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PLATTSMOUTII SEMi-VEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY, - MARCH- 8, 1913.
EARLY NEWSPA
PER DAYS II WES
TERN NEBRASKA
Judge Lec Eslelle and Others Buy tht'
Old I'lattsmouth Herald and Re
move It to Red Cloud.
Appoints New Assessor.
Judge Lee Esttlle bepan his career
in Nebraska as a newspaper publisher.
Away back in the year 1873 former
Governor Garber, W. N. Richardson
and the jude purchased an old news
taper plant from the Plattsmouth
Herald and shipped it to Juar.ita.
From there it was hauled overland 20
miles to Red Cloud. In the overland
journey the waRon overturned and the
whole outfit was "pied" on the prairie.
The? man driving the wagon did a
.splendid job of gathering up the typ?,
rot more than a pound being lost,
:ir.d arrived ct his destination only a
day late. The plant was soon in
stalled in the basement of an un
i nifhed store building, and on the
third of July, 1873, the first issue of
the Red Cloud Chief was published."
The editor of the paper w?-3 C. L.
'lathe, ur.til recent years employed
f-n the Atchison (Xas.) Globe. The
rarer was started for the purpore of
boosting for Red Cloud. There were
;.t that time but five houses built
rbove ground in the town and the fam
j v of Mr. Mather ard Estelle lived
in a buIMincr that was br.ilt to be used
ji.; a blacksmith shop, and owned by
l a Siocrrr, ur.til recently a resident
f Omaha. On the night of the second
(n July a terrible rainstorm came up1
nd flooded the basement where the I
ew.-partr plant was locaiei, etui in-."
rtt day the paper was gotten out, on
;:n old Washington hand press, with
,i-t(vr alove the ai.l:!es of Mather ar.d
E-tci'e. Put they got out on schedule
time, desp'te the handicap. The judpee
ha - pr.-ted in an oi l scrap bock many
of the items that were chronicled in
tl.e first i-ue. Among them is the
: tory of a herd of about 100 buffaloes
that s-tcrnpeded through the town a
few diys previous to the initial issue.
A calf was "a--oed and later sent to
Sprirgfiel l. Ohio, ar.d kept in the park
there for more than thirty years.
The pj'.r.er was final!; turned over to
M-tfcor and a little later he sold it
to the Tate John MacMurphy, a well
Nebraska newspaper man. The
Red "! -ud Chief will be 4J years old
:t July.
There was hut one other paper
i.lw'ize Estelle does not remember
v here it was published) west of
1 at: ic e at that time. The election was
?ub! in Webster county that year and
ti e total vote was :K1 votes. "And
you can bet that everyone voted," said
From Friday's Dallv-
The board of county commissioners,
lit their session in this city this week,
took up the matter of filling the
vacancy in -the office of assessor of
Stove Creek precinct, which was
brought to tlveic attention. On the
recommendation of County Assessor
W. R. Bryan, the board decided to ap
r-oint to the position S. R. James of
Elmwood, and Mr. James will look af
ter the assessing of that precinct in
the future. He is well recommended
and will make Stove Creek an excel
lent official.
SNOW FROM A FOOT 10
THREE FEET DEEP AND
INDICATIONS FOR MORE
From Friday's Daily.
Snow certainly has lost its charm
for the residents cf this city, and the
lost offering cf the fleecy white par
ticles has been without uoubt the
heaviest of the winter and has been
almost continuous from 3 o'clock Wed
nesday until this morning, when it
abated somewhat. It is estimated that
from a foot and a half to two feet fell
during this time, and when the resi
dents of this city awoke this morning
it was to confront great drifts which
had accumulated during the night, and
manv of the working and business
men found it necesasry' to dig their
way out before they could reath ihj
business section of the city, and here
rrcre snow shoveling awaited them.
Main street was nlled this morning
with many who were ndeavorir.g to re
move the snow so as to make the
walks passable, and by 9 o'clock, in
most cases, the snow had a;l been re
moved from ths walks. The storm
has aparently been general from the
Rockies clear to the lake region and
ranged from all depths and it has suc
ceeded in crippling in bad shape the
train service on all lines, and par
ticularly in the northern part of the
state, where a great deal of former
trews of the past few weeks remain
ed. Those who claim to be inform'1
state that should tne snow move sue!
uenly that there will be grave dange
of floods from the high water cause
by the melting snow.
HARD-FOUGHT
BASE! BALL G1E
LAS! NIGHT ;
New Daughter Makes Appearance.
Plattsmouth Bays Had to Do Some
Hard Playing and Were ictorioiis
by theScore of 25 to 21.
From Saturday's Dal'y.
This afternoon at 1 o'clock there ar
rived at the home of Dr. and Mrs. O.
Sandin, in the south part of the city,
a fine little daughter, which is cer
tainly the source of the greatest of
oy to the parents, and they vow that
there never was a finer little Miss in
the town than the new daughter that
has come to live with them. Both
mother and little one are getting
along fine and "Doc" well he will be
J. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
First National bank of
Greenwood to Clara L.
Armstrong, lot 197,
Greenwood. Consideration 1,000.00
William Puis to W. H. Puis,
west half NE quarter, 23-
11-12. Consideration .,
7,500.00
lr;i:i., n..l, . t u:u
back to his normal condition in a few " l" eim "uu
west nait in vv quarter,
day:
A PLAN TO INTEREST
THE FARMERS IN COM
MERCIAL CLUB WORK
S'lom Saturday's DMiy.
Last night after a mighty struggle
with the husky and fast basket ball
team of the Papillion High school, the
Plattsraouth High school team suc
ceeded in annexing another victory to
their credit by the close score of 2
to 24, but this was only after one of
- , i r . T- .. i. I
tne mora exciting games uuiu uus From Saturday's Dally.
been played in this city for some time. While here to address the citizens
The teams were well matched and it Thursday evening Mr. William Hirth
could be seen early in the game that
there was to be no walk-away for the
locals, as the visitors were right on
the job in handling themselves..
The principal player of the visitors
was Jungmeyer, the center, who was
1-11-12. Consideration ... 7,500.00
William Puis to Alfred
Gansmer, et al., SE quar
ter, 12-11-12. Considera
tion 15,000.00
William Puis to Louie Puis,
west half SE quarter, 14-11-12;
east half NE quar
ter, 23-11-12. Considera
tion 15,000.00
William Puis to Otto Puis,.
NE quarter, 13-11-12. Con
sideration 15,000.00
gave a very interesting statement to William Pu,s to Mata PuIs'
the members of the Commercial club
in reply to questions as to the best
method of reaching the residents of
tne county and interesting tnem in
Commercial club work. He stated
far in a way the fastest proposition that in Missouri, where he has been
that has been here with any of the long identified with club work, that
visiting teams, and he contributed no they had found that at the close of-
small share to the showing of the the harvest season it was good policy
Papillion boys. rank Marshall, cen- to take up three days, and with auto-
ter for the locals, suffered a very loads of boosters and business men
painful accident when he sustained a :ct out into the country and get in
fractured rib as a result of a fall dose touch with the farmers. They
while trying to secure th ball, and I had also interested the different clubs
his place was taken by Clifford Cecil, hn lectures on the prevention of hog
as Frank was compelled to retire in cholera 'and the matters that were of
the opening half, when the accident interest to the farmers of the corn
occurred. The tide of battle switched rminitv r.nd bv this means the in-
br.ck and forth and it seemed that the
contest v:?.s .anyone's, and at the cloie
it was found that boLh sides had
scored 21 points, making the affair a
tie. It was acrreed among the two
teams to play off the tic, and in this
terests of the city and country had
been interwoven and those residing
outside of the city had become in
terested in the club work and assist
ed by their efforts in the main
taince of the club organization. This
ONCE AGAIN SWEARS
ALLEGEANCE TO THE
UNITED STATES
r. - tc j,e.
'The val'ev
the
ter
Ropub-
n river v.as a veritable garden of
rn-d:.-e." said Estelle. "and oic
could walk for thirty and forty mi!c-
a;: ! every step one would tread on a
f t.wtr." Omaha Nebraskan.
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
CHANGES IN THE LIT
TLE VILLAGE OF UNION
Krrm Friday' Dallv.
At least two important business
chances took place here this week,
Mi l they were of no 5 mall prorortioi':.
Louis Anderson, who for the past few
yrar.s has been assistant in the Ban
; ":: g lumber yard, purchased the hard
ware store of Dan Lynn on south side
' f Main street, the inventory and
t:vi.sfcr being made the first of the
vc-jk. Mr. Ar.der:;on is a gentleman
with good business qualifications and
j o doubt will make good in his new
line of wo: k.
O.i Wcdne:---d;iy a deal was consum
mated in which the Union Mutuid
icivfr.onc company, tne local or
.conization, bought the interests of the
Lincoln (or Independent) Telethons
company, thereby combining the prop
erty and buM..c.- of the two com
panies in this territory, the change
taking effect immediately. This ne v
iirrangemont will be e:.e of importance
j'.nd ccnvenlcrcc for the people in gen
cisil, the Union business men in par
ticular, doing away with the troubto
;:r.d cx'.cnse of maintaining two tele
I hones in their places of business.
Union Ledger.
From Frf'1;iy Pnily.
Yesterday application was made in
the office of Clerk of the District Cour
lames M. Robertson bv George M
Thbrolf for citizenship rar.ers tha
would entitle him to resume his right
as a citizen oi tne united ttates oi
America. 'Mr. Thierolf was born i
Cedar Creek, in this county, in 18
but a number of vears aro went to
Canada, where he entered on a homs
stead, and in order to do so was com
pclled to renounce his citizenship to
this country and swear allegiance to
the king of England. Mr. Thiero'f
has ap-ain moved back to this country
and will now renounce all connection
and allegiance to the crowned head of
the British empire. These cases are
rather rare where :i native-born citi
zen who moves to another country
rgain returns to the land of his na
tionality to become a citizen, but cer
tainly shows that there is a deep feel
ing for the old United States in theii'
breasts.
: c
WANT TO IMPROVE THE
BALL PARK THIS SEASON
Name Unintentionally (Jmiilid.
Vmm Kr)1av's rally.
In the list of the heirs of the estate
f.f the late John Peter Keil, appearin.tr
ir this paper a few days ago. the
name of Louis Keil was omitted from
the list of the heirs of th estate.This
was p-.nely an oversight ii seem ins
the .names, as in the record Mr. Keil
appears as one of the heirs.
From Saturday's Pally.
A considerable number of the base
ball fans of the city have been agitat
ing the placing of suitable water
facilities in the base ball park this
season. The work will require a con
siderable outlay and it would be
necessary to raise this amount among
the base ball lovers of the city, sev
eral of whom have offered to give a
donation to the cause. This lack of
water has been the cause of much in
convenience to the base ball players,
rs when they are cut practicing or
after a game, they are compelled to
travel to their homes each time to
clean up, wnen n mere was an
adequate water supply on the grounds
and dressing rooms for the boys, it I Around the stove of the cross road
would make it much handier for them grocery is the real court of last resort,
rr-i - - . r it r : t: 11.. . . 1 4 T.
1 n every way. inn is one oi int- iur it miauy uvci-iuica u umei j.
n-dh'ems that the management will be ; Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
cnlled unon to face in the future, and been brought before this ctrort in al-
it is hoped that sufiicient support can
the Pkatsmouth team scored their van' Feems to be a good one and the
victory, when Speck was able to se- li:b members of Plattsmouth might
lo well to take heed of the statement
of Mr. HMh and plan their cam
; aign along similar lines. There has,
f-on irnnv fTn-- mniip to intnrtfc:f
persons residing outside of the cities
in the workings of the Commercial
clubs of the different towns, and
vherevor this has been successful
there has been a general benefit to
both from the getting together and
the interchange of ideas has proven
of great aid, loth to the persons re
siding in the towns and the country.
cure a field goal, giving them the
necessary two points to win.
The enthusiasm was intense as the
result of the game was announced,
and the boys and girls of the Platt.--ntouth
school vented their joy at the
hard-earned victory th?.t had been wen
through the skill of the players. The
team showed the best work of any
game this season, and the unity and
team work was largely accountable
for the success of last night, as the
machine was working in perfect order
and almost all the players were able
to secura an equal number of baskets.
Art White was among the suffer
ers of the game, as he had one of his
fingers knocked out during the game,
but the injury was fired and he was
able to continue playing. The game
was one filled with speed and rough
ness and neifher side had any ad
vantage in this line, although ths
locals were rather the more unfor
tunate in getting injured.
SWr quarter, 13-11-12. Con
sideration 15,'000.00
C. N. Hanson to Will Jean,
NW quarter 3-10-12. Con
sideration 5,500.00
S. G. Wiles to G. W. Snyder,
south half NE quarter, SE
quarter NW quarter, 28-
12-13. Consileration 15,000.00
G. W Windert to R. R. Trim
pie, part NW quarter NE
quarter, 30-11-13. Con
sideration
Helen F. Read to W. W. Car
ter, ijuit claim deed, part
north half, NE quarter,
Weeping Water Town com
pany to R. S. McCleery
Corporation, lots 1 to 7,
block 11, Reed's addition
to Weeping Water. Consideration
August Panska to H. J.
Ruhga, east half, SE quar
ter, 35-11-10. Considera
tion
40.00
1.00
WRESTLING MATCH PRO
JECTED IN MURRAY FOR
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17
. A big wrestling match is projected
for our neighboring town of Murray,
where on St. Patrick's eve, or Wed
nesday evening, March 17th, John Jen
kins of that place will take on Harold
Wolfenberger, the champion of Otoe
county, and from all indications the
Otoe champion is going to have to go
some to defeat John, and the friends
of the Murray athlete are enthusiastic
in their support of him. There will
be three good fast preliminaries ar
ranged for the occasion and a big
time may be looked forward to by the
lovers of this line of sport. The event
will be staged at Jenkins' hall in Mur
ray, and all those who love to wit
ness an event of this kind should avail
themselves of the opportunity.
We
H
ave
Them
You have probably
magazines about
the great success of
-XV V
BURLINGTON'S INCREASE
IN FREIGHT BUSINESS, AND
1500 NEW CARS ORDERED
Styleplusftf-17
From Saturday's Dali.
Enormous increase in freight busi
ness originating in Omaha are report
ed by the officials and solicitors of the
Burlington railroad at headquarters
here for the past few months.
From the office of General Freight
Agent Holcomb it was given out yes
terday that February showed an in
crease of $15,000 in Omaha business
over the same month in 1914.
"This doe3 r.ot indicate the real
boom in freight business," added Mr.
Leary, assistant to Mr. Holcomb, "for
in certain months since last fall our
Omaha increases have been as high
as $60,000 and have generally ranked
11,750.00 from $30,000 to that figure. Feb-
1.00
G.000.00
LEONARD BRINTON AR
RESTED FOR ASSAULT ON
JOSEPH OPP AT-AVOGA
W. M. Philpot to Monroe
Wdles, part south half SE
quarter, 16-11-12. Con-
. sideration
D. M. Johnson to Mary E.
Countryman, lot 2, block
63, Weeping Water. Consideration
T. H. Leaver to J. M. Mur
ray, SE quarter, 7-11-9.
Consideration 21,000.00
Fmma Backmeyer to F. W.
Backmeyer, south half SE
quarter, 6-11-10. "Con
sideration 9,845.00
ruary, with its $15,000 increase, was
a disappointment. Business is getting
better steadily, as far as we can see.!
The Burlington railroad has placed
orders for the construction of 1,200
box and 300 stock cars, all to be de
livered early next fall. Officers of the
3,500.00 company are taking bids on 200 gon
dola cars.
A Specific Against Colds.
''The same price the world ewer.'
We have them. We
were quick to make ex
clusive arrangements to
sell STYLEPLUS in this
town. We did so because
we consider it our duty to
give our patrons the
chance to buy the greatest
values we have ever seen
at a medium price.
Come in and let us show
you our wide range of
styles and sizes for Spring.
We can fit you and suit
you, no matter whether
you are tall, slim, short or
stout whether you like
conservatism or snap in
your clothes. Every suit
is guaranteed.
C. E.
Wescott'sSons
Everybody's Store
FORMER PLATTSMOUTH
LADY DIES IN LOS AN
GELES, CALIFORNIA
Proper Treatment for Biliousness.
"If there is such a thing as a
specific against colds, it is to be found
in the sleeping porch or the open bed
room. Next to that comes the cold
sponge bath in the morning," says the
iouin s companion, lie as careful as For a lon& time Miss Lula Skelton,
you can you writ occasionally take churchville. N. Y- was bilious and
cold and when you do you will find had sick headaches and dizzy spells.
unamoenams cougn itemedy a great chamberlain's Tablets were the only
help in enabling you to get rid of it
Try it. Obtainable everywhere,
LUTHER WALKER PASSES
AWAY IN THE DOUGLAS
OOiiNTY HOSPITAL
From Saturday's Daily.
Luther "Walker, aged 8 1 years, died
from old age at the Douglas county
hospital Frkiay morning. The aged
gentleman had been an invalid for
many months and had been confined
to his bed from a stroke of paralysis
for almost a year. His son, Ned, had
faithfully nursed his father week -af
ter week and month after month until
about two months ago, when he de
cided that he could receive better care
iz me nosouai, out ne grew weawer
is tne iays went by until 1 rulay
morning he pa?sed away.
Deceased -was born near Cleveland,
Ohiw, November 27, 1831. In 1866 he
was married to Miss Emily Peck, in
Grundy county, Iowa, ar.d they moved
o Nebraska in 1882. They reared a
family of nine children, four girls
and live boys, all of whom survive the
parents, the wife having died in Louis-
ille on February 12, 1008. The body
of the deceased was brought to Louis-
ille for burial. Funeral services were
eld at the M. E.
From Saturday's Dally.
Yesterday Leonard Brinton, a resi
dent of near Avoca, was brought be
fore County Judge Beeson on the
complaint of Jacob Opp, a resident of
the same locality, who charged that
Brir.ton had committed an assault and
battery on him at his home on Tues
day March. It was claimed by the
complainant that Brinton entered his
home, where Mr. Opp was engaged in
Kome shoe repairing and was sitting
on the floor, and Brinton began to
abuse the complainant, and then
struck him, at which Mr. Opp had
driven him off with the hammer. It
was claimed by the defendant that he
had been doing some
Mr. Opp and that the settlement
made was not satisfactory to him, and
in discussing this the trouble arose,
that result2d in it being aired in the
county court. After hearing the evi
dence in the case the judge placed a
fine of $3 and costs on the defendant,
which he paid and returned to his
home.
thing that gave her permanent relief.
Obtainable everywhere.
Mike Kime III at Lincoln
The dispatches in the state papers
yesterday conveyed the information of
the death on Friday evening at her
home in Los Angeles, California, of
Mrs. R. C. Cushing. The immediate
cause of her death was due to a
nervous breakdown and depression
due to the death of her husband some
four years ago, and her son, Thomas,
about two years ago.
The Cushing family were residents
of Plattsmouth during the seventies
and early eighties, while Mr. Cushing!
was engaged in contracting, and many
of the older residents of the city will
p as ering or I hospitality shown by them to their
friends. Mrs. Cushing was formerly
Miss O'Keefe, a very prominent fam
ily in this city in early days, and was
a lady of more than usual charm, and
the news of her death comes as quite
a shock to her friends in this city. In
speaking of the death the Omaha Bee
has the following to say of the de
parted lady:
Mrs. Cushing was the widow of
Richard C. Cushing, a well known rail
road contractor and mayor of Omaha
in 1889-90. The family resided in
Omaha for about twenty years and
be gained that will permit of the work
being done, as it will add much to the
effectiveness of the team.
Sell your property by an ad in The
JoumaL
From Saturday's Dally. ,.
The friends of Representative Mike
Kime of Cass county will regret to their home at Twentv-fifth and Doue
learn that he has been in very poor ias streets was a center of social ac-
health for the past few weeks and tivity and the scene of innumerable
has been unable to participate fully in social functions. Mrs. Cushing was a
the workings of the legislature, owing ?racious, whole-hearted hostess, whose
church Sunday at 21 to his indisposition. The exact nature I unaffected kindness and generosity en-
'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. of his illness could not be fully de-j(eared her to all acquaintances. She
L. Norman. Interment was at tormined, but it is thought to be duel took an active part in many church
River View cemetery, the remains be- I to the effects of the grippe. His many Rnj charitable enterprises, and her
'.g laid to rest by the side of his wife, friends throughout the county will purse as well as her energies were at
trust that he may speedily recover J the command of every worthy cause.
from his indisposition and be able to Few families whom circumstances
take up his work with renewed vigor, obliged to remove from Omaha some
fifteen years ago cause more wide
spread regret than the departure of
the Cushings.
Surviving Mrs. Cushing are two
sons, Richard and Harry; three daugh
ters, Laura, Lucille and Blanche, and
!four sisters, Mrs. Templeton, Mrs.
Geoghegan. Mrs. Moriarty and Miss
Margaret O'Keefe, the latter a resi
dent of Omaha.
Mrs. Cushing's remains will be
buried beside those of her husband j
and son at Los Angeles.
Louisvillo Courier.
The Court frt-Last Resort.
How's This?
You young men, who represent
the great throng of good dressers we're anxious to
have your verdict. We're ready with the springtime
styles of Society Brand
and Kuppen h e i m e r
. Clothes. We want you
to see them because
they're different. New
Glenurquhart shadow
and check over plaids,
new Bango stripes, new
mist blues, all in the
very latest models :
Prices $18 to $35.
New STETSON
HATS ARE HERE
INCLUDE THE BY
WORD, the Willard
and all the new blocks,
in Ivy Marine, seal,
slate, lead and Tartan,
the best selling shades.
Chamois quality $3.00.
Stetson Select, $4.00.
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ccPykiomt a. a. c.
, . . in, llw iimjersizm-d, nave
country, and has always received a
favorable verdict. It is in the coun
try where man expects to receive fuil
value for his mon?y that this remedy
is most appreciated. Obtainable
everywhere.
We n!TT One Humlm! PollanJ rinvnr! for mij
raw? of Catarrh that cautiot Im cured y Hall I
Slatarrli Cure.
r. J. CHENEY. & QO.. Toledo, O.
known K. J.
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Verfivtly honorable In all buxinc t:aua-tiii
and li.mn.-lnlly el,le to riirry out any ousauou
tuado by tiia firm.
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TdyUo, -Uo.
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lt-Ti- uym fbe l:vd aud uiurous Ifr3 ot
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cent, per Lottie. Uy fcll UrUKglet.
Take Q-U'b FaaiUj- tor coMtipnUob
.Come in early and select your Easter tie
from our latest showing. Prices 50c to $1.00.
Manhattan
Shirts
Stetson
Nats