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Ncb Slalc Ililorical Sue It OttSD Aornn VOL. XXXII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1913. NO. 11. be PvV if A A i iM TO IE FOR II HEW JAIL FOR S Cass County Taxpayers Will be Given an Opportuitv to Vote for Taxation Outright From Saturday's Daily. The county commissioners have taken recognition of the great need of the county for a more suitable place to confine the coun ty prisoners, and at the session of the county board Tuesday a resolution was passed to submit the proposition of voting $12,000 to build a new county jail, as the present structure has been con demned by the state lire warden and the use of it is dangerous, and that it will lake a great deal of money to repair it; in fact, the county has paid out almost enough in repairs in the last few years to add materially to (he cost of a new one, and each year the expense becomes greater and the taxpayers of the county are compelled to dig up each year in order to keep the old rattle-trap in shape, when by voting bonds for the new jail the endless pour ing of county funds into I lie old rat-hole could be stopped and the county would save a great deal in the long run, and the voter who believes that the old jail will be a saving to the county is doing him self and his neighbor an injustice because they have to foot the bills each year to repair the building, and the proceeding ha to be repeated again in a few months. Is this true economy? We think nut. The resolution passed by the buard was a fol lows: Whereas, the building now used fur the county jail and situated in ! the cily uf IMall smoulh. in the county nf (.lass, and slate of Ne braska, has been condemned by t.be stale lire warden of I he sial.e of Nebraska, and that it v.i!! re quire a large expenditure of money to put. said building in a suitable and safe condition 1'ruiu damage by lire; and. Whereas, the said building now so used for the county jail is situated in an unsanitary, place and dangerous to the health of persons confined therein; and, Whereas, the board of county commissioners of Cass county, Nebraska, find that an emergency exists in relation to the County jail; therefore, be it Ilesolved, by the board of coun ty commissioners of the county of (lass and stale of Nebraska, in regular session assembled this ,4th day of February, A. I). 1913, 'that for the purpose of obtaining authority by a vote of the electors of Cass county, Nebraska, to ap propriate the sum of $12,000 for the purpose of building a county jail at the city of IMattsmoulh. in the said county and state, nnd for the purpose of obtaining authority by a vote of the electors of Cass county, Nebraska, to levy and col lect a special, lax of all taxable properly in said county for the purpose of building said county jail at the city of Plattsrnouth, in said county and stale. The ques tion and proposit ion of appropria tion and the levying and collecting h special tax for taid purpose be tfubmitleJ to the legal voters of Cass county, in the slate of Ne braska, at a special election to be held on the St li day of April, A. I). 1913; thai said question and proposition to be submitted is in words and figures following: Shall the board of county com missioners of Cass county, Ne braska, or other person or per sons charged by law with the ap propriation and levying of taxes for said county for the time be ing, appropriating the sum of $12,0(11) and caused to lie levied a special tax sullieicnt to raise said amount be levied on all taxable property of said county for the purpose of building' a county jail at. the cily of Plat I smooth, Cass county, Nebraska, taking such ac tion as the requirements of the law and the provisions of tho statutes in such cases made and pro icled. and the interests of said county and public may demand; and said special tax to be levied and collected one year and one year only.- Provided, that said special tax be levied at the time of making the. regular levy of the general taxes in tho year 1913, and to be entered upon the tax list for' that year and collected in the same manner as other taxes, and that proceedings shall be commenced for the erection of said jail as soon after the author ity is obtained from the said electors as is possible, under the law and provisions of the statutes in such cases made and provided and to be continued without unnecessary delay until the same shall he completed. That, said question and proposi tion above set forth shall lie sub mitted to the vote of the legal voters of said county in the fol lowing form and manner, that is to say the form of ballot to be used at said election in favor of said question and proposition shall be as follows: "I vole for the appropriation of 1 2,000 and for I he levying and collection of a special tax suf ficient to rai.se said amount for Hie purpose of building' a county jail." . And the form of the ballot to be used at said election against said question and proposition shall be as follows: "f vole against the appropria tion of the sum of $12,000 and against the levying ami collection of a special tax for the purpose of budding a county jail." PETITION IN THE DISTRICT COURT TO SELL REAL ESTATE From Saturday's Dally. In tin' ollice of tin; district clerk was tiled today a petition to sell the real estate belonging to the estate of the late John W. Barr of Ciivcnwood and divide the amount among (he different heirs of the deceased. The title of the case is John W. ltarr. Hoy A. P.arr, Wal ter E. liarr. Cora A. Schuelke, Edna (I. Cunningham and Ina.ella Matthews vs. l'liie .1. liarr, Fred L. rr:, Rinehold F. Schuelke, Chas. E. Cunningham, Charles W. Mat thews and Josie liarr. The peti tion recites that Mrs. F.lizabelh I'.arr died January 5, INKS, and that, her husband continued in possession of their properly until May IS, 1912. when he died, leav ing the plaint ill's and the defend ant, Mrs. Josie liarr, his second wife, as heirs, and that the widow has elected to take the share al lowed jier by law, and they ask that the remainder of the estate bo sold nnd divided among the heirs. REV D. L. DUNKLEBERGER TO LECTURE TO BIBLE GLASS from Saturday's Dally. llev. L). L. Dunklebcrgor of the Christian church has been se cured by the Young Men's Bible class of Ifhe Methodist church for a lecture al their rooms next Monday evening al 8 o'clock, and a cordial invitation is extended to all young men of the city to at tend and hear this interesting lecture, which will be one of the best in the winter's series of lec tures, llev. Dunklebcrger will speak on the subject off "A Dead Hoy Drought to Life," and as he is a most interesting speaker the lecture will be worth attending. Files Suit to Quiet Title. ' A suit, to quiet title was filed in t he dist rict court yesterday, en tilled Simon timber vs. Baltic Barnum Wills. 'el al. The land in question is owned by I he plaintiff, who has had possession for the past ten years, ami he asks lo have certain transfers relating lo the property, made years ago, be straightened out and thai he be given clear title to the land. The proper! v in quest inn located near the village of Fnion. For Sale. My residence properly in South Park; 3 acres of land, nine-room house. Modern except, heal and light. Plenty of fruit. Robert II. I'atton. 2-H-lwk-d DEATH OF 11 WELL v i 1 J. C. Eikenbary Falls Into Pit While Showing Grandson Trac tion Company Power House. from Saturday's Doll v. .The friends of ex-Sherilf J. C. Eikenbary in this city, were great ly shucked last evening when the news of his death at Lincoln yes terday afternoon was conveyed to this city. The death was the re sult of a fall he sustained while showing his grandson through the plant of the Lincoln Traction company, and his death occurred shortly after ho was conveyed to hospital by Sheriff Oils' Hyers, under whom he was serving as deputy. Mr. Eikenbary was for merly a prominent "resident of this county and his friends here are without number, and their re gret over the death will be most profound. The following account from the Slate Journal gives a complete slory of the accident and the services of the deceased as an, officer of the law in this state: Deputy Sheriff .1. Crawford Kik eubary, who was injured by a fall a I, the traction company power plant yesterday afternoon, died al r:;0 p. m. yesterday, Mr. Eiken bary was showing his 17-year-old grandson, Elmer, through the plant. The door to the boiler room into which Mr. Eikenbary fell is ajarge one opening inward. At the south side of the door way is a narrow stairway leading into the boiler room. J. II. ller mance, the fireman on duty next to the door, had just left Un building by way of Ibis stairway, lie saitl that lie had closed the door when he went out. lie saw Mr. Eikenbary ami his grandson walking toward the building. The door is large and opens with dif ficulty and it seems that Mr. Eik enbary must have pul his. weight against il in trying to open the door and that when il opened sud denly he was precipitated head first inlo t he boiler room. The concrete floor of this room is about eight feet from the street, level. A mortar box built of heavy planks was on the floor directly below the doorway and Mr. Eiken. bary's body struck. Ibis, his head striking on the concrete lloor. His grandson at once ran down the steps and lifted Mr. Kikenbary's head and Mr. llermance, who had re-entered the building, ran to his assistance, finding him uncon scious. The other firemen knew nothing of the accident for a few moments because a car of cinders which was placed between the boilers and the doorway had cut off the view. The sheriff's ollice was at once notified and Mr. Eik enbary was rushed to .a hospital, where he died without regaining consciousness. Sheriff flus Hyers said that Mr. Eikenbary had asked for an hour off so he could showihis grand son, who is from Memphis, Neb., I he traction company plant and other points of interest.. Sheriff Hyers phoned his permission at 2:30 and Mr. Kikeubary a.t once went over lo the plant. The door way from which Mr. Kikeubary fell was boarded up after the ac cident so that it will only open wide enough to allow admittance to the slairway and will preclude a similar accident. Long Resident of Nebraska. Mr. Eikenbary was born in Bur. lington, Iowa, in 1848, and lived there until his early manhood, lie then moved to Cass county, Ne braska, where he engaged in busi ness. Mr. Eikenbary sent for his home town sweetheart, Dora Rob erts, who was married to him at l'lallsinoulh. Four daughters and one son were born of this union: Ella and Anna of Lincoln, Mrs. (I. S. Anderson and Mrs. C. S. Polk of IJoise, Idaho, and Elmer .of Memphis, Neb. Mis son, Klmer. arrived thirty minutes after his father's death. Mr. Eikenbary served as deputy sheriff of Cass county from 1878 to 188 S under R. V. Hyers, the father of the present sheriff of Lancaster, with whom Mr. Eiken bary spent tho last year of his life. He served as sheriff of Cass HOI FORMER county from 188 to 1890. He then left I lie public service for a lime, but from 1892 to 1894 again served as sheriff. He was at one times uperintendent of the county farm in Cass county. At the expiration of his term Mr. Eikenbary went to the Black Hills, where he owned a hotel and was a guard in the llomestake mines. After a few years at the mines Mr. Eikenbary returned to Nebraska and entered the employ of a medicine company at Blair. In 1901 he went to the peniten tiary as a guard and served in this capacity during the warden ships of Smith, Beemer and Dela hunty. Mr. Eikenbary was prom inent in the convict chase which terminated in Sarpy county and participated in tho pitched battle which marked its close, and in which Cray and Dowd gave up their lives. Sheriff Flyers pays the highest tribute to Mr. Eikenbary, both as a man and as an officer. Ho says that Mr. Kikenbary's wise and kind counsel had made many prisoners lead belter lives and that all of hi acts were marked by a devofuju to duty and a high sense of honor. ' Service in Cass County. While Eikenbary was sheriff of Cass county he had the unpleasant duty of hanging Harry Hill, one of the 'murderers of Matt Akeson and wife. Akeson was a farmer residing near Weeping Water and Hill and a companion went to the house for the purpose of robbery. The family resisted and the two old people were so badly beaten that I hey died. Hill was sen tenced to be hung, while his com panion was sentenced to the peni tentiary for life, but was later pardoned by (iovernor Poynter. Old citizens of Cass county re siding in Lincoln say that Eiken bary was one of the best sheriffs that county ever had; that he was a man of excellent judgment, fearless and determined, and served during a time when bad men were quite common along the Misouri river and especially at points where the railroad crossed the stream, and it required a man of nerve to fill that ollice. lie was, they say, alvvass where most needed. The funeral of Mr. Eikenbary will be held al the Methodist church in Ibis city Sunday after noon al 2 o'clock, I lie body arriv ing on the 1:15 Iturlington train and the casket taken to t lie church at once, where the services will be conducted by llev. W. L. Austin. Interment will be made a I, the Horning cemetery, south of this cily. DAN CUPID CAPTURES 10 MORE CASS COUNTY LADIES From Saturday's Dally. The county judge was busy this morning' sending out marriage licenses to the different applicants throughout the county, and the record for the month of February took a leap by the addition of two more couples to the list of the newly weds. John Van Kiver, aged 25, of Davenport, Neb., and Miss Lucy M. Sack, aged 21, of Eagle, were given the permit to wed by the judge, as was Louis Frank SteinhofV, aged 25, of Syracuse, Neb., and Miss Sophia Maria Fillers, aged 18, of near Avoca, this county. The young men make no mistake in coming lo Cass county to seek their brides, for the young women of this county are without doubt the most charming and handsome in the state. Notice to Stockholders. The annual meeting of the stockholders of The l'lallsinoulh Loan it Building Association will be held al. Coates' hall on Monday, March 3d, 1913, al H o'clock p. m. All stockholders are requested to be present. E. P. Lutz, President. T. M. Patterson, Secretary. Motorcycle Bargain. Double cylinder 5 1I.-I'. Indian motorcycle, recently overhauled and in good running order. Price, $85.00 ensh. Edgar Steinhauer, WHY BUY AT HOME INSTEAD OF MAIL ORDER HOUSES? From Saturday s Dall. I buy at home because my in terests are here. Because I want to see my goods. tteeause I sell what I produce hero at home. Because I want to get what I pay for. Because the man I purchase from pays his part of tho city and county taxes. Because the community that is good enough for me to live in is good enough to buy in. Because I believe in transact ing business with friends. Because the man I buy from stands back of his goods. Because every dollar spent at home stays at home and works for the development of the city. Because the man I buy from helps support my school, my church, my lodge and my home. Here is where I live and here is where I buy. Adopt these reasons and there by help to make your own com munity a belter and more desira ble one in every respect. PROMPT PAYMENT OF IN SURANCE ON HOUSE BURNED From .Saturday s Dally. Clyde II. Fuller of this city is feeling very much pleased at the treatment ho received at the hands of tho St. Paul Fire and Marine, Insurance company. His home was destroyed by fire at 2:30 p. in., January 2 5, and at 11 o'clock the following day the adjuster made a visit there and adjusted I he loss, and on Feb ruary 3 he received the full face value of the policy, 2,0IO, in set tlement, of the loss, and con sequently feels I hat this company is one of the best, in I he business, and it undoubtedly is. The local agent of the company, A. J. Trilety, was very active in looking al'ler his patron's interest and was enabled to secure for Mr. Fuller the full vajue of the pnlicv. ARRESTED IN ELMOD ON A BIGAMY CHARGG Yesterday Sheriff Ojiinl.on de parted for Hlniwood, where he placed W. II. McDonald under arrest on advices from (Jreat Falls, Montana, where he is want ed on the charge of bigamy, hav ing a wife there, as well as one in this county. Tho sheriff brought the prisoner in this morning and he will await the coining of the sheriff of Cascade county, Montana, who will lake (lie man back to that slate to stand trial on the charge. Sheriff Ouinton has received word from the Montana olllcial that he was on his way here and he will prob ably arrive tomorrow. McDonald recently purchased a garage at Elniwood and was just getting started in business nicely. DISPOSES OF RESIDENCE AND WILL REMOVE TD FARM From Saturday's Dally. This morning S. Ray Smith dis posed of his residence property on Rock street to (leorge W'. Rhoden and will move to a farm of his father-in-law's near Weep ing Water, where he will engage iu farming in the future. Mr. Smith has been employed as a clerk in Ihe Hnrliuglon shops, but, believes he would rather be out in Ihe open, ami accordingly dis posed of his properly. Mr. Rhoden will remove from his present residence in the Richey property, al the corner of Ninlii and Marble streets, to his new home as soon as possible. Sell your property through a little ad in the Journal. Fined for Shooting. This morning Wayne Allen, a young boy residing in the south part of town, was brought into Judge Archer's court, charged with discharging firearms inside the city limits, and the judge placed a fine of !?5 and costs on the young man, which was sus pended during good behavior, and he was sent i his way with a lec ture to avoid doing this again iu the future. OLD FASHIONED RAG SEW ING PARTY AT CLUGY HOME Yesterday the home of J. F. Clugy was the, scene of a most jolly gathering, when about a dozen ladies gathered there to enjoy an old-fashioned rag sew ing party, and as the result of their industry they have a large assortment of carpel, rags to bo used in the future. The hours were most pleasantly spout in plying the needles and social con versation until the noon hour, when tin; hostess served a most' bounteous dinner, to which the ladies and several others did most ample justice, and they were loud in their praise of the delight ful manner in which they were entertained. Mr. Clugy is some what mystified, however, over what become of the back-bone, which was the chief feature of the dinner. The gue.vls present, at the sumptuous dinner were: Mesdames E. M. tlodwin, B. F. Crook. Ora Smith, Salem, Neb.; John Haynie, C. M. Manners, Jennie Schihlknechl, M. S. liriigs, D. L. Dunklcberger, L. L. Wiles, Ccorge Winsrntl, Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Ihirbie; Messrs. E. M. Cod win and Rev. J). L. Duukdbcrgor and the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. .1. F. Clugy. MATTHEW BERING RE WORK FR0I1 GEfliY Yeslerdav afternoon Matthew tiering, Ihe eminent attorney of this cily, received from Cermany a large portrait of himself, done in beaten brass. The port rail, is a magnificent piece of art work and was 'made by llerr Carl Aht, of Munich, Bavaria, who exhibit ed thi! portrait at several art ex hibitions in the cities of Merlin and Munich and received several prizes on his artistic handiwork. The portrait was ordered by Mr. tiering while on a lour of Europe about three years ago, and il cost, in the neighborhood of .S'.'IOO and is a most valuable specinian of this kind of art ami will add greatly to the artistic collection of Mr. Cering. SELLS RESIDENCE. AND WILL REMOVE TO SOUTH DAKOTA Louis Jiran, who has been a resident, of this city for tin; past fifteen years, has just sold his residence properly on West Vine street, to Carl Crist, of this city, and expects to leave about March 1 for Manfred, N. D., when; he has a farm and will engage in farming there! for the coming sea son. The departure of Mr. Jiran and his estimable family from this cily will be the source of much regret lo their many friends, as they have been very popular among a large circle of friends, and it is with regret that (hey leave, but hope to again become residents of our cily in the future. To Be Operated Upon. From Saturday's Dally. R. E. Andrews and wife were passengers this morning for Omaha, taking their little daugh ter I here for an operation al the Clarkson hospital. The little one has been ailing for some time and the doctors believed that it was best to operate to relieve the lit t le one.