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Sfafe IHsforfriT plattamoEtlb VOL. XXXII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1913. NO. 85. THE NEBRASKA LIGHT COMPANY NOW AT WORK Making Effort to Get Their Service Into This City as Soon as Possible. Darin? the past few weeks the subject uppermost in tli- ntiiii) of the Plattsmouth citizens lias been the, condition f 1 1 1 light cfivicc here and. the prospects for its improvement, if any I lir was, ani the complaints have been numerous anl loud in re gard to the matter. The lighting company desires it to be known that they recognize the great neeij of better service and ap preciate the fact that the patrons have been put to a great inron- vience by file failure of the elec trie current, but they are bend ing every effort to rush the line of service from Red Oak to this city, and Mr. Abbott states that he expects by the first of De cember to have the line into thi city in working order and be able to supply the patrons with the best of service. He states that the line has been placed as far as Malvern and that there is a large force of men employed by the company in extending the wires along the poles set along the Burlington right-of-way to this city, and that the work is being- pushed as rapidly as pos- sihle. Mr. Abbott expresses the opinion that the plant here. uill be maintained as an auxiliary plant for the furnishing- of power and that it will be overhauled and fixed up as soon as the new line to carry the service here is com pleted, and that the plant here will be able to carry on the work of taking care of the current in rase of an accident to the Red Oak plant or to the lines leading from the different cities supplied by the Nebraska Lighting- com pany. The light cmopany is also pushing their service lines from Louisville to this city to connect here with the Red Oak line and to take up the work of supplying that city. Mr. Abbott also states that the company has in view, in time, of the establishing" of a larger plant in this city to sup ply the surrounding" country, but this depends greatly upon the amount of power used by the patrons, and if the service will warrant it he thinks this will be put in. but of course this is a matter that they are not certain of as yet. i The Nebraska Lighting com pany has. according- to the' officers of the company, expended somewhere in the neighborhood of M 0,000 to ? 12,0-00 in this city in the last month in improvements at the plant and in the re-li wiring of the city, and some of the machinery at the plant. has been replaced with new in an ef fort to afford better service, and they will ask the patrons and public to overlook the kind of service they have been receiving for a short time until the new line can be completed. Asks for First Papers. Frora Tuesday's Dany. This morning Rev. II. Walton Haynes of Union made applica tion in the office of Clerk of the District Court James Robertson for his first' papers and an nounced his intention of re nouncing: the allegiance which he formerly pave to King1 George V of England, and stated his in tention to become; a citizen of the United states of America. Buildings Lots for Sale. One lot with concrete walks, 2 brick cellars, concreted, city . wa ter, gas,' cistern and outbuild-, ings, just-- west of High school building on Main street. .Price, $450.00. Two' beautiful level, lots just east of :Fred , Ramge's on .North 9th street. Price,.. $400.00;,. In quire oi-T, 1L Pollock,.- Plaits-: mouth.'" "Tel. o", i.. 10-28-tfd Littleton-McCune. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McCune announce the marriage of their daughter, Wanila, to Mr. Milo Littleton, which took place on Saturday at Plattsmouth. The bride wore a gray crepe J, chine gown, with overdress of gray satin, and a gray velvet hat with gray plumes. Mr. and Mr. Lit tleton will make their home with the bride's parents, 2320 North Twenty-eighth street, until the first of the year, when thev wil go to Chicago' where thev will make their future home. Oma ha World-Herald. NEW SON AT THE W. C. RAMSEY HOME New Son for W. C. Ramsey and Wife and New Grandson for Judge and Mrs. Ramsey. ' From Wednesday's Dally. A new son came to the home in Omaha of Attorney . c. Ramsey and wife last Saturday morning-. October 25. 1913. at the hour of 1 o'clock. Both mother and babe are doing nicely and strong- hopes are entertained that Attorney William C. will soon recover. The grandparents. Judge and Mrs. B .S. Ramsey, are highly elated over the birth of their new randson, making- for them just two grandchildren now, and both the children of their son. Will and his estimable wife. Mary. The itlle stranger has already been named Daniel Cook Ramsey, in honor of its grandfather. Hon. Daniel W. Cook, the banker at eatrice. The Journal -extends congratulations, both to the par ents and grandparents, as well as to little William Cook Ramsey over his acquisition of a little )rolher. THE GUTTERING ON NORTH SIXTH STREET NEARLY COMPLETED The work on the. new curbing and puttering; on North Sixth treet is getting- along- nicely and it will not be a matter of a great while until the work will be in a fate where the full benefit of the new improvement can be seen. This curbing- and guttering- is the forerunner of the paving of these streets, and next season it s hoped to take up the job of curbing and guttering- Main treet up High School Hill, and s the street will then be in good hape the cost of h?ing it paved wilt not be great and it will place the city streets in splendid shape and make them the equal of any m the state. The new curbing and guttering- that is being- placed on North Sixth street has shown learly that the present width of he residence streets is much more than necessary, and by means of this curbing1 and glit tering- a nice parking- can be made between the walk and the curb that can be made an object of great beauty, as well as one of e to the residents along- the streets that take up the curbing and guttering proposition. Let the good Work in this line go on and when the Sixth and Oak streets work is done start the ball to rolling on the High School lill work. Well Pleased With Train Service. From Tuesday's Daily. - John Weichel of near Elmwood and Attorney C. S. Aldrich of that place were in the city today ooking . after matters at the court house. These gentlemen are well pleased over -the new train, service over the Missouri acific and the Burlington, which allows them to reach here and ook after business matters and return home the same day. Paints and Oils. Gering A Co. Phone 36. Subscribe for the Journal. "STATE FIRE DAY" SHOULD BEJGSERVED What Deputy Fire Commissioner Says on the Matter and Urges Its Observance. From Tuesday's Iaily. The governor of the stale, lion. John 11. Morehead, has issued a proclamation asking that Friday, November 7, 1013, be observed in the public, private and parochial schools of the state as a "state lire day," and that the schools hold exercises in keeping with the spirit of the day, that of seek ing the means of preventing fires by the exercise of care and watching to see that no inflam mable matter is left laying around where it may cause trouble. The state deputy fire commissioner has the following to say in regard to the matter: '"We wish to ask all mayors, city councils anil village boards to co-operate and take an active part in the prevention of fires. At least three times a year, or every four months, city or town officials should hire from one to four men, according to the size of the town, and have them go over the business portion and in spect it thoroughly, ordering all dangerous conditions removed or repaired, alleys and basements cleaned up, etc. It would not cost each town more than from SG to 3f a year to have at least three good inspections made of their village or town. It would be preferable to have men appointed rom the local fire departments. "At least . once a year, say about October 1st, the residence portion of every city should be thoroughly inspected and made free from fire dangers. Rubbish should be taker) away and burned, tovepipes and chimneys clean ed; particular attention should ie paid to that portion of the chimney which goes through the roof, as the chimney in settling will catch on the roof, thereby idling the bricks apart and leave an opening where burning sparks can come through. "Mayors and village boards should furnish teams and men and instruct street and alley commissioners to see ttiat all inflammable rubbish and danger ous conditions are removed from property. If citizens of the state wish their fire losses to decrease and thereby have their taxes re duced, they must co-operate with this department and assist us in our campaign of teaching fire prevention. All mayors and vil- age boards should issue a proclamation asking that fire day e made a success in their city or town." ARGUS GREEN ORIS A JAIL SENTENCE fcYom -Wednesday's Dally. Yesterday A. G. Green, long a familiar figure on the Platts- mouth streets, was arraigned in the court of Police Judge M. Archer, and when accused ac- nowledged that he had partaken too freely of alcoholic beverages, for which offense the police had gathered him into the shelter of the grim and loathsome prison. The judge, after a careful con- ideration of the matter, decided that it would cost Argus $2 and costs to appease the sense of out raged justice, and as he. did not possess the necessary amount of the coin of the realm, he was taken hence and thrust behind the prison bars again, to remain until the amount of the fine and costs had been satisfied, and it will be some days before he again roams the streets and breathes the pure air of freedom. . German Syrup of Figs, 50c size, 33c This week only. Gor ing & Co. -- Doings in County Court. From Tuesday's Dally. There was quite an amount of business transacted, at the court room of County Judge Allen J Beeson today, as a number of the large estates if the county were . up for final settlement The estates of Chris' Stoehr Ulrich Inhelder and John R Baird were up for fonsideration and the administrators dis charged from their; duties after a careful examination of the re ports by the court. J FREIGHT FOR CHICAGO ILL Crowded Condition of the Pacific Junction Yards Causes Delay to Freight. The matter of securing freight from Chicago over the Burling ton, which was discussed at the meeting of the Commercial club last week, has caused some in vestigation of the situation, with the result that the fact has been developed that the freight from the east for this city does not go into Lincoln at all, as some though it did, but is set out at Pacific Junction for transfer to this city, and the fact that it fails to arrive as soon as it should is due to the fact that the yards at that place are very busy and it is sometimes two days before the cars can- be. sent ovt to-this city. The Burlington has three or four cars a week from Chicago to this city, and they are all transferred at the Junction, and if they are delayed in their ar rival here it. "is due to the con gested condition of the yards at the transfer point. The Burling ton is one of the best railroads in the country to handle their freight business and every effort is made to push out the cars to their destination, but it some times happens that, small delays like the above delays the arrival of the cars for a short time, but the shippers in this city over the Burlington can rest assurred that their cars are not carried over into Lincoln and that the fact of their being delayed is caused by the congested condition in Pa cific Junction. CAL STEWART IN "RUN NING FOR GOVERNOR" NEXT MONDAY NIGHT From Tuesday's Eanr. This city is to have the pleas ure of having that most interest ing character on the American stage, Cal Stewart, appear here in his play, "Running for Gov ernor," as the advance man for the show, Mr. Roy 1). Way, was in the city yesterday calling on Manager R. M. Shlaes of the Par- mele theater, and made arrange ments for the appearance of the show here next Monday evening. The advance man, as well as the members of the comapny, great ly regret the fact that they were unable to be here last Saturday evening to fill their date, owing to railroad connections, and feel that they owe the amusement- loving public of this city an apology, but in their excellent show they believe they have omething that will please every one who attends. Mr. Way, the advance man of the company, is a most pleasant and genial young man, and if the show is as good as their advance representative it is sure to please the public. The Cal Stewart company will be here without fail on next Monday night and everyone who can should attend and enjoy the treat. M. Tritsch, refracting optician, at Goring A Co.'s Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Examination ifree. THIS niTV CITY COUNCIL III SPIRITED SES SION LAST NIGHT Quite a Business Session, Attend ed by Considerable Discussion on Various Questions. From Tuesday's Dally. The session of the council last evening was one tilled with much excitement and discussion, as the new occupation tax ordinance was brought out for the con sideration of the councilmen by the committee who have been working on it for the past two weeks. The measure is quite a lengthy one and it required some time for the city clerk to read the ordinance, by which time all the orators of the council were ready tf discuss the measure. Richey attempted to get an amendment onto the ordinance reducing the tax on drug stores from M0 to $7.50, but it was turned down by a very decesive vote, as the matter was explain ed bv Councilman Lushinskv that the difference between the drug tores and the other business in terests of the city was made in the fact that many of them handled paints, oils and var nishes, which was covered by a ection of the ordinance, and this amount made it seem larger than it really was. Councilman Richey, while he stated that he did not believe the ordinance to be a good one moved to suspend the rules and place the oridnance upon its sec ond and third reading for final passage, after which the occupa tion tax ordinance was placed before the council for passage and was put through, with Pat terson and Streight both voting nay, while the other eight coun cilmen voted for the measure. . Following the passage of the ordinance there was some lively time participated in by the dif ferent councilmen, which was started by the presentation of . a resolution from the linance com mittee asking that $1,200 be transferred from the business tax fund to the road fund, and which was signed by two of the members of the committee Councilmen Patterson and Lush- insky. The minority report pro- esting against the report and asking that the funds be allowed to remain where they were was given verbally by Councilman Streight, who stated he thought the business men were being tax ed twice to help pay the running expense of the city, as the money in the business tax fund should be used for the purpose of clean ing the business streets and in the paying of the expense of policing the streets. This was also the view taken by Council man Richey of the Third ward in regard to the matter. Mayor Sat Her, in explaining the . resolution of the finance committee, pointed out to the councilmen who were so agitated over the matter that in the busi ness tax fund was kept the -?3,- 500 that, the city received as their hare .of the saloon license money, which should be used wherever the council thought best, and he believed it wise to transfer 1 lie money rather than et the city warrants stand and draw interest when there was money to handle them available. Councilman Hallstrom sided with the mayor in the matter and thought that the license money hould be distributed wherever it was needed by the city without regard to the amount collected by the eity from the merchants, which amounts to around M.000 i year. ' - In order that the city could use the license money as they saw fit Councilman Lushinsky was in favor of creating a license fund and leaving the other sums col- ected from the merchants in the business tax fund. " Councilman Buttery moved that the majority report of" the finance- committee be adopted, which carried by a vote of 8 to 2, Richey and. Streight voting no. City Attorney Tidd, at the re quest of some of the councilmen. expressed his opinion t hat thei city had a perfect right to trans. fr money from the business tax fund by resolution and that it was unnecessary to create an other fund, which would force the council to revise their occupation, tax ordinance. This ended the discussion of the matter of the occupation tax ordinance. (Continued on Page 7; ALEX HUNTER III THE UMELIGHT AM Alex Hunter, who in years past, has become quite prominent by means of several episodes in which he figured,' again got into the limelight last evening when he made a trip to the home of Claus Boetel, jr., and demanded the immediate custody of his daughter, who has been making her home with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hiner, up to a few days ago, when Mrs. Hiner passed away, and the little girl went to stay with her aunt, Mrs. Boetel. The mother of the girl, Mrs. Hunter, was shot, as her husband claimed, accidentally at their home, south of this city, and died as the result, and the little girl was taken to the home of her grandparents to make her home Later Hunter was involved in a case in Iowa, being charged with the murder of a man along the P.urlington tracks, near Pacific Junction, but was acquitted of this charge. He arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and last night went out to secure his. daughter, but was refused the child, as it was not thought he was the proper person to have charge of her. Hunter became so loud and threatening that the police were summoned and he was taken to town and notified to leave the city. He stated he would re turn and start proceedings to se cure his daughter. ' SUFFERS GREATLY FROM EXPOSURE Charles McCauley, who was re ported as being found lying on a sand-bar near the mouth of the Platte river, was brought home late yesterday afternoon, suffer ing greatly from the injuries he i received from the exposure to the cold, and as a result of his lying out in the winter temperature he had both feel quite badly frozen and may lose the toes on both feet as a result. He remained on the bar over night and yesterday morning crawled on his hands and knees from the river to the pumping station of the Platts- mouth Water company, where he arrived about 11 o'clock in very bad shape, and word was at once sent to this city and a conveyance sent up in the afternoon to bring him home. When he was brought home he was suffering intense pain from his feet and a physi cian was at once summoned to look after him and he was made as comfortable as possible. It seems that on the afternoon when he went out to the bar to hunt he had gotten into water OA'er his waders and his feet had been al. lowed to remain in their wet, soggy condition until the ex posure to the cold wind resulted in their freezing. Barn Dance. There will be a barn dance i given at the home of G. A. Mei- singer, six miles west of Plaits mouth, on Saturday evening, No vember 1. There will be good music and a pleasant time for all. You are invited to attend. 10-30-3ld-llwkly Remember that the T. J. Sokol society will have another of their excellent dances at their hall on Saturday evening1 and make it a point to be on hand and have a good time. The Holly orchestra will furnish the music. MEETING OF EQUAL FRAN CHISE LEAGUE Mrs. Haller of Omaha Addresses League, and Delegates to Stats Convention Selected. The Equal Franchise League, at their meeting yesterday after noon, at the home of Mrs. II. II. Wescott. was given a mot de lightful treat in having with them Mrs. Harriet H. Haller of Omaha, one of the most prominent social workers in the metropolis, who came down from her home for th purpose of addressing the ladies at their meeting. The address of Mrs. Haller was much enjoyed and appreciated by the club members, as she is a lady with a very broad mind, and in her active life has often come in contact with the problems that confront the modern life, and her remarks were given in a deep, thoughtful manner that brought the purpose of the organization clearly to the front and cleared away many false impressions that had been allowed to grow in the minds of the public as to the cause of the equal franchise movement. Mrs. Haller called the attention of the members to the. changed condition of modern life that had robbed the fireside of the home as the unit around which the life of the community rnmed, and that these changed conditions had made it necessary that woiu- enter into the. life of the active world more and more as lhe con ditions drew the home life more toward that direction. The wom en of today were taking up this movement as to retain their sphere of influence in the home and as the life of the community entered into the home, &o must the woman enter into the life of the community. Mrs. Haller an swered the question as to the dis contented woman who wanted the ballot, by stating that it was the happy, contented women who by this means desired to aid the op pressed of their sex. At. the close of the ery in teresting address the members were given the pleasure of two very delightful musical numbers, a vocal solo by Mrs. Wescott, given in her usual charming manner, and a most pleasing in strumental number given by Mrs. A. O. Eggenberger, which greatly charmed the ladies by its beauty. The club at its meeting yester day also elected their delegates to the state convention of the so- cities, which will be held at Lin coln November C and 7, and the following ladies were chosen to represent the local club: Mrs. A !. , If.. T T T - yKlies -.wupiiiaii, ii. a . t.. rui- mele, Mrs. Major Hall and Miss Mathilde Vallery. Back to Yampa. The Journal is in receipt of a , letter from our excellent young friend, Charles S. Stone, from Yampa, Colorado, in which he orders his paper sent to that city again, and that he is once more owner of the Bank of Yampa. Charley sold the Bank of Yampa a few months ago. and after a summer's rest, he returns to Yampa to make his future home. Charley is one of the finest young- fellows in the land, and we will wager a coonskin that he has a host of friends in and near Yampa who will rejoice over the fact that he is to become a citizen of their town again. Annual Meeting of Farmers' Mutual Insuranoe Company of Cass County, Nebraska. The annual meeting of the Farmers' Mutual Fire and Live Stock Insurance Company of Cass County. Nebraska, will be held at the Heil school house in Eight Mile Grove precinct on Saturday, November 1st, at 1:30 p. m., for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year and transact such other business as., may legally come before the meeting. J. y. I alter, Secretary.