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S0 omnia VOL. XXXII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, ? DECEMBER 8, 1913. tiO 9C storied HOW TO MAKE PLAnSMDUTH BEAUTIFUL Nebraska Park Tree and Floral Company Desire to Establish a Branch Office Here. Tho-o vli ijf.-irf to tnhe steps in the direct inn of b.-autifv-ing- Hi lawn of their homes an. I III. parks and vacant Kds of city will b- givm an oppor Innity in the near fuiure To hav ihe assistance of x i r'l advice on this subject. lr. A. Waif Sl.'inl.', I i-.m surgeon, an. i lawn expert of Omaha, was here ' yes. terday looking over lh pnnnul with a view of establishing- a branch lure of 1 1 1 institutions In has s. successfully placed at other points throughout the west which have added greatly in th' improv ing and beaut i fy ing of lh different j'tihlic park anl private lawn in the towns where lliey !iae operated. 1 ;-. Stt-inle has ina.ie a scientific tuly .,f the making" of place of beauty out of the va cant lots an.l park which exist in all towns an.l he will also as sit the owners of lowns in the successful rare of them an.l in the general movement that ten.ls 1o make a town a place of beauty nn! utilizing all the spaces that are allowe.i to go to wate. There i nothinir that add to Hie ap pearance of a town as much as beautiful lawns and ones where skill and training have been ap plied fo develop l ho natural beauty of lhec p!av. . Tbe doctor will be glad to appeai here and give a tree lecture be fore any and all societies whose aim and effort are to further civic beauty, or enhancing the beauty of the home. At present he j engaged in re claiminp the littered and im ii:htly lot of Omaha, which hae been an eyeore. and mak ing temporary minalure parks. The lots at Twentieth and J"ar pam and Sixteenth and Jackson streets, in Omaha, are samples of lr. Steinle's work, and the im provement wrought there i an indication of the possibilities, that are in store for this ci'y if ilie matter is taken up with the representatives of the Nebraska Park Tree .y. Floral , company. The efforts of the company in beautifying will relate to the in dividual home, public prounds and vacant bd. The plans out lined will include the beautifyinp of outdoor si noun.i mps, such a proper landscapinp. estab lishing and maintaining- beauti ful lawn, scientific pruninp. training" and shaping of private and public trees and shrubs and other mean f addinp beauty to nature. Thi matter of "a city beautiful ha often b-en ncilaled and now there i a line chance to secure the serv ices, of an expert along thi line j,, assist the residents here in developing: the natural beauty .f ttie rily. and eery efiort houb be made to have 1 !'. Sleinb meet -with the '.oiiuneicial club to outline plans for the work of beautifyinp the town. DR. ALBERT FRIGKE RE TURNS FROM GERMANY l-'mm Saturdays ia:iy. Ir. Albert A. i'ricke of South Omaha, who last sprinp accom panied hi parents. Mr. and Mrs. 1'. l. Fricke of this rity on a trip to Oermnny, returned home yesterday niorninp. The doctor remained in Oermany after the return ,,f his parents to their home hep... ;n oid.T to fdudy for a short lime at the different medical school there in takinp up some of the latest theories advanced bv the leaders of the medical profession in I hat coun try. He preatly enjoyed the visit to the old world and returned Sioatly refreshed and ready to apain jump into the harness of ins work. Stop Viewing the Remains. From Friday's Daily. A Malt sniouf h minister ha bepun a campaign against the so called "viewinp the remains" detail of funerals. This minister believes it is n.w time to call a half on this old-fashioned prac tice. Jle thinks relatives have eiiouph grief without addinp to il by letting the morbidly curious walk down the aisle of a church and stare at the dead face of somebody they never knew. And I here is a great deal of common sens,., in the l'lnt t smoulh min ister". ideals. .ebraka "itv Press. JIBES HltlEI. CLAIM- HOME IN TROUBLE AGAIN The following: taken from the State -Journal of this niorninp will be of interest to the I'latts mouth citiens, as one of the men mentioned in the mailers claims, this city as his home. It i thought by manv here that the man named llighley is I lie younp man who on several 'occasion became involved in trouble here and was broupht up on different harpe : James lligtey and Hill Wil liams, inmates of (lie Lancaster county jail. hae developed cases of smallpox and have been re moved to (he pes house. After they bad been taken from the jail yesterday morninc all parts of the building: were fumipate.l and it is hoped that no further cases Will develop. County Physician Olson said last night that both men are suf fering from lipht caes and thai evervthinp possible had been done t prevent the spread of the disease. - lnvft";rat irm failed lo disclose the oripin of the diease. llipley has been held at the jail since pleadinp puilty to a forgery charpe on December ,'j. At that lime, because of his ill health, sentence was suspended while his past record was being investigated. At one lime he had several rib crushed and the in jury never healed properly. His right arm is deformed and he claimed that, although not able to do heavy work, he was willinp to io whatever he could. He said that his home was at I'latts mouth. THE W. 0. W. PROMPT IN SETTLING THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES This niorninp V. B. Rishel drove out to the home of John Mei inger, near Odar Creek, to look after the matter of having the inurance carried by their son, Krnil (I. Meisinger, in the Woodmen of the World, signed up. This is gelling the matter wound up in good shape and is in keeping with I he usual policy of this order to make prompt settlement with the benellciaries of policies carried in thisor1er. There has been quite a number of claims paid by the Woodmen of the World in this rity and all of I hem hav e been very prompt and without the necessity of long delays such as frequently oc cur. in .me societies, and this fact has greatly aided the W 1- men of the World in securing new member.. For Sale. l2-acre farm, one-quarter mile from city limits of a town of :t.OOO; large orchard; 20 acres in fall wheat; no waste land; all the very best; 3 wells; C-room house in good condition; electric liahl; good water system. Di vision point of Wabash railroad employing 200 men. Price, $8, 000.00; part down and ret in good security, or 7,500.00 cash. For particulars see M. Pusbury, 322 Cor. 4lh aud Clranite Sts. 1 2-2-2 wks-dw T. E. Parniele of Louisville came down thi. morning on the Schuyler to visit for the day wilh his family here. - OFFICIALS TO BE ELECTED NEXT YEAR Nearly Two Hundred State, Con gressional and County Offices to Be Filled. One hundred and seventy seven slate, congressional and legislative offices are to be tilled at the li election, according to an announcement ment by Sec retary of State Wait. In addition county officers are also to e elected, so that more names will appear on Ihe It'll ballot than ever before. The ex tended list is due to the biennial election law. which extended Ihe term of all officers who would otherwise terminated their serv ice this year. According to Sec retary Wait, the primary elec tion is to be held Tuesday. Aup ust lt. the last date fr- candiu ates' lilinp being July 20 Where the district is composed of more than one county the fiiinp must b made with the secretary of slate; otherwise with the county clerk in the county where the candidate resides, and in the case of city ollices. with Ihe ciiy clerk. Filing fees are ."( for United Slates .senators. 10 for slate officers, representatives in con gress, supreme and district judges, and 7t for county and city officers. No fee are re quired for university regents or presidential electors. Candidates by -petition nnrsf file an acceptance within five days after the filing of petitions; otherwise Ihe petitions will be void. The followiriP are the offices to be tilled at the 191 i election: Oovernor. lieutenant governor. secretary of state, auditor of public account, treas urer, superintendent of public instruction, attorney general, commissioner of public land an.l buildings, six congressmen, chief justice of the supreme court. twenty-six judges for eighteen judicial dislricls. ion Vepr sentatives and I hiri j -t h ree senators for the legislature. In addition an lection will be held to select all county, precinct and township officer. THE M'KINLEY COMPANY SECURES LIGHT CON TRACT AT LOUISVILLE There was the usual amount of interest manifested in Ihe meet ing f.f the village council Tues day evening-. A goodly amount of claims were allowed against the general fund. Mr. Hasham and Mr. Hunting Ion of the Omaha and Lincoln Hailway ami l.ighf company were present and submitted a proposi tion to the council for lighting (he streets. Ttie city entered into a contract with them for a period of ten years at a cost of S2 per light of (' candle power per month. Fight lights were ordered put in on side streets, while the lighting on Main street is to be laken up by the Commercial club with an object of installing Ihe park system of lighting". II is probable that a special ordinance will be passed assessing Main street property for the installa tion of appropriate pole. The eight lights ordered installed on the side t reels will probably be increased soon after the "juice" is turned on, for they will not cover Ihe town as thoroughly as the property owners may deire. The light people promise to have Iheir plant in operation by Christmas. Louisville Courier. John Krager of the vicinity of Mynard was in the city today for a few hours looking after some trading with the merchants, tak ing advantage of the line weather to drive in. - Widow Buys Stock of Goods. From Friday's Dally. The siock of goods which was owned by the iale ( . P. Monroe, has been sold by Ihe administrat or, X. K. Peoples, to the widow of Mr. Monroe, who will continue to run the store on lower Main street. The stock includes fur niture, stoves and articles of different kinds, and Mis. Monroe expects to continue' the buiness established by her husband here a few years ago, and 'she w ill re ceive the continued patronage of those who in the past have bought their poods from this firm. MRS. FINCH LOSES TWO The Rings Stolen and Traced to Omaha, Where Thief Tried to Dispose of Them. From Friday's Dally. A few days ago Mrs. V.. F. Finch was engaged in doing some baking and removed lv. diamond rings which she was wearing and placed them in a drawer of the bullet until she was through with Ihe work. A short time afterwards he went to Ihe buffet to secure the lings and diro-ere. that Ihev were misinp. A thorough search was made for the rings. but without avail, and the la.lv came to the conclusion that someone had entered the house while she was busy in the kitchen and had made away with the rings. Mr. Finch sent a descrip tion of the rings,-. which are valued at -SIT.").- to Omaha, and lat evening he received a mes- .age from a jeweler there that a man had attempted to pawn a ring answering the description of one of those missing an.l inai ne had advised the man to return there today and the ring would be purchased, and this morning Mr. Finch departed for the me tropolis and will endeavor to se cure the missing" jewels if Hie man shows up again. A peculiar phase of Ihe case i that in the drawer where Ihe rings were stolen from was a purse contain ing' some . in money, which was evidently overlooked by whoever look the rings. THE WEATHER INTER FERES WITH ELECTRIC LIGHT EXTENSION From Saturday tr Daliv. The bad weather of the past few days has greatly interferred with the work of Ihe extension of the lines of the electric light company into this city from Louisville and also from Ite.l Oak. The line from the west j prac tically all completed to wilhiu a few mib's of the city,, while the placing of the poles on the east side of the river has leached in the neighborhood of Pacific Junction. The material for Ihe two steel lowers to carry the cur rent wires over the Missouri river just below the Hurlington bridge, is all here, and had the rain not. interferred if would have been possible to have gotten a greater part of the work of erecting them under way. The lipht company has done a very accommodating thing for their patron by decid ing to continue the all-day Sun day service, such as was put on last week, and which was found to please all who have electricity in their homes and proved a great convenience to all, and for this service they are deserving of praise. The Whiting line of paper is certainly hard to beat, and this is the line that can be found at the Journal office. Have you seen the new initial paper and cor respondence cards? This line will make a very handsome and most - appreciative " Christmas present for all. They are the very latest. 01 0 0 RINGS BIBLE GLASS BANQUET A GREAT SUCCESS Some Fine Talks Delivered, Large Number Present and Excellent ly Provided Banquet Table. From Fri'lay's I'aily. There was cerlainlv a tine turnout of the young men and also a number of I lie men i.t quite so younp at ttie Methodist church last evening to attend Ihe third annual banquet given by the Young Men s Uible da "f that church, and it wa an oc casion that will long le most pleasantly remembered by every one who gathered around the board t partake of the e,j thing which the ladies of the church had placed n the menu and it is sufficient to say that Ihe banquet proper was served in the usual splendid manner that ba in the past characterized the feeds" given by the bible class. The parlors of the church had been decorated With ttie cla colors, that of red and white, and this had I n inlerpered with autumn leaves, which lent a very pretty touch to the scene, with the Ion- tables vvjlli white glit tering cloths an.l dainty silver ware an.l candles throwing a -oft glow over the in and the 1 1 r banquet eis thai gathered around the fesje board. A the ban queters filed down from the main auditorium of Ihe church shortly before s o'clock, the llo!l or chestra, which had generously donated their services for the occasion, struck up a march, to which the company proceeded to (heir seal, and during the erv inp of the banquet the orchestra furnished a number of selections I hat wer e much en.i e. and heartily applauded by those gathered around the board. The married ladies of the church had the serving of the banquet in charge, and they cer lainlv as-quit led theniselve in a splendid manner and should feel well pleased over the unanimous sentiment with which the ban queters expressed their satis faction over the deliciou menu, which consisted f the following: Fruit Frappe. Mashed potatoes. Fried Chicken. H.dls and Jelly. Salad. Peas. Coffee. lie. .llts. The banquet wa presided over by Oeorge H. Falter, a joal inasfer. and his handling of the difficult roe wa very clever and hi introduction of the different speakers most p!eaing. Mr. Falter stated that when the com mittee viite. him to secure hi consent to lake the position he had at first declined. but they were insistent and he7 had final ly allowed them to put him on the program. but would willing ly have changed pla'e with any of (be banqueters. He commend ed Ihe bible cla for Ihe splen did showing I hey had made and also the la. lie who prepared and served the deliciou repast, and he slated that there were three things, to a banquet to eat. to bear, to think and Ihe gather ing had already satisfied them selves with the lir-sf two. that f enjovinp the deliciou banquet and the splendid muie furnish ed, and they were about to lake up the third, that f thinking and inhearing Ihe able speaker who were on the program. He then introduced the lirt speaker on the I oast list. Jesse I. ferry. uing a an introduction a humeroii story of the Ford automobile, of which Mr. Perry i Ihe proud possessor. Mr. Perry had a hi ubjed. "This Year. Also." and slated he deemed it an honor and pleasure to be able to represent the Young Men's Tu'ble class, and he invited any one of the young men who wa not aflilialed with any church to come in and assist in the work of the class in this city. In fol lowing out his subject the speak er aid that as Hi year was drawing to a i'l an.l ; :Iit wa about to be s;,rted. i! va tilling lo review over l!i" thing done in ttie Inn.- jis j . - - -. J at, to see if it Were I I . - T po-,,';e. profiting h the nn!ake ..f th.- at. to give iilol e sec. M e !,. tie- Lord and for I tie b.-iu-r n-eM . f one's self and Ihe coin m m i! . pleaded fof the lliaklM of ..!t.-t things, and as the pe:-,,;i j i. ent had been spared foj- a:iolh-r ear it was fo- a purpose, n:-l they should make that the best and prepare liciilr;' ;i Ill iiigly. Continued on Page Fight. E- MEIITS AT BUR LIHGTOHSTATI0ll A Light Tower That Will Greatly Aid Passengers in Getting on and Off Trains at Night. The I'.nrlinglou i- - i' a-ldn g to the improvement around II. passenger station m tin. cii and placing it in a inosf i ; .-!,.-, .- hap-. A nevv lighting ii-v i--e Iki- I ii install-.! at the u.-rrh - id -f Ihe platform, which will gr-a: aid in making it possible for p.i--'iig-T"s aiisnfiiig from th- liain at night to see their w,i ar-i'in.! Th- nevv buhl will ccsi-t ,,f iwo lalge electric lights Iii'i'il on a tall iron post, a id th- wiil ! of large candle power, making objects on the platform a hi.ht a day. and will ! in ke-piii- Wttlt ttie Mew ssem of Ituhltll-' Up Ihe depot. which i ail ihaf could posjbly be aske, fo'-. and in great contra-! to the old li-!i"-ing arrangement-, wbe-h v-r- I r thai it wa- nn il'!'1 ! hardly -ee. but the new liMn--and light- ha- overcome thi- and MoW tile depot pre-. -!s ; t i i I ap- pearam-e when lit up. Mio great drawback Mia! ba con f routed th- railroad c.r' p.i' v ha 1 n the fa.-t that the cur rent here i cut o!T at melaigh'. which makes it da'k a:'.umi the talt.n when th- fa-t Chicago. Ienver train No. o arrives ti--at 1 : lo a. m.. but it t- Imp.-.! t tin! when the new current i- brought here from ,-, nak that a Iwu l -four-hour s.-rv will ! in stalled, that will give ihe station lights all night. This feature will b- much ap preciated I'V ttie I r. Jill-- p-ib'i.'. as w.-l! a th.- empi..e aioiivil lb- dep..!. and wd! add g-.-a! v I" tile Usefulness of the line ltl!- ing s(em install-.! lii-r-. M"i. seating capacity h.i I n a-nb-d to tlleepo u the pa-l Week, a- th.-re a re several iimr- row- oT -eats placid in the waiting" ro..m Ihat makes th- apa'-itv of th depot ample for tf e traveling public. MAN FOUND DEAD ON BURLINGTON RIGHT OF WAY NEAR LOUISVILLE From Sn t is t 'l.o ' I ;. i!v. Ye-ferdaj fofei oot! lb- I'M, n- iin-n on Imr liugtou tram V. found Ihe lifeless b-'dv of a man lying n th.- I'.urlingt-.'i nght-of-way. ju-t .-a-! of the Natmnai -tone quarrv. m-ar I.ui-v ;!!. The body wa- identified a- I fi.it of Fdwar.l Marker-, and there were apparently no mark of violence on th lo.v and ! thought thai tie !-.! from v postire Jo the denier, t Ih coroner of the -..u n t y w a ! t n-d of t he tin. ling of 1 1 bo.lv and notified Stand"" V tander. Hi" undertaker, to take charge ..f file h..1v. An inqt --r l r 1 1 held at I.oui-vili- over tti- h today. Mrs. Paul C. Morgan or H.n princ-. Neb., arrived l!ii- after noon on No. ? i and will v i-tt here f.-r a lime with her parent-. William Hallance and wif. MORE MPRDV THE DEATH .OF IIS. FLORENCE WHET-WEST This Most Estimable Lady Pass ed Aay This Morn.ng After Weeks of Great Suffering. Af-r w -. k ' - pa m. .. f r. ..'!.. ll '. . i: Mr-, i '.art VVe-r , ..av Ihe i'.'i i (, a 1 , t i . 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