The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, July 03, 1913, Image 1
Boumu VOL. XXXII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1913. NO. 62. be Plato POPULAR BUILDERS Ai CONK Peters Richards Are Having Their Hands Full and Employ Large Number of Assistants. From Tuesday Daily. There are few people in this city who have been in Glenwood recently who have not been struck by the large amount of work being done on the state institution in that city by the firm of Peters & Richards of this city, and we here in Plattsmouth are certain ly getting a share of the money derived from the employment of the men. Last week the firm em ployed eighteen men from this city and the amount of money paid out to these men, most or whom came home Saturday, was $625, while the week before thir teen from Plattsmouth were em ployed on the work and $475 paid dut in wages, making a 'otal of $1,100 in two weeks that has found its way into the hands of our citizens in return for their labor for this firm of contractors. The building which Peters & Richards are erecting at the in stitution is a large one. being 107x214 feet, and is being con structed throughout of fire-proof material and is four stories high, which would give some idea of the size of the structure which is being added by the state of Iowa to its olready splendid group of buildings at the state institute for the feeble minded. In the construction of the building only the best of material has been used and the amount of the ma terial can be gained from the fact that 1,000,000 common bricks and r.00.000 tiressed bricks will be used in the building, as well as 5,000 barrels of cement and 300 tons of steel for the supports and reinforcing of the walls and floors of the structure. The work on the building was started on May 1. and will be completed about February 1, 1914, if nothing interferes, and the price of the construction will reach 8105.000. The firm of Peters & Richards has given ex cellent satisfaction to the board of control of the state of Iowa, who are more than pleased at the manner in which the building is being put up, and they were so well satisfied with the work on the structure that the firm re ceived the additional contract for the placing of a steel roof on the building. It is seldom that such a sue cessful firm of contractors is found in a small town and their advancement to the front is some thing we should feel proud of, as it contributes materially to the ,men employed by the firm resid ing in this city. RAISES ASSESSMENT FROM $29,000 TO $50,000 '.From Tuesday's Dai i jr. The county board of equaliza tion, which was hearing the mat ter of the assessment of the Lin coln Telephone and Telegraph ocmpany in this city yesterday afternoon, decided to raise the value of the planti n this city for assessment purposes from $29, 000, as reported to the assessor by the company, to $50,000. This is an increase of some $21,000 and will furnish considerable revenue to the county treasury The telephone ocmpany has been handed several decisions of this kind throughout the state and in several instances the increase has been much greater than the one made in this county, and as a re suit the company will face a very large increase in their taxable property throughout the part of the state in which they operate It is not known as yet whether the company will appeal the mat ter to the courts or not for fina settlemen. L. L. Hurtz of Lin coin, general manager of the company, was present at the hear ing yesterday in behalf of the telephone interests, while City Attorney Tidd appeared before the board in behalf of the city. Girts Are Paroled. From Tuesday Dally- Yesterday afternoon Judge A. J. Beeson had the two young girls charged with being incorrigble, before him for trial, and after hearing the evidence, the judge decided to make a committment for them and paroled them, one in the custody of her mother and the other with her employers. The case now rests that if the girls do not behave themeslves it is the duty of the sheriff to see that they go to the Industrial school at Geneva. HUPP! REUNION OF IHE COOK FAMILY One of Most Pleasant Events of Its Character Ever Held In Cass County. From Tuesday's Dailv. A happy family reunion was greatly enjoyed by relatives of the Cook family iast Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Cook at Weeping Water. Nearly all of the seventy people present were descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Jos eph Cook, deceased, who were among the first settlers to locate near where Mynard now stands. Of. the twelve children, reared to manhood and womanhood by them, eight were present as fol lows: Mrs. Bina Kitzel, Alvo; George Cook, Alvo; Philip Cook, Weeping Water; Mrs. W. D Wheeler, Murray; Mrs. T. W. Val- lery, Murray; Mrs. S. O. Cole, My nard; C. E. Cook, Plattsmouth; W. A. Cook, Elmwood. At the noon hour well filled basekts were brought forth and cloths were spread on the grass and in a short time all were in dulging in a bounteous feast. Mrs. E. M. Stone of Alvo and Mrs. S. (). Cole of iYiynanl assisted Mrs. Philip Cook in serving the guests. Those who had cameras in the company were busy taking pictures of the merry picnickers at the table and various groups and also of the fifteen auto mobiles that conveyed the differ ent members of the party. Besides those mentioned above there were the following present: Mrs. C. E. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Patterson and son, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Stone, S. W. Cashner and wife, Fred Dreamer and wife, Mrs. W. A. Cook and babe, Leroy; Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cook and daughter, Alice; Mr. and Mrs. Frank "Vallery and daughter, Vio let; Mrs. Glen Vallery and chil dren; W. D. Wheeler, Sherman Cole and wife, Carl Cole and wife, A. H. Weichel and wife, Mrs. John Cook, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Cole and babe, Lois; C. L .Wiles, wife and children; Pearl Weichel, DeElla Venner, Esther Frost of West Point, Nellie Cook, Willma and Clarice Cook, Opal Cole, Mar gie Vallery, Ruth Dreamer, Fern Weichel, Bert and Forest Cook, Roy O. Cole, Orest Cook, LaVerne Stone, Raymond Cook, Stanton Dreamer. The occasion was one that will always be a fond remembrance to the members of this worthy fam ily, who - are among our most highly esteemed citizens, and it is the earnest wish of the Jour nal that they may all enjoy many more such happy occasions. FOR THE PACIFIC COAST From Tuesday's Dally. This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. T, M. Scarbrough departed over the Burlington for their honeymoon trip to the Pacific coast. They will visit for a few days en route at Denver, Colorado, with rela tives, and will go from the moun tain city to San Francisco, and after a short slay there will go to Los Angeles and other points in southern California and will return to Plattsmouth about Aug ust ist, where they will at once start housekeeping in their new home on North Third street. They take with them the well wishes of their many friends on their journey. The Journal for Calling Cards IHE TEIIT MEETING LARGE LAST NIGHT splendid Meeting and One Greatly Enjoyed by All Present. From Tuesday's ally. Notwithstanding the sociability of the mosquitoes and their in sistance in presenting their "bills," a large and very in terested audience were gathered at the tent last evening to hear the discussion of the question, "A Man Loved by Jesus and Lost," as it was presented by Rev. C. C. Smith. After the musical portion of the evening, which was one of much enjoyment, for there were some extraordinary line numbers presented, among which was the one by the mixed quartet, and there was none but what was fine. The evangelist read two portions of the scripture, both an inter view with the Master when on the earth. The first was where a young man and a lawyer came, asking which is the greatest com mandment, and which was answered by the Master, "There is but one God, and to love flod with all one's might, mind and strength, is the first and greatest commandment, while the second is like unto it, and to love thy neighbor as thyself." Then, an swered the young man, who was well versed in the scriptures, saying, Inou hast answered well," whereupon Christ said, "I perceive thou are near the King dom." The other one was on another occasion, where one came, and when he had thrown down him self at the feet of the Master, said, "What good thing must I do that I may inherit, eternal life?" Je.sus.said, enineraling a number, of the commandments, "Keep these," whereupon the young man said, "These have I kepi, from my youth up." Christ said, "One (hing more thou lackest sell what, thou hast, give In the poor and come and follow me." This seemed a hard saying, for this young man had great possessions. And he went away sorrowful. Combining the two readings, he said "Thou are near the Kingdom, but, one thing thou lackest." In the discourse the speaker drew the attention of the large audi ence to the fact that there was seldom but one thing which keep people out of the Kingdom, and mostly very I rival things at that. The address was very plain and direct, in the application of the lessons drawn from the incidents recited and it was with telling force that he spoke. 4 ine interest or many was aroused and a number of desci sions were made for the better life. There will be only one more meeting of this campaign, which will be this evening, at which meting it is desired that all who are interested in the meeting will be present, ns there will lie a mes sage for all, no matter what posi tion they occupy in their relation to the church. DONATE LAND FOR ROAD ALONG BURLINGTON TRACK From Tuesday's Dally. This morning the county com missioners were visited by sev eral of the leading farmers from north of the city, who agreed to donate the land for the, construc tion of a road from the Pickett farm to where the county has made their new road. Those in the party were C. Lawrence Stull, John Rutherford and F. E. Schlat er, and their action in this matter is to be commended, as it will give the county a road running along side the Burlington right-of-way and make n much belter road and less expensive than would one constructed over the hill. The road will also make it, very con venient to the government, for getting to and from Fort, Crook, and if the county will place the road through the land donated they will be doing a splendid thing for the best interests of the county. II 110 (IE ehsh boost Eight Prosperity Boosters, Rep resenting Lincoln Commercial Club, Visit Plattsmouth. From Tuesday's Pally. In Plattsmouth this morning there arrived a group of eight prosperity boosters, representing the Commercial club of Lincoln, Neb., who are on the road for the double purpose of persuading the rock highway officials to bring the rock highway to and through the state of Nebraska and the capital city, Lincoln. Their enthusiasm was such that they had even believed it would have been possible to bring the coming Indiana to Pacific tour through their country over the trail used by the Premier ocean-lo-ocean tour in 1911, and they declared that only the shortness of time before the start of the In-diana-to-Pacific lour prevented them from succeeding in this ambition. Just to show their interest in Indiana-made products they have bought in Indianapolis eight Pre mier Sixes, the first time in the history of the. industry that a group of wealthy westerners came to buy Indiana cars and to usa them to boost a great national project whose birthplace was In diana and Indianapolis. On the banners which they carry, are the words, "Indiana polis to Lincoln A tour under I he auspices of C. A. Lord, dis tributor of Premier cars in Ne braska," who for years has en thusiastically promoted Indiana products in the slate of Nebraska, and who is doing yeoman work on the Fisher highway enterprise in that xreat state.- The famous green and white pennants of Pre mier and American flags are also carried. Arrangements have been made at all of the principal stopping places to push along the rock highway, and it is believed that this trip will have a wonderful influence in the development of sentiment in favor of the same. The route that was followed is as follows: From Indianapolis to Chicago to Davenport, where they crossed the Mississippi and continued through on the river-lo-river road to Des Moines, Council Bluffs, across the Mis souri river to Omaha, then to Plattsmouth, Nebraska City, Union, Weeping Water, Elmwood and Lincoln, in all 1,000 miles of Nebraska boost. The owners of these eight Premiers represented in this party are: II. I. Carr, F. H. Tharilkill, R. E. Bicknell, C. W. Spiegel, L. II. DeBrown, O. F. Labia, P. C. Smalley and C. A. Lord, all of Lincoln, Nebraska. MISS LUCILE BRYAN RE- Tl From Tuesday's Dally. This morning; Miss Lucille Bryan returned from Kirksville, Missouri, where she had been for several months taking treatment at the Still hospital in that city for an injury she sustained to her hip some years ago. Miss Bryan is feeling much improved in health and the attendants at the hospital think that in the course of some months she will be able to regain the full use of her limb. Mrs. W. It. Bryan accompanied her daughter home from the hos pital and looked after her needs on the journey. The improvement in the condition of the young lady will be the source of much pleas ure to the friends of the Bryan family throughout the county. Runabout Auto Wanted. Will give some person a good trade for a runabout car in ex change for a new touring car. Ap ply at t he Warga & Cnr il Oarage. W. A. Brown and James Lough ridge of Murray werei n the city today for a few hours attending to some matters of business. Mr. Loughridge was a visitor in Oma- ha this morning for a short time. Fine Platform Dance. From Tuesday's Dally. The platform dance which was given at the home of the Tulene's west of the city Saturday evening, was an immense success, both so cially and financially, and the large crowd that attended enjoy ed an exceptionally line time. The Plattsmouth orchestra, under the direction of Tom Swoboda, fur nished some very fine music that was much appreciated. There were several auto loads from Murray, Union, Cedar Creek and Avoca in attendance at the dance. HAS BEEN IN PLATTSMOUTH FIVE YEARS TODAY From Tuesday's Dally. Five years ago today, on July i, 1.I08, William Baird, superin tendent of the Burlington shops, arrived in Plattsmouth to take up his duties in the position that had been held by II. J. Helps, and the introduction to the town was any thing but favorable to the new superintendent, for just a few days previous we had been visited by a very destructive flood, and most of the business men were engaged in pumping out cellars and arranging their stocks of goods for drying. But since the time Mr. Baird has been here the city has progressed and today those days of floods have been passed by the lowering of the streets and better facilities for carrying off the water that might come wilh heavy rains, the busi ness houses have almost all been placed in fine shape and the mer chants have forged to the front, both in their methods of business and I heir buildings and stocks of goods. In the time that Mr. Baird has been at the shops they, too, have been placed in much better shape than formerly and this has been largely due to the constant. efforts of the superintendent to bryig I hem up to a high standard. Let -ns hope that our fellow townsman will be able to cele brate his tenth anniversary in this city wilh us. BUOIG RETURN FROM TRiP From Tuesday's Dailv William Budig and wife, who have been enjoying a short vaca tion at Denver for the past week, have returned to their home in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Budig greatly enjoyed their visit and the sights incident to the great turn fest, of the German turning so cieties of the United States. Mr. Budig, who was present at most of the contests, says the sight of the several thousand turners drilling and doing the various exercises of the meet was some thing that will not be soon for gotten, as it was one of the great parades of the various societies through the streets of Denver with their large lloats displaying the progress of the Germans in America. George Budig accom panied his parents from Lincoln to the turnfest and participated in the enjoyments of the trip. At Havelock. From Tuesday's Dally. Mike Warga has bought the residence property located on the southeast corner of Thirteenth and P streets, from Geo. W. An derson and will take possession of the property about July 12. The property is now occupied by Ray Cassidy. ' Mr. and Mrs Wm. Budig were up from Plaits- mouth last Sunday and spent the day with their sons, Paul and George. From here they went to Denver for a week's vacation. George accompanied his parents on their trip. Times. Dry In Montana. From Tuesday's Dai:y. We are in receipt of a com implication from Mr. George Al bert, in which he requests that his paper be changed from Gos sett, Montana, to Sidney, Mon tana. He also states that it is very dry in that section of the country, that the crops are back ward, but that the grass is good and slock is looking fine. Mr. Al bert has a large number of rela tives and friends in this vicinity 'and formerly resided here. MEETINGS CLOSE WITH 11 LARGE ATTENDAnGE Last Hour of the Series of Meet ings at the Tent Highly En joyable to the Last Minute. From Wednesday's Dally. The series of evangelistic meet ings which have been held in the big tent, north of the court house, during the past month, was brought to a most successful conclusion last evening, and the evangelist, Charles Cullen Smith, closed the meeting with one of the most eloquent and powerful sermons that has been heard in this city for years. The musical features of the meeting wero the most elaborate that has been given during the meeting and included numbers by the choir, as well as solos and duets by the evangelistic party, and also the talented vocalists of this city who have taken part in the meetings. It, was almost i) o'clock when the evangelist began his sermon, and his appeal to the new con verts and the church members was out! of the most powerful of the series of meetings, ami the plea for these people to place the church of their choice first, of all in, their lives was most forceful and made an impression that will last for a long time on his hear ers. Mr. Smith also appealed to the non-church members to unite with the church for the good of themselves and the community. After the sermon an old-fashioned song service was enjoyed by the audience, which was closed by the singing of "Blest Be the Tie That Binds." The meeting adopted at. the conclusion of the smice a resolution by a unauimous .stand ing vole, which was as follows: It is hereby resolved by the pastors, officers and members of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Christian churches, assembled in the closing services of a four weeks' evangelist ic campaign First, That we express our gratitude lo God for the tidings of His truth and love set before us in these meetings. Second, That we recognize in the Rev. C. C. Smith a man of most lovable Christian character, of eminent ability on the platform and thoroughly equipped with the truth and power of God, and that we approve his methods as in ac cord with the teachings and spirit of the gospel of Christ, and hearl ly recommend him to churches with fields of large responsibility and opportunity. Third, That we have been greatly blessed and inspired in Christian life by the song services led by Profs. Gilmore and Kling ler, and we ask for them a hearty welcome in all the churches. Fourlh, That we express our I hanks to the pianoists and or ganists, I he Misses Cole' and Baird and Mr. E. H. Wescott, to Mr. G. Ii. Furley, chairman of the music committee, and the choir; to Mr. D. C. Morgan and his, as sist ant ushers; to Mrs. O. C. Par inele for the use of the piano and Mrs. Gobelman for the ori?an; to Mr. E. C. Hill and the C, 11. & Q. for the loan of the lumber used in the tents and platform, and to all who helped with manual labor in the erection and equipment of the tent; to the county commis sioners for the use of the grounds, and to the Plattsmouth Journal for the generous use of their space in the favorable an nouncements of the meetings. M. W. Lorimer, Chairman Executive Com. Mrs. Peter Welsr Improving. From Wednesday' Dally. Mrs. Peter Welsh of Omaha, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Q. Bach, who was operated on at St. Catherine's hospital in Omaha a short time ago, is reported as get ting along nicely and it is thought she will be well enough to remove to her homo in a few days. This will be most pleasant news to the many friends of this worthy lady in this city, who have been anxiously awaiting word from her the past, week. Marshall. Dontlst, Coates block.