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mouth outna Neb State Historical Soc VOL. XXXIII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914. NO. 53. 9 T I i. t I I DEATH OF FOR MER CITIZEN OF CASS COUNTY George F. Rummell Instantly Hurled to His Death While Crossing Railroad Track. Krom Tuesday's Pally. The community was profoundly shucked yesterday afternoon when a message was received in this cily announcing' the death in an automobile accident near Battle Creek. Nebraska, a station on the Northwestern railroad, of George F. Rummell, of Omaha, a former (lass county man and a son of Mis. Christina HnnnncII of near Mynard. From all that can he learned of the tragedy Mr. Rummell and a male companion were t ravelins: along the road that is crossed by the Noil hwetern tracks near Battle Creek, and as their machine reached the center of the track the engine evidently died on them and the nlher man jumped from the car while Hummel remained in the seal to be hurled to his deatli as the train struck the machine. The name of the man in the car with Ilummell could not lie learned at Battle Creek up to last even in sr. Ilummell. who is survived hy a widow and two children, was a salesman in the employ of the llichey Sand company, with offices in the Omaha National hank building, and was covering ter ritory for the firm at the time of the accident. The p;ttt where the accident occurred is dangerous, in that the road runs at almost a parallel to the tracks, and suddenly shoots directly across. It is believed that after Ilummell and his com panion saw the train they opened up the riiirine and tried to heat the train across the tracks. The sudden hurst of speed it is be lieved, caused the engine to choke and die on the crossing. The body of Ilummell is in charge of the coroner at Battle Creek. Mr. Ilummell is well known through this county, where his parents were anions the pioneer resilient s and where he was born, and he grew to manhood in this community, where he has many warm friends, who will learn with the deepest sorrow of his untime ly and tragic death. He was for several years engaged in the rail road work, being employed in the ollices of the company at points in Iowa, leaving this line of work several years a?o to enter upon the duties as traveling rep resentative of a large sand com pany, which line of business he was in at the lime of his death. Besides the wife and two chil dren, the aped mother and three brothers are left to mourn his death, be in jr. Jacob Rummell, who resides in the western part of the state: William and Edward Rum mell. both of whom reside near Mynard. The body will be brought to this city on the 9:30 Burlington train this evening and the funeral will be held firm; the Presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The interment will he made in Oak Hill cemetery. Accepts New Position. Miss Lillian White of this city has accepted a position as clerk in the office of Storekeeper E. C. Hill at the storehouse of the Bur lington in this city, taking the place made vacant by' the resignation of Miss Zelma Tuey. Miss White is well qualified for the position and will be found a most efficient aid in the office of Mr. Hill. Miss Tuey will enjoy a rest this summer from the duties she has been looking after for the past few years. Platform Dance. There will be a platform dance at the Koukal prove Saturday evening. July 4th. Good music. Everybody invited. G-30-lfd-llw Secure Marriage License. From Tuesday's Dally. Tli is morning' Jesse E. Reed aged 31, of Collins, Minnesota and Miss Mayme Ilonan, aged 30, of Greenwood, were granted per mission to wed by the license clerk at the office of the county judfre. The wedding ceremony that is to make these two hearts as one, will be performed at the Imme of the bride, near Green wood, this evening. The bride is a young lady well known in the lo cality where she has made her home for some years past and is possessed of a large number of friends. MR. AND MRS. R. 6. HAYES ENTERTAIN FRIENDS AT THEIR HOME From Tuesdays Da nr. Last evening Mr. and Mrs. R. It. Hayes entertained very pleas antly a number of their friends at their home on South Fifth street. I'll o occasion was in the nature of a picnic supper and the guests enjoyed themselves to the utmost in participating in the delights of the evening. A most tempting repast had been prepared, to which the members of the party lid ample justice and the oc casion will long be remembered most pleasantly for the delightful hospitality shown the guests by Mr. and Mrs. Hayes. Those who participated in the pleasant event were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crabill and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- iam Itaird ami son, Robert; E. II. Wescott and wife and Helen and E.lgar Wescott, C. E. Wescott, W. G. Brooks and wife, and Mrs. saac King, of Superior, Ne- traska. BOHEMIAN STARS AND TOWN CUBS HAVE A CLOSE BATTLE From Tuesday's Daily. Yesterday afternoon at the ase ball park two of the teams composed of the young lads of the city, the Bohemian Stars and the Pown Cubs, tangled in a very spirited contest, which resulted in the Stars being able to secure the victory by a score of 15 to 15. I'he game in the opening innings ooked very favorable for the Cubs, but when in the sixth in ning Pilnev of the Stars knocked ut a three-bagger with the bases full it changed the appearance of the score and at the close brought the victory to the west siders. The line-up of the two teams was as follows : Stars Kerjie, catcher; Sedlak, utcherr Clradoville, shortstop; Pilney, first base; Duda, second tase; Smith, third base; Wooster, right field. Town Cubs Dwyer, Parker, catch; Egan, Poisall, pitch-right field; Thomas Kopisekie, first base; Smith, second base; Poisall, third base; Palacek, center field. MAJOR A. HALL FILES FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOM INATION FOR TREASURER From Tuesday's Daily. Major A. Hall of this city today filed with the county clerk his in tention to become a candidate for the office of county treasurer on the republican ticket at the com ing primary election. Mr. Hall has been a life-long resident of this county and for years was en gaged in farming, removing to this city a few years ago, where he now resides. There has been only one other filing for this office, that of County Treasurer Fox, who seeks re-election to the office on the democratic ticket, and from all indications these two gentle men will make the race before the voters at the general election on November 3d, as there has been no one else mentioned for the position on either ticket. BURLINGTON CROP REPORT VERY GREAT Wheat the Best for Years, and Corn Said to Be 10 Days Ahead of the Average. From Tuesday's Daily. The weekly crop reports from Nebraska points received by tin railroads are the most optimistic of any heretofore issued this year, all indicating that the yield of small grain is the largest in the historv of the state and that the corn is coming on rapidly, givinp promise of being a bumper crop The Burlington's crop report is made up from data ending last Saturday night and shows fhat the wheat harvest is well along over the entire country south of the Platte and is in progress farther north. In the extreme south part of the state threshing has commenced and. according to the report, east of Oxford the vield is from 25 to 50 bushels per acre, while west of there and over branches in northern and western Kansas, it is turning out from 15 to 25 bushels, the quality.. being most excellent. In comparing the condition of the wheat crop with the average for ten years, the general super intendent of the Burlington places that of the Omaha division at 119; Lincoln, 101; Wymore, 100, and McCook at 87 per cent. Scattering reports of enor mous yields are reaching the company s general olhceV'-one field near Wayne, Kansas, having weighed out 51 bushels per acre. In the northwestern section of Nebraska, up to the Alliance country,' while the wheat will not e ready for harvest before the ast of the week, the yield prom ses to be immense, the condition at this time being estimated at 110 per cent, the comparison be ing made on the basis of a ten- year average. I tie same condi tions are said lo maintain far out into Wyoming. In many section of Nebraska corn has been laid by on account of it having grown to such a leight that it can no longer be cultivated. It is nearly ready to tassel and is said to be ten days ahead of the season. Over prac tically all of Nebraska the condi tion of the crop at, this time is put at 100 per cent. The meadows are yielding an immense quantity of feed for live stock and the second crop of alfalfa is about, ready for cutting. The railroads are all receiving reports of a scarcity of men for carrying on the harvest and in many sections of the state the ruling daily wage scale is $3 with board and lodging. SELLING MEDALS FOR NEBRASKA BUILDING AT PANAMA EXPOSITION The matter of the erection of a milding at the Panama-Pacific exposition to represent the state of Nebraska has been agitated for almost a year now and as the time for the erecting of the building draws near the boosters for the proposition have been compelled to take steps to see what can be done in the way of raising the money that will be necessary to use in the putting up of the build ing. To overcome this it has been decided to offer for sale at $1 each medals that bear on one side the seal of the state and on the other the statement as to the purpose of the work of disposing of these medals, and here in Plaltsmouth Misess Florence Cory, Ferris York and Ella Kennedy have been se lected as the agents who will sell the medals for the purpose of seeing that a suitable Nebraska building is erected at San Fran cisco in 1915. HON. MATTHEW GERING. t - It gives us great pleasure to present this portrait of our fellow citizen. Matthew Gering, who is a candidate for the republican nomination for congress from tin? First district. OLSON PHOTOGRAPH COMPANY ENJOY AN From Tuesday's Daily. A very pleasant picnic party was given on Sunday by the young adies who are employed by the Olson Photograph company ofthis city. The girls had planned the vent for some time, and when on Sunday morning they all gathered at the Burlington depot for the advance on La Platte, where the event was to be held, there was no detail omitted to make the picnic a splendid success. The pic nickers had laid in a supply of all the good things to eat that was possible to imagine, and as soon as the train arrived at La Platte the march was taken up to the camping grounds along the placid waters of the St. Mary's, where preparations were made to spend the day. The young ladies lost no time after their arrival in get- ing into the fullest enjoyment, of the event and boati;ig, bathing and games were enjoyed until the imp when the tempting lunch was spread in the shade of the trees and enjoyed by the young ladies, after which they resumed the sports of the afternoon and all eturned home happy as larks, on the 9:30 Burlington train. COMPANY I, I. N. G BREAK GAMP AND HAVE - RETURNED HOME Sunday closed the two weeks of practice of Company I at target hooting on the government practice ground near Plaltsmouth. I'he grounds having overflowed at the time of commencement of tin practice made the camping time some days longer. About i5 members of the com pany took part in the target hooting. Two officers of the company have been present all the time. One of them looked after matters on the shooting range and the other superintended the camping grounds. These officers ould exchange work with each other. The members would go and come from the camp to their liomes in Glenwood as might be arranged by the officers. The average score of the men who took part will be quite a little above that required for marksmen. The requirement of the government is 160 out of 250. Charles T. Binion was high man of the company. Bis score is 227 out of a possible 250. Joy Mickelwait is second with a score of 222, and Clayton Murphy third with a score of 220. The st was made without prelim inary. Glenwood Tribune. I have money to loan on Cass county farms at 5!4 per cent. T. H. Pollock, Coates blk., Platts- mouth. The Journal advertisers are do ing the business. GOOD WORKS BRINGS OUT THE BEST RESULTS Progressive Methods Are Certain to Result in Great Development. There are some things that most naturally go together; foi example, good schools, good churches, and good farming. Bad farming, poor schools and weak churches go together. The coun try that has poor schools and poor churches is usuallv a country of poor farmers poor farmers not in the sense of failure to produce crops, but failure to make a pro per use of the crops which they do produce, in making life worth living in the country. When we come to the details of farming, there are some tilings that naturally go together. We have tried, for example, to get farmers to test and weigh their milk, to find out what their cows are doing, to weed out the poor cows and get good ones in their places. We have never succeed- d to any very great extent in get ing farmers to do this, because there are certain things that must go together in order to get the re sult we aim at. The farmer is not ikely to improve the milking pialilies of his herd of cattle un ess he puts up a silo, so as to lave proper feed for dairy cows, fitting up a silo, however, is not sufficient. He mu L feed the cat tle a balanced ration. This is not sufficient unless he has a clean stable, and even this will not solve the question unless he has it well ventilated and lighted. When you get all these things, you will find that the poor cow will go out and he good cow come in. These things go together. An eighty-bushel crop of corn does not come in without some thing else with it. What, else? I'liorough cultivation. But that will not do it alone. We must have a supply of vegetable mat ter in the soil, and to get that we must have a rotation of crops and grow clover or alfalfa or both. To et the good out of these we must have live stock; and to make ive stock profitable we must have tetter breeding and better feeding. fhese things all go together. You can't have one without the other; and you can't have any of them until the farmer has the ideal in his mind and has determination o iealize that ideal. We cannot, get any one good thing without at the same time working for other good things that go with it. If we get some ad thing, Usually a lot of other ad things will come with it. I'liere are certain things, both ad and good, that go together. There are certain things that cannot be obtained by the in- lividual alone. For example, you can't get a good school unless farmers get together. When we get a good school in the country, and the children are educated in the line of farming so as to make good farmers out of them, as well as good boys and girls, then na- urally they will want a good church. When farmers get to gether on these lines they will get together on every other good thing. The first thing is to get themselves together, and learn to understand each other, and to sympathize with each other, and to help each other. Then the other good things will naturally follow. Mrs. Charles W. Grassman and children of Alliance, Neb., who have been here visiting at the home of Mrs. Grassman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Batton, de parted this afternoon for their home. a visit here of some two weeks. Mrs. W. T. Seotten and daugh ter, Mrs. C. F. Weber and little daughter were passengers this morning for Omaha, where they will visit for the day with rela tives and friends. Leave for Buffalo, N. Y. From Wednesday's Dally. Frank Barcus and James Rishe leave this afternoon on a most enjoyable trip to the east, during which time they will visit at Chi cago, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and a short trip up into Canada. They go as delegates to the ninth na tional convention of the Fpworth League, which meets at Buffalo, and will take advantage of the oc casion to enjoy the sights. On lb" return trip they will stop at Milwaukee for a short time. The boys were compelled to travel over different roads as far as Chicago, bul will meet there and continue on their trip together. K. AND L. OF S. GIVE A NICE LAWN PARTY AT THE WINDHAM HOME From Tuesday's Dally. The members of the Knights mil Ladies of Security last even ing held a most pleasant lawn tarty at the handsome home of Ion. R. B. Windham and family m North Sixth street. The com mittee arranging for ttie event had seen to it that the lawn was dec orated in a very pleasing manner for the occasion by having fes- oons of Japanese lanterns strung in different parts of the yard, which cast a very soft and pleas ing glow over the jolly crowd present to attend the event. A hort informal musical program was presented during the course f the evening that was thorough y enjoyed, and the different per sons taking part were neartny applauded for their splendid num. ers. During the course of the evening delicious fruit punch, as well as ice cream and cake, was served, which added greatly to the pleasure of all who were fortun ate enough to be present, and it was with great regret that they wended their way homeward feel ing that the lawn party had been one of the most pleasant events leld by the society BURLINGTON EXPERIMENT ING AND WORKING ON MECHANICAL STOKERS The Burlington railway in their lavelock shops have recently een experimenting and working on mechanical stokers, twenty- live engines already being equip ped with this new device. The mechanical stokers up to the present time have not been a com plete success, but the Burlington people feel that it will only be a short time until it will be an as sured success and will aid the firemen a great deal in the heavier work. Twenty-four of these twenty-five newly acquired en gines will be sent east on the Mis souri river and one to Sheridan, Wyoming. SHORT SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS HELD LAST NIGHT From Tuesday's Dally. The city council last evening leld a short session as a board of equalization for the property ad joining the curbing and guttering district on North Sixth street. There was considerable objection from a number of the property owners on this thoroughfare ove,r the different amounts levied upon them, and after hearing a number of complaints in regard to the matter of the taxes the council decided to lake the matter up at the next regular session, when the city engineer, who had charge of the work of placing the stakes and overseeing the work, will be lere to meet with the council to discuss the matter. The Journal does job work. FUNERAL OF TRE LATE GEO. HUMMELL Large Concourse of Sympathetic Friends Pay Last Tribute to the Departed. The funeral of the lale George Ruinniel!, whose tragic death oc curred Monday afternoon at Bat tle Creek, Neb., was held yesler- lay at 3 o'clock at the First Pres yterian church in this city. The services were attended by a a-t number of the old friends, who filled the church to its capacity o pav their last tributes of re spect to the friend who had been taken from them without warn ing, and the grief of those friends were manifested, not only by their attendance at the last sail tribule o the memory of the departed. jut in the wealth of floral tributes that were laid on the casket. Rev. H. G. McfJusky, pastor of the church, had charge of the ervices and gave a short but very Duelling sermon, which was tilleij lfh comfort to the lamily and friends upon whom grief had laid its heavy hand. He pointed out the beauty of the future for tin true believer and the reunion of the faithful in the hereafter. During the services a choir rendered a number of the old well loved hymns whose beauty touches the heart as nothing else can do, and the soft strains of the music fell like balm upon the wounded hearts of the sorrowing family. At the close of the serv ices the pall-hearers, J. P. Falter, W. K. Fox, A. J. Snyder, William Schmidt mann. IT. F. Goos and George Snyder, tenderly bore the body fo the last resting place in Oak Hill cemetery, where it was laid to rest beside the father who bar! preceded the late Mr. Rum mell some years ago. ANOTHER PLATTSMOUTH MAN ASCENDING UPWARD IN RAILROAD BUSINESS Another of the young men born anil reared in Plat I smoul h. who have engaged in the railroad busi ness has advanced to the front, in the person of B. V. Robbins. of Denver, Colorado, who has just been appointed as general freight agent for the Denver A: Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Soul h ern railroads. Mr. Robbins was born and resided here for many years, where his parents, the lale John Robbins and wife, were among the early residents. He moved west later and located at Denver, where he continued his railroad, career that he started here in Plattsmoulh. The old friends and acquaintances of Mr. Robbins will be pleaded to learn of his advancement and wish him still greater advancement in his career. Mr. Robbins is a brother of Mrs. W. T. Richardson of My nard. Will Bo Open Friday Night. For the benefit of the customers of the stores of the city which will close at noon on July 5th, the merchants have arranged to keep their places of business open Fri day evening until the usual Sat urday night closing hours in order that those who desire to at tend to their shopping may do so without inconvenience. Watch our windows lor the standing of the piano contest ants. II. M. Soennichsen. Dr. Cm. II. Gilmore, Miss Margie Walker and Walker Gilmore motored up from Murray yester day afternoon to spend a few hours here looking after some matters of business.