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VOL. XXXIII.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1913.
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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
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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.
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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.
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.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.
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