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VOL. XXXIII.
PLATTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA, WONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1914.
HO. 12.
REWARDS
FOR DRAGGING
THE ROA
A Proposition That Should Meet
the Approval of Beth Farm
ers and Merchants.
The question of grivliij? prizes
lo the farmers displaying1 an in
terest in the good roads ques
tion is again being agitated in
some quarters and a great many
of the merchants are in favor of
taking up this mallei' ami getting
it in position where it can be
used during the coining summer
to the mutual advantage of both
the farmer and the business man.
The roads leading to the city are
the ones that give the greatest
concern, because it is over these
avenues that, the farmers and
others must come to town, and
if they are kept in good shape it
is sure to result in the people
coming here to trade and visit
with each other on Saturdays and
on market days, and prove the
means of making the ties be
tween the residents of the town
and the farms warmer and closer.
To the farmers who come to
town with their road drags, im
proving the highway for travel as
they go, should be given some
substantial reward in the shape
of a prize worthy of the work
which they do in the way of
helping to fix up the road, and
the business men of the town
should ee that the proposition
is looked after and some or
ganized effort made to see that
these worthy citizens may re
ceive the proper reward for a
service they have rendered to the
community. The value of the
prizes need not be great, but they
will prove to the users of the
road drass that their services
have not been overlooked, but
that the- are warmly appreciat
ed by the business interests of
the city.
This plan has been used very
successfully in the farming
communities of Iowa ami Mis
souri and has stimulated the in
terest of the farmers in this
matter to such a degree that on
Saturdays a great many of the
farmers mav be seen in the
towns, having ridden in on the
faithful road drag, and they, by
calling at the different stores, se
cure the rewards offered. One
plan that, has bee a tried, and
quite successfully, too. is having
the Commercial club of the town
issue coupons good for the de
livery of the prizes in goods from
the different stores, and in this
way everyone interested in the
matter profits and the city has
the benefit of having the high
ways leading into it kept in good
shape.
There are several of the lead
ing farmers of this section who
take a great pride in the appear
ance of their farms and the road
ways leading to them, and such
men are among the liveliest
wires that a community can pos
sibly have in their midst and
they add immensely to the ap
pearance of the esction of the
country where they make their
home. This matter is worthy of
consideration here, and during
these winter months is the time
to stir it up and get the ball to
rolling to start the movement so
that when the season rolls
around and it is possible to work
the roads everything will be ready
to start out.
Returns From Hospital.
William Rothman, who for the
past few weeks has been in the
hospital in Omaha, where he was
undergoing an operation for the
straightening of hi injured arm.
the use of which he has not had
for several years, through an ac
cident while out hunting, which
caused the arm to be drawn and
stiff, returned home last evening
on No. 2. Will has had a very
severe struggle at the hospital
and several times it was not
known whether he would recover,
but he has pulled through and
thinks that in a short time he
will havet he full vise of his arm
S
"Officer 666" at the Parmele.
"Officer 000" is a good-natured
"copper" arid theater-goers in
New York all last season laughed
their heads off at his ineffectual
efforts to arrest the high-toned
thief who, in the play, finally
purloins the uniform of the
brave officer and makes his "get
away." Now, however, before
many thrilling episodes have
cropped up in the three acts
Augustin Macliugh, the author
of the farce, lakes to tell his
most amusing story. "Officer
CCG," which is one of the genuine
hits of 1912, will be presented
here at the Parmele theater on
Wednesday night, February 11.
EX-SENATOR
W. R. BANNING
An Able Gentleman and One Who
Would Serve the People With
Honor to Himself and
Credit to the State.
Lincoln Journal: W. 15. Ban
ning of Union, Cass county, is to
be a candidate for governor on
the democratic ticket. This is
the news that reached the state
house yesterday. When anxious
inquirers asked how the mes
senger knew that Mr. Harming
intended to run for governor, the
messenger said Mr. banning
himself said so. This statement
of Mr. Harming, providing he
made it, is considered the best
evidence of his intention, and is
therefore taken to be true.
Having placed himself in the
position of a candidate for gov
ernor against Ceorge W. Uerge
and all other comers, Mr. Man
ning will be subject to inspection,
ile has a record behind him. With
two terms in the state senate to
his credit, it will not be surpris
ing if his opponents look up all
of his votes and possibly his
failure to vole on bills and
measures before the senate.
Mr. Manning was not a mem
ber of the last senate because he
was defeated by Senator Henry
H. liartling of Otoe county, who
was celebrated in the legislature
as the senator who defeated
county option and as the cham
pion of the present Sunday base
ball bill. In opposition to county
option, Senator Bartling did not
have much edge on Senator Man
ning, who served in the senate
when county option was defeated.
PORTER GAMP, CHARGED
WITH FORGERY BOUND
OVER TO DISTRICT COURT
From Saturday's Daily.
This morning Porter Camp was
arraigned in county court, charg
ed with perjury in securing a li
cense to marry Miss Adeline I tor
rough in this city about a week
ago. He swore at that time that
she was 1U years of ase, when
she was in reality only 15. He
waived a preliminary hearing and
was bound over by Judge Meeson
to the district, court to await
trial. Porter, it seems from de
velopments in the case, was bad
ly affected with the matrimonial
disease, and in his short lifetime
has accumulated quite a number
of helpmates, and being quite
young may be able to tie the
world's record for the number of
times married. He secured a di
vorce from wife No. 1 in Daven
port, Iowa, in October, 1913, and
came to Omaha and was married
to wife No. 2. who died in that
city on December 22, 1913. and
after a few days of mourning he
was married here to Miss Dar
rough, after a hurried trip from
Omaha, and this last venture
proved his undoing.
OFFICER 666 is a frolic, one of
those attractive thief stories
which are so irresistable.
FO GOVERNOR
SHALL THE
STATE UNIVERSITY
REJEWED?
Matter in Which Every Taxpayer
in Nebraska Is Interested and
Upon Which Much Depends.
Kditor Journal:
Among- the many question
that must be settled by the peo
ple of Nebraska at I lie coming
election the question of univer
sity removal will be one of' the
most far-reaeihng in its effect
with which we will have to deal.
This will bet rue because of the
enormous cost of such an enter
prise, and also because of the
future policy of that freat in
stitution. For two decades the people
have complained of the increas
ing demands of the university for
new buildings and equipment,
and nothing short of state pride
in a public institution of learning
has prevented an open revolt.
Pride in our university is lauda
ble, but such a pride should never
allow us to spend the people's
money without due consideration
for the actual needs of the in
stitution. In deciding this ques
tion there are just two all-important
considerations: The wel
fare of the school and the cost to
the people as compared to the
value they will receive.
"Room to grow" has been the
slogan of those who want the
uniersity removed, but those
who know best are ready to as
sert that our university is already
too large. This statement is
riTfifje ndsisedly. I is not the
purpose of a university to fit peo
ple of higher education, and the
university should not prostitute
itself to such a purpose. The
business of a university should be
specializing in lusher education.
The foundation fop that educa
tion should be laid at home, out
in the high schools of the state,
and if even a small part of the
money now being expended in
preparation for the real univer
sity course could be spent in bet
tering the rural high schools and
in bringing the high sehool boy
or girl to the university with a
foundation upon which a uni
versity education could be built
successfully the state would reap
a reward that would be a bene
diction to the boys and girls lhat
can never havet he advantage of
a university course. To make
this plainer let me say that not
more perhaps than 3 per cent of
all those who enter high school
ever graduate at the univeristy,
and only a small per cent of those
who graduate at the high school
ever succeed in getting a degree
at the university.
If the state of Nebraska has
more money to spend than it is
now- spending for ethical ion, let
that money be expended to raise
the standard of the schools in ef
ficiency out in the state where
not, less than 95 per cent of our
boys and girls must get all the
education they can ever have. The
university has no right to ask
the expenditure' of more money
until every county and every vil
lage within the boundaries of the
slate shall provide the boys and
girls within reach an opportunity
to lit themselves to enter the
university if they so desire.
One dollar spent in enlarging
the university is a dollar spent
where only a small per cent of
the children can ever get a direct
benefit, while a dollar spent oul
in the rural schools will be spent
where all will get a direct benelit.
This is not, the only complaint
that must be lodged against our
present system of preparatory
education. The law provides for
the accredited high school, but
there is no check upon the giving
of a high school diploma, even in
an accredited high school, to per
sons who have been allowed lo
get the diploma without having
done the work in a satisfactory
manner. No one will dispute this,
and until these things are cor
rected and until the rural schools
are up to a standard that will fit
those who apply for admission to
the university in a thorough
manner, we should devote our
selves lo this task instead of the
task of making room for more at
the university.
History will not long consider
the size or architectural designs
of our buildings, nor will it take
account, of the artistic arrange
ment of the grounds, but it will
measure the greatness of our
university by the character of the
work of that institution, and the
equipment of the men' and women
it shall send out to wield their in
fluence in Ihe affairs of state and
nation. It will make little dif
ference to Ihe men and women of
the next generation who was the
foot ball coach, or who won the
games of any given year, but it
will tell with pride of the men and
women who have gone out from
its halls of learning and found
honorable places at the top in
some field of human endeavor.
Mut the next question is the
question of cost. To move the
university to the state farm
means that we must abandon
what we have built in the days
when it meant so much to our
people to foot the bills. Abandon
ment would be the first cost and
rebuilding w'ould be the second
cost. Moth seem to me a wanton
waste of money, and the reason
for taking such a step should be
overwhelming.
It is not necessary for me to
say that Nebraska is one of the
worst institution ridden states in
the union. Two Soldiei&s' Homes,
when one would serve w he pur
pose better. Two agjjcultural
schools, when one c&tild have
done the work just as w 1. More
normal schools than sho ild have
supplied the needs of a.lstate of
twice the population, .ihe pork
barrel influence is writjj on the
face of Nebraska so jjdellibly
lhat a stranger need )io ask any
question as to the "Why?" And
now, since we have L'a. institu
tions, they must, be supported,
and upon the backs of the taxpay
ers of the state is strapped the
burden of their support. This
must not be taken lightly. The
burden is no small one. It must
be considered along with the
question of university removal
and it must be considered without
sentiment. Sentiment may enter
into the argument of those who
are to spend a few years in places
of public trust, but sentiment will
pay no bills. A university large
in numbers may sound well just
now, but to our children it will
mean little when we compare its
work with other schools of learn
ing. Removal might add a few
dollars to the value of real estate
at the slate farm, but the people
of the state would scarcely care
to pay for this enhancement.
Nebraska needs to retrench.
Her load is already too heavy. She
cannot afford to be among those
of whom it may justly be said
"Pride taketh a fall." Let us
make a slogan of the fight against
removal, "Make the university
better, not bigger."
Otto Mutz.
SOME THINGS DONE
BY THE COUNTY COMMISS
IONERS THIS WEEK
From Saturday's Daily.
The county commissioners, at
their meeting in this city this
week, let the contract for the
county printing. The Plattsmouth
Journal was awarded the con
tract for the road notices, notices
to contractors, calls for bids and
other notices of this kind, as well
as the commissioners' proceed
ings. The Weeping Water Re
publican was given the contract
for the printing of the bar docket
for the year 1914 at the rate of
15 cents a case and -M a page.
The board also granted a license
to operate a pool hall in the vil
lage of Manley to Eli D. Keckler.
A petition of thet rustees of the
vilalge of Eagle requesting the
apopintment of A. H. Vanlaund
ingham as justice of the peace
was also received and he was ap
pointed to till the vacancy that
exists in Tipton precinct.
Oet your harness oiled for $1
at John Gorder's.
L
COMMERCIAL
CLUBJAIIIJUET
A Large Number Present, and
a Fine Time Enjoyed by
Everyone.
From Friday's Daily.
Last evening the fifth annual
banquet of the Plattsmouth Com
mercial club drew to the Modern
Woodman hall some one hundred
and sixty of the representative
business men and citizens of this
city, who for several hours spent
a most delightful time in meeting
with each other and in the enjoy
ment of the "feed which had
been prepared for their consump
tion by the ladies of the Method
ist church. An exceptionally
strong list of speakers had been
prepared for the occasion, and
this featur of the occasion was
one that was filled with many
good things for the auditors, a?
the different speakers gave the
benefit of their experience and
wisdom to the gathering.
Throughout the banquet the
feeling of unity and the pleasure
at being all together under the
banner of progress and helpful
ness made a great success of the
occasion and showed clearly that
the business men of the city are
awakening to the splendid result'
that can he secured through the
united etforts of the business in
terests of the city to make for a
bigger and better Plattsmouth in
the future. There was lots of en
thusiasm shown at the banquet
and there was a more apparent
intention in the members of the
banqueting party to enlist their
services in the future in the ranks
of the Commercial club.
The banquet was presided over
by Carl A. Rawls as toastmaster.
and it is not necessary to dwell
at length upon the able manner in
which he filled the position, and
his remarks made as he opened
Ihe program of the evening were
tilled throughout with words
whose purpose and intent it
would be well for every person
present at the banquet to take
heed and to put forth their ef
forts in the future for the build
ing up of themselves and the city.
The tables, which extended
around the entire south, east and
west sides of the hall, presented
a most beautiful appearance with
their handsome lloral decora
tions, having large bouquets of
carnations interspersed with
lavish trimmings of ferns and
sweet peas, while smilax was
strung the length of the tables
and showed the artistic handi
work of Stenner Mrothers, the
Plattsmouth florists, who fur
nished the flowers and done all
the work of decorating. The
music for the occasion was fur
nished by the Holly orchestra. .and
this was one of the most pleasing
features of the banquet and the
sweet strains of the music during
the progress of the banquet put
everyone in a most receptive
mood for the feast of reason fur
nished by the orators of the even
ing. The first speaker of the even
ing was Rev. Father M. A. Shine,
and his address was one of the
most instructive and interesting
ever heard in the city and touch
ed on the early traders and mer
chants who had came into this
country when it was a wilderness
and made possible the knowledge
of Ihe country that lay through
out this part of the great we.-t.
In his remarks Father Shine
brought out historical facts that
were unknown to a great majority
of his auditors and showed the
deep interest and research he has
made on the subject of the early
history of Nebraska and the Mis
souri valley. He showed that the
first record of the fur traders in
this section was in if5i. when
traders from the French settle
ment of Montreal. Canada, came
west, traveling the great lakes
and overland through Wiscon-in
and the present state of Min
nesota to the Missouri river,
which they thought would lead
FIFTH ANNUA
them to Mexico. He fo;;ch-'d
on the French traders who can e
up th Mississippi riwr in ITor.
from New Orleans a:.. I a-sj.s;e,i m
opening the territory to th
knowledge of the w..:!d. u'id the
hard-hips that had confront. -d
the different parties who -ntured
from the outpost of ci i!i;! i"f:
into the heart of the !h-;i nu
kriown wilderness-. Th- -j - . k
followed ill succession the h'T'-'--
ent changes that had '"'I 'lrio! in
the po-sess j,,ri ,,f this par! of the
American hemisphere and h-".
the different exploring parli.--who
had came up Ihe Mississippi
had marked the mouth of the
Platte rier as one .if the main
landmarks for the other parties
who followed them, arid ju-t a
few miles north of th- then
mouth of the rier there had I r.
a number of posts establish-.
where the traders made their
headquarters in the dealing with
the Indians. The ad lres ..f th
eminent, historian and d:ir: was
one that will b b:;g remembered
by his auditors, and the fact- h
brought out increas,. the infer--!
in the early hi-torv of Ihe state.
(Continued on raze G'
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AGAIN CAPTURES
TJEBACOII
Fair-Sized Crowd Attends Basket
Ball Game, and Again Local
Team Is Defeated.
From Saturday' I'ailr. .
Despite i fie extreme c..dd
weather of la-t eu;rg ; her- w..-
quite a fair-sied crow. of bas
ket ball enthusiasts present at
the Herman Home to wilm---. the
Contest between the F.imWoo.t
Hish choo team arid the a:n
representing this ol. The
from our school are -h-wsni:
much better for; a. although thy
are stii! lacking experience m
the bailie, being to a lame eXl.e;:t
new players. ai d Ihe -how
ttiey made Ii-t eumg a-ain-t
the husky r-pre-entat n es ..f our
neighboring town was .m- that
Ihev need not be a-ha: .. of.
They were in much better shape
than in Ihe game at I'd. uw. a-
the score shows, and With prac
tice can dee!..p int. a - I !sc
bunch of players. The -.-ore
in the first half of the gam -t
31 to l; in favo- of the i.i!"r.
but by good work the p.,-.!
reeded ill wiping out the hood.."
number and the gam- a the ib--.-stood
51 to -1 in faor of th
isitors.
The I earn h-re has been great
ly handicapped this season ,
luck of a place to practice and it
is onlv in the ia-t few wee' th i!
they have been able to -cure a
place where thej could train, but
since they hae gotten down to
work they hae quit
rapidlv and each succ.-.-dmg
game shows their ad .lnceu.er t
in the work of the ba-ket ball
Same. The boys are de-crirg of
the support of the i pie ,,f th'-
city in their work to maintain th-
reputation of the local -ch""I-in
athletics and the game- sh 'i.! i
be attended by larger numbers !
Ihe citizens. not only f..r lh
financial sain, but for tbi e?r.-.-t
that the presence of the .pee!.l?.
ors hae on the creating of en
thusiasm amoi.i.- the placers on
the team.
The Hish school- of this city
and Nebra-ka City w;II t, ! at
the Cermaa Home in this c;tv .m
next Friday e-ning and a wood
crowd should 1 n bar:. I to
the game. The boy compo-r
the team here last eniug were;
Waldemar Soeimb hsen. I'.r"ri
Arries. Floyd Stone. Paul Hand
ley and Wallace Hunter, a:-d tto-v
were in the game with um from
start to finish.
FOR SALF A pure bre.j boar
and pure bred Poland China sow.
out of border's herd. Wel-tt
from 3rn to ion lb-. Price for
the two. 7.".oO. See them at my
farm. Men Iecker. Plattsmouth.
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