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VOLUME XXXI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1912.
NO. 44.
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One of the Most Beautiful Structures in the City, Modernized
. Throughout, Substantially Constructed With a View of Com
fort, Beauty and Pleasure to the Occupants.
Through t lit kindness of Judge
Beeson, a representative of the
Journal was shown through the
new M. V. A. building, now in
course of construction on the
corner of Sixth and Pearl streets.
The building is a magnificent
structure, the sky line looming
far above any of the two-story
structures in the vicinity. The
exterior, which is about com
pleted, is certainly a fine piece of
mechanical art. The difference in
the color and texture of the brick
of the first story and (he second
adds to the attractiveness of the
building and the Woodmen are to
bo congratulated on their enter
prise in securing this valuable
piece of real estate and placing
the improvement upon it. They
are to be congratulated, too, on
the selection of the men to erect
the building, Peters & Richards
having demonstrated that they
were the right parlies to handle
the contract.
The work on the inside is
moving right along; the windows
and doors are receiving their cas
ings and the lath are going on and
soon 'I he building will be turned
over to the plasterer. When com
pleted the society will have one of
the neatest lodge rooms in the
state. It will be light and airy and
large enough for any gathering.
In addition the M. W. A. will be
in position fo furnish a home for
any order in the city, less fortun
ate than themselves, at a very
reasonable cost.
The plan submitted to the
building committee contemplates
a fine dining room and kitchen,
with all modern facilities and
conveniences on the first floor,
"What About Religion?" Subject
of Interesting Sermon by
Rev. L. W. Qade.
The morning service at the
I'resbyterian church Sunday was
very largely attended and very in
teresting. The church choir ren
dered a pleasing anthem, Miss
Malhilde Yallcry, soloist. Rev.
Oade delivered an excellent ad
dress, having for his subject
"What About Religion?" his text
being, "Co home to thy friends
and tell them what, great things
the Lord hath done for thee." In
'part he said:
"These people had followed
Christ for three days. He had
fed them by a great miracle.
Christ is always calling people to
Him. He sent them away to "their
earthly homes and duties, not to
forget what He had told (hem, but
to go tell others. The world must
know it. They must carry re
ligion with them in their every
day lives. The Pharaisees and
Saducees could have little effect
on them now. They that live
righteously, are righteous, not
they who talk about the beauty of
righteousness. W hy should any
man be at ivst when he is dead,
when he bad led a wicked life. It
is not a man's death that counts,
it's a man's life that counts. As
an illustration of his thought he
told of (hi' chaplain reading the
bible to the wounded soldier. The
soldier was tired, thirsty and cold,
and after the chaplain had given
him water to drink and thrown
his own coat fiver him to protect
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nun irom uic cold, tne solilier
said: 'If there is anything in that
book that tells you i ,io that, I
wish you'd read.it to me.' "
Rev. Cade said a man works for
thai which be loves and spoke of
the working men, bent, careworn,
going to their daily tasks. They
loved their wives and children,
therefore loved to toil for them.
What the world needs is the love
of Jesus Christ. Wo must secure
SUNDAY SERVICE AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
THE LOCAL CAMP
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with toilet and bath adjacent. In
addition on the first floor will be
two comniodeous store rooms and
a suite of olllce rooms. On the
second floor are waiting rooms
for ladies and waiting rooms for
men, with toilet and bath ad
jacent; passing these the wide
hallway opens out into the large
high ceiling 'hall, which is ii
feet one way by 15 the other.
Adjacant to this is a room about
one-third the size of the one just
mentioned, which can be used for
lodge room purposes when noth
ing but the routine business
meeting is to be held; off of this
smaller lodge room is another
room to be titled up as a reading
room.
Above the smaller lodge room
and the reading room and extend
ing over the hallway and wailing
rooms is the large balcony with a
seating capacity for 250 people.
Here the orchestra and the piano
will he located. The rooms will
be lighted by electricity; there
will be water and gas in all the
necessary places and the building
will be modern in all its appoint
ments. In the basement will he the
large Campbell hot air furnace,
which is being installed by John
Bauer & Son. There is ample
room in the basement for coal,
besides lots more space which
can be filled up for pool tables
and billiards.
The building as a whole is an
ornament to the town and adds to
the value of every foot, of real
estate in the vicinity of the prop
erly, and the M. W. A. member
ship of Plattsmoulh have the
right to a feeling of pride in
their building.
a knowledge of (Sod in order to
get spiritual blessings. Not how
much can I gel out of this world,
but how much can I give it. He
spoke of (he influence of nature
for good, hut what about the di
vine power back of nature?
In the District Court.
From TueBday's Dally.
ine case or Paukonin vs.
(Sorder was begun in the district
court at 2 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon. The following named
gentlemen were selected as
jurors: O. M. Kintz, Ray Frans,
B. C. Hyde, W. J. Maguey, James
Sperry, John Wolf, (i. M. Minford,
S. I. Croinplnn, Dei) rich Koesler,
J. Lansing, Louis Mariuardt and
K. B. Taylor.
The plaintiff introduced H. E
Pankonin, James Robertson, John
(order and Ircd H. (Sorder to
prove the allegations of the peti
lion. On the matter of the in
troduclion of testimony a ques
tion arose, which the court
thought not p.'oper for the jury
to hear the argument and about i
o'clock excused the jury until 9
o'clock this morning, to give the
attorneys time to argue the law
points. The argument was con
tinued this morning until '10
o'clock, when the jury was called
in to proceed with the acse.
Secure Bargains in Shoes.
Another change in the adver
tisement of Sherwood & Son is
niadu today, and it seems to us
that prices have been greatly re
duced on such footwear as is
needed at this season of the year.
It is really remarkable that such
great bargains are offered, and il
is not. at all surprising that the
people of Cass county are taking
advantage of the low prices. It
would lie advisable for all to call
and see the goods that are being
offered at such remarkably low
prices.
Posts and Wood for Sale.
A quantity of good bur oak
posts, and a large supply of good
block wood for sale. For further
particulars see Bower & Kino
nieri, one mile south nnd one and
one-half miles west of Culloin.
Weary of Waiting.
The brakemen on the Missouri
Pacific have gotten out a new
time card and put on that extra
fast train which has been prom
ised so often. it is to be an all
steel train and make wonderful
time. We have been promised
that train. so often that it will re
quire evidence to make us believe
it will be started before next fall.
Nebraska City News.
A Very Interesting and Social
Gathering at the Home of
Rev. and Mrs. Zink.
from Tuesday's Daily.
Rev. and Mrs. Zink entertained
tin- W. C. T. It. yesterday after
noon. The floral decorations
were Peonies and roses and the
rear door of the dining room was
converted into an arch by a hugh
white bow, the badge of our union.
Meneath the arch refreshments
were served, the guests being in
ited to help themselves while
they exchanged greetings; thus
being free from formality, was
both it 1 1 i t and pleasant. By in
vitation of (he president, Rev.
Zink opened the meeting in the
usual form, scripture reading and
piaer. The secretary read the
minutes of the previous meeting
ami called the roll, and each
member and some of the visitors
respomli'd to t licit names with a
short article appropriate to the
occasion. Mrs. L. A. Moore pre
sided at the orgaiTto accompany
the singing and a good program
followed. Master Kversole re
cited a poem in a masterly man
ner, and his little sister, when
she spoke her little verses, re
minded us of legends of fairy
queens invoking the flowers. Mrs.
Judge Ramsey read a beautiful
poem and several others con
tributed to the program, but . the
secretary was so interested she
forgot to lake notes, and for fear
of being incorrect, their names
must be omitted. Mrs. Briggs
read one of Joel Chandler's quaint
stories of Brother Rabbit and
Brother Fox, in which the animals
organized a church in imitation
of the humans, which was so true
to real life in some churches that
it provoked laughter almost to
interfere with the reading. Miss
Nora Livingston, president of the
Band of Mercy, was called on for
a report. The call being unex
pected, she gave a verbal and very
encouraging ami satisfactory one
in two ways, both as to its flour
ishing condition and the reflec
tion that the rising generation is
ahundently capable of taking up
reformatory work after we have
passed on, and doing it belter
than our capacities have permit
ted us to do. Rev. ink responded
to our call and made a very ac
ceptable speech, inasmuch as he
gave a very graceful tribute to
women and their work, down the
line of history to the present, not
forgetting to express a little
doubt as to the excuse of Adam
after the fall in Eden, by saying
we are all prone to lay our faults
on some other than ourselves. Our
society wishes to here express nui
sincere thanks to Rev. and Mrs.
Zink for their hearty en-operation
and assistance in our work.
J. K. Vandercook, Secretary.
Administrator Appointed.
From Tuesday's Dally.
James Terryherry was yester
day appointed by the county court
as administrator of the estate of
William Volk, deceased, on the
petition of the heirs at law. It is
rumored that there will be a legal
"scrap" before the estate is final
ly settled, as there are other
parties aside from the legal heirs
who, it is said, will lay cjaim to
the bulk of I ho young man's pos
sessions. Christian Church to Be Papered.
Frank Oobelinan and his force
of arlislic paper hangers began
papering the Christian church to
day. When Frank gels through
with il there will In nothing more
to do In adil to the pleasing ef
fect of the interior of the build
ing. Frank is one of the neatest
wall decorators in the city.
Mrs. Oeorge Lenhof and daugh
ters arrived this morning and will
be guests of friends for a lime.
ENTERTAINED W.G.T.U
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
BRASS SCRAPS SENT TO
fTSiUTI
Scrap Handling on the Burlington
'Railway Reduced to
System Now.
The scrap dock of the Burling
ton railroad at llavelock is said to
be one of the largest, if not the
largest plant of its kind in the
country. The dock proper is llftv
feet wide by eight hundred feet
long, and is regarded as the most
modern yet built. Besides the
dock there is an addition, under
cover for the storage of the turn
ings' and tilings and line scrap,
which would rust quickly unless
protected from the weather, says
the Lincoln Journal.
Scrap is shipped from all
points west of the river to the
llavelock plant, from a system of
more than 1,0(10 miles of track
age. Seventy-live per cent of (he
scrap at tin1 present time conies
from cast-olj' freight cars. In
the last few years the company
has been scrapping its lighter
capacity freight cars rapidly.
Only a small per cent of loco
motives are scrapped or discard
ed when no longer able to per
form active service, contrary to
the general opinion. Most of the
parts are again usable. The
dock gels large quantities of
scrap from the local shops.
Locomotives are scrapped at the
machine shop and the cast-off
stuff which can't be utilized is
sent to the dock.
Practically I'.oo.ooo pounds of
scrap is received each day, or an
average of ten cars. These will
average 00,000 pounds to a car.
About 75 cars a mouth are ship
ped out. Forty men are now em
ployed at the dock. There are
about too storage bins, and these
are divided and subdivided. In
addition there is a dismantling
plant where heavy scrap is handl-
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Long tracks extend on each
side of the dock, and one is used
for loading and the other for un
loading. A big crane which travels
on a l rack on the ground llie en
tire length of the dock and a
magnet attached to the crane with
a lifting capacity of five Ions
facilitates the work in a mar
velous manner and saves much
time and labor. Cars are loaded
and unloaded with these modern
devices in a very short time. The
magnet lifts the cast-ofT material
out of the cars and drops it. into
the sorting bins. It is then sort
ed out by hand, after which it is
removed by the magnet to perm
anent storage bins. The crane
has a carrying capacity of I en
tons. There are seventy-five dif
ferent classes of scrap.
About 50 per cent of the scrap,
after being sorted, is capable of
being used again. All scrap brass
is sent to the foundry at Platls
iiHjuth, where it is recast and
made to perform service again.
Brass is the most valuable and
every ounce of it is carefully
husbanded. Scrap which can't be
used is sold to rolling mills or
foundries. From 2,500 to 3,000
Ions of this is shipped every
month.
Railroad companies are paying
close attention nowadays to little
things, and the Burlington road,
in common with other big trunk
lines, has reduced the handling of
scrap to a system which is get
ling tin' best results possible.
Bert Flckler Here.
From Wednesday's Dally.
Herl Fjckler arrived in South
Omaha yesterday with a load of
bogs for the market ami came
down Ibis morning to look after
some business mailers, going
from here to Murray to see his
mot her-in-law, Mrs. Draper, who
has been slaying with friends in
Murray since the funeral of her
husband, lion. S. 1. Draper. Herl
reports everything booming in
Stanton, and the farmers in the
country surrounding are well
pleased with the excellent pros
pects for good crops. While Bert
was reared in Cass county, he
thinks the younger class of men
can do belter by going farther
west, where excellent oppor
tunities are afforded to grow up
with the country.
Don't forget! Tne Journal
office Is prepared to do all kinds
of fancy Job work. Qlve us a trial.
PLATTSMOUTH FOUNDRY
WILL PLOTSiUTH
10 THEIR INTEREST III GOOD ROADS?
Our City Can Be Placed on the
If Our People Will Get Up and Hustle for Better Approaches
to Town, Many of Which are in Bad Shape.
All roads leading into the city
of Plallsmoulh should be put in
first-class condition, and that at
once. The merchants are in
terested in having as many farm
ers come to Plattsmoulh as can
be induced to come. The Com
mercial club has discussed the
question of advertising the ad
vantages of Plattsinouth as a
trading point, which is all very
good.
A farmer friend of the Journal
remarked yesterday that the roads
in the country for seven miles to
his place from the city limits
were in good shape, having been
dragged all the way, but that he
thought the city of Plattsmoulh
ought to put the road inside the
city limits in good condition also.
The two hills on the Louisville
road, our friend charged, had not
been dragged al all. lie and other
farmers could hardly get their
macjiincs over these two hills, and
il, was next to impossible to meet
a team, or pass one on this stretch
of hills, both of which are inside
I he corporal ion.
Another friend directed our at
tention to the bottom road, which
is almost as much of a gateway
into the city as the Louisville
road, and here the trouble is the
approaches to the small bridge
over the sewer creek. The dirt
has settled away from the bridge
until a sharp rise of from four to
six inches against, the edges of
the bridge timbers must be sur
mounted before the bridge can be
passed over. Such condition is
very hard on auto fires and one
will not risk damaging bis ma
chine to the extent of .$50 or $75
to get into Plattsmoulh, but will
visit some other city where the
gateways are kepi in repair. ,
While the bottom road is under
discussion the al lent ion of the
city authorities is called to the
gross violation of the city ordin
ance by the dumping of all sorts
of refuse near the highway along
the bottom, when the ordinance
forbids leaving such rubbish with
in 500 feet of I he public road.
Komi; of it has been dumped at
the side of the road and a great
deal within a couple of rods.
Pleasure-seekers will avoid coin
ing to Plallsmoulh through Hie
gateway of the bottom road un
less belter conditions can lie made
In prevail.
President T. H. Pollock of the
Sergent John Walsh, Formerly of
U. S. Army, Make Trip From
New York to 'Frisco.
From WlneHday'B Daily.
Sergent John Walsh of Mas
sachusetts, who is making an ef
fort lo beat the record of Weslon,
I he vorh-famecl walker, reached
Plattsmoulh on his return trip
from San Francisco to New York
today, and was nt I he Journal
olllce at 10:30 this morning. Mr.
Walsh has been in the army of
the United Slates for thirty years,
and for I he walk from New York
to San Francisco and return he
is lo receive $2,000 if made wilh
ing the lime limited.
lie left New York City for the
Pacific, coast city January 1st,
11M2, ami tramped the entire dis
tance In San Francisco, reaching
that city April f. He rested two
days and left I bat city May 8.
Seargent Walsh slops in every
county seat long enough lo get
the signature of the editor of the
newspaper and that of the county
olllcers having seals, lie exhibit
ed his passbook having Hie auto
graph of the governors of the
slates and stale seals of Colorado
and California. He left Denver
May 25, twelve days ago. On May
19 he was si ruck by a I). & II. O.
train and remained unconscious
WALKING
IHE CONTINENT
PEOPLE AWAKEN .
"Trail to Sunset" Route This Year
Commercial club handed the
Journal a communication he had
just received from II. K. Fred
rickson, chairman of the country
roads committee of the Omaha
Commercial club, informing Mr.
Pollock that the Omaha Commer
cial club and the Omaha Auto
Motor club will jointly make a
good roads trip by way of this city
between Omaha and Kansas City,
starting from Omaha Friday, June
7, arriving in Plattsmoulh al
8::t0 a. in., and enclosing the
schedule produced in the Journal
a few evenings ago. Mr. Fred
rickson urges the co-operation of
all people interested in good
roads, and would like to see a
large number of Plallsmoulh pen
pie out lo meet the parly coming
through on Friday omrniiig. A
I hlrty-niinnte stop will be made
here, and remarks made by some
of the party. The communica
tion stales that there is much
benetit to be derived from divert
ing the travel lo the west side of
the river, in addition to the great
benellt that will come from
stimulating an interest in good
roads.
Mr. Frcdrickson also inclosed a
clipping, under dale of June 1,
from New York, wherein an esti
mate is made that there will be
expended in I rans-conl inenlal
louring this season over $1,000,-
000, and staling thai "it is con
servatively estimated that 500
cars, with an average of four per
sons In a car, will go across the
country by the 'Trail to Sunset'
this year," and then follows the
estimate of money expended for
gasoline, oil, (ires, garage, equip
ment for car, equipment for pas
sengers, hotel bills, incidentals,
purchase of souvenirs, return
railroad fares, freight on return
cars, etc., totaling $1,025,(100.
The above llgures may seem a
little sirring, but Or. F. L. Hart
led, good roads director of Hie
I leaver Chamber of Commerce,
slates thai ,000 automobiles
visited his stale in 1 1 1 1 and that
they left no less I ban $2,700,000
in that commonwealth.
Plallsmoulh can he put on the
"Trail tn Sunset" if we manifest
the proper spirit and turn out
Friday morning and make I ho
good roads visitors realize that
we want lo be on the route.
for seven hours, and was found by
the daugher of Captain Vaullorn,
who caused medical aid lo be
called and he was revived. He
was the guest of Company F al.
Fori Crook last night, and walked
to Plattsmoulh in two hours, de
parting as soon as he could get
his book signed up.
Joseph Mullen Sick.
From Tuenday'3 Daily.
Joscphp Mullen, a prominent
citizen of Flmwood and well
known throughout the county, is
reported critically ill with acute
Height's disease. Members of I he
jury coming from Flmwood last
evening brought the information
that Mr. Mullen was not expected
to live. This was a surprise to
his friends whn had left Elmwnnd
Iwenly-four hours before, as he
was in his supposed usual health.
Death From Diphtheria.
Flhel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. II. Iteid, died this morning at,
the family' home on North Tenth
street, aged 5 years, ;i months and
1H days. She had been sick nine
days. She was a bright little girl
and her untimely demise will be
mourned by the many friends of
the family. The remains will be
taken lo Plattsmoulh for inter
ment. Nebraska Cilv News.
B. F. Wiles came in from his
home this morning and hoarded
the morning train for Omaha,
where he was called on business
for the day.