Slate Historical Soc
omita
NO. 82.
VOL. XXXII.
PL ATTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1913.
GOI L
CLUB ENJOYS
FINE MEETING
f
A Very Interesting Meeting in
Which Bargain Day and Bet
ter Lights Were Discussed.
From Friday's Daily.
Th Plattsmouth Commercial
club enjoyed a very good meeting
last evening- and a number of
subjects of interest to the city
and its welfare, were discussed
and commented upon by the
members, chief of which was the
lighting problem and the success
that had attended the sales day
held her last Saturday.
On the sales day matter, E. II.
Wescott, one of the committee
who had the matter in hand,
stated that apparently the day
had been very successful from
the standpoint of the merchants,
who had all done a good - busi
ness, and that the farmers and
visitors had been well pleased
with the band concerts offered
them by the citizens here. Mr.
Wescott stated he was heartily
in favor of having- the sales con
tinued in the future, although at
what intervals he was not cer
tain would be best. The sales
day had done all it was intended
for it had brought in the farm
ers and they had been offered
exceptional bargains by most of
the stores, as well as an excellent
band concert. As an object les
son of the drawing: power of the
day he cited the fact of a farmer
who had been in their store on
that day and he said it was the
first time in four years that he
had been in Plattsmouth, but he
had saw the advertisement of the
sales day in the Plattsmouth
Journal and decided to come in
and attend the event, and had
gone home well pleased.
E. A. Wurl stated that the day
had resulted in bringing1 a large
number of people to the city and
that the volume of business had
teen quite heavy and he thought
the idea a good one.
Philip Thierolf was of the
opinion that the sales day idea
was a splendid thing and that the
one last Saturday had been very
successful in every way. Every
one was well pleased with the
splendid concerts and he thought
that, the proposition should be
made a permanent affair in the
city.
C. C. Parmele. president of the
Bank of Cass County, expressed
himself as well pleased with the
success of the day and he had
not. saw so many people in the
city for a long time as was here
on last Saturday, and that their
bank had cashed more checks for
outside parties, who had come in
person to have them cashed than
ever before in a single day, and
undoubtedly part of this money
at least remained in the city and
he thought the proposition
should be kept alive by the busi
ness men.
F. E. Schlater of the First Na
tional bank stated that in their
bank there had been many farm
ers' checks cashed last. Saturday
and that this money ' was un
doubtedly spent among the mer
chants. Lie thought the sales
day idea a good one and it had
proved an excellent advertise
ment for the city and it was a
great thing- and should be push
ed along.
In speaking of the auctioneer
feature of the day, Mr. Wescott
staled that Q. K. Parmele had
kindly donated his services to
the committee for the day as
auctioneer and that George Sayles
had been secured to act as clerk
of the auction, but the farmers
had failed to bring1 in anything
to sell, but he thought in time
this could be made one of the big
features of the day, as it had so
proven in other towns where it
had been tried out.
Jacob P. Falter believed that
the sales day proposition was
one of the liveliest propositions
the business men had hit -upon
and it had resulted in enormous
crowds coming here' "last" Satur
day to take advantage of the bar-
grains offered, and he thought the
sales days should be held three
or four times a year at least.
Mr. Wurl, in regard to: this
matter, stated that at the State
Retailers' convention the general
opinion seemed to be that three
or four tunes a year was about
right for holding- these sales, as
oftener had a tendency to make
them become stale, and the mer
chants did not, take the proper
interest, as well as the fact that
it installed a hardship on them
in the offering- of their goods at
a sacrifice such as was necessary
to make the occasion a success.
He was heartily in. favor of the
proposition, however.
A number of the members
called the attention of the club
to tlie fact that some of the mer
chants had sold articles that
their competitors were advertis
ing at the same price and this
had proven the only displeasing
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WILD-EYED RUMOR
THAT SEEMS TO
BE UNFOUNDED
Missouri Pacific to Take Off Sev
eral Trains Proves a Canard
in the Whole.
There has been considerable
alarm in the western and central
parts of the county over a wild
eyed rumor that has been cir
culated through that section in
regard to what the Missouri Pa
cific intended to do in regard to
changing the schedule of its
trains on .the Lincoln braach of
the road in order to afford ac
commodations into this city.
One is that the road will start
a train out of Lincoln about 3:30
a. m., to run to Union to connect
with the north bound passenger
on the main line, and that sev
eral of the other trains on that
line will be taken off. That the
report is absolutely .unfounded
there is no doubt, as the state
railway commission has received
no intirnatiin of any intention of
this kind from the company, and
before it could be carried out the
board would have to give its ap
proval of the proposition to take
the trains, off the line. That the
report is without any grounds is
evidenced by the fact that the
Missouri Pacific agent here has
received no intimation .of the
change, which the spreaders of
the story said would take place
next Sunday. The report doubt
less had its birth in the head of
someone who, without any regard
for the truth, spread the report,
seeking- to prevent the improving
of the train service from the
county into this city, but they
are certainly badly "off their
base."
There never was the slightest
intention on the part of anyone
here to try and have the service
on the Lincoln line of the Mis
souri Pacific changed, and the
only thing asked was more
justice in the running of trains
from the south on the main line
to allow parties to come to this
city and return home the same
day.
It is understood that, the state
railway commission expects to
request the Missouri Pacific to
run its morning passenger train
on the Louisville line of that
road a few minutes earlier in
order that connections can be
made with the Burlington at
Louisville with the train for this
city. This would be a little im
provement, but still leave the
residents along the main "line
without a good train to come to
this city and return the same
day.'
En Route to Hospital.
Dr. G. H. Gilmore and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hansen, from near
Murray, passed through the city
this morning- via the automobile
foute, for Omaha, where Mrs.
Hansen will be placed in the hos
pital, for treatment. They in
tended to take the early Burling
ton train, but arrived here too
late for that, and finished the
trip in the auto,
LET US HAVE
A FAR BETTER
LIGHTING SYSTEM
Keep Ball Rolling In Direction of
Beter Lights Until We
Gain the Point.
The matter of better lights for
this city, which was aiirred up
at the Commercial club meeting
Thursday evening-, is one that
should be taken up and pushed
by the citizens and business men
of the city, and the main street of
the city lit up in a manner
worthy of the size of the town.
There are numerous towns
throughout the state that have
far superior lighting facilities to
those of this city, which seems,
in this respect, to have fallen in
to a rut of retrogression from
which it is hard to bring- it out
on the highway of progress.
The present system of gas
lights on the business streets of
the town are at the least a joke,
and it seems almost a crime that
the city is compelled to pay out
good money for a service that is
wasteful to say the least. If the
business men on .Main street will
show their spirit of progressive
ness and assist in securing- elec
troliers for the Main street then
the old lights should be abandon
ed and electric service installed
in its stead. AH the other cities
of the state have abandoned the
old-fashioned lights long ago
and installed this system of
lighting the streets, which is
vastly superior to either the gas
lights or the old arc lights used
for electric current.
The lights as proposed to try
and install, will be about the
height of the present gas lamps
and will consist of a handsome
ornamental iron post with four
drop electric light bulbs on the
different sides and upright bulb
in the top. These lights will all
be kept burning until 10 o'clock,
or some other appropriate hour,
when the four can be turned off
and the one remaining light be
kept burning- for the remainder
of the night. These are the kind
of lights that are used in Fre
mont and that city has the
reputation of being the best
lighted one-in the state. The
cost of maintaining these lights
after they are installed will not
be great, and with three in each
block would make this city vie
with the famous great white way
of New York. Push the good work
on until we have the proper kind
of lights installed on Main
street.
FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS
AT BURLINGTON STATION
The program of improvements
at the Burlington yards and sta
tion still continues and the ma
terial is on hand for the exten
sion of the platform of the pas
senger station some two hundred
feet to the north and several feet
further east in order to make it
more comfortable and convenient
to the traveling public. The Bur
lington is making the changes in
the trackage as rapidly as pos
sible and in a short time the work
of setting over the tracks in front
of the depot will be started, and
this will make it possible to make
the platform several feet wider
than it is at present, as the
tracks will be set over some six
or eight feet to the east and only
a single track will be used in
front of the depot, as the exten
sion of the platform to the north
w'll necessitate cutting the track
leads in the yards down.
Married at Parsonage.
From Saturdays Dally
The M. E. parsonage was the
scene of a quiet wedding today at
noon, when Rev. F. M. Drulinger
united in marriage W. H. Harri
son and Mary. B. Turpin, both of
Omaha. .
Called to Kansas City.
From Friday's Daily.
This morning Mrs. Joseph II
Smith received a message from
Kansas City announcing that her
daughter, Mrs. Stella Williams,
was in a very critical condition
and was not expected to live.
Mrs. Williams was firt taken
with an abcess in her side and
was compelled to go to a hos
pital there for treatment, but
complications set. in following
the operation for the abcess that
made her condition very serious,
and about two weeks ago Mrs
Smith was called to that place to
see her daughter, but before
leaving that, city it seemed that
Mrs. Williams was improving,
and Mrs. Smith came on home,
only to be summoned by the
message this morning to her
daughter's probable death-bed
Mrs. Smith, accompanied by Mrs
Charles Green, a daughter-in-
law, left this afternoon for Kan
sas City.
EXCELLENT TREAT
AT MASONIC HOME
LAST EVENING
Large Number of Masons Come
Down From Omaha and Fur
nish Fine Entertainment.
From Friday's Dally.
The residents at the Masonic
Home in this city were treated to
a most delightful entertainment
yesterday afternoon, when the
members of Nebraska Lodge No.
1, the oldest Masonic lodge in
the state, to the number of some
thirty-live, came down from
Omaha and gap 11-aged people
at the Home a splendid musical
entertainment. The delegation
came with a stringed orchestra
and several talented vocalists,
and the entertainment afforded
proved a most delightful treat to
the members of the big family at
the Home. Nebraska lodge was
organized in an early day when
Nebraska was yet a territory,
and their original location was
at Bellevue, and in addition to
being the oldest lodge in the
state the members of No. 1 are
also among the liveliest mem
bers of the Masonic fraternity in
Nebraska.
The musical program afforded
by the members of the visiting
lodge was most gratifying to all
who were fortunate enough to
hear it, and the members of the
Home, as well as Scperintendent
W. S. Askwith and wife, ap
preciated deeply the interest and
kindness shown by. these splendid
members of the fraternity in
coming here to afford the aged
residents of the Home such a
splendid time. The visitors were
treated to a most tempting
luncheon by the superintendent
and his wife at the Home, follow
ing the concert, and everyone
felt that the occasion had been
one of much enjoyment to them.
There were a number of the
members of the board of trustees
with the party of visitors, and
the delegation was headed by Ed
Thompson, W. M. of Nebraska
lodge, and included such dis
tinguished citizens and Masons
as W. F. Cosh, past master
Lodge No. 11; J. F. Wilcox, past
master Lodge No. 1 ; Charles
Shook and Judge Berka, both
prominent members of No. 1.
The. party returned to Omaha on
the 7:45 Missouri Pacific.
Mrs. Bates Gets Pension.
Judge M. Archer, who has been
so successful in securing pen
sions for the old soldiers and
their widows, has just received
notice from the pension depart
ment at Washington that a. pen
sion of $12 per month has been
granted Mrs. Fannie Bates,
widow of I. F. Bates. The pen
sion is dated from July 14, 1913.
Judge . Archer is very careful in
his claims that are presented to
the department and has been very
successful in his practice before
the department.
Spot cash speolal King's New
Discovery for coughs and colds.
50c size, 33c. Qerlng Co.
'Phone 36.
THE ELEGTRIC
SERVICE OUT
FOR A WHILE
Boiler at Power Plant Is Put Out
of Commission and City
Plunged in Darkness.
This city was plunged in dark
ness about 7 o'clock Saturday
evening as the result of an ac
cident at the power house of the
lighting company, which put the
electric service out of commis
sion. One of the boilers, which
was steamed up to furnish the
power to run the machinery for
the making of the electric cur
rent, was put on the bum by the
bursting of a flue and it was
necessary to shut the plant down
until the auxiliary boiler could
be steamed up to take up the
work of furnishing light and
power to the city, and it was
about 8:30 before the current was
turned on again in the city.
The breakdown, while due to
an accident, was felt very much
throughout the city, as many of
the residences are equipped with
electricity alone, and there was
a general scramble for the old
fashioned kerosene lamps to al
low the different families to see
how to get around. The different
business houses felt the loss of
the current keenly, as it happen
ed at a time when the stores were
crowded with customers, and it
was necessary to rush around and
provide other means of illumina
tion until the lights would be in
commission again.
These accidents are very an
noying to the patrons of the com-
nanv and there should be some
way provided by the light corn-
Dan v to care for the service in
case of these accidents if they are
to expect the public to use the
electric current in their homes
and places of business, as the
breakdowns result in every mer
chant who has electric lights in
his store losing money, and they
feel keenly the inconvenience in
the homes of the city when the
service is put out of commission.
0. R. HAfJDLY FIGURES
A romance that begin three
vears ago when Orville R. Hand-
ley of Plattsmouth met Miss
Anna von Goetz of North Platte,
when both were employed in the
Remington typewrite offices here,
will result in their wedding next
Tuesday in Harvey, 111., at the
home of her sister, Mrs. J. B.
Small.
Miss von Cioetz, who is a
daughter of Victor von Goetz of
North Platte, and a sister of Mrs.
Clyde Drew of Dundee, was
cashier of the Remington com
pany here three years ago when
she met Mr. Handles', then city
salesman for the same concern.
Two vears ago Mr. Handley
went east in the typewriting
business and is now manager of
the Underwood offices in Muncie,
Ind. Miss von Goetz for several
months has been cashier of the
Love-Haskell Insurance com
pany here. She went to North
Platte two weeks ago to prepare
for her wedding, and late last
week went to her sister's home.
The wedidng was originally
planned for Christmas this year.
Omaha News.,
The vounjr man mentioned in
the romance noted above is a
son of Mrs. A. R. Handler of this
city and is well known to a great
manv of our people, as he has
been here quite often visiting
with his mother, and his friends
here will be greatly pleased to
learn of his approaching hap
piness. . -
Miss Hannah Berggren return
ed to the metropolis last evening
on the Missouri Pacific, after a
short' visit here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. "A. Berggren, and
her friends.
ROMANCE IN WHICH
No Court Here Monday.
From Friday's Daily.
The clerk of the district court
has sent out notices to the
various members of the jury
panel for the October term of the
district court, as well as the ap
plicants for naturalization
papers that the district court
will not be convened here Mon
day, as even if the governor
this week fills the vacancy oc
casioned by the death of Judge
Travis, it will be impossible for
the judge appointed to qualify in
time for the opening of court
here Monday.
Mrs. William Holly and daugh
ter, Miss Alma, were passeng
ers this morrning for Omaha,
where they will spend a few
hours looking after matters of
business. Miss Alma came up
last evening from Avoca, where
she is engaged in teaching
school.
THE DEBATE DIS
PLAYED SOME
FINE DARATORY
Loyal Sons of the Christian Bible
Class Enjoy Very Fine Time
at the Briggs Home.
From Friday's Daily.
The Loyal Sons, the young
men's bible class at the Christian
church, met at the home of their
teacher, M. S. Briegs, last even
ing, and with their friends listen
ed to an address made by Hon.
A. J. Beeson, and afterwards a
discussion by the class. Judge
Beeson, whose subject was "The
Elements of Success," spoke with
a great deal of eloquence, and
both delighted and pleased the
listeners with his sound logic,
replete with laughable stories
told in the judge's own way.
The discussion, which was on
the subject of whether the sec
retary of state has a right to give
paid lectures while occupying
that position, was led by Phillip
Rhin on the affirmative and Bert
A. McElwain, opposing, while Mr.
Rhin was ably assisted by O. C.
Hudson, and the opposite side
was made stronger by the elo
quence of Oliver Harvey, who is
attending the High school, but
knows how to correll the facts,
as well as present them to insure
their most telling effect.
The judges, who were C. A.
Rawls, D. C. Morgan, C. H. Tay
lor, G. L. Farley and Prof. A. O.
Eggenberger, were so puzzled by
the stirring speeches that in
some cases they were changed
from their original belief on the
matter and were not able to de
liver a decision, seeing so much
merit displayed by the debaters.
After the affirmative had closed
their argument, the leader for
the negative, who was loaded to
the gunwale with facts and
figures, evinced a desire to again
assail the Chautauqua speaker
for his apparent laxity of his
official duties, but as the matter
was closed, he was riot allowed
to do so. Later, by a vote of the
judges, he was given the desired
privilege, but when he had duly
considered the matter, thought it
would be unfair and would fore
go the pleasure of the last word.
A large crowd was present,
who thoroughly enjoyed them
selves by the hospitality of the
Loyal Sons. The class expects
to continue their lectures during
the winter, and the next one will
be announced shortly.
Mrs. R. C. Bailey Improving.
R. C. Bailev return d Saturday
evening from Omaha, where he
has been visiting his wife at the
hospital, and ho reports her as
getting along nicely and that the
outlook for her complete re
covery very bright. This will be
most pleasing news for the
friends of the Bailey family
throuehout the county, and
especially in the vicinity of Mur
ray, where the family reside.
M. Tritsch, refracting optician,
Oerina & Co.'s Wednesday and
at
Saturday evenings. Examination
free.
GERMAN DAYS
A BIG SUCCESS
III PLATTSMOUTH
An Immense Crowd In the City
Saturday Afternoon to
Attend the Event.
Saturday afternoon I he city
was filled with one of the largest
crowds that has assembled in
Plattsmouth in the past year, for
the purpose of taking in the big
German Day celebration, and
thaL event passed off as one of
the most successful of it kind
ever held in the city and reflect
ed a great deal of credit upon the
members of the committee in
charge of the arrangements for
the celebrating of this event.
The main event of the after
noon was the parade, which
swept through the streets about
3 o'clock, and the demonstration
made was one very creditable in
deed. The parade was headed by
Chief of Police Ben Rainey and
President Louis Leiner of I he
Plattsmouth. Turn Verein, and
following them came the mayor
and city officials and the council
in automobiles, which were hand
somely decorated with the
American and German national
colors. The chief feature of the
parade was the troop of some
sixty mounted horsemen on
prancing steeds, all uniformed in
white, and in their caps wearing
a small American llag. The
mounted section of the parade
was followed by the different
German societies on foot, con
sisting of Germania Lodg No.
81, A. O. U. W., Sons of Herman
and the Plattsmouth Turn
Verein.
The procession was formed at
the German Home and then
marched down Washington ave
nue, to Seventh street and then
south to Main street. The parade
moved east on Main to the Bur
lington station and then counter
marched to Fourth street and
thence to Vine, thence west to llm
Home, where the parade wa- dis
banded. One of the features that
attracted a great deal of atten
tion was the carriage containing
the "Father of German Day in
Plattsmouth," Herr Claus Boetel,
who, for the auspicious occasion,
sported a shiny silk hat that was
most becoming to this pleasant
old German citizen.
On Saturday evening the Ger
man Home was entirely too small
to accommodate the throng that
sought to take part in the grand
ball given at that place. Despite
the immense crowd present there
was perfect good order and a
most enjoyable time had by all
who were fortunate enough to be
present. The music for the
dance was furnished by the Nolly
orchestra, who were there in giv
ing the dancers the latest in
musical hits, and the excellent
music aided greatly in making
the occasion the immense suc
cess that it was in every way.
The German Home was crowd
ed to its-capacity again on Sun
day afternoon by the sturdy rep
resentatives of this excellent
race, to take part in the program
of speaking that had leen ar
ranged for. Mayor John P. Sat
tler presided over the gathering,
and in a few well chosen words
explained the meaning of the day
and the pleasure he felt at seeing
such a splendid gathering of his
fellow countrymen. Mr. Sattler,
at the close of his remarks, in
troduced Hon. Matthew of this
city, who, in a speech of some
length, paid a glowing tribute to
the worth of the German char
acter, of their thrift, industry,
and patriotism and love for their
adopted country for which they
had so freely given their blood on
the battle fields of the civil war.
Mr. Gering also gave a short ac
count of the origin of German
Day in celebration of the arrival
in America of the first German
emigrants in the . seventeenth
century, and he also paid a most
eloquent tribute to the pride of"
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