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VOL. XXXIII.
PLATTSKOUTM, KEERASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1914.
NO. 32.
1 ENTERPRISE
OF WHICH 1
FEEL PROU!
One of the Largest Institutions in
the County and One That Is
Constantly Growing.
There is one ins! iliilinn in the
city of IMattsiiintil ii that has Dot
made a great deal of stir as to
its arhie ement s. but lias cuii
tinued on year after year, making
a gradual expansion in its busi
ness imlil today it is the largest
institution of its kind in the
country, anil this is nothing more
or less than the (lUnn Photo com
pany. Kst ahl ish'il lure a num
ber of y.'ars ago to carry on the
manufacture of post cards, I ho
ompany fou;nl a rare opening
for the business and by close up
plicatiou to the looking after the
trade lias succeeded in building
up a most successful business
that requires the services of a
lare number of young ladies to
a-sist in the production of the
post cards and other lines (f the
photographic trad", and during
the coining summer months the
company expects to employ from
thirty to forty girls if j is pos
sible to secure them, in the work
of the factory.
Mr. Ous Olson, the president
of the company, has d-vot.d his
entire time to the looking after of
the plant, and whenever there is
an event of much importance ho
is on the job to secure the photo
graphs of it for the use of the
post card factory, and at the time
of the Omaha tornado the Olson
company disposed of -93,000
worth of these cards to the many
persons whit desired to send them
back east in order to show the
people there the extent of the
storm. The Dewey bote fire in
Omaha and the different parades;
of the Ak-Sar-Hen. as well as the
views of the different cities of
the country have been made into
the post cards by this hustling
manager of the photo company,
and the success (lf the concern
is constantly growing more and
more.
There is no similar concern of
as large size in the United Stales
west of Philadelphia, and this
fact shws that it surely must be
doing business. There is hardly
a place in the Uni.ed States that
the company his not reached with
its poods, and it has aided ma
terially in putting this city on the
map and drawing the attention of
the public throughout the coun
try to this thriving little western
city. The company also does a
great deal of finishing of films
and pictures of the amateur
photographer? of the community,
and their work is very highly
praised.
FLEES FROM JUSTICE
WITH NO REGRETS
FROM THE CITIZENS
From Saturday's Dally.
A young: fellow whoso reputa
tion as a professional gambler is
well known in this part of the
country, was the principal in a bit
of outlawry on our streets Tues
day afternoon that has made him
a fugitive from justice in these
parts. The charge against him is
that he assaulted with tist or
weapon of some kind, one of his
victims from whom he had just
obtained a good sized wad of
money, the assault coming as a
result of pome words that the two
had concerning the matter. The
incident occurred in the evening
and it is reported that before the
sun went down this city was per
manently reduced one in the
number of its population and
some other part of the country
was the gainer in that amount of
population. As yet the Repub
lican! nas heard no regrets.
Weeping Water Republican.
Wall Paper. Gering & Co.
Stops Here for Short Visit.
From SuturJav's Pailv.
-Mr. and .Mrs. .Milton Hollow, 11.
father ami mother ,.f Rev. A. O.
llollowell of (he Christian church,
arrived in the city yesterday alt
erpoon en route home to Lan
caster, Missouri, from an extend
ed trip to California, where they
have been visiting Ihe difTerent
points of interest, in that state.
The visit of these' worthy people
to their son here was the occasion
of much pleasure to the pastor
and his wife, and the old folks
greatly enjoyed the stay here.
They will be here for a few days
only before continuing their
journey.
DRIER CUES
PASSES AWAY AT
HAVELOCK. HE
C. C. Mitchell, Who Lived Here
for Several Years and Waved
to Kavelock in 1904.
The following account of the
death of a former Plat t -nioui h
citizen appeared in the llavelock
Times of this week. Mr. ('. '.
Mitchell. the subject of the
sketch, was for- many eais a
well known employe of the bur.
lingb n shops in this city, and
his death will be learned ly his
many friends here with the
ivalest regret:
The citizens of llavelock were
hocked Wednesday morning
when they learned of the sudden
death oT C. C. Mitchell, at his
borne, IT.'."' I street, after a
short illness."
His health had been poor for
the past several months, but he
was not confined to his bed until
last Saturday, when he va
taken with severe pains in the
stomach, from which he suffered
until death came to his relief at
12:0 Wednesday morning1.
Mr. Mitchell was an employe
in th.- Purlinrton shops here fur
the past eleven years as a
specialist in the machine .-hops
on the drill presses. He had a
large circle of friends and ae
piairlances anions the railroad
men and others and was known
as an honest and upright 'man
whom evervbody liked and iv-
spected.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the home at 2 p. m.
Kridav afternoon by Rev. !. V.
Francombe, pastor of the M. V..
church, and the A. O. V. W.
lodge will have charge of the
services at the grave. Interment
at Wyuka.
C. C. Mitchell was born April
17, 1K30. in London. Hngland.
and came to the I'niled States in
the year 18SS. and was married
the same fear to Miss Mary An
derson and settle.) in Platts
mouth. where they lived until
li'Oi, when they moved to Have
lock. One son was born to this
union.
He leaves besides his wife and
son, Ross, two brothers and
three sisters living in London,
Fngland, and a host of rela
ties and friends who will
greatly mourn his loss. We ex
tend tU the bereaved family our
heartfelt sympathy.
Serious Accident.
From Saturdays Daily.
On Monday morning Vomer
Perry of near Wabash, drove his
car to the oHiee of l)r. Neely. He
was just able to pet out of the
car and hobble to the doctor's
otlice. He had been kicked in the
groin by a mule and the injury
was somewhat serious. Re was
just getting over the elTecls of a
broken arm, which had been
broken three or four weeks ago
by having fallen off of a. hay rack.
We hope that he will soon reover
from his injury and that Uiey will
not happen in quite such quick
succession .again. Elmwood
Leader-Echo.
1Cu Acres of Land.
Will trade 100 acres of land iu
Perkins county for Plattsmouth
property. W. R. Bryan.
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OSIERS LOSE
FIRST GAME
BE THE SEASON
Notwithstanding the Chilly and
Windy Weather, a Fair Crowd
Was Present.
The exhibition that marked
the opening of the base ball sear-on
in this eity was not of an
exceptionally briliia it character
and the several hundred tans
who braved the chitting, wind
V.iiliessed Hie defeat of I ii o
l;.. osiers at the hands of the
Alamitos of Omaha, one of the
fast aggregations from the me
tropolis, and the visitors have all
the marks of being the real
goods iii the ball playing lino.
The game was called at M
o'clock and Ihe conies! was
ragged on; until alter r before
the final out was made that end
ed the -'hiss-el." Tile locals Were
certainly haing an off day. a-
Ihey were unable to connect wiiii
the ball either- with the ba! in
!ie!dlng the ball when jf was b;--td
around the Jot. and tin ad'air
was liuaMv gio.u to the i-:!-irs
by a score of l-j to Andr---,
who appeared on the .-ial.
is eidenl!y not from the 'bu-'i.""
however, as his pitching was of a
sort thai it was migh'y hard to
do anything with and he had
plenty of "smoke" and control.
which he handed out to the
loosl'j-s at varying, inlenal-
with great .success.
The visitors annexed four of
their runs in the first half of the
'rsl inning1 by sii res-dye slug
ging", combine.! with errors,
bringing- the four runnel's across
the pla.'e for the scores that Were
checked up to them. Another
run was secured by the visitors
in the second, when a hit for two
bags by (i. Sutey brought in the
-core. Ii; the S(enth inning ihe
i-itoi s ;ahb d one more to iheir
lisi. ami in the eighth there were
four niii'c of the creamery boys
ll'o'Ied over the home dale with
; large ami epar.sie smile on
their- cou n I ena r.ces, and to make
the affair a cinch they added two
more runs in fh" ninth.
Plattsmouth secured their
tir.-l run in the fourth. when
lb fold hi' safe fo center field.
afier Snihh had fanned the air.
and then the old war horse Me
Cauley came to the front by
placing a nice safe one over the
iirsi .-nek that brought Rendd
from lihrd. where ,t. j,ad been
advanced by Ihe different plays.
Mac. however, died on the bases,
as his teammates were unable
to get the "goods"" sUiiiciently In
add to the li- of scores. Jn ihe
e enth the locals again I brew a
thrill into the hearts of ihe fans
when they added another to their
small but heroic display of
scores, when alter Carle had
been hit by Andrews and had
been sent t lirst base. William
Mason, who when he is at his
proper condition is pos.-es.-ed of
a gr-al batting ee, came to the
front, and selecting" a nice one of
tin
il'led supply of curves of
Mr. Andrews pu-bed it on the
nose for a tobagger o bd't
field that brought Carle around
to third, and on the hit of Con
nors oer shortstop he came
home with the score. In the
eighth the locals added two mo;r
to their list. This ended the
struggle as far as Plattsmouth
was concerned. as they did not
grow dangerous any more during
the game, and the score was 12
to i at the close.
The cold weather and the lack
of practice aided materially in
the loss ofho game for the
Hoosters, and with the squad of
players on hand they should be
aide to secure a mighty good
team in a few weeks' work. Con
nor was not near in the form he
displayed last season, but, will
probably improve more in the
coming few weeks. John An
drews, the t wirier of the Ala
mitos. is one of the best pitch
ers who has been here this sea
son and will be a great, strength
to team during the coming
season,
was a
The lineup of I he teams
follows:
ALAMITOS.
AH. i!. O. A. E.
Pickett. 2b ' 2 o 0 0
Prob-t, ss :; j o 2 o
.7. Sutey, -r i 2 0
!. Sutey, lb. ... 111 0 1
Scgelberg, If ' O 0 0
Hushman, rf . ... o I o i
Speilman, c IF! 1 0
Andrews, p 7, r, u L o
Ilubabrd. ::1 '-.! o -j o
T' 1 1 a I s .12 i . 2 i 2
HOOSTERS.
AH. Ii. O. A. F.
Heal, of r 1 o o o
Parrioll. -- i : o ( 0
Smith. 2b T o 2 2 0
HeiobJ. ."ill I .1 i 0
McCaub-y fh i t 1 :? I 2
Xeilzel. rf o I 0 O 0
Carle, c o ! '. o
Mason, rf ' 2 2 o o
Connor, p o o o o
TotaN l)Ct d 2 7 i '!
I il EM
HEERIIG
5
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Puiling a Z7:g Freight Train 25
Years Ago was Considered
Big Feat.
The following from
Journal of this moi-iu;
of much interest h
gineer mentioned in I!
he siate
will be
the en
arc .is ii t
was well known here. The record
v a - om-i!iat crn-irci n g'-ral fic.iH
of interest at the time, as tin
freigiit train jiulb-d was the
i:eaiest that had been taken out
oer the Hurlington at tiiat time,
alihciugh now it would not create
any unusual comment :
"Twenly-iivo years ago yester
day J.. hn McCoy, a Hurlington en
gineer, e.-lahlished a lonna-e
record, pulling" thirly-iive car
loads of freight from Pacific
Junction to Lincoln with one en
gine. The feat was of suflicient
importance to make a newspaper
item. Jle made the run of about
sixty mib's jfl one hour ami forty
seeu minutes.
"Judged by ju'e-ent jierform
ar.ces lailroad men -ay that the
remarkable thing about this feat
was (p. time ma.de. The tonnage
pulled would be of lillle retarding
elfec in the modern freight en
gine. It was a good record then,
oiif engineers say. a record that
few of them equalled with the
machines then in use. .Most of
Ihe engines of that day got wa
ter into their boilers through the
medium of pumps. ;ind a ma
chine had to run about so fas) to
keep water in il boiler. Now
adays engines have automatic in
jectors and keeping machines in
ser ice is much less trouble.
"The present-day record of the
Hurlington between pacific Junc
tion and Lincoln is something
like 100 cars, although the reg
ular tonnage for dead freigiit is
eighty cars. That is the limit,
the heavier trains having- been
hauled for experimental pur
posess. 'it is an easier matter for en
ginenien to haul eighty cars with
engines now in use than it was
Iwenty-hve years ago,' say.s Su
perintendent Hignell. 'The en
gines are easier to handle and re
quire less coaxing to do the work.
Then the limit was about thirty-one-cars
over the Herka hill for
freight engines of the class A
type.'
"Thirty-live cars twenty-five
years ago might have held less
than half Ihe freight that the
same number of cars hold now.
As with freight engines, freight
cars have grown, have doubled
and more than that iu size. Then
twenty-eight, thirt and forty
thousand capacity cars were the
rule, very few forty thousands at
that. That size was then the
limit. Now" cars run from sixty
to eighty and one hundred thou
sand pounds capacity, with a few
old forty thousand capacity cars
still in service."
TEARS
T r-SEVEH
STATE
1ASKA
Joseph VJ. Johnson Tells of the
Trying Times to Early Set
tlers in Cass County.
From Friday"? Daily.
.7u-i. Ii ft vse en Veal's ago io
day, on April 17, 1 S " 7 . Joseph W.
Johnson arrived at the then tiny
settlement of plat I sniouth. on
tile borderland of the great and
practically unknown wusl. with
tln inlenti"!! of making his home
! 7!
this b-caliiy.
ami
dnce that
time has grown to be one of our
mo-' highly respecled citizens
and one of tho-e who in those
hying days a-si-ted in the work
of bringing law and order into
the community and forming the
present nourishing city thai we
have. In telling (he event that
marked hi- arrival here, Mr.
Join: son says:
"!t was ju-t fifty-seven vears
ago thai I cross.
d the Missouri
river
at Ibis place, landing at
tocky Point, ju-t above the pres
ent Huriingiou bridge. The pre
vious winter had been a very sev
ere one and the -now' was the
deepest and the cold the most in
tense that, had been before or
s-nce in this locality, and much
lock died in IMatt-mouth during
the wilder month.-a s a result of
!he severe cold. The dead ani
mals were dragged down to
Happy lbdlow. In the spring 'hf'
Indians discovered the feast and
went into camp down there and
flayed urjil the remains of the
animals had been eaten up.
"About this same time three or
four men were murdered in this
community by the Claim club for
jumping claims that had been
staked out here. I built a shack
on the southwest quarter of sec
lion r. township 11, range 12.
Tln-re was much cold at this lime
of year, with a great deal of snow
and rain. The times were very
hard at the time I enter my claim,
op May it, isr7, banks failed all
over the country and made the
task of the pioneer a hard strug
gle to live, as there was no work
or anyone and the country was
wild am! unsettled."
That our old and highly
i -deemed friend may live many
years more to celebrate this
event that was such an important
one in his life, and which brought
to pla'ismouth one of the best
men who have ever resided here,
is the sincere wish of the Jour
nal. RECEPTION IN HONOR
REV. la'GLOSKV AND WIFE
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
From Friday's Dally.
The reception given to Rev. 11.
(L McCIu.sky and wife in the par
lors ...f the J-'irst Presbyterian
church last evening was largely
attended by the member of Un
church and congregation and was
a most delightful social affair. A
short program of vocal solos and
readings was a pleasing feature
of the evening's entertainment.
Just previous to the rendition of
the program, Mr. C. A. Rawls.
who presided, iu a few well
chosen words, most heartily wel
comed Mr. and Mrs. McClusky,
who are strangers in our midst.
Mrs. (lien Rawls contributed a
beautiful vocal solo, Mrs. William
Haird a number of splendid read
ings, and Mr. Lynn Minor an ex
cellent, vocal solo, which were
greatly ' appreciated by those in
attendance. Following this en
joyable program the guests were
ushered fo the dining room,
where delicious ice cream and
cake were served, the ladies being
assisted in serving by Misses
Nora Ilosencrans, Lillian Hajeck,
Emma Cummins and Jeanette
Patterson. The dining room was
made attractive with carnations
and ferns.
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Dance Most Successful One.
The dance given Saturday
eening at Conies' hall by the
Cosmopolitan club, was one of
the most successful thai Ibis or
gaiiiauou has gien lor some
time, and being' the lirst danc
after the Lenten season, was at
tended by a very large crowd
I here being" over 10 couple
pre-. ml on Ihe floor. The hall
was decorated with the national
colors of red, white and blue
festooned from the chandolier.-
aud babonv. The Holly or
chestra was on the job. as usual,
and gave a splendid rendition of
number of Ihe different pop
ular song hits of the season.
mpt. Meisori
IS DISCOVERED
UNCONSCIOUS
Medical Aid Called, but His Con
dition Is Critical and Beyond
Heip in Any Way.
This morning about H o'clock
the form of Captain S. II. Mor-
rjson, tne vow-ran ageni oi me
Metropolitan Insurance company,
was discovered lying on the lloor
f his mom at the Hotel Riley,
where he had fallen in a con
vulsion, ami but little hopes are
entertained for his recovery, as
he evidonllv is suli'ering from
uremic convulsion, having for
the past few years been a great
sufferer from Hright's disease..
The captain, did not show up
this morning at the usual break
fast hour at the hotel, but this
facf did not attract much atten
tion, as it was thought perhaps
h had decided to sleep later than
usual, but when one of the em
ployes of the hotel went to the
room to clean if up she found the
door locked and the sounds of
moans and coughing greatly
alarmed her and she hastened to
the ollice to notify Mr. Robb, the
proprietory, who summoned
Deputy Sheriff Manspeaker and
Dr. J. S. Livingston, as well as
a number of the men around Ihe
hotel, and the door to the room
was forced open and the aged
gentleman, found lying in the
center of the room, having ap
parently been seized while trying
to make his way to the door to
procure help. He was partially
dressed and from the appearance
of the mom had been reading or
writing at the table near the
south end of the room.
At lirst it was thought, he
might have had a stroke of
paralysis, but an examination
showed that he had been stricken
with one of the convulsions that
marks the progress of Bright' s
disease. The stricken man was
lifted from the lloor by lender
hands and made as comfortable
as possible, and all that was pos
sible was done for his comfort,
but he was wholly unconscious of
the friends gathered around the
bedside, and, if is apparently only
a question of a very short time
before be passes away. The
members of the (. A. R. were
notified and will assist in caring
for the unfortunate man.
Mr. Robb says that as he arose
this morning he heard a noise on
the third lloor, but at the time
thought that someone had drop
ped something, but in view of the
finding of the captain it was un
doubtedly his fall that made the
noise.
The captain, has resided here
for a number of years, coming
here from Nebraska City, where
he was for years the represent
ative of Ihe insurance company.
The news of the illness of the
captain will be greatly felt by
thosa whom he numbered as his
friends, and he has made many
here during the time he has re
sided in this city.
Farm for Sale.
Farm of 121 acres, 5 miles
northeast of Union; 14 acres hay
land, 20 acres pasture timber,
rest in cultivation; well improv
ed. Price right if taken soon.
Address Miss Etta Nickels, Mur
ray, Neb.
THE NEW ROAD
GOING SOOTH
FROMJHE CITY
Soon to Be One of Most Beautiful
Scenic Roadways in the State
of Nebraska.
From Friday's Dally.
The new road which has been
constructed along- the banks of
the Missouri river south of this
city, and which gives to a large
number of farmers an oppor
tunity to get out from their farms
without the necessity of driving
11 over the country, is being
placed in shape for use, and
when completed will be one of the
most picturesque drives iu Ibis
part of fhe county and one that
will be much used bv aulosisls.
fhe real steep hill, where Ihe new
road commences, just south of
fhe old L'dgerton place, is to be
cut off some eight feet, and this
will make the hill muc h ea-ier for
automobiles to climb and add to
the popularity of this road as a
pleasure drive. On reaching the
top of the hill .where the road
tarts a most commanding, view
of fhe surrounding country can
be obtained; far below you the
waters of the Missouri river lap
the base of the bluffs and for
miles and miles the eye views
the fertile acres of the Iowa bot
toms, and the view alone is worth
going there to enjoy.
The road at this end has been
got I en into good shape and it is
a pleasure to travel over if, but at
the southern part .of the road
there will have to be a great deal
of work done to put il in shape so
that it can be used. The con
struction of this road has been a
matter of great difficulty, as the
ite of the road was wildwood
with great piles of rock and slate.
which made the task of carving
out the road a more diflieult one
for the contractor who had
charge of the work, but fhe re
sult has shown that they put
forth their best efforts, and affer
the road has been in use a short
time it will bei n good shape.
One great difficulty that has
confronted fhe builders of the
road is fhe frequent slides of dirt
and rock, which have at times
blocked the roadway and made
necessary much more work to get
il cleaned out so that it would be
possible jo get through. The dirt
and rock have been graded so as
to give a roadway of some sixteen
feet, through which if will be an
easy matter to drive. The road
runs clear to the bottoms near
the big island, some four miles
south of this city, and in the
summer time this will be a most
beautiful driveway that will be a
delight to drive over, as well as
a great convenience to the farm
ers residing in that locality. At
present the road is reached by Ihe
road over Winfersfeen Hill, but
as soon as a bridge is placed over
the creek south of the ferry there
will be several miles cut o(T of the
distance necessary to travel to
reach the road.
STEEL CELLS REMOVED
FROM THE OLD JAIL
TO THE NEW STRUCTURE
From Friday's Daily.
This morning the sfeel cells
that were located in the old coun
ty jail were transferred to the new
structure in the rear of th court
house, where they will be used to
house the prisoners that may be
brought in by the county author-iti-s.
The job of moving the heavy
cells was quife a diflieult one, but
J. H. McMaken, the veteran
mover, was right on the job, and
under his supervision and per
sonal assistance the work was
carried out and the success of the
job is an eloquent testimonial to
his efficiency in handling this kiml
of a job, and there is no job too
big1 for him to undertake and it
can be depended on that he will
produce the goods too.