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StaU Historical oe Neb inoutb omn VOL. XXXIII. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1913. NO. SI. Platte S- PECTS FOR THE Many New Homes Projected and Mu?Ii Other I Improving Contemplated This Summer. From Friday's Dally. The coming summer season, unless all signs fail, will be one of the best in the line of building and improving that Plattsmouth has seen for some years, and this will be especially true in the residence section of the city, where there has been quite a number of new homes projected and a large number will be remodeled and placed in modern shape so that they will j-rove cozy and comfortable homes for their owners. The carpenters an J contractors are all looking forward to a good season, and well they may, if the work of last year is anywhere near touched, as last spring and summer there was a constant demand . from the property owners for carpenters to j'ssist in the work of fixing up their residences. The residents of this city no longer hang back in fixing u;i their property when they realize that it is needed, as they have the utmost con fidence in the future of the city where they make their home and feel that they are safe in going ahead and making such improvement as they may see fit. In the years gone by it was almost impossible for anyone to got up. cour age enough to start budlmg enter prises, but now there is n- hesitancy shown in taking the bull by the horns and starting light in on tho work of beautifying and improving the appear ance of the city by fixi ig up the resi dences or the building of new ones to add to the large number that already dot the hills of this city. This spirit looks good to the lover of a good, energetic town and gives lh grumbler and knocker but little to do, as the optimitist and cheerful -non arc too busy trying to build up the town and have little time to pay attention to the grumblers, but go riyht ahead with the good work. WELL PLEASED WITH THE RESULT OF THE RELIGIOUS CENSUS BEING TAKEN From Friday's Ially. The religious census that was held in this city a few days ago in the in terests of the relgious campaign now being conducted here, has proven most successful in the securing of an ac curate list of names of all the resi dents of the city, together with in formation that will prove valuable in getting a line on the religious and educational status of the people, it is expected as soon as every home in the city has been visited to begin compiling the facts secured and pla-e it in printed form where it can he placed in public places and be at the service of those desiring to secure facts in regard to the city and its lesidents. Each family visited has almost without exception given what information they could in regard to their religious belief, the amount of schooling the different members of the family received, as well as the J neignooihooa needs and the iorm ot amusements most preferred by the family. Through the medium of these facts it will be possible to give each section of the city a close touch wish each other and much good derived in the interchange of the things need ful -to the common good. The work has been carried on most systemati cally by the volunteer workers, and it has been really the- most successful effort that has been made to secure a complete and accurate census of the city. The facts as secured will be come more valuable as time goes on and be most useful to the public. Mrs. Lula Harris, Miss Ethel Ames and Miss Bessie LaVeck of Council Bluffs were here Saturday for a short time, coming down for a visit with relatives and friends, returning yes terday morning to their homes. BULDNG E SU NG SASO Secures Thompson Property. From Frlday Oally. Robert L. Propst has just closed tho deal whereby he becomes the owner o the J. L. Thompson property on Viri. street adjoining the lots upon which he exnects to erect his new mrnn-n during the coming summer. , 7.1 r Propst vill fix the place up in proper shape and expects to have it ready for rental to those who may desire a neat, comfortable residence. The se eming of this property will give Mr Propst a little more land for hh new building, which was needed to make it as large as first intended. JUDGE E.,F. GRAY, OF FREMONT TO QUIT THE PRACTICE OF LAW From Friday's raily. The announcement is made at Fre mont of the retirement from practice of Judge E. F. Gray of that city, the eldest attorney in Fremont, and also one of the most prominent attorneys in that section of Nebraska. Mi-. Gray first opened a law office in Fre mont in 18G7, and has since been very prominent in the legal affairs of that county. He is forced to retire on ac count of ill-health and expects to re move to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. where he will make his home with his daughter in that city. Mr. Gray wrote the criminal code of the territory jf laho before he came to Fremont from that state. He is the father of Mrs. William A. Robertson of this city, nd has been here several times visit- ng with his daughter and family, and s well known to a large number of our citizens, who will regret that the bar of Nebraska is to lose the services f such a gifted gentleman. Mr. W. A. Robertson has been in Fremont as- isting his father-in-law in closing up is business and preparing to remove to South Dakota. Mr. Gray is quite ell advanced in years and feels that he has earned a rest during his last years from the service in the legal rofession. LATTSMOOTH AWAY AHEAD OF MANY TOWNS OF THE SAME SIZE From Friday's Dallv. R. M. Shlaes has just returned ome from a trip through the western art of Iowa, where he has been for everal days looking over locations for number of air domes. lie visited during ms trip a number ot tne thriving smaller cities, but states that one of them look as good as Platts mouth from either a business stand point or a place to make one's home, and he feels that to thoroughly ap preciate how really a good town we have here a person should get out and iew the other towns nearby. In most f the places he visited the moving picture theaters were away below that of the two here, and in towns where air domes were he found that they were in very poor condition and ittle or no effort was made to make them really comfortable for the patrons. From observations made during his trip he feels that the air dome here has been kept up in good shape and with the improvements con templated, this city should have as good an open air theater as can hi found anywhere in this part of the west, and one that the people could veil be proud of. He is always alive to the interests of his patrons and will spare no expense to make the air dome in this city a success. Reads Very Rough Now. From Friday's Daily. The condition of the roads through out the county is reported as beinfj quite bad and there seems to be no exception to the general rule. C. K. Lau and August Pautch, the assessor of Center precinct, are among those who can testify to the condition of the highways in the central part of Cass county. These gentlemen started out this morning from their home3 for Louisville, and although the dis tance was only some six miles, it re quired two hours to make the trip, owing to the rough condition of the roads, and similar reports come from almost every locality. GRID OLD LADY PASSES Air AI D Mother of Hon. William DelesDernb Died Thursday, March 18, After Lingering Illness. From Saturrtars raliy. It was sad news that was conveyed to the many friends of Grandm.i DelesDernier that she had peacefully and quietly passed to the Great Be yond after a lingering illness of sev eral months. The end came on Thurs day, March 18, 1915, at 2:30 o'clock at the home of her son, William Deles Dernier, in this city. She was one of the early pioneers of this section of the county. She came with her husband and son from Indiana. Several families also came at the same time. Travel in thos days was mostly by water. They left Indiana in the early part of January, 185, following the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers. It was not until March 25, 18GG, that the reached Ne- raska City, where they landed. Mrs. DelesDernier was taken sick witn meumonia. From Nebraska City they went to a farm house and after spend ing the night there they went on to farm near Nehawka, where they spent about two years. Since that time Grandma DelesDernier had lived on the old homestead near town until she came to town to live with her son. During those early days she under went many hardships. Her husband was a stage driver in the seventies, and this took him away often for a umber of days at a time. This left her alone and to manage things unlil he should return. She was a woman tf happy disposition, a friend to all. and a noble mother. All had learned to love this good woman and she will be greatly missed. Sarah Porter was born in Ireland, December 25, 1835. She came to Americaw hen a small girl with her parents, landing at New Orleans where she lived for a number of years, losing her parents with the yellrw fever. Being the oldest of the fam ily that was left, she kept house f jr the remaining two brothers and sis ter until all were old enough to care for themselves. She was marired to William Deles Dernier and moved to Memphis. Tenn., where her only son was born Decem ber 3, 1S5G. One year later they moved to New Albany, Indiana, where a daughter was born August 5, 185S, who died at the age of 10 months ani 23 days. This was their home until January, 186(5, when they moved to Nebraska. She and her husband united with the Christian church in 1878, of which she remained a member until called to the better land. She lost her hus band in 1880 on the 17th of April. Eighteen years, ago she moved to Elmwood, where she had since resided. She leaves to mourn' her loss: One son, Attorney VViinam JJelesuernier; seven grandchildren, five great-grand children and a great host of friends and neighbors. Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church by the pasto.", W. H. Robb, and interment was made in the Elmwood cemetery. Elmwood Leader-Echo. Stands Operation in Fine Shape. The friends in this city of Mrs. L. W. Barger will be well pleased to team that she has stood nicely the operation which she underwent on Saturday last, and a message to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Peterson, from Mr. Barger, at Davenport, Iowa, states that the patient is resting easy and the brightest of hopes are enter tained for her speedy recovery. George Edson, an old-time Cass county citizen, was here Saturday calling on his many friends, in this city. He formerly resided on a farm southwest of Murray and left here several years ago for York, near where he is now making his home, and his many old friends here were more than pleased to have him drop in to visit them. Sell your property by an ad in The JournaL ELMWOO (Jetting Along in Nice Shape. William D. Jones, who for the past few months has been quite ill at his home, is reported as holding his own, although he is still quite ill, and his condition requires constant attention. Mr. Jones condition has been such as to cause greata pprehension to his family and friends, and that he has been able to get along as well as he has is most pleasing. COUNTY ASSESSORS MEET WITH THEIR CHIEF TODAY From Friday's Dally. This morning the assessors from the different precincts of Cass county gathered in this city at the office of County Assessor W. R. Bryan and discussed with him the details of the work of taking the assessment of the county, which will commence on April 1st. There are a great many of tho details of the job of assessing that have to be gone over each year before the assessors start out on their work, and these meetings are for the pur pose of getting into touoh with the general plans of assessing in use throughout the state., At the recent meeting of the assessors of the state. ield in Lincoln, the needs of the dif ferent counties was? discussed r.t igth, and on several items a plan of taxation was recommended, and among these was that of automobiles, which have been in use for more than one year, and a reduction planned, as the machines advance- in age, and to allow for the wear and tear on them. Plans as to the assessing of grain will also enter into the problems that con front the asessors at their work thij ear. It is to deal with these ques tions that the county assessor holds these meetings, as well as to outline the plans and give out the supplies vhich will be used by che assessors. BASE BALL BOYS ARE LIMBERING UP FOR THE SEASON'S BATTLES Yesterday the warm springlike day fought out the base ball hopefuls for the first workout of the season, and quite a number assembled at the base ball park, where a good workout was enjoyed and the boys spent several ours in getting their arms loosened p from the lack of practice of the winter months The prospects for se curing a good team here this year are excellent, and with the addition of Stimpson from Glenwood to fill the place as chief ball tosser of the ag gregation the members of the team feel that 1915 should prove a winner with the Plattsmouth Red Sox Base 'fall association. The fans of the city are looking forward with pleasure to the opening of the season, and if the weather will moderate to any extent the boys should be able to round into form in a few weeks and be ready to open the season in proper shape. It will take considerable practice for the team to get lined up right for the sea son, but when they do there should be something doing, as there is plenty of good material on hand from which to select a winning team, and the boys will endeavor to give the base ball fans a team they can be proud of dur ing the coming season. Getting Along in Fine Shape. From Saturday's raii. The reports from Immanuel hospital state that Mrs. Andrew Kroehler, who was operated on there on Thursday morning, has stood the operation in the best of shape and is getting along as well as could possibly be expecte 1 from the severe nature of the opera tion. The fact that she is doing so nicely will be very pleasing to her large circle of friends, who have been anxiously awaiting word from her bedside, and it is to be hoped that the improvement will continue until she is able to return home to this city. Announcement. Owing to the death of Mrs. Par mele, who was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, the Colonial party, which was to have been given April 6th, is in definitely postponed. AN IDEAL REST RESORT HERE AT HOME III SUMMER No Necessity of Going Away From Home to Get What Can He Made Just as Good at Home. From .Saturday's Dally. There are a great many of our peo ple who are very fond of outdoor an 1 camp life in the summer months and who long for an opportunity to get out into the open and spend a few weeks living in a tent closer to nature, where things are more real and away from the artificial lif? of the city or town, but a great many of them feel that they are not ab!e to afford to carry out their desire, as it would involve a trip to the moun tains or to the lakes of the north. If the people only realized it, a splendid place to spend a few weeks or even the whole summer is right at their very doors, and on the cool and pleasant banks of the old Mis souri can be found as pleasant a place as could be desired to relax and en joy oneself away from the noise and dust of the town, and where all the real enjoyment possible could be se cured that might be found at some high-priced summer resort. A number of the residents of this city have tried the experiment of liv ing along the river in the summesand have been delighted with the success of the plan and this season there is promise of quite a number establish ing a small tent colony down near the river, where they can spend their leisure time from their duties up town, vhere after the day's labor they can go and enjoy the cool of the evening under the great bluffs that fringe the river, and with rowing and swimming have as much fun as though they were out at some resort at the lakes. There are several gasoline launches in operation on the river and these add to the pleasures of life along the sluggish Old Muddy, and a person in a few minutes' walk from the town find themselves away from the heat and in the cool shade of the bluffs find rest and recreation that would satisfy anyone, and it can be enjoyed without great expense and lies within the reach of everyone. It is really surprising that more of our people have not taken up with the idea of establishing a camp there dur ing the hot summer months, where they can secure rest on hot evenings from the cooling river breezes. We often pass up our opportunities be cause we fail to realize them, and it would seem that the ideal summer comping ground has been orerlooked by' the citizens of Plattsmouth. MR. AND MRS. HOMER M'KAY RETURN FROM THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE From Saturday's Daily. This morning Mr. and Mrs. Homer McKay arrived home from a visit covering several months in the Puna- ma canal zone, where they visited with their daughter, Mrs. W. E. Max on and family, and enjoyed to the ut most the winter spent in the trcpic climate of this newest of the posses sions of Uncle Sam. Mr. and Mrs. McKay sailed from Panama some two weeks ago and arrived in New York Wednesday and at once started for home and felt greatly fatigued with the long trip. The McKays left this city last October in company with their daughter, Mrs. Maxon, and sail ed from New York on the governmart mail boat and enjoyed to the utmost the voyage along the seacoast and across the Gulf of Mexico to Colon, where the Atlantic end of the great canal is located. They were given many opportunities of viewing the great engineering feat, the Panama canal, and the transfer of the vessels through it from the two great oceans. The trip is one that few persons 'lava enjoyed and it will be a pleasant mem ory to these two worthy people in the years to come. Subscribe for The JournaL .Most Enjoyable Dance. Saturday evening a very pleasant dance was given at Coates' hall by the Cosmopolitan club and quite a large number of the young people of the city were in attendance to enjoy the pleasures of the evening and the good time provided for them. The music was furnished by the Holly or chestra. HON. MATT BERING WINS BIG DAMAGE SUIT FROM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD From Saturday's Daily. Attorney Matthew Gering returned home yesterday afternoon from Oma ha, where he had been for the past two weeks engaged in assisting in the case of John A. Moore vs. the Union Pacific railroad. With Mr. Gering in the case was associated Hallack P. Rose and II. S. Daniels of Omaha, while the interests of the Union Pa cific were looked after by T. J. Ma honey and A. G. Ellick. The amount sued for was $150,000, and last night verdict was returned giving the plaintiff a judgment for $08,550. Th? judgment recovered by Moore, it is stated in Omaha, breaks a record in the federal court there, as it is the argest that a jury in the state of Ne- raska ever returned in a damage or personal injury suit. The case will be ppealed by the defendants as soon as the transcripts can be prepared ani ertified to. Moore is an attorney m Omaha, and was returning home De cember 13, 1913, from David City, rid ing on one of the trains of the defend ant railroad company, when in park ing through the Omaha yards the train on which he was riding collided with a Rock Island train, and in ibis the plaintiff received injuries that ave resulted in permanent disability, it is claimed. - EARNEST NEUMAN MEETS WITH A VERY PAINFUL AC CIDENT WHILE COASTING rom Saturday's Dal'y. Yesterday afternoon Ernest Neu mann, the young son of Officer Fran.? Neumann, met with quite a severe :ic- ident while playing near his homa. he boy was -coasting down hill in a small wagon and was traveling at quite a good rate of speed when h'e ran into a fire hydrant stationed at the bottom of the hill and was thrown out and his right leg quite severely lacor- ted by striking the hydrant, and it was necessary to convey the young man to the office of a surgeon, where the injury was dressed and several stitches taken to bind up the injure 1 member. He is getting along in fine shape, but will be more careful in the future in regard to where and hov he does his coasting when there is any- ching in isght that he might run into. The children should be more careful when coasting down hill in this man ner, as it is liable to result in their being injured quite badly. THE STORK PAYS A VISIT TO M HOME OF COUN TY ATTORNEY A. G. COLE From Friday's Pally. When the Journal representative visited the court house this morning and called at the office of the county attorney it was noticable that this of fice, which usually has a very dignifieJ atmosphere, was lighted by the bright smile on the countenance of County Attorney A. G. Cole, and while he is usually very genial, was apparently more so on this occasion, and we learn there is a mighty good cause for this and that is the arrival last even ing about 5 o'clock of a fine new son and heir at the Cole home. The little lad tipped the scales at some nine pounds and both the new arrival and the mother are doing nicely, while Mr. Cole is busy receiving the congratula tions of his friends on the new ad dition to the family. This is the first child in the family and the parents are justly v proud of their new son and heir. ' !A GOOD YEAR ALL OF US TO GET TOGETHER The Farmer, Merchant, Mechanic, Pro fessional Man and Everybody Should Unite for the Betterment of All. The year 1915 is a good year for people in smaller towns and in their directly tributary territory to get to gether, making a united community helpful to each other the farmer helpful to the business man, the busi ness man helpful to the farmer, all helpful to each other, says the Lincoln Trade Review. There has been a steadily growing feeling in this direction. It is ac centuated at this time because when the press is overflowing with accounts of nations at war, it comes home to us in every walk of life, the profit ableness of being neighbors and friends and of making not only com munity units in all localities, but in making this nation in its entirety, a people united in each other's interests, in the protection of each other, in terested in the prosperity of each other and all the people, making of this nation one splendid community. In this immediate section of the United States there is abundant pros perity even in the face of the un certainties that exist in many lines on account of war disturbances. The farmers in the Missouri valley never have and may never for years in the future, pass through such prosperous times as they are enjoying at the pres ent; and this class of people the most prosperous of all should be open minded and open-handed to get in closer touch with those surroundings which add to their comfort and pros perity and themselves be as much an active part in every local community as are the business men and profes sional men residing in the different towns. There are abundant evidences of the profitableness in uniting com munities. Better understandings with each other, larger appreciations of each other follow when men in differ ent walks of life throw their efforts together and pull as one man on the toll line for each and all of their local interests. Commercial clubs which are simply "community" clubs, ought to be more active than ever before and they ought to reach out with broader activities to their farmer friends to get together with them and make up these units that will add to the prosperity of all interests. The Nebraska State As sociation of Commercial Clubs will bold its annual meeting in May. There ought to be representatives from every organization in the state pres ent at that meeting and there ought to go forth from that meeting an inspira tion on the part of all in attendance to return home and with more fervor and vigor than ever before, renew the work of building and enlarging their community interests. ARRIVAL OF A NEW SON AT THE FREO WEIDMAN HOME AT PLAINVIEW, NEB. From Saturdays Dally. The friends in this city of Fred Weidman, who for the past few yea;; has been located at Plainview, Neb , where he has been engaged in the hardware business, will be pleased to learn of the rare good fortune that has befallen him in the arrival at his home on March 4th of a fine new son and heir. The little lad is reported to be one of the finest in the land, and as he is the first son in the family is the center of attraction for his rela tives. Mrs. Emma Weidman and Mrs. Nelson Jean departed this morning for Plainview, where they will take the opportunity of making the acquaint ance of the new grandson and nephew. The friends here of the family wdl extend to the parents their congratula tions and to the little man their bet wishes for his future. Sell your property by an ad in The JournaL FOR
