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4 UTOOttt ourn Neb State Historical Boc VOL. XXXIII. PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1914. No. platte 1(P 3 07 vsy SOMETHING MORE ABOUT THE FEDER AL C0RN GRADES Farts and Figures Concerning the Raising of Corn. W J.ich Are of Great Interest tr Farmers. From mnpJay's Pally. The follow in sr figures and facts concerning the raising of corn in the west ha.; been compiled by the United States government and will prove of the greatest interest to the farmers and all other? interested in the propo sition: 1. The corn in grades No. 1 to i inclusive, must he -vvri. 2. White t orn, all i-rade, shall he at lea.-t t'X per eer.t white. ?. Yellow corn, all grades, shall he at least '.'." per cent yellow. 4. Mixed coin, all grades, shall in clude corn of various' colors not com ing1 within the limits for color as pro vided for under white or yellow corn. .". In addition to the various lim its indicated. No. corn may he mu-ty, sour, and nvy also include corn of inferior qua'ify. such as im mature and hadly bi'siered. ('. All corn that decs not meet the requirements of either of the six nu merical grades hy reason of an ex cessive percentage of moisture, dam aged kernels, foreign matter, or "cracked" corn, or corn that is hot, heat damaged, fire burnt, infested with live weevil, or otherwise of dis tinctly low quality, shall be classed as sample grade. 7. In No. f. and sample grade, rea sons for so grading shall be stated on the inspector's certificate. S. Finely broken ern thall in clude all broken particles of corn that will pass through a perforated metal sieve with round holes nine sixty fourths of an inch in diameter. "Cracked" corn rhall include all coarsely broken pieces of kerne!.; that will pass through a perforated metal sieve with round ho!?-; one-ouarter of an inch in diameter, except that the finely broken corn as provided for un der rule S shall not be considered as "cracked" corn. 10. It is understood that the dam acred corn, the foreirrr. material, in cluding pieces of cob. dirt, finely brok en corn, other grain.-., etc., and the coarsely broken or "cracked" corn, as provided for unde- the various grades, shall be such as occur natur ally in corn when handled under good commercial condition. 11. Moi.-ture percentages, as pro vided for in these grade specifications, shall conform to remits obtained hy the standard method and tester as de scribed in Circular 72, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agri culture. (Signed) B. T. CALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. Making an Ideal Farm Home. From Tuesdays Daily. Louie Puis, one of the Journal's ex cellent young farmer friends, from live miles west of Murray, was in the city last Saturday evening, driving in his auto, ;i.i:d returning with the Smith & Tiekoetter carpenters, who have been doing some work on his place. Mr. Puis is one of those farm ers who believes in having his home life as ru-ar an ideal one as it is pos sibe to make it. He has every modern con enicne e on his place. His fine residence and all out buildings are electrically lighted, with one of those modern Alamo lighting plants. Gaso line engines are doing the heavy work altout the farm where possible. Just this week he installed a ."."0-gallon underground gasoline tank, and will in the near future buy gasoline in such quantities. It is his intention to supply his neighbors and friends, as well as all travelers, with gasoline at the market price. Iouie is one of the hustling young farmers of that local ity and believes in having everything on the place just as convenient as pos sible. Modern Woodman Dance. Cass camp No. 332, Modern Wood men of America, will give a social dance at their hall on Saturday even ing, Ocober 31. The public is cordial ly invited to be present to enjoy a good social time. Fixes Up a Fine Window. From Tuesday's Dallv. One of the most attractive show windows in the city is the one now on display in the grocery department of II. M. Soenniehsen's big Daylight store and which contains a display of the celebrated Advo coffee, the product of the McCord company. The coffee has been arranged in a very artistic manner in the window by Au brey Duxbury, the window dresser of the grocery department, and the young man has certainly turned out a window that is a credit to the store. He has in the past arranged a num ber of very tasteful displays of the different articles earned in stock in this up to date store, and his work is certainly worthy op more than a passing mention. AHA, WHERE DO TOD LIVE?" THE A Musical Corned' That, On Account of Its Superior Excellency, Is Commended Every w here. Joe Weber, a man who has engin eered many plays of farcical situa tions to a successful production, will present at the Parmclo theatre on Tuesday night, October 27, George V. Hobart's English version of the sen sational musical comedy, "Alma, Where Do You Live?" with many of the original New York company. The play is described as a French vaudeville, which is the only descrip tion thra.se which Mr. Weber could hit upon, as it is a musical comedy, a farce w ith music, and a comic opera all combined. It has all the char acterics and popular features of all of these. In adapting the farce and in composing the fourteen lyrics, Mr. Hobart has eliminated all the objec tionable features of the play, retain ing only enough of th story to hu'ld the series of farcical complications which gave the piece its vogue in a run of nearly three seasons in Mr. Weber's theatre in New York. Alma is a fascinating milliner, who lures an unsophisticated young man to pro pose to her in order o make him lose a fortune of four million francs that has been left to him with the pro vision that he does not make love to a woman or propose to her up to a certain date. But she falls in love with Pierre, saves his fortune and finally marries him. RECEPTION TENDERED REV. JJ. EMS OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH SOUTH OF TOWN From Tuesday's Daily. Last evening the members of the congregation of the United Brethren church, south of the city, enjoyed a most delightful time in the reception tendered to their pastor, Rev. J. M. Eades, who has been returned by the church conference to care for the in terests of the church during the com ing year. The Ladies' Missionary so ciety had been given charge of pro viding the good things to eat for the occasion and they certrdnly did their best, as the delicious repast afforded the large crowd attested and everyone was filled to overflowing with the cul inary offerings of the ladies, which were fit for a king. There was an exceptionally large crowd present, as eighty-six plates were laid for the grown-up members of the congrega tion, while fully that many younger folks were accommodated during the evening at the luncheon tahle. Dur ing the evening a real, old-fashioned handshaking time was enjoyed by the entire congregation in greeting their well beloved pastor whose service has been so beneficial to the church dur ing the time he has been with them. Musical selections served to help en tertain the company during the re ception, and it was a late hour when all departed wishing that Rev. Eades and wife would find their second year here a most happy one filled with prosperity to themselves and the church. ATTRACTION iE SAF ETY FIRST MAN IN THE CITY TODAY Frank It. Thomas of the Burlington "Safety" Department in the City for a Few Days. From Wednesday's rtally. Frank B. Thomas, representing the "Safety" department of the Burling ton railroad, arrived in the city yes terday with his special car used for the purpose of giving the lectures on the "Safety First" movement to the employes of the railroad company The car was taken to the Burlington hop yards, where it is being used in the lec tures to the men. Mr. Thom as is one of the pioneers in the "Safety" movement on the American railroads and has devoled almost his entire time to the study of the sub ject and his lectures on the methods of preventing accidents are most in teresting and filled with a world of plendid advice that has greatly tend ed to reduce the number of accidents among the railroad men together with the campaign made by the Burlington in every department of their railroad. Mr. Thomas has with him a large number of slides showing how acci dents occur in the different lines of lailroad work where a little care and caution on the part or the employes would save them injury, and these striking object lessons are shown at the lecture car each day to a large number of the employes in all lines of shop work as well as in the train service. The Central building of the public school was visited yesterday morning by Mr. Thomas, who gave a short talk in the different rooms on the "Safety" movement and how so many accidents can be prevented as well as the very dangerous habit of many in trespassing on the property of the railroad company and in walk ing along their tracks as figures com p;led on the subject shows that a large per cent of accidents on rail roads are to persons ret in the em ploy of the company. He visited the High school this morring for a short lecture on the general "Safety First" movement, as it effects the general public. The movement is a splendid one and should have the cordial sup port of the public in every way pos sible to lessen the injuries to both the employes of railroads and corporat ions as well as the public in their daily walks of life. Mr. Thomas ex pects to remain here until Friday evening with his car at the shops. THE MERRY MINSTREL MAIDS AT THE PARMELE THEATRE LAST NIGHT From Tuesday's Daily. The Doris Dale Minstrel Maids that made their appearance at the Parme le theatre last evening were rather disappointing to the majority of the audience in the weakness of the per formances. There were a number of very pleasing turns scattered through the course of the performance that tended to relieve the situations some what, and among these was the clas sic and toe dancing given by Miss Ethel Darr, who is good in her spec ialty and executed a number of very graceful as well as difficult dances. Miss Leone Abbott and Miss Emma West, in their musical numbers, were also very good and were received quite enthusiactically by the audi ence. Of course, in judging the show it is necessary to take into considera tion the fact of the low prices charged for the production which would not permit of high-class artists being used in the minstreL The attendance at the show was fair, there being a goodly number of the amusement loving public present to take in the performance. Adam Kaffenberger, one of the worthy citizens of Cedar Creek, was in the city today looking after some trading with the merchants. Hi Defeat Freshmen. From Wednesday's Daily. Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock the Eighth (irade took the Freshmen into camp in a game of baseball at the Red Sox ball park. The Eighth (Irade knocked two pitchers out of the box, and the Freshmen made- many errors. The score resulted 40 to C. The Freshmen could not concoct with Bur kels delivery. ' Next Saturday the Eighth Grade will play the Seventh grade. The line-up of the Eighth (Irade for the game yesterday was: Burkl, p'tcher; Walling, first base; Schulhof, second base; Martin, rhortstop; But tery, third base; Wain I r:j.ub, left field; Matthews, center field; Kriejie, right field. The Freshmen line up was: Mar shall, Wainscot and Harvey, pitchers; Cary, catcher; Harvey, Cary, third base; Marshall, Hutchinson, first base; Wohlfarth, left fi-ld; Menenho, center field; IIalu. right field. REVIVAL MEETINGS AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO COMMENCE IN NOVEMBER From Wednesday's Iailv. The Christian church has made ar rangements for a series of revival meetings during the month of No vember, securing the services tf the Rev. L. W. Meyers, Xh state evangel ist of the Christian church, who is at the present time conducting a meet ing at Avoca, this county. Rev. Meyers is a very eloquent minister, and well versed in the Bible, having but a few weeks sine ? completed a meeting at Craig, this state, where he was very successful ir: adding tet the church there some hirty-five mem bers. Rev. Meyers was the evangelist for the Christian Endeavor society at To- peka, Kas., and has everywhere met with good success in his work. Rev. Meyers was lev a year the minister of the church at Elmwood. this county, and at the same time the secretary etf the Second district work for the state board, having the best of a record for good and efficient work. The meetings are to begin on the first day of November, which is Lord's day. The public are invited to these meetings. There will be good music, and a large chorus, to care for the singing. Come one and all to help these meetings, which are to help Plattsmouth. Case Settled by Parties. From Wednesday's Dally. The case of the Outcault Advertis ing company of New York vs. the First National Bank of Elmwood. which was filed some time ago, came up for hearing yesterday in the coun ty court and was dismissed by ' the plaintiff, as the cause for action has been settled agreeably among the parties to the case. The suit covered a dispute over a series of advertising cuts sold by the plaintiff to the de fendant. Freight Department On Eight Hours. Trom Wednesday's Dally The men employed in the freight repair car department of the local Burlington shops started in this morning on an eight hour schedule of working hours, starting in at 8 a. m. and quitting at 5 p. m. This has been one of the busist departments cf the shops during the summer and the men have been rushed to the full est extent, but the arjproach of the short days and the lessening of traf fic on the road allows the shortening up of the hours somewhat. They have been running on a nine-hour schedule. ( 1 CELEBRATES HIS FIFTIETH BIRTH DAY A ERSARY Numerous Friends Assemble at the T. J. Sokol Hall and Assist in the Very Pleasing Event. From Wednesday's Dally. Yesterday marked the passage of the fiftieth anniversary cf the birth of William Holly, the clothier, and in commemoration of the event his fam ily decided to celebrate the event in a manner that should place the date firmly in the mind of the guest of honor. Accordingly arrangements were made for entertaining the guests at the T. J. Sokol hall, of which socie ty Mr. Holly is president, and by 9 o'clock over 100 of the friends had gathered to wish their worthy friend many happy returns of the occasion and trust that he might live to cele brate the passing of fifty more years among them. The "Weary Willies" afforded a pleasant feature of the evening's entertainment in their mu sic, which furnished the vehicle for the enjoyment of the dance for sev eral hours, and a large number of the popular numbers were given by these pleasing musicians in i manner that afforded the greatest ef pleasure to all who were assembled there. Mrs. Holly, assisted by Mrs. Barbara Book meyer and several of the young ladies, had provided a most delicious lunch eon which was served in the balcony of the hall, and it required two large tables to accommodate the crowd of jolly friends, and at both tables the guest of honor presided gracefully over the board and tendered a hearty welcome to his friend-' who had as sembled to do him honor. The repast was mot delicious and the guests soon made the banquet board look sick as they disposed of the tempt ing viands. In honor of the event that was be ing celebrated the friends of Mr. Hol ly had secured a handsome leather rocker, and he was decoyed on the stage for a few minutes when the handsome rocker was presented on be half of the guests to Mr. Holly, the presentation speech being made by Frank Smith. To the handsome gift and the friends assembled with him Mr. Holly responded with a few re marks expressing his appreciation of the beautiful gift as well as the feel ing of friendship that prompted its giving by the company of friends. The occasion was one filled with the greatest of pleasure to everyone assembled there, and will be long re membered most plaesantly by Mr. Holly as one of the happiest of his birthday anniversaries, and he states he feels not a day older than he did thirty years ago. THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIA TION ENTERTAINED AT DIN NER AT THE RILEY HOTEL From Tuesday's Dally. The Ministerial association of this city held a very pleasant meeting in the parlors of the Riley hotel Mon day morning. After spending some time in the discussion of matters of general interest Rev. II. G. McClus key presented a paper on "The Free dom of the Will." After the read ing of the paper a friendly disoussion of the same was indulged in by those present. The paper showed that its author had spent some time in its preparation. There being no further business, the association adjourned, and its members repaired to the spa cious dining room of the Riley where, at the invitation of it z congenial pro prietor, Mont Robb, they were enter tained at dinner. Thp association deeply appreciates this mark of in terest in the work of the ministers of the city. The association nan appointed a committee that will look over the prospects for the establishment of a skating rink on the playground of the Christian church at the corner of Vine and Seventh streets, and if the plans work out the little folks will have a safe place to indulge in their pleasures with this i-plendid winter sport. W. C. T. U. Hold Social Meeting. From Tuesday's Dai I v. The members of the W. C. T. U held their regular monthly social meeting yesterday afternoon at the C, C. Wescott home, and which was one of the most delightful social meet ings the ladies ef ths organization have held for some time. The ladies had prepared a short program, which was a pleasing feature of the after noon's entertainment, and consisted of a piano solo by Miss Helen Rob erts. Mrs. F. M. Druliner read a very excellent paper on "The Origin and Meaning of the White Ribbon." Mrs. George Dodge gave an interesting re port of the state convention. Read ings were given by Mesdames East wood, Joe Wiles, Luke Wiles and P E. Ruffner; vocal solo by Mrs. F. M Druliner, and a piano solo by Master Mason Wescott. This splendid pro gram was most thoroughly enjoyed by the large number in attendance. The remainder of the afternoon was whiled away in a most enjoyable so cial time. Dainty refreshments were served. At the close of the beauti ful autumn day the ladies dispersed, very much indebted to Mrs. Wescott for her kind hospitality. The ladies have arranged to hold a metal contest November 2 at the M. E. church at 7:f!0. The subject will be "Woman Suffrage," and everybody invited. CITY AUTHORITIES PROCEED TO TEAR DOWN FENCE ON MISSOURI RIVER DOTTOM The long standing controversy be tween the city and the parties claim ing lights to the land on the river bottom, east of the Burlington track, was further added to this morning, when City Attorney Tidd, accompan ied by Chief of Police Rainey, Street Commissioner Lutz and a force of men, arrived on the scene of warfare and proceeded to remove the fence that was placed there a few weeks ago by John Cory, who has for the past two years been maintaining a pasture south of th? baseball park. The land on the bottom is certainly the object of a great t'eal of contro versy in consideration of the benefit received from the persons who farm or care for it and the ouestion of the real ownership is the subject of much conflicting opinion between the at torneys as well as the general public, and the outcome of the case will be awaited with interest, as it will, if contested, probably result in a decis ion that will establish a right for either the squatters or the city to the property. The baseball association has become interested in the matter through the fact that the last move ground embraced in the baseball park, but Mr. Corey has stated a number of times that he does net contemplate interfering with the park or attempt ing to stop the ball g?mes there as long as his rights ar? respected. Just what action the squatters will take on the latest move of the city is not known, but they will proceed to fight the matter out before yielding. GOVERNOR MDREHEAD WILL BE IN PLATTSMOUTH NEXT FRIDAY EVENING From Wednesday's Dally. All those who desire to hear the political questions bearing on the wel fare of the state should make it a point to attend the meeting at the Parmele theatre on Fiiday evening, when Governor John H. Morehead will address the voters on the issues of the day in Nebraska. The govern or will arrive here at 7 o'clock after an all day tour of the county and his visit here will be looked forward to not only by his political support ers but by the citizens in general in having the executive head of the state as their guest. The strength of Governor Morehead is constantly growing throughout the state, and when the voters have heard his side of the campaign here there will be even a greater number in the More head bandwagon. George Horn, sr., and granddaugh ter, Miss Helen Horn, returned home this morning from Pokin, 111., where they have been makirg a visit there with their relatives and friends in that city and vicinity. THE MISSOURI PACIFIC STATION IN PLATTSMOUTH An Effort Will Be Made to Imprne the Depot Surrounding for the Benefit of Passengers. The Commercial club of this city has had in the past few months a great deal of correspondence and in terviews with the (litre i vit officials of the Missouri Pacific railroad in an effort to get some satisfactory reply to their reciuest for inipiovernents in the depett facilities in this city, and it seems probable thai it will bear fruit. The club directors were in formed Tuesday, whi'e at luncheon at the Riley, that the division sup'-rin-tendent, J. S. Russ, of Falls' City would be here to look over the situa tion with a view of making some rec ommendation as to the iieed of the improvements asked for. The trans portation committee ct once visited the station and greeted the gentle manly and accommodating superin tendent on his arrival in his inspec tion engine from the south. What the club desires to .-ecure is more platform room around the depot as well as walks to and from the depot, and in this they have been partially successful, as the company has jurt placed in some extensive concrete walks, which has added greatly to the facilities of getting to the depot. The matter of light for the depot was discussed by the committee with Mr. Russ, who had the matter under advisement and held out hopes to the committee that the company might be able to take up the Subject of lights at once to try and afford the patrons of the Missouri Pacific a little better passenger station than they have at present. The proposition of estab- ishing parkening on tlie south side of the depot was discussed, as was al.-o that of fixing a place on the north side, where the automobiles and hacks might wait for the trains. All of these requests are very reasonable, and the railroad company should try and heed them. The requests of the club are only just, and the superintendent, while he is not the authority who will pass on the matter, seemed fully impressed with the justness of the reuuests of the Commercial club ar. I will lay the matter before the higher officials of the railroad for action. There has always been more or less complaint concerning the aecomrr odat ions at the Missouri Pacific passenger station for years, and the people here are deserv ing of a little consideration at the hands of this railroad company. THE ROAD TO THE FERRY SOMEWHAT IMPROVED BY THE DRAGGING PROCESS The road leading to the ferry along the river bottom east of the city is being improved by being charged and floated until it will be in fine sha; e for travel. The travel over t'j's road is increasing every day and the re sults of the excellent work of t he boosting campaign of the Commercial club is to show in the number of per sons who now make Plattsmouth their trading point from the east side of the river. With the road in good shape there will be a constant increase in travel during these fine fall d ivs that will greatly add to the busine-s interests of the city :n the selling of goods and merchandise to the Iowa citizens who are rea'iz:ng that ju t as good goods can be bought here as any place in the country and at as low prices as can be found anywhere. Hallowe'en Dance Tuesday. The Woctdmen Circle Drill team will give a Hallowe'en dince on next Tuesday evening, October 27, at the A. O. U. W. hall. The music for the occasion will be furnished by the Plattsmouth orchestra. Remember the date. Blank books of all kinds at the Journal office. .