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SCI moutb VOLUME XXXI. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1912. NO. 62. Sourna THE CITY DADS ENJOY A LIVELY SES- Arrangements Perfected for the Purchase of Egetiberger Building for a Council Chamber Claims Allowed and Other Business of Importance Transacted at Meeting. From Tuesday's Dally. There was no absentees at the roll call of the council by Clerk Wurl at the regular meeting of the city fathers last night. The minutes of the previous session were read and approved without alteration. Among the -communications and petitions was one signed by numerous citizens of South Park, asking for an extension of the water mains by the water com pany for a distance of 2,500 feet, with hydrants for fire protection of the residents at intervals of 500 feet. Ouncilamn Shea moved that the request be grant ed. He fore a vote was taken on the motion, which received a sec ond, it was suggested by the mayor that before granting the petition it might 'be well to refer the matter to the lire and water committee for investigation. Mr. Shea defended his motion in a neat speech, saying, among other things, that this portion of the city had been without fire protec tion for twenty-stuen years, while the citizens had contributed their share to the tax'levy each year for the payment oT the water bonds, and he did not ej any use in delaying-the malUr by referring it to a committee. The roll wa-s called on the motion. CounciJf.ien Kurtz and "Vondran passed, Hollstrom, Richey- .and JoLitson explained their votes in the negative, that they .did not like to vote yes on the expenditure of public money without an investigation of the probable cost and all of the con ditions surrounding the outlay. As 'there were but live yeas, the , mayor declared the motion lost. Councilman Lushinsky then moved, and the motion received a second, that the matter of the ex tension of the water mains be re ferred to the fire and water com mittee to investigate fend locate the hydrants, and report at the next meeting of the council. The motion was carried. The finance committee .then re ported the following bills Jor al lowance by the council: I. N. Cummins, cartage, $1.50:; H. G. McMaken & Son, general ,fund, $2.50; W. JLt. drcbe and A. Han- ;scn, special police, e.vh, $2 ; Claus Hoetel, disposing of dog, 25 cents; JI. Newton, sjvcial police, $14.40; G. Rrandt, cutting weeds on Main .street, 40 cents; 11. C. MeMakeu & Son, road fund, wossiiuja, $27.24); 'Thomas Walling; abstract on Ike Egenberger property purchased by city, $12; A. White, work at library, $2.20; Cass county, boarding city ward-', $2.85; G. J. Baker, road work, ?i; James Re bal, salary, street commissioner, 30; M. MK'omI, road work, 22.20; A. L. Jones, road work, $21.20; miscellaneous, 50 cents. Reported from the claims com mittee: II. G. McMaken & Son., $t?3.8; Plattsmoulh Wafer Co., hydrant rental, $8(i0.0(i; Warga & Cecil, labor and material, $3.00. Fnder the head of unfinished buiin'ss an ordinance authoriz ing the mayor and council to pur chase the undivided one-half of the north !) feel of lots 5 and (', in block 2'., for the sum of $1,750, and take a warranty deed for same and pay Mr. Kgenberger $10 for an option for twenty-four months on 1 h south half of the same property at the same price, the city to nay quarterly a rental of $8.75 per month for the same and take a Ieae on this portion until the appropriation is avail able for the purchase of the other half. On a motion of Lushinsky, the ordinance was placed on its (Irs! reading, after which Mr. Tushinsky moved a suspension of the rules and the ordinance be placed on its second and third readings by its title for final pas sage. On a roll call all council- men voted aye except IJuttery of the Second ward, who voted nay. On the roll call for the passage of the ordinance the Vote was the I same as on the suspension of Lfee rules. The matter of paving Tine street between Sixth and Seventh streets was taken up, and a rep resentative of the engineers of Omaha who prepared the estimate for bids, was present and present ed a copy of the estimate to the council and explained it at some length. The advertisement for bids will have to run three weeks, said the engineer, and as the specifications were very lengthy, he suggested that the city attor ney mid the streets, aHeys and bridges committee take them up together and should the icily at torney find anything of a legal nature which needed changing it could be done so thai lt offer for 'bills on the estimate could be ordered at the next meeting of tbe, council. On motion of Councilman SUi it was voted to have a surveyor from Omaha survey ami estab Jish curb lines on Chicago avenue. The miscellaneous matttir-.s from the different wands we.ne then gone over in detail. .Council man Patterson suggested that the crossings on North Sixth street were at such an altitude that motorists found it disagreeable riding on that popular residence thoroughfare, and either the crossings should be lowered or lhettdreet graded up U ,Uie .cross ings. Councilman Ridley Mig- gesled that it would be .a good plan for the citizens aluug Sixth si. rent to get fogclher .ami .place the curbs at the proper line and narrow the street to the paving widJb. when it would be .an easy matter for the street commission er L .keep the street in diupe, and it was suggested thai the park committee look into J he matter and sec what could be d-iUie toward put liiiir in the curbs and beautify ing tb parkway on each side of lhe slrut. In the Second ward Councilman Rutlcry reported that Kd Fitz gerald was ready to put in u -concrete wt!k whenever llie .city would grade for the saw. P-r-missioii was granted Andy Ki-oeJi-ler to place 300 feet of (sewer -Mi Klin street connecting wjfh ii.be outlet. The Third ward council new asked crosMngs on Ninth street and at the alley. Also a rejuet from Mrs. Kerr for a removal oJ the dirt adjacent to her premises on West Pearl street, which was refenvd to the streets, alleys and bridge committee to be reported on at lhe next meeting. The grading down tb-e alley adjacent to G. G. Wescotf's and Angus! Gloidl's resilience .properties wai referred to the streets, alleys and bridges rminniitlee.v Other minor repairs were ordored in the Fourth and Fifth wamls. Councilman Patterson slated that he would like to take up the matter of the street carnival, and inquired by what authority the carnival was let in, whether it was by the fled Men, or who? The mayor staled I h.a I the carnival had paid the city a license and about $130 had been received on that score. Mr. Patterson llien wanted to know whether there is any personal liability on the part of the members of the council should any citizen be damaged by reason of the carnival being in the street. The city attorney was called on for his opinion, and cited a few authorities to the ef fect that where rouneilmen ex ceeded I lieir authority in perform ing their ollk'ial duties the in dividual members of the council I could be held personally liable for any damage which might, arise; and where the streets of the city were obstructed by permission of the city and any citizen should In? damaged thereby, the city would be liable to have to respond in whatever sum of damage was proven. Councilman Vondran moved the adoption of a resolution that HEA would forever shut out the obstruction of the streets of the city by carnivals or anything else. The matter was threshed over to some extent and it was decided to have the city attorney draw up the proper resolution to br presented to the next meeting of the council. In Honor of Guest. From Tuesday's Dally. Misses Vcrna and Lillian Cole delighfully entertained about 35 lady friends at a 9 o'clock break fast this in-orriing in honor of their guest, Miss Helen Dales, of Chadron, Neb., who is visiting at the Cole home. The principal amusement, was derived from several games of bridge, which made this social event a most en joyable one. At the appointed hour an elaborate three-course luncheon was served. WEATHER REPORTS WILL I LUTED FROM NOW ON Thousands of Nebraskans will be deprived of weather reports because of the failure of congress lit pass the weather bureau ap propriation and which has neces sitated the cutting off of one third of the towns served by the bureau in Nebraska, says tin; Lin coin Star. Kfliciency of the service in Ne braska, Illinois, the Dakofas, Kan sas and Colorado has been seriously afYerlcd by the lack of money with which to carry on the work. Until a few days ago the Lin coln office of the department wired every morning to several hundred towns, telephone com panies and postmasters the weather predictions for that day. This meant that each telephone company would inform hundreds of county subscribers over the 'phone as to what to exprt from the weather. The postofllce bul letin served the same purpose to the residents of small towns. The grain business, which re quires a close watch on weather observations, shared in the bene 111. s of a wide weather bureau service. Director ft. A. Loveland of Ne braska said Saturday night that ne had been compelled to cut off one-third of the towns andin s'titutions which his office served. The service is further crippled because it has been necessary to cut off about one-eighth of the stations which early every day send 'to 'the Lincoln bureau their local observations. This means that 'predictions must be made on less comprehensive information. FORMER PLATTSMOUTH ROY SETS RIGHTJ THE SWIM Reports have reached this city of a sporting event on the Pacific cus!, in which a former Platts nunith young man was one of the chief participants. It seems that the automobile drivers of Long iiearb., California, (decided to give a race among themselves on the Fourth of July, lh route to be along the beach, the to run a mile, turn around and repeat this until twelve miels had been registered. Finest, Wurl arid (Men Thomas worked all night m their car gel ling it in shape for the race. On the great day all Hie cars were on hand arid a red-hot contest was looked for, but it seems that, they overlooked something the lido for when they got ready to start the water began coming over the beach and most, of the ears were up to the axels in salt water. Wurl and Thomas looked like sure winners, leading the whole bunch, when, on the last, lap, a great breaker came rolling in, breaking over the car, "killing" their en gine and losing the acre. The boys are now seeking a car that, will run on either land or water and hope to be able to deliver the goods ere long. A. A. Dotson will occupy the residence properly belonging to Judge Travis, recently vacated bv J. A. Wangh. J. H. McMaken anil his dray line moved Mr. Dolson in today. The Journal office carrres all kinds of typewriter supplies. Harvesting Wheat. From Tuesday's Dally. Jacob Meisinger returned from the farm near Cedar Creek on the morning train today, where he has been looking after the wheat har vest. The wheat sown in the open with pressed drill yielded about l'J bushels per acre, while that sowed in the corn brought about 12 bushels per acre. Mr. Meising er and sons are very well satisfied with the yield, as it exceeded their expectations. The corn is doing line, a good ram last week and showers since having put it in ex cellent condition; it is lasseling and shooting and rlooks flue. There was a heavy rain yesterday afternoon at Louisville, but at Mr. Meisinger' s place, nine miles east and north of Louisville it rained very little. PROSTRATED WITH HEAT tESTERDAT afternoon From Tuesday' Dally. James McKinny, who drives a coal wagon for the J. V. Kgen berger Coal company, was pros trated with heat yesterday after noon while delivering a load of coal to the south part of the city. About 12:55 he took 1,200 brick, Inuling them with both the two- horse and one-horse delivery wagon, up High School Hill and delivered them for a building in that, part of the city; then return d to the yard, threw on a ton of coal and was driving south on Washington avenue, when Carl Kgenberger, who was on the seat of the wagon beside James, noticed that he was going to lose oonsciousTvess if his temperature was not reduced very soon. Carl flopped the team, went to tie? first house and "phoned to the olllce, when Will 'Kgenberger went out with the horse and buggy and took Mr. McX.riney lo his home, where ice was applied to his head until be felt much better. He is not able to be out of bed today, but with good nursing and staying in lhe shade he hopes to lie all right in a few days. COW A! CALF ARE KILLED BY LIGHTNING deorge Meisinger, who resides a few miles southwest of this city, had the misfortune during the electrical -storm of Saturday afternoon 1o lose by lightning two head of rattle, one cow and a calf. The calfe were standing under the shelter of a tall tree in the paslure when a bolt of lightning struck near the lop of the tree, ran down the trunk and appeared to have struck Hie cow's horns, knocking her some eight feet from the tree. The other animal was lying within a few feet of the cow. The loss of the caltle brings Mr. Meisinger's loss by accident to his stock nince the first of the year to about sf ioo. lie also hav ing lost some of his horses this spring. Take Off Cast. From Tuenday'ii Dally. Fred Majors and wife and chil dren, accompanied by Mrs. Ma jors' sister. Miss Vera Mcdrcgor, went to Omaha on the morning train today to take the little son of Mr. ami Mrs. Majors lo have the plaster pan's cast on his legs removed and another put on. The little fellow has had a tough seige, going through the painful ordeal of having his legs straightened, and has endured the discomfort line, apparently, and has not lost any in weight. Traded Off a Throsher. Frank Vallery of (Igallala, Neb., has ben visiting Caso county rela tives since last week, coming down to South Omaha with a bunch of cattle and then came on o Plalls- moulh to look after some properly interests near Union. frank leaded his threshing machine out Ill, lo Wes Clark and his partner for a Mriish runabout and .200 in cash, and he now has an auto mobile to sell. Frank says he has owned a good many engines al one time and another, but that he is forever through with them. He has had t ho fad and been entirely cured. A large lino of invitation sta tionery is always carried at the Journal office. Zl The County Institute to Be Made PLATTSMOUTH CITIZENS PREPIIIG TO ENTERTAIN Bi TEACHERS Events Including Reception and Band Concert and Automobile Trip to Fort Crook and Return. From Wednesday's Dally. The committee on arrange ments for the Cass County Teach ers' institute, composed of A. L. iidd, K. II. Wescott, J. P. Falter, William Haird, D. C. Morgan and X. C. Abbott, met at the county superintendent's olllce this morn ing and conferred with her rela tive to (hi entertainment of the teachers at the coming session of the Cass County Teachers' in stitute, which will convene in the assembly room of the High school building August 5 to 9 inclusive. The plan decided upon by the Coimnerical club commit lee and Miss Foster contemplates a re ception for the teachers on Mon day evening on the spacious lawns of N. C. Abbott and K. II. Wescott, from 8 lo 10 o'clock. The Tur lington Iloute band has been en gaged for the occasion and will delight the teachers with one of their fine programs. Refresh ments will lie served by the Com mercial club. Messrs. Abbott and Wescott and Miss Foster have been appointed as a special sub committee too versee the recep tion. On Tuesday evening, from 7 to MR. AND MRS. HELPS DEPARTfORLONG BEACH From WondHy'a Dally. Arthur Helps and wife, who have been guests of friends in this city for a few days, departed for their home at Long Reach, Cali fornia, this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Helps have been in Kngland for three months and are anxious to gel back lo their home. Art in is in the real estate business at Long Reach and is very anxious to get home to look after business and make up for the fun and en joyment he has been having. Attend Golden Wedding. From WednoHday's Dally. Joshua Andrews and wife, ac companied by Olen Jones, return ed from Hamburg, Iowa, on the morning train today, where they attended the golden wedding of Mrs. Andrews' parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. South, which was cele brated last, Monday. Mrs. An drews met, two of her uncles from South Dakota, whom she had not seen for seevral years. Thomas South and wife of this city were also present. Overcome by Heat. Krom TueHdav'a Dally Carl Droege, who is employed in lhe Rurlington shops, was overcome by heat while operating a steam hammer yesterday aft ernoon. JR. was taken to his home, where he was revived with cold water, and after he had rest ed for a time felt better. The prostration came about, i o'clock in the afternoon. Carl fell well enough this morning to go back to work. BOOSTER FOR HIS HOI TOWN AND ITS INTERESTS John lliber, a prominent jewel er of O'.Neil, Neb., -was an over night guest, of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John lliber of this city. John i an enthusiastic booster for his town, where he says pros perity of a substantial kind has come to slay, lie estimates there are no less than fifteen new dwel lings in the course of construc tion in O'Neil at this lime, with prospects g for others. He is doing a good business and is well pleased with his location. Foil SAI.K The Walker farm, south of Plallsinouth. Price, $200.00 per acre. Time given at 7 per cent. Possession March 1, 1013. For particularly address Windham Investment & Loan Co. Occasion of a Number of Social l o'clock all of the teachers who have registered in the institute will be invited to take an auto mobile ride about the city and to Fort Crook and return. President Pollock of the Commercial club, and one of the proprietors of the automobile bridge at Oreapolis, has generously tendered the use of the bride, toll free, to the vehicles occupied by the teachers on this occasion. Superintendent Haird will have charge of the ex cursion, and all persons who will take their automobiles for the ac commodation of the teachers will confer with Mr. Haird al once, In dependent 'phones Nos. ;170 or 310 and Hell No. 30. The auto mobile excursion will start front the court house corner promptly at. 7 o'clock. On Thursday evening, August 8, there will be a grand musical at the High school assembly room, lo which the teachers and their friends are invited. Those who can accommodate teachers with room and board would confer a favor by telephon ing the county superintendent, Miss Mary Foster, at, No. 157 on the Independent 'phone. REPUBLICANS DIVIDED ON PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION From Wednonduy'a Dally. F. P. Sheldon and K. M. Pollard, republican medicine mixers from Nehawka, were in the city hist evening, having motored up from their homes to look after business matters ami incidentally taking the political pulse of the repub lican delegates whom' they chanced to meet. Roth gentlemen are for the Tafl administration, and Nehawka sent to (he Weeping Water convention, which met to day, ti solid Tafl delegation. Weeping Water city ami precinct and (ireenwood did the same.. Platlsniouth precinct, and Kight Mile drove and other precincts sent solid delegations of Roose velt supporters, who will oppose any resolution endorsing the Taft administration. In Hock RIulTs' two Taft supporters in the pre cinct are on Hie delegation. Plallsinouth city sent, delegates of both kinds. Messrs. Sheldon and Pollard anticipated a close vote in the county convention today its between the two factions, and from appearances the "bull moosers" would have the best of lhe scrap. DEATH OF FORMER PLATTSlUTHUOr James Andrews ami wife de parted for Ilavelock yesterday aft ernoon to attend the funeral or Mrs. Andrews grandmother, .Mrs. Thomas Slaneiforlh, who died at, her home in Lincoln Monday, dramlma Slaneiforlh was over 70 years of age at the time oT her death, and with her husband for merly lived in this city, but, the family removed lo Ilavelock about lirteen years ago, where they have resided since. Mrs. Slaneiforlh leaves surviving her husband, one son by a former marriage, Wil liam Stenzer, ami one daughter and two sons, children of Mr. Slaneiforlh. The daughter is Mrs. J. Jones of this city and the sons Robert and F.ldo Slaneiforlh of Ilavelock. The funeral occurred Ibis morning at Ilavelock. H M- HIM H Summer Wash Clouds are all in our Summer Clearance Sale. 18c Klaxons al, 12 '-,. Tissues worth 25c at inc. 12',ac and 15c. Lawns al Sc. K. d. DOVKY & SON'. I- whhI"HW"Ih4
