventh and in the eighth put down two more. Plattsmouth rolled in another in the ninth; the Glenwood players refraining from batting. Morgan's pitching for Glenwood was a feature. Without trying to accumulate selfish honors, he fanned thirteen Plattsmouth mosquito killers, while Schlaler of Plaltsniouth covered himself with glory by making nine of our bar rel slave artists bite the dust Reeves caught his usual good game for Glenwood, M. Arries do ing Ihe backstop work for the boys from over the river. The score Platts ....0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 : Glenwood 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 7 Glenwood Tribune. Teaching History. Recently there was a meeting of more than forty of the history teachers of the stale held in Oma ha. It was the first convention of Ihe kind ever held in this stale No doubt the object is a good one and will be an intellectual treat for the teachers. Hut the News would suggest I hat ancient his tory be dropped and Nebraska considered. There is a great dea about this state yet to be learnei and would be of more importance than Gcrck history and Greek paintings. The Phoenicians are not to be considered with abori ginies of the Platte. If these his lorians would confine their dis cussions to the history of Ne braska it would he much more beneficial for future generations Nebraska City News. Pleasure Boating. J. E. Mason has his pleasure motor boat in readiness for serv ice on Ihe Missouri river and al parties who wish a pleasure ride will please call on Mr. Mason Where there are a number in th party a fee of 25c each will be T CORN 6. 01 charged. Supply and Demand. The best fiction is that which is grouped about a salient and asily recognizable fact. One of tlm most interesting tales that we have recently read outlined the success that came to an alert business man by reason of his ecognition of the fact that there ire a considerable number of buyers of goods that prefer to pay more than the market price be cause they can afford to do so. that it gives I hem a sort of dis tinction. This principle is really at the bottom of the present high price level, although other ele ments enter into the problem. The presence in the market of buyers who. don't care what the price is so the article is what thev want has its effect on prices, and the refusal of so many to buy cheaper oodstuffs and the like, even though they are wholesome and palatable, makes for a waste that is made good by the increased price for what is purchased. Most prices, especially of goods that must be quickly moved, follow the aw of supply and demand, and if people would refuse to purchase goods when the sellers, taking ad vantage of supply being short in the face of Ihe usual, demand, ad vance prices, I hey could soon iminand the situation. Sad ex perience has convinced many per sons that they can really do with out a good many things thev I bought they could not before re verses came. Demand is under the control' of the buyers, and with wisdom they can make it match supply at will. Lincoln News. Saloon Fight at Greenwood. From Tuondny'8 Dally. According to advices received from Greenwood a warm fight is on in that village o determine whether it shall have a saloon I bo coming year. At the election on April i the citizens decided for a wet town under the referendum and pel il ion ordinance by a vote of. 01 to 38. John E. Schulliim i A. 1). Wellon, the two pro- license adherents, were re-elected to Ihe board of village trustees. The hold-over trustees. Frank Nichols, Dr. N. D. Talcott and Watson Howard, refused to vote lo grant Ihe license, and Chair man Howard said he would refuse to sign any license granted. Henry 11. Weidemann of Green wood, who is an applicant for the saloon license, began mandamus proceedings Friday lo compel the dry members of Ihe Greenwood village board to appear . before District Judge II. I). Travis and show cause why they should not grant Ihe saloon license in .ac cordance with the referendum vote. Summons were today served on Trustees Talcott, Nichols and Howard to appear Wednesday be fore Judge Travis al Papillion. Operated on for Appendicitis. From Tuesday'! Dally. John Meisinger, jr., and wife, accompanied by Mr. Meisinger's father, Jacob Meisinger, went to Omaha yesterday, where John Meisinger, jr., entered St. Jos eph's hospital and will undergo an operation this morning for ap pendicitis. Jacob Meisinger and his son, G. P. Meisinger, went lo Omaha again this morning wild Dr. Cummings lo be with John, jr., while the operation is heing performed. He has been troubled with Ihe disease for some months, but thought he could pull through without an operation, but has now concluded he had better submit to the knife while he has strength to endure it. To Extend Corporation Limits. A movement is being made lo extend the corporate limits of Union, which, if carried out, will materially improve the condition of the village. Many improve nienls are under way, such as new cement , walks and crossings, grading streets and keeping them floated and dragged following each rain. Besides, a number of new buildings are in prospect of erection. In the past few years Union has made many permanent and substantial improvements, the old frame buildings having been replaced by brick and all oc cupied by prosperous merchants and business men. Visiting cards, invitations, pro grams, and all other kinds of fanoy printing done at the Jour nal office. 1 MATTER OF JESSE BLUNT HIST TIE G. B. 8 0. Ill HUT This Suit is for $15,000, and Was the Federal Court on Motion of the Defendant, and Case Came Up for Trial in Lincoln Monday Matthew Gering, of this City, Representing the Plaintiff. The case brought two and a half years ago in the district court of this county by Jesse F. Blunt against the C, H. & Q. Rail way company for $15,000 dam ages, and on motion or Ihe de fgendant removed to Ihe federal court, came up for trial Monday at Lincoln. The case was filed in September, i'JOU, and in October of the same year taken to the federal court, and only reached for trial this week. The plaint ilY is and was represented by M. Ger ing, and the company by Ilalleck F. Rose, John E. Kelby and Byron Clark, and will be warmly contest ed, the trial probably lasling three or four days. Several witnesses went to Lincoln Ibis morning to testify in the case. Plaintiff alleges in his petition that on the 21st day of March, 15108, be was employed by the C, B. & Q. Railway company as fire man, and at McCook, on that day, while in the regular course of his employment, and al the lime of the accident resulting in his in jury, be was taking sand from the sand bin, when the company's en ERS SHORT TERMED Recodifying Commission Holds These Officials Have Cut . Terms Too Short The reports come from Lincoln at county commissioners in this slate have for Ihe past six years allowed I liemselves to lose hue year of olllce solely because of the fact that they have not understood the workings of the law under w hich I bey hav e been elected. Leastwise that is what Ihe re codifying commissioner members iclieve. The official body created by an act of (he last legislature has been looking up the mailer for some time past and Jefferson llroady, chairman, lias given out the essence of the commission's conclusion in the matter. There are diverging provisions of the law relat ing to the election of the county officials, but the only view of the mailer that the com missioners, who are readjusting the statutes, can arrive at is that the occupants of these offices have been concluding I heir terms with three years, when they might just as well have stayed in olllce four years. The latest expression of thtt legislature on the subject was in 151(15, when the term of county commissioners was set al four years in the biennial election law passed that year. Later Ihe stale supreme court round that phase of Ihe law unconslitulional, but the oilier phase of I lie law relating lo the term of county commis sioners, according to the re codifying commission, still holds and is operative among the coun ties of the slate where the com missioner system is in vogue. An other measure also passed al that session of Ihe legislature fixed Ihe terms of commissioners al four years, Both the latter law and the biennial elections law were fathered by C. J. Warner of this county, and K. It. Perry, now a district judge in western Ne braska. The voiding then of the bien nial election law in no wise could be construed as a voiding of Ihe law fixing the terms of county commissioners at four years. This separate law was the latest en actment of the legislature upon that, subject, and is si ill binding upon these officials over Ihe stale. Reasons for its misunderstanding are many and various, but it is understood by Chairman Broady of the commission that the ex ample followed in Douglas coun ty of holding only three-year COUNTY COMMISSION Removed From this County to gineer suddenly and without warning, moved the engine upon which he was tiring, throwing him to the ground, a distance of twelve feel, wounding and lacerating his left knee, so that he has been per manently injured, and incapacit ated from earning a livlihood. Ho expended about $100 in doctors' bills, besides the pain endured; the damage o plaint ill' and the sum for which be prays judgment is .$15,000. Mr. Gering and his client went to Lincoln Monday, and Ilia first case on the docket, of Ihe federal, court taken up Tuesday morning was Mr. Blunt's case. The jury was empaneled yesterday fore noon and considerable evidence introduced yesterday. The plaintiff, in 1910, brought suit against the Burlington Relief association for the same injury Tor $10,000 in the county court, of this county, and recovered a judg ment for $315. This case was ap pealed to the district court by the defendant and is pending in the supreme court. The outcome of Ihi' suit in the federal court will be watched for with interest. terms blazed Hie way for county boards all over Ihe stale. Subscription List Grows. The committee appointed by the baseball boys Monday night were out yesterday a little while and have over $100 subscribed to the enterprise. ,et everyone get ready lo respond liberally when the coinmillee calls. Considerable funds will be necessary to fit up the ground and erect an amphi theater. The following amounts have already been subscribed: J. L. Russell, $25; Kd Fgen berger, $15; J. K. McDaniel, $15; F. Gobelnian, $5; II. N. Dovey, $5; R. A. Males, $5; Fd Schulliof, $5; Wescoll's Sons, $:); M. G. Ilerold, $2.50; K. G. Dovey, $1 ; Joe Fclzer, $1; A. J. Snyder, $1; J. P. Perry, $1; F. G. Fricke, $1; G. K. Dovey, $1; Weyrich & lladraba, $1; Lor enz Brothers, $1; R. Hampton, J. J. Decker, J. Kazel, G. 11. Cline, C. R. Burdick, L. F. Trimpe, 50 cenls each; Ward Clark, $1; J. E. Mason, $1. As additional names are secured they will be added from lime to lime. Improvements Going On. The building occupied by the Hampton & Decker dry cleaning establishment is being overhauled ami will be thoroughly renovated, the woodwork painted and the walls' and ceiling papered. The doorway, which had been ar ranged for a garage, has been changed back lo its former posi tion and Ihe usual doorway re placed, John Weyrich is doing the carpenter work. The front is being painted, anil our friends, Hampton & Decker, are con gratulating themselves on having a building for their business as good as new. The Morgan building, occupied by A. M. Arries' billiard hall, has been given a new coat of paint. Tom Slokes is the artist, who decorated it ami caused it to take on the appearance of a new build ing. Visits His Old Home. From Tupoflay'a Dally. D. B. Kbersole and sons, David and George, departed for Omaha this afternoon, where they expect ed to lake Ihe Milwaukee road for Chicago and from there go to Mr. Fhersole's old home al Middle town, Pennsylvania. It has been twenty-three years since Mr. F.hersole left his native city for t he west, and he has not been back since. i He anticipates a pleasant visit with his brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts, of whom ho has many. He has recently been in the hospital, and while not strong enough for work, I bought it a good lime to make a visit to his old home.