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VOLUME XXXI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1912.
NO. 54.
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Quite a Business Session Buy the
Pop Factory Building If Ways
and Means Can Be Devised
to Pay for the Same.
From Tuesday's Dally
There was not an absentee from
the membership of the city
fathers last night at the roll call
of the regular session of the
council. The business of the
session was disposed of in the
usual routine way. After the
reading and approval of the min
utes, communications were taken
up. There were more than the
usual number of communications
last night, the greater part of
them being sidewalk petitions and
requests for grading to be done
for permanent walks. Plans and
specifications for the paving of
district No. 4 were reported on
hand and completed, and Engineer
Slander of Omaha informed the
council that he is ready to go on
with the work.
A petition for a private sewer
extending north and soutn on
Seventh street, signed by Tidd,
Crabill, Cole, McElwain, 11. A.,
Hates and others, was granted by
unanimous vote of the council.
A communication from J. N.
Gilquist, an Omaha expert ac
countant, informing the council
liiat he could serve the city in tho
way of making an audit of the city
officers' books, at any time the
council desired, was placed on" file
for future reference, Councilman
Dovey making the motion.
Considerable permanent walk
for Rock and Marble streets was
asked for, and it was determined
to place all of the petitions in the
hands of the city attorney, so that
legal proceedings may be taken
to insure all possible protection
to the city in cases where the
owners refuse to build walks ad
jacent to their property.
The report of the finance com
mittee showed the following
claims, which were allowed: Mr.
Wiggins, expense from Lincoln to
look over cemetery, $4.75; Hans
Kothman, road work, $8; II. C. Mc
Maken & Son, road work, $5.40;
Hen Itainey, salary, $05; Henry
Trout, salary, $50; J. Fitzpalrick,
salary, $10; H. A. Hates, printing,
$47.50; H. (i. Wurl, expense,
$1.50; Clay Tyler, Paul Wolfarth,
H. V. Toogood, (iuy Carlson, J.
Andrews, II. Lahoda, G. McMaken
and S. H. Smith, services at Svo
boila fire, each $1.50; J. Iverson,
0. Knapp and E. Manspeaker,
general fund, each, $1; Frank
Gobclman, $12.50; W. Clement,
freight, $7.20; Nebraska Lighting
Co., $1.40; Nebraska Lighting
Co., $126.50; Nebraska Lighting
Co., 35 cents; J. E. Mason, labor,
$3.50; Nebraska Lighting Co.,
$2.50; Plattsmouth Water Co.,
$5.50; Lincoln Telephone and
Telegraph Co., $2.05; E. Millburn,
labor. $1; J. Donnelly, salary, $3;
public library, $2; Olive Jones,
salary, $35; M. Archer, salary,
$30; James Hebal, salary, $30; J.
Iverson, road drags, $11; C. J
Baker, road work, $5.20; II. Roth
inan, road work, $11; M. McCool,
road work, $23.40; Alvin Jones,
road work, $23.20; W. H. Rishel,
road work. $38.50; Charles Hates,
road work, $28; J. Wynn, road
work, $27.00; II. C. McMaken &
Sun, water and ice, July Fourth,
$5.70.
iteierred to claims com
mittee: Plattsmouth Water com
pany, hydrant rentals, $800.00;
II. C. McMaken & Son, sidewalk at
park and crossings, $175.08.
The chief of police reporlei
eight arrests and the city clerk
reported collections from occupa
tion lax and dog tax to flic amount
if $12
(0.
i ne report ot t.ny l reasurer
C. i. Fricke was then read and
referred to the finance commit Ice
ami showed amounts on hand as
ofllows :
Warrants
Fund
Pudding ....
General
Itoad
Fil e I ept . . . .
Library
Park
Police
Fire Hydrant
Light
Interest
Paid.
Halance
$1,105.94
S8S.35
530.50
23.75
85.22
31.90
125.00
128.00
2,405.40
418.91
1,523.07
78.3'.
09.53
02.55
357.5
1,190.30
597.87
2.835.44
EG BUILDING
Cemetery 75.50 202.10
Husiness Tax 78.80 345.40
Sinking 1,139.64
dep. School . .
324.82
220.00
627.44
1,080.53
Teachers' . . .
Reg. Warrant
Paving Dis.
No. 3
6.501.77
475.55
Halance on
hand July
first $10,063.00
Overdrawn General School
fund, $881.03; Teachers' School
fund. $i;i41.17.
Chairman Johnson of the ceme
tery committee reported a letter
from Mr. Wiggens of Lincoln,
who viewed the cemetery with the
committee recently, and the letter
offered many valuable sugges
tions regarding the care and up
keep of the cemetery. Among
other things he recommended
that an organization be effected
and the cemetery placed in the
hands of trustees. A house
should be constructed at the
cemetery for the sexton, and his
full time employed in caring for
the city of the dead. Someone
should have authority to say what
shrubs, and flowers should be
planted in the cemetery, and the
planting of daisies was condemn
ed on the ground that they would
soon prove to be a pest and kill
out the blue grass. Mr. Wiggins
extolled the natural beauty of the
cemetery and said it could be
made one of the most beautiful
in the state, lie was surprised at
the low cost of lots ($20), which
is the price here, while at Lincoln
the charge is over $200 per lot,
hut with a continuing guarantee
that the hl shall be kept beauti
ful by the cemetery association.
The communication was placed in
the hands of the city attorney,
with a view of seeing what could
te done toward the organization
of a cemetery association, plac
ing the cemetery in the hands of
trustees, who shall look after the
employment of a sexton and have
custody and control of tho
cemetery.
The special committee on the
selection of quarters for the
council, reported that the com
mittee had examined the Gorder
building, where the Olson Picture
Card factory is situated, which,
with a limited amount of ground
in the rear, the city could pur
chase for $2,500. The building is
80x22 feet, two stories high and
could be utilized for council
chamber above with rooms below
for other needed purposes. The
committee had also examined the
Egenberger pop factory building
at the corner of Fifth and Vine.
The ground here is 80x95 feet,
with a two-story building 22x45
feet, two stories and basement,
with brick barn and sheds for
tools, an ideal property for the
city, which can be had for $3,500.
The committee and council on-
peared to think that this property
would be suitable for the city's
needs if arrangements can be
made to legally purchase the
building. The matter was refer
red to I lie city at torney to devise
a way to close the deal for the
property. There is on hand in
the building fund $1,100.9 S, which
with the appropriation to this
fund made the present year, will
produce about two-thirds the cost
of the property, and the problem
for the council is to purchase so
much of the property as the funds
will pay for and an option on the
balance of the same property.
Fiider the head of unfinished
miscellaneous business an ordin
ance was introduced and read for
the first time reipiiring the prop
erly owners to cut the weeds ad
jacent to their properly and to the
middle of the street twice each
year. On motion, the rules were
suspended and the ordinance read
a second and third time by its
title and passed. Councilman
llallstrom objected to the clause
"to the middle of the street." and
voted no on the passage of the
ordinance.
Alter ordering minor repairs in
the different wards the council
adjourned.
Threshing Machine for Sale.
Gaar-Scolt 3 h.-p. engine, J. I.
Case Sepcralor, 32, 50 rear. In
running order and under shed.
Will sell or trade for stock or
town property. See T. W. Vallery,
Murray, Neb., or write mo at
Ogallala, Neb. Frank Vallery.
BURLNGTO SUPPLY
DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
Immense Amount of Good Money
Expended Annually In These
Departments.
The Hurlington supply depart
ment at Havelock is the largest
west of the Missouri river and the
building it occupies is believed to
be the largest devoted to this pur
pose of any big railway system in
the country. It is 80 feet wide
and 000 feet long, . and three
stories high. Housed in the
structure are the offices and the
miscellaneous supplies. These
are so arranged that they may be
bandied with the minimum loss
of time and labor.
The supply department does
business on a stupendous scale.
During twelve months it handles
approximately 17,000 cars of ma
terial. Seven hundred cars of
lumber ohnled to the limit, inl
cars of from 80,000 to 100,000
capacity is received yearly. One
thousand cars of lumber of less
capacity are shipped out to dif
ferent points over the big system
west of the river of nearly 5,000
miles.
Two thousand cars of rails are
handled approximately in twelve
months. These cars are loaded to
their fullest, capacity, which is
100,000 pounds each. Fifteen or
twenty years ago the rapacity of
cars was much lighter and in
comparing the number handled
per annum now than at that time,
the fact that the old rolling stock
was only half the capacity or less
must be taken into consideration
the supply department was
centralized at Havelock about a
year ago, when the department at
Lincoln was consolidated with it.
For ten years previous the two
supply departments were the
largest on the Hurlington system
west of the Missouri river. Since
centralization has taken place
there has been a great saving of
cfperating expenses. Hails, for
instance, are shipped where they
are needed and what is known as
"back hauling" is dispensed with.
Inspectors are employed who
look over rails taken out on the
main lines. Those which are fit
are used for service on branch
lines. . The scrap conies to Have
lock. There are probably twenty
points on the system where small
supplies of rails and lumber are
kept for emergency purposes.
Perhaps a bridge needs replacing
or there is more than the usual
demand for rails. Hy centralizing
the bulk of the supplies at one
point it, has been found that 50
per cent less material need be
kept in stock than if at was kept
at several points.
The cost of supplies is one of
the big items of expense to a rail
road. Recently it cost the Hur
lington $2,700,000 a month for
supplies. The stock carried by
the Havelock department is valued
at approximately $900,000. This
does not include ties. Two hun
dred and fifty employes are now
connected with the department. It
handles material for 4,800 miles
of railroad and its business is
constantly growing.
It will be seen in the above that
no reference is made, to the sup
ply department at Plattsmouth,
which is by no means a small af
fair and in which department a
l uge number of men are em
ployed and are kept busy all the
time. We have no way at, present
of estimating the amount invested
in this department annually, but,
it is quite large.
Buys Nice Property.
The deal was closed this week
whereby W. E. llosencrans In
comes ow ner oi me line residence
property on Vine street known as
the Pickett property, lately owned
by C. C. Parinele. Mr. llosencrans
nought the same of Mr. Parinele.
and is moving thereto today. Mr
llosencrans' new posession is oik
of the most desirable pieces of
properly in the city, neatly ar
ranged and modern in every par
ticular.
Shetland Ponies for Sale.
I have an excellent team of
Shetland ponies fop sale. Well
broke and at. a price that is right.
Win. Gilmour,
R. F. I)., Plattsmouth.
"A Good Place to Live."
With the compliments of Mr. E.
II. Wescott, the Trader recently
received a copy of a twenty-four
page booklet issued in the in
terests of the city of Plattsmouth,
Neb. The booklet, 9x15 inches in
size, is handsomely illustrated
with half-tone cuts of public
buildings, business houses and
portraits of leading citizens of
Plattsmouth. It also contains
facts relating to the opportunities
offered the liomeseeker, manu
facturer and general business
man in Plattsmouth. The booklet,
compiled by L. M. Carpenter, and
issued from the Plattsmouth
Journal press, is a mighty line ad
vertisement for the beautiful city
of Plattsmouth, which is the
county seat of Cass county, and
the home of the Hurlington shops
in southern Nebraska. Western
Trader.
County Treasurer's Report
County Treasurer W. Kelly Fox
has just completed his semi-annual
report, covering the time
from January 4 to and including
June 30. There are some very in
teresting items in the document.
Tliee was on hand in all of the
funds on January 4, 1912, $99,
308.30, and received during the
half year, $173,173.20, with dis
bursements during the six months
of $170,350.52, and a balance on
hand at the close of business on
June 30, of $98,809.00.
I here was collected on motor
vehicles during the six months,
$S10; fees earned by the office,
$2,025.18. The interest on de
posits in the various banks for
six months amounted to $851.20.
During the period there were dis
bursements to the state general
fund of $30,001.17, into the uni
versity fund. $0,072.03, and into
the teachers' school fund, $9,-
177.72.
Died at Nebraska City.
From Monday'! Dally.
Mrs. Anna M. Smith, widow of
Elder John T. Smith, an old resi
dent, Nebraska City, died very
suddenly at her home Sunday
morning, arter an illness or but
twenty-four hours. She was born
September 20, 1851, in Eureka, Il
linois, her maiden name being
Mildred Anna Clark. She is sur
vived by the following children:
Austin M. Smith of Greeley, Colo
rado; Mrs. h. J. Latla or Kenesaw,
and Hert A. of Lincoln, the latter
being with her at the time of her
leath. The remains were taken
to Kenesaw this morning for in
terment by the side of her hus
band. Austin M. Smith arrived in
altsnionth on No. 10 about 2:40
this morning and was taken to
Nebraska City by llarve Manners
in his automobile immediately.
They were accompanied by John
Halt.
M. W. A. Building Decorated.
The M. W. A. building is rapid
ly Hearing completion; the coii
Iraclors will soon turn il over to
the owners. The work of finishing
the inside and wall and ceiling
decoration is being done at the
present time. The ceiling has
been painted a lovely cream, trim
med in three shades of brown,
presenting a richness of appear
ance that is very striking. The
walls have been tinted a Ihirty-six-inch
frieze of light, green with
brown beaded slencling extending
about the upper part of the walls,
while below this to the floor will
be tinted with dark green. This is
being placed in the large hall and
will be a sample of the decoration
through the building.
Has Case of Biood Poison.
From Tuesday'g Dally.
fins Pien had the misfortune
yesterday to gel, a linger of his
right hand torn with a rusty nail,
.. I. : 1 ii i m
which resulted m a severe case oi
blood poison. A physician was
summoned and the swollen finger
lanced and dressed in as good
shape as possible. ' The accident
happened in an unexpected way
when Mr. Pien picked up a slick
to throw at a chicken. Unknown
to him there was a nail in the end
which lie grasped and as he threw
the point of the nail entered his
finger, culling a deep gash and
poisoning1 the linger.
Earl Leosley Injured Hand.
Yesterday while unhitching' his
horse from the singletree where
he had been at, work in the rear
of Dovey A Son's store, Earl
Leesley 'met with quite a painful
accident, resulting in having u
nail torn from his thumb.
THE GiN MOVEMENT
INUIUll
WILL TJW SUPPLY
Shortage That May Approach
Famine Proportions Feared by
the Railroads.
A special from Chicago, under
date of July 9, says: Unless
crops fall far below present ex
pectations the railroads will have
but about 80 per cent of the
necessary freight cars. The in
dications are that the wheat crop
in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Iowa and Texas will aggregate
about 160,000,000 bushels, a great
deal of which is expected to move
as soon as it is threshed. Wheat
shortages in the east will make
the market right for early ship
ments. The railroads in these
movements will get a long haul
and I heir equipment for the most
part will leave the rails of the
western systems. This will lend
to make the shortage more pro
nounced. Then with other grain
yields following just as heavy in
proportion to the acreage, it is
feared the growers will experience
considerable trouble in getting
grain to market.
The railroads have been making
efforts to combat this situation
since the heavy snows of last win
ter made record-breaking yields
probable. Orders were rushed to
the car manufacturing comnanies
ami a few of the roads have re
ceived some deliveries. Large
orders, though, cannot be rushed
through, and the railroads prac
tically are powerless to get the
equipment ordered.
Another step the railroads have
taken is to have all equipment in
repair. During dull seasons bad
order cars accumulate at division
points to await repairs in dull
months. During the past, three
months the car repair department
had been worked overtime with in
creased numbers of employes. The
railroads also have been making
efforts to get all their own cars on
their own lines.
A car shortage is a condition
the railroads do not like to face.
Inability to handle the movement
means that, much of a decrease in
the revenues of the company. It
is frequently found that when Hie
train cant be move at the lime
I iliiu i ixi.l il fit. .ft t .in I I ,1.. ,.l
hi 'il i u ii, 1 1 i i in 1 1 1 i .v nin , iiim
move at, all.
Is Known In Plattsmouth.
From Tuesday's Dally.
On his recent tour of California
W. K. Hardy ran across Clyde
Opcll, who grew up in Lincoln
and who will be remembered as
the son of the well known Ne
braska hotel man, Joseph Opclt
Clyde Opelt is now superintend
ent of dining car service of the
Western Pacific railroad. He is
using nis lifetime or experience
around hotels and four years of
training with the Harvey system
on the Santa Fe. Mr. Hardy says
that the young man is looking ex
ceedingly well ami is plainly mak
ing a great success of his work
He lives at Oakland. Lincoln
Journal.
En Route for Omaha.
From Tuesday' Dally.
Tom Straub, Peter Jorgenson
John II. Schmidt ami Joe Zim
merer, three of Avoca's jolly
citizens, auloed to Plattsmouth
I this morning, Mr. Jorgenson am
Mr. Zimmerer to look after soim
minor business matters at the
court house, while Tom and .Toll n
found time to call at the Journa
oilice to chat for a few moments
We are always glad to meet these
gentlemen. After a short slav in
1 lallsmouth they departed for
Omaha, and from there will n
turn home this evening.
Pays Loss Promptly.
From Tiinsday'n Dally.
Joseph Svohodu yesterday ri
reived a check for $1,005.30
through William Holly, loci
agent for the Niagara Fire Insur
mice company, in payment of his
loss by fire on June 30, last. ' Mr
Svoboda is well pleased w ith I he
prompt and business-like methods
of the company which Mr. Holly
represents, as the money is what
counts in circumstances such as
Mr. Svodoba and his family have
i been placed in by the loss of their
I home. lie will now be enabled to
go ahead and rebuild.
Will Leave Denver.
The Journal is in receipt of a
letter from Matt Joy, who has
been living in Denver for the past
few years. In this letter he states
that he expects to move from
Denver in the very near future,
but has not fully determined just
where he will locale at this time.
He asks that his paper be discon
tinued for the present.
1HE APPLE CROP Ifl
Cass County Produces More Ap
ples Than the Entire State of
Utah or Montana.
When F. G. Odell came homo
from the northwest a few months
ago and said that Nebraska pro-
luced more apples than the much
advertised lands of Washington
he was decorated with the short
and ugly word all the way from
the Rocky mountains to the Puget
sound. He said nothing but wait-
d for statistics. Yesterday ho
was able to quote from the as
sessor's returns from Nebraska
for 1911 ami from the report of
the statistical bureau of the agri-
Itural department, at Washing-
Ion.
"Last year," he says, "Nebraska
aised more apples than the whole
northwest raised in 1910. That is
to say, this one state raised more
apples than the states of Wash
ington, Oregon, ('.(dorado, Idaho,
Montana and Utah. Ten counties
in eastern Nebraska raised $5,
000,000 worth of apples alone. In
the Grand valley of Colorado or
chard land sells as high as $1,000
an acre. Five Nebraska counties
raised more apples than the en
tire Grand valley ami did it on
hundred-dollar land.
"Either Cass or Otoe county
produced more apples than the
whole stale of Utah.
"Either Nemaha or Richardson
produced more apples than Mon
tana.
"These four counties together
raised more apples than Oregon
or Colorado.
"With Washington county,
these four Nebraska counties rais
ed more apples than the whole
slate of Washington."
Perhaps these figures will hold
the Pacific apple boomers for
awhile. Lincoln Journal.
Board Recinds Action.
At n recent meeting of the
board of county commissioners a
bill for $22 was presented by Fred
Ohm for the care of a county
charge, nursing, etc. At the time
the service for the count v was
rendered Fred was occupying
quarters in the county jail, hav
ing been consigned on a peace
warrnnt. The job of nursing tho
sick man was accident ly thrown in
his way, the man having been
knocked oil" of a flat car while
asleep near Orenpolis, some weeks
ago The sheriff was under I he
necessity of procuring someone to
nurse the injured man, and found
it was going to cost I he county
about $3 per day for a nurse,
when Fred volunteered to do the
job for $2 per day, as he was al
ready being boarded and lodged
by I he county, he could afford to
do the work for $2. When the bill
was filed and presented to I he
board i was presumed to be reg
ular and was allowed. When the
attention of the board was called
to the circumstances the action of
allowing the claim was recimled
and the board intimated that if
Ohm hail earned $22 in caring for
a county charge, payment could
be adjusted in some other way
than payment of the cash; that is
to say, it might be discovered that
Fred owed the county that sum,
or more, in unpaid costs, as he
has been before I he court some
two or three times.
Owns Fine Car.
From Tumday's Dnlly.
James Terry berry is the owner
of a line new 1912mode Slod-dard-Day
ton car, having all of I ho
latest frills in automobile me
chanism. Jim was in the city to
day, having motored over on busi
ness for a short lime to give the
pew vehicle a little warming up.
The car is a fine specimen.
Peter Campbell of near Murray
was a Platlsmoiilh visitor today,
looking after business matters.
EASTERN NEBRASKA