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VOL. XXXII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1913.
NO. 70.
HEARING OFTHE DE
MAND FOR BETTER
TRAIN SERVICE
The Petition Filed in the Matter
Before Railway Commission
Give the Facts.
From Friday's Dally.
The matter of tho train service
between this city and tho rest of
tho town in tho county is to bo
given an airing before the state
railway commission on Friday,
September t', and everyone in
terested in seeinir that tho Mis
souri Pacific supplier the resi-
Int of tho county with proper
train service should attend tho
meet inf., if possible, an1 show
tho conditions under which wo
havo been compel lod to pet along
tr tho past few years.
There is no resident of this
county that does not recognize
the fact that it is impossible for
a resident of the western or cen
tral part of tho county to corno
here to attend to business affairs
and return homo the same day,
and that such a condition of af
fairs is allowed is manifestly un
just to all the citizens of the
county who are compelled to take
a couple of days to attend to what
should take only one. Tho re
quest made t the slate commis
sion by President Schneider- f tho
Commercial club is fair and asks
nothing; of the Missouri Pacific
company that is not justly due
the residents of Plallsmouth and
the citizens of the county, and the
matter should receie the earnest
support of all who believe in seeing-
that fair play is given. The
petition does not ask for the
changing of present trains, but
merely asks that the proper con
nections bo inade at Union by
either a train or motor car in
oilier that this city can be reach
ed at a reasonable hour. The
following from the Union Ledger
gives tho request for the train
service and explains fully the
needs of the traveling public in
train service:
Notice of Hearing.
Lincoln, August 22, 1913.
' The Ledger," Union, Nebraska.
Dear Sir: You are hereby ad
vised that a formal complaint is
now ponding before this Com
mission, docketed as F. 202, II. A.
Schneider vs. M. P. Railway com
pany. Said complaint involves the al
leged inadequacy of passenger
service between Plattsmouth and
the various towns of Cass coun
ty. The more important allega
tions of the petition are as fol
lows :
1. That said M. P. Railway is
tho only moans of reaching the
city of I'lattsmouth from most of
the towns of Cass county, save by
circuitous routes ovr other lines.
2. That lrom Eagle, Elmwood,
Wabash, Weeping Water, and
Nehawka there is no train service
by which persons living in the
vicinity of said towns can reach
Plattsmouth. tho county seat, and
return home the same day; that
the first train upon which people
from tho aforesaid towns can
reach Plattsmouth leaves Union
at 4:25 o'clock p. m. and that from
Union, Murray and Mynard there
is a train leaving Union at 5:25
o'clock a. m. and no train south
from Plattsmouth in the after
noon; and from Mynard to Platts
mouth there is no train except No.
103, which leaves Union at 4:25
p. in., by which a person living in
the vicinity of Mynard can reach
Plattsmouth without paying
transportation to South Omaha,
3. It is further alleged that
there are many people residing in
the vicinity of Eagle, Elmwood,
Wabash, Weeping Water, Nc
hawka and Avoca who have busi
ness to transact in Plattsmouth
and are prevented from doing so
by reason of insufficient and in
adequate passenger service, which
fact occasions loss and inconven
ience to the merchants and citi
zens of Plattsmouth.
I. The petition further alleges
that it a frnJn or mtftor tr rvta
put on which would leave Union
about 9:20 o'clock a. m., connect
ing with train No. 03 i of Lincoln
branch, reaching Plattsmouth be
tween 10:00 o'clock and 10:30
o'clock a. m. and leaving Platts
mouth, going south, about 2:45
o'clock p. m.. it would make con
nections with the train of the
Lincoln branch and accommodate
all of the south and east portions
of Cass county in reaching the
county seat and returning home
on tho same day.
5. Complainants allege that
they have asked the M. P. Railway
company to furnish such service
and the company has refused.
Said complaint has been
brought to this Commission for
consideration and such relief as
may bo granted.
Tho object of this letter is to
call your attention to the pend
ency of said application and to
further notify you that a public
hearing on same has been fixed
for Friday, September l'., ID 13.
af nine o'clock a. m., in the Com
mission's ollico at the State House,
when and whore all parties in in
terest may appear and show cause
as to why the relief asked for
should or should not bo granted.
If you are interested you will
pleas,. le governed accordingly.
Very truly yours.
A. It. ALLEN. Secret arv.
THE PLATTSMOUTH
WATER C01PW
OLDS REGPETION
Important Event in the History of
the Plattsmouth Water
Company.
THE BAND CONCERT
BEST OF THE SEASON
From Fridays DrUlv.
The soft, cool breeze last even
ing brought out an enormous
crowd to attend the band concert
on High School Hill, and they
were treated to one of the best
selected programs that has been
given so far this season, and
which made a big hit with every
one in attendance. The selec
tion, "Evening Idylls," is one of
the best that has been given as
yet. by the band and was well re
ceived by the- large audience, as
was also the Porto Itican dance
"Rosita." One of the big hits of
the evening wast he popular se
lection, "How, Row, Row," ami to
the prolonged applause the band
was compelled to give an encore,
which they did in a very pleasing
manner, and tho same was re
peated when the stirring strains
of the "American Patrol," a med
ley of the national airs, was play
ed by the band, the audience get
ting very enthusiastic and cheer
ing the martial music, to which
Director Schulhof and the band
boys responded by playing for the
second time tho pleasing medley.
The waltz, "Our Wedding Day,"
was given in a very finished man
ner and the soft, sweet music
greatly impressed everyone,
especially the young people pres
ent. The pleasures of the even
ing were added to by the fact that
the handsome school teachers
from all over the. county were
resent to assist in making the
event a most glorious success.
"rom Saturday's Da 11 v.
Today marked an important,
event in the history of the Platts
mouth Water company, as il was
tlie opening to the public of the
pumping station after being com
pletely overhauled and rebuilt,
and in fact the water plant j- an
entirely new o:ie of the mo-i mod
ern type.
In honor of the finishing of the
work on the plant the water com
pany had extended an invitation
to the maor and cilv council of
the city to inspect the plant, and
they were conveyed from the city
hall to tlie pumping station at
2:3 this afternoon in auto
mobiles and all were great lv
pleased wit h the wonderful change
that had been made in the station
since the present owners of the
water works came into possession
of the plant. The visitors to the
plant were all presented with a
handsome dunking cup with the
motto of the company. "Pure Wa
ter for the People of Plaits.
mouth," on it, and tlie manage
ment of the water company expect
to live up to this motto, regard
less oft he cost to t hem.
To really describe the wonder
ful change that has taken pi ice
at the pumping- station is almost
impossible, for a person to realh
appreciate it should pay a isit
there and see want has reaily been
done by the comany in their en
deavor to secure for the consinii-
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ENTHUSIASTIC !
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A Successful Fair.
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All Are Well Pleased With the
Crops in the Famous
Judith Basin.
ST. LUKE'S SUNDAY
SCHOOL ENJOYS
PICNIC YESTERDAY
Occasion One of Great Pleasure
to Teachers, as Well as
the Scholars.
The Sunday school of St. Luke's
church held a very en.joyal.de pic
nic vesterdav afternoon at the
Strejght park, north of this city,
and the event was filled with
much delight to the young folks
il Icred for tho oc-
in mm
ii simi .
The crow 1 1 was
picnic grounds in
and t here were soIlM
as-enibb d at t lie
NARROW ESCAPE FROM
SERIOUS AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT LAST EVENING
From Saturday's Dally.
W hat might have peon a
serious accident occurred last
evening at Sixth and Main streets,
when as Jesse Pery was backing
his automobile down Main street
from his barber shop ho came in
collision with a traction engine
and threshing outfit that was pro
ceeding south on Sixth street. The
automobile was coming down the
incline toward the cross street
just as the engine came down the
street east of the Riley hotel, and
before the driver of the car was
aware of the fact he was almost
on the traction engine, the en
gineer of which, by his prompt
action averted a collision that
might have resulted in the de
struction of the tlie automobile,
but as it was the car was only
slightly scratched up and not
seriously damaged.
Best results are secured by ad-
ers tho best water possjhle. and
they have succeeded far belter
than it could have been thought'
although the improvements havi
cost them a great deal of money
The water offered to the con
sumers in Plattsmouth is secured
from nine wells sunk seventy feet
deep in the sand ea-t of the
pumping station, and pumped di
rect to the filtering plant, win-re
the water is run through two
acriators that removes all iron
from tlie water b the action of
the air blowing through the wa
ter which is falling into the filt
ers in a spray, and this is where
the name of the process i- de
rived of aeration. After tlie wa
ter settles in the large tank be
low the aerators it is filtered
through seventeen inches of
graduated sand into the settling
! basins, from whence it is to be
pumped into the stnmlpipe for Ih"
use of the consumers by a Laid-law-Dunn-(
lordon cross com
pound steam pump. This pump
has a capacity of l,i)m,(iOO gallons
of water in twenty-four hours and
gives one an idea of the size of
the plant here, which is very large
for a town of this size. The
standpipe is situated some 2ro
feet .above the pumping station,
and through it is operated what
might bo called two separate sys
tems of handling the water sup
ply that of the pumping and
gravity syst em.
The pumps at the station are
stopped at night, but before they
close flown the standpipe is tilled
and the safely of the city in case
of tiro assured, as whenever
necessary during the night I lie
pumps can lie started, as the tires
.are kept in readiness at all hours
to get up steam, but if would be
an extraordinary case (hat it
would be necessarv to do this, as
the standpipe will hold 2a.00n
gallons of water and sits on a
high hill with its own height of
sr feet, making il a signal mark
for miles around. During (ho
oast hot months the average con
sumption of water in the citv has'
boon 3or.0nn gallons every tvven
lvfoiir hours.
While tho reception today was
largely for the city officials, tho
superintendent of tho planl, Mr.
Sinclair, extends to the general
public a most cordial invitation to
call af the plant and look it over,
and where a large number desire
to visit at once tho uaaaaemeut !
wtfl etar to thtza.
taken To the
automobiles,
one hundred
Cene of the
festivities when Superintendent
W. II. Egenhergor started the pro
gram of the afternoon. when
games of all sorts were played by
the young folks to their heart's
content and several races were
pulled off that were very exciting
and spirited and served to greatly
please the scholars. The main
event of the afternoon occurred
at o'clock, however, when the
picnic dinm r was spread and the
young people with their appetites
whetted by the afternoon's sports,
made a concerted attack upon the
piles of delicacies provided and
they disappeared very rapidly and
everyone who attended felt that
the (east had been a rare treat
and that" those who had prepared
the repast had known .just exact
ly what to provide for the joy of
the inner man.
This picnic was one of the most
successful thai tlie church has
held, and its success is largely
due to the efforts of the superin
tendent and teachers, who worked
i-hard to make it a pleasurable
event.
. J. W. GAMBLE IS
INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
7iom Saturday's Da.115.
The many friends of Mrs. J. W.
(""amble in this city will be grieved
to learn of her injury in an auto
mobile accident that- occurred in
Omaha last evening. Mr. and
Mrs. Ciamblo were driving in their
car along Harney street, and
when near the corner of Twenty
fourth street they were run into
by another machine, the driver of
which was on the wrong side of
tho si reel, and in frying to avoid
running into a street car he
veered his machine sharply and
crashed into the (ianihle car, with
the result that Mrs. Camble was
thrown against the wind-shield of
the machine and slightly cut, as
well as being severely bruised, al
though it is thought not seriously.
There has been a great deal of
complaint about the careless driv
ing on that thoroughfare and it
finally resulted in the accident.
Mr. Ciamblo is a very careful
driver and made every effort to
avoid a collision with the other
machine, but could not get out of
the way in time. The police are
looking for the driver who caused
the accident, but he has not been
located as vol.
From Saturday s Dally.
Tho party that departed a -hurt
time ago from this cilv for the
Judith Ilasin of Montana, lias re
turned and all are very enthusias
tic over the land in that section
id' the country. The wheat ield
in that locality is running lioin
2f to rn bushels per acre and the
heads are of fine sie and the
numbers of the parly were more
than pleased with what they saw
of the crop there and heiicve that
in the basin is located some of
the best small grain land in the
country. The land in the basin
has only been put in cultivation
during the last few years, and
every day sees new crowds of
hoiip'-seekers pouring in to taki
advantage of the low prit f the
(land, as well as the splendid pros-
pools or sueeessiul tanning.
Prior to the last few year- tin
! land was used almost ech:siv eh
for grazing for cattle, but when
the railroad penetrated into
jLevviston. the metropolis of that
'part of the eountrv. the tilling of
i the soil commenced and the erops
that, have inen turned mil liavi
surprised evin the most en
thusiastic boomer, as has shown
the land capable oi making a-i
large a yield as any of the wheat
growing" stad's of tin union, ami
now lln-re are thirty eh valors d..
ing a land office business in tin
radius of a few miles, and (heyari
almost inadequate to handle tin
large wln'ii: crop. Larue crops o!
atialta are also grown t nrougii
Miit tin- Judith Ilasin and t!;i
heavy crops provides ample feed
for th" stock of the farmers.
This part of the couniry is one
of the finest examples of dr
fanning, and those who i - i I i '
there from -his county were much
imnress"d with the possibilities in
the future for he farmer- of
.Montana. The basin is vi-iled bv
rains about four months m tin
year, but the s,,i retains the
moisture to a remarkable degree,
and in the climate of that country
the ground i- capable of producing
splendid results. One of the pariv
who visited the wheat fields and
made a personal examinafion of
flu' wheat crop was del ig h I ed with
the appearance of the crop am'
states that the ground less than
half an inch below the surface is
moist and wot and will continue in
Ibis shape until the coming of
winter.
Among th se going to the basin
were W. K. Rosonorans. (ieorge YV
Snyder. C'. If. Vallery. Schuvler
Haekonberg. Addison Kiser and
Henry Kaufman, and all unite jo
declaring that the country looks
mighty good to them.
The land in this section has
been idaoed in tho hands of Mr.
Rosonorans and vvilh his usual
policy, he wants the purchasers to
see what an exceptional good
thing he has before they bu. and
(hose who visited there with him
are more than satisfied that he
has tlie real article in fine, cheap
farming land that will raise as
good crops as can be found any
where. In the vicinity where the
Cass county boys visited is a
large farm owned by Hon. T. J
Mahoney of Omaha, and while il
is not all under cultivation, be
will havo a yield of 25.000 bushels
of wheat. C. H. Vallery did not
return with the rest of the party,
as ho stopped in Montana to v i ; f
with his daughter. Mrs. W. K.
Shenherdsori and family, for a
short time-on their farm in that
stale.
Improved Machinery.
The machinery display at the
.Whra-ka slate fair, September
1-."). vv ill be the bo-l in t In- T'nited
Stales. Th" automobile, farm im
plements and tractor exhibits are
without eipial a ii. vv here. Then,
loo. the best of a m u s.".'ioiil s have
been provided. Liberal i's band,
.'issj-ied bv fen grand opera -!ars.
ALL SHOULD GET
TOGETHERTOMAKE
FESIIMCCES5
The Success of the Movement
Depends Upon a United
Effort.
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DEATH OF FATHER OF
G. R. MOHAN AT LINCOLN
from Saturday f Iiaili.
Thursday morning- at Lincoln
occurred tin- death of L. II. Mor
a a. the la t her of '.oini u-! or I. I! .
Mora!) of (he IJurliiiglon. who re-
-ides in I h is oil v . M r. M.-ran had
l . . .
i lieell sic!; lo- some
! recom m e ndat ion of
j .milium-
nm at hi
me and on
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if tills eiv V. il' i v i - i t e 1 1
home near Yutan lie
.'.a- taken to the I.M'-oln sanitar
ium hut hi- e o 1 1 1 ! i 1 i o ; i did not i m
pfo e a:al he g.-w .-lea. lily grew
wo:-e ami Thur.-d ty morning tin-
doctor i eivi-d a uie-sage asking
him to com" to Lincoln but be
fore leaving he received a mes
sage thai Mr. Moran had passed
away. The body wa- i:ikon to I he
homo imar Yi;ian for iuf'-nin-Pt.
.Mr. Morin was about li ft v-o i.g h '
yea,-s of age and leaves two sons
and two daughters o mourn hi
death. The deepest sympathy o
I he mauv friends here will be e-
'enib-d o Mr. and Mrs. Moran mi
the d alh of their father. They
departed yesterday be- Yutan to
attend the funeral.
mmm. mi millinery
AT EV1I3S KVERS' STORE
owner oi
store on
just re
I the east
Blank books of all kinds a tbe
Journal office.
For Sale.
A splendid 8-room bouse, with
3 lots of ground, l'.xeellent loca
tion. For further particulars see
Chas. V. Martin.
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Mi.-s Kmma Myers t In
the e.eiusie millinery
.North Sil!) street ha
i unit d from Chicago an
where she l.l.ls been looking ovel
the season's offerings in the mil
linery line and has secured f"i
her sto-e here some of the most
up-to-date patterns and models
mi the market and in a few days
expects to have a large as-ort-uent
of I be dainty early fall hats
ui display for Ihe bem lil of the
ladies of Platt-mouth. Miss My
ers has spared no expense to se
cure for her customers the best
that the market has jn the line of
artistic millinery and is olVcring
them at prices within the reach
of evervone and before the selec
tion of the fall hats the ladies
should call in and see the beauti
ful hats on exhibition at this
store.
Kri-im FrMav's Drill v.
.Ml that is n b-d now in re
gard to producing a sneee--ful
fali festival is a good strong pull
altogether and the celebration can
be pulled off. as the committee
has succeeded iii rai-ing- ipiite a
-urn of money, although a little
more i- needed, and all who pos
sibly can should get behind the
jiroposjt jon and see that it made
a go. A - soon as the -o'i citing
committee sees it- way clear f'
announce that the neces-ary
amounts have been rai-e-i then
the sub-cribers to the fund -hollbl
get together and form an or
ganization to lake charge of the
iatlair-. with a chairman. sec-
rotary and Irea-uier. and -ee thai
! it is conducted in a manner that
.vill reflect credit Upon the city
that is giving tin- festival and be
sati-factory to all who have .o
:a! ed to make the celebration pos
sible. li is expected .'I- a feature of
the fall fe.-l ival l. hold a ba-e ball
. mi r n a h nm t . in which several of
:he fa-f loams of the coiintv will
lake part, and this alone will lie
At II worth attending, as several of
tiie neighboring town- have -onie
nighty good ball teams, -uch a
! .o i s v 1 1 le. i ree-UVVood. AV'ooh Itlld
.Yehawka. and they would make a
Miie attraction for the lovers of
ihe gieat national game nnd add
nucli toward making the two
lav-' celebration a splendid suc
cess. Several free attractions, such
is balloon ascen-ioiis, nigii Oivnig
u1 (rape., performances, etuihl be
secured for a nominal sum of
nouev and serve to entertain, as
.veil as an automobile parade ami
a number of races of different
-oris, all of which could In i.nor--inu-ed
with concerts bv the Ibir
lingloi! band that would please
I ho- e w ho an- inclined more to
:!ie musical than the sensational
features of the attractions. At
he recent Have look gala day eele
iialion the .balloon a-cen-ion was
he principal feature of the oc-a-ion
and evervone attending- fell
veil repaid for their trouble and
only words of praise were heard
for il. and the re-nienls of this
city and vicinity would be pb-ased
if a similar event can be secured
for Ibis city.
Let us all get our coals off and
as-j-t t he con mi il I ee in pu I i in g otf
the fall festival ami show the
world that Plattsmouth is still on
tin- map and has not retired from
d s old aetivity.
AV9GA YOUNG PEOPLE
UNITED N MARRIAGE
The Famous O. I. C. S,vine.
Among the fir.-f of this popular
rapid growth swine that ha
eeii brought, to Nebraska ran bo
found in the herd of Mr. Samuel
Parker, south of (his city. Thev
grow very rapidly and will reach
the market point sooner than an
other breed of swine, consequent
ly consuming less feed. Mr.
Parker has fhe agency for this
county. and will be pleased fo
havo all breeders call at his plae
and inspect the animals ho has.
of Ce-
Mr. (Icofge Savles. si
lar r.reek departed last evening
on .no. j tor t.oviugton. Virginia,
where she will make a visit with
ier daughter Mrs. Andrew Fudge.
who resides in that locality, for a
horl time This is the 'first vis
it of Mrs. Savles o the Old lo
minion in a long time and will
be greatly ciijo.ved.
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Frank Lorenz of Sheldon. Iowa,
rame in l?.t evening from f. in-
Best result? aro secnTacl by roln where ho is employed by th
vertisins in the Journal. 1 Burlicsftcn for tha present. .
r'rom Saturday's Dallv.
Yesterday afternoon Judge
.1. Heeson granted marriage
cense to William L. Collin, agt
and Miss Louise Rullgo, aim
both of Avoea. The young people
win. are both members of some of
the most prominent families of
the southern part of the county
were married today at the home
of the bride's parents. Mr. and
Mi ls. T. V. Ruphe at, Avoca. The
young people arc we'd known ami
very popular in their home and
possess a host tf friends who will
learn with much pleasure of the
marriage and trust that they may
f.n.l niiioh happiness in their fu
ture journey down life's rugged
road and that their pathway be
strewn with choicest blessings.
They expect In reside in the vicin
ity of Avoca in the future.
Lost.
A roll of auto tolls. Finder
please leave same at tho Journal
office and receive suitable reward.
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