PLATTSMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY, .MARCH 29, 1913.
PAGE 2.
THE RAILROAD
RATES SHOULD
BE ADVANCED
There Is No Question as to the Fact
That Some Railroads Are Very
Hard Tressed Financially.
From Friday's Dally.
Our railroad friends are pursuing1
their campaign for an advance in the
freight and passenger rates with a
great deal of cleverness. Following
their paid advertising campaign (in
which they caused large paid adver
tisements to be inserted in papers in
every county in the state), they inau
gurated a campaign of personal solic
itation, which is being prosecuted with
much vigor. For some months now,
local station agents, attorneys, an!
general officers have been going to the
business men of the towns and cities
of the state with petitions, asking that
the advances be given. In many of
the smaller towns, practically all of
the business men have r.igncd these
petitions, which have ')e?n forwarded
to the members of the legislature.
Last week, the latter presented peti
tions said to have been signed by 5S, -COO
citizens, asking that the aoa:ic!
be granted. Every two c.r three
weeks, delegations of prominent rail
ror.d officials appear before the legis
Irtuo committees and give vheir rea
sons why the advances should be
granted, and the regular attorneys
rvs camped on the ground and doing
personal work every day, savs vVal
laer's Farmer.
All of this work, is producing its
"ffect. Many of the members of th
legislature are beginning to for' that
public sentiment will sustain the ad
vances asked for. They overlook the
fact that, the business men who favor
it. are not the folks v. ho pay the
veight; they simply pass i. on to their
custcmors. And if passenger rates a-e
rdvanced to two and a half cents per
mile, mileage books wii! nrobao'.y be
sold at the old two-cent rate to basi
i ess houses. Met of the burden of
the advances will fall on the farmers
of the state and the small consumers.
And as the advance asked for wi1!
amount to about ten million dollars a
yiyii1, the. burden, will not be a light
one.
It is time for the f aimer to take a
more actio part in this matter than
he has heretofore. Through the warn
ings which have already appeared in
Wallaces' Farmer, a large number of
petition.; and letters have been sent to
members of the genera! assembly, but
not enough to balance the work being
done by the other side. V'ith one :r
two exceptions, the daily press of th--;
stain has lent its active or silent in-duc-nce
to the railroad ride, and with
the exception of Wallace's Farmer, the
ag. ictultural papers have been muoi.
One of the latter has spent thousands
of dollars and wept buckets of ir:
about the alleged eve-charge for state
printinir of ten thousand dollars a year
but has not had a word concerning
this rate overcharge of ten million
dollars a year. The publisher of this
paper is evidently acting on the theory
that if he can make enough nci.io.
combined with tearful protestations of
his love for the farmer, he can lead
the latter down a blind alley where
he cannot see or hear the railroad
late advance train go by.
Our readers should at once write to
their senators and representatives in
ihe general assembly and suggest, m
the first place, that they appropriate
si 00,000 to be used by the railroad
commission in making a valuation of
the railroad property within the state
of Iowa; and, second, that all rate ad
vances be denied until such valuation
is made.
The railroads are entitled to a fa';1'
return upon the value of the property
used in the business, but at the pres
ent time no ne knows what the
value of this property is. It is time
we got down to business in this mat
tor. Our first job is to ascertain the
value of the property. Then we can
determine what, are fair rates, and
v.e have a railroad, commission whic.i
is thoioughly competent to do thi
Ihe farmers of Iowa want the roads
to have a fair price for their serv
ices, but they want to know that the
price is fair. Up to the present time,
lates have been made in a hit-and-miss
fashion, without system, ami
without reason except to set them at
the highest point which the traffic will
bear. It is time to get down to a
1 usiness basis.
We urge our readers to act iroron:
ly along the line suggested. The situa
tion is more critical than they rca'.iz?.
Write some strong personal letters to
the men who represent you at De.
Moines, and tell them just how you
feel about it. '
Subscribe lor The Journal.
Roads Are Some Better.
From Saturday's Daily.
Among those driving in this morn
ing from . the country were Mr. and
Mrs. F.- J. Hennings of Eight Mde
Grove, who came in to look after the
week-end shopping. Mr. Hennings re
ports that, the roads between his home
anw this city ere shewing some signs
of improvement, although they are
still very rough and the mud t-uit
deep in places. The cold weather has
frozen the mud to some extent, al
though it has not in the least mitigat
ed the roughness of the roads, and
makes travel very hard.
PALI SUNDAY AP
PROPRIATELY OB
SERVED l
Services at the Various Churches and
AH Were Well Attended
and Enjoyed.
With skies for the lirst time in
many days bright and cheerful from
tne sunshine of an ideal spring day.
Palm Sunday was observed in the
various churches of the city in a fit
ting manner and in all the different
houses of worship large congregations
were present to participate in the
services. At the Catholic churches.
both St. John's and the Holy Rosary,
the day was signalized by the blessing
and distribution of the palms to the
members of the congregations. At
the German St. Paul's Evangelical
church confirmation service was held
and a laige class of young men and
women were given the sacrament of
confirmation that united them with
the churc'i and the services were con
ducted by Rev. J. II. Steger, pastor
of the church, and the scene was one
cf inspiration, as the young women,
j attired in their white gowns, as well
as the b:ighi-faced young men, ap
proached then ulpit whore the service
was celebrated that united them with
the church.
At the Presbyterian church there
were two very largely attended serv
ices held and in honor of the day the
pastor, E-?v. IT. G. McClusky, deliver
ed two solenoid sermons. At the
morning 'eivite the subject taken was
that of "The Enthroned Christ," and
was on tiie entiy of Christ into
Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, when th.2
populace gathered and str?w paint
branches in his pathway. At this
service the choir gave as a special
number '"The Palms." There were
some twelve persons who united with
the church at the service in the morn
ing, and were received in full member
ship. In the evening the pastor gave
as his sermon, "Entering the Ark,"
?nd it was one filled with a powerful
and earnest anneal and greatly im
pressed the congregation present. The
choir also gave a special anthem at
this service.
The day was one of the greatest of
interest at the First Methodist church
and the pastor delivered two very
poweiful and impressive seimons. At
the morning hour the subject selected
was. "The Triumphal Entry," and was
in keeping with Falm Sunday. A
special anthem was given by the
choir. "Jerusalem," as well as a very
pleasir.ir solo by Mrs. Mae Morgan,
"The Palms." In the evening the pas
tor preached a strong sermon, taking
as his subject, "Signs," covering the
hours of the crucifiction of the Savior,
and was r. most powerful address and
in line with the series that Rev. Dru
liner has been giving during the past
two weeks. There was a very large
attendance at the services.
At St. Luke's church the beautiful
and impressive Episcopalian service in
commemoration of the day was held
and the rector. Rev. W. S. I.eete, gave
a very impressive sermon at the morn
ing hour of worship. The early serv
ice at 7:G0 was given over to the cele
bration of the Holy Communion. Serv
ices, with sermon, weie also held at
-1 p. m. by the' rector at this, church.
The Court of Last Resort.
Around the stove of the cross roads
grocery is the real court of last resort,
for it finally over-rules all others.
Chamberk.in's Cough Remedy has
been brought before this court in al
most every cross roads grocery in this
country, t.nd has always received a
favorable verdict. It is in the coun
try where man expects to receive full'
value for his money that this remedy
is most appreciated. Obtainable
everywhere.
Fred Ileitzhauscn and Matthew Hor-
old. ho ate attending the state uni
versity at Lincoln, arrived Saturday
evening on No. '1 to spend their Easter
vacation with relatives here.
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1W0 BASSET BALL
GAMES AT COUNT
HOME LAST NIGHT
Two Pretty Fair Games Are Played
and Quite a Crowd Present
to Enjoy Them.
w'rom Saturday's Dully.
The Plattsmouth High school inter
class games of basket ball were start
ed last evening when the senior and.
sophomore boys' teams tangled, while
the se?iior and All Star girls' teams
were put on to stage a go that proved
to be most interesting. There were
quite a large number of snecators
present at the games and much en
thusiasm was shown as the different
teams entered into the contests with
the greatest of vim, and both contests
were well played on both sides.
In the opening game between the
two girl teams, the seniors were able
to get away with the victory by tlu
close score of S to 4, and many spec
tacular plays were made by the young
ladies that demonstrated their .c,ki!l
and the players were heartily choei z
for their excellent work. Miss Co-;n-na
Hai-.dley, center of the senior team,
was the bright star of the game rnd
much credit for the victory of her
team may be given to this young lady.
The line-up of the teams was as fal
lows: Seniors Kate York, left forward;
Xorine Schulhof, right forward; Coen
na Hanilley, center; Elsie Roe-sslor,
right guard; ?Jarie Spies, left guaid.
Ail Stars Eleanor Schulhof, kfc
forward; Alive Weyrich, right for
ward.; Marie Davis, center; Viint
Moore, tight guard; Margaret Mo.ire,
left guard.
In the boys' game between the
seniors and the sophomores, the pl.ty
ing of the seniors was exceptionally
good and they were able to carry otf
the honors of the evening by the
score or IS to 1. The seniors x2v1 a
little more erepet ienced in the gam.,
however, as the score shows. Those
who took part in tii's rame were:
Seniors Emil ITi'd, right forward
Will Richardson, left forward; L.mn
Stenner. center; Carl Cunningham,
left guard; Guy Crook, right guard
Kophomoies Albert Janda, right
forward; Tiacy Druiine-r, left forward:
Frar.k Pab.cek. center; Burde't
liriggs, left gaard; Glen Elliott, right
guard.
Byron Babbitt as substitute, re
placed Druliner during the game.
The second of the scries of inter
class games will be played on ue::'.
Friday evening at the German Home,
when the other classes will tangle for
the honors of being the champion bas
ket ball players cf the school.
A VERY DiSBRAGEFUt
AFFAIR OCCUREO LAST
SATURDAY EVENING
Saturday night about 1 o'clock. Of
ficer Frank Neumann discovered a
convivial gathering in the alley in the
rear of the pool hall on the north side
of Main street, and he swept down or.
the gathering, whose members had
iaid in a supply of drinkables and
were preparing for one big celebra
tion, and the party at first declined to
carry out the request cf the ofh'cer to
move cn and make themselves scarce,
but the display of the artillery of the
officer hi ought the deshed effect and
the whole bunch were driven out of
the alley. The affair brought on con
siderable loud talk from the members
cf the party whose pleasure had been
so rudely stopped by the officer and
many comments were made as to what
would be done to the officer, but for
tunately the persons who were in
volved thought better of it and did,
not attempt to carry out any warlike
demonstrations toward the represent
ative of the law. and on the arrival of
Chief of Police Rainey and Officer
FiU'.patrick the tumult was quieted
down and the participants in the
gathering dispersed and again a great
peace reigned over ?Iain street. When
there patties are held the participants
should select a less conspicuous place
in which1 to conduct their celebration.
There were no arreots made in the
affair.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Assorted eggs for sea
ting, $2.00 per 100; also du':k eggs.
Inquire of Mrs. Fred Spangler or
:.!! 'nhone 2104. 3-lfi-d.vw-tf
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
Tha Kind Yen Have Always fought
Boars tho yf yZfi?l-
cignaturo of a&j&U&SUi
To Undergo an Operation.
Mrs. R." A. Bates deDarted last
evening over the Missouri Pacific "for
Omaha, where she will enter the Ini-
manuel hospital to take treatment, and
will be operrted on this morning. For
several months she has not been feel
ing the best and it was-finally decided
that an operation would be necessary
lo give her the relief desired. Her
friends wiil anxiously await word as
to her condition.
TRAMPS ARE BECOMING
VERY OTEBGUS IN
THIS CITY EVERY DAY
During the past few weeks this city
lias apparently become the mecca for
what seems to be all the tramps and
floating: characters in the west, as
there is on an average about twenty
or twenty-five a day who put in their
appearance around town and keen
busy "panhandling" the citizens, as
well as making the rounds of the
homes cf the town seeking to secure
some aid in the way of food, and' a
great many of the housewives have
been bluffed into coming across with
a meal for the tramps, as they are
mostly a hard-looking bunch. There
are, of court-c, exceptions to the gen
eral rule, and. occasionally a real de
serving man can be found among them
Lo whom a little aid can be given with
the knowledge that it is well bestow
ed, but most of the men rounded up
here by the police seem to be profes
sional hoboes and are ready to take
advantage of the good nature of the
residents of the city. Each night the
men are rounded up by the police and
locked up in the city jail over night
to prevent their wandering over town,
and in the morning they are ordered
out of the city, but as fast as one set
leaves another comes drifting in to re
place them and thereby make things
rime lively in trying to rid the town
of them. In the spring there seems
to be a general movement of the float
ing population from the south north
ward. FIRE DESTROYS RESIDENCE
SOUTH OF THE COLUW
SCHOOL -LAST SATURDAY
Saturday afternoon shortly after 12
o'clock the sounding of the tire alarm
'startled a great many of the residents
of the city with the knowledge that
the residence of August Rocssler, in
the south part of the city was in
flames, and two calls were put in fo
a. id. Thes Roessler house is located on
V'atterscn avenue, in the south part of
the city, several blocks south of th
Columbian school, and as it was quite
a distance from town the fire had a
good start before the fire department
could reach the scene and lay the lines
rf hose to at'.emnt to save the home
from destruction. The fire was caused
by a defective flue and started in the
upper rooms of the house, and the
dames spread quite rapidly, as the
house is frame, and all efforts to check
them were fruitless, and as a result
-f the fire the structure was almost
reduced to ashes and only a small part
was left to tell the story. Mr. Roes
sler, with his family and neighbors,
wore able to get the greater part of
the household goods out of the house,
which will lessen the loss consider
ably. SENATOR JOHN M. TANNER.
OF SOUTH OfilAHA, HERE
Ofi BUSINESS YESTERDAY
from Friday's raily.
Yesterday afternoon the editor of
the Journal was given a most pleasant
stupiise when our old friend and
former associate in the state legis
lature, Senator John M. Tanner, of
South Omaha, dropped in fof a short
visit with us. Senator Tanner has
been one of the active leaders in the
iight against the annexation of South
Omaha to Omaha, and has been at
Lincoln a great deal this winter look
ing after the interests of his town.
He was in the city on business and de
cided to look up Col. Bates for a short
visit, which was very much enjoyed,
a-i it is always a pleasure to meet the
genial and gifted gentleman from
Souih Omaha. Mr. Tanner is the
editor of the Daily Democrat at South
Omaha and one of the leading editors
of the state, as well as one of the
democratic leaders of Dougdas county
and the eastern part of Nebraska. He
returned home last evening.
V.ra!tpv Schneider of Cedar Creek
as a visitor in the city today for a
lew houts looking after some matters
of business.
IN PLATTSMOUTII
FORTY YEARS AGO.
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Sam Barker shipped 15 carloads of
cattle last Monday.
Thomas Pollock, city councilman,
went east last week.
Alt White, merchant, goes west to
get tiie fresh air and hunt the ante
lope. Mrs. Strauss of St. Joseph, Mrs.
Julius Pepperberg's mother, is making
her daughter a visit.
Gecrge Mayfield waded and swam
to town Monday. The whole Platte
bottom was under water for a while
after the rain.
A brother of A. V. McLaughlin is
in the city for a few days visiting his
1 is brother; he leaves the last of the
week for New Mexico.
Tim Riordun, an old citizen of
Plattsmoutli, has returned here, and
goes west with Mr. Fitzgerald to aid
in their new railroad work.
Miss Ruby, formerly a teacher in
Plattsmouth, and who has recently
been teaching in Denver, has returned
to her home in Cass county.
The steamer Gen. Tompkins tied up
at Plattsmouth last Friday noon, and
took about 1,500 sacks of oats to be
taken to the mountains for govern
ment supplies; the oats were furnish
ed by Messrs. Conner, Parmele & Dar
rah, and Frank White, and were load
ed, in short order, so that the boat
proceeded on its way at night. The
Gen. Tompkins is a new boat making
its first trip; it was built in Pittsburg
and is an excellent boat for freighting
purposes; it is owned and operated by
parties in St. Louis.
There was a slight cutting affray
in town last Sunday evening. A Rock
Bluffs man got full of benzine and
went for Charley Brown. Charlie saw
a knife and backed off. Another col
ored gentleman who did not see the
knife pitched in and got cut badly.
Dr. Livingston's front gate and Dr.
Hall's slumbers bear witness to the
deadly nature of the affray. The pris
oner is in jail and the darkey is wear
ing court plaster. The doctors are
. crubbing out the office.
Mr. Lloyd wishes us to say that
for a distance of i miles of the road
between his house and PlajLtsmouth,
there is not a bridge' that a loaded
team can cross with safety, and in en
deavoring to bring grain to town a
man is sure to get stuck and break
something and employ help to get out.
The county commissioners have been
appealed to time and again for aid,
New Balmaccan raincoats in
brown mixtures; price
$6
remarkably low
Next Sunday morn
ing you should ap
pear at yotir best. This, is assured
by making your clothing selections
at this store, where' the stocks are
replete with the newest modes, cre
ated and designed by the geniuses
of the best American makers. . Kup
penheimer and Society Brand suits
are here for you in the new models;
smart weaves and patterns in all the
latest colorings. Prices range from
$20 to $35 '
Other Suits, special value $15 t $17.
See our windows now for style
ers in hats, shirts, neckwear,
Manhattan Shirts
withc'Ut anything being done as yet.
Mr. Lloyd says he don't see how a
man is to pay his exorbitant taxes, if
he can't haul his grain to town to get
the money.
The closing night of the Cetholic
festival last Thursday night was very
pleasantly spent. The band discoursed
excellent music, and the dancers dan
ced with old-time spirit. The tables
were well spread and well attended.
The voting for the silver set, etc.,
was annimated and spirited. The
beautiful silver set was won by Miss
Mary Phelen; she being voted the
most popular lady in the room, by 305
votes. Mr. O'Donahue received a
silver goblet for being the ugliest
looking man in town; he says he
thanks God that McDonagh wasn't
there, or he would have stood no
chance at all. The toal proceeds was
S250.
Proper Treatment for Biliousness.
For a long time Miss Lula Skclton,
Churchviile, N. Y., was bilious and
had sick headaches and dizzy spells.
Chamberlain's Tablets were the only
thing that gave her permanent relief.
Obtainable everywhere.
(
MRS. JOHN HATT EN
TERTAINS IN HONOR OF
MRS.. GEORGE SOUTH
The coxy home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hatt, on North Third street, was the
scene of one of the delightful social
events of the season Saturday after
noon, when Mrs. Hatt entertained a
number of young ladies, former mem
bers of the Grigg club, and two of
their High school instructors, at a
kensington, which was given in honor
cf Mrs. G2orge South of Lincoln, for-
merely Miss Ina Hatt of this city, and
who, with her husband and little
daughter have been visiting at the
home of her brother for the past few
days. Most of the guests brought
their fancy work and very industrious
ly plied the busy needle as they en
gaged in conversation and relating
some of their former club meetings.
At a convenient time a dainty lunch
eon was provided by the hostess, which
materially added to then leasures of
the afternoon.
A Specific Against Colds.
"If there is such a thing as a
fpecific 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
Youth's Companion. Be as careful as
you can you will occasionally take
cold and when you do you will find
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a great
help in enabling you to get rid of it.
Try it. 1 Obtainable everywhere.
gray and
to $10
point
etc.
Stetson Nats
BBHHSnaBBBS
H ,feCST If
WHEN a man
starts out to
buy a new Spring
hat he is likely to
want quick action
and sure results.
It is on that basis
that we are asking
you to come in and
get acquainted
with our new
Stetsons,
spring
Soft and Stiff new
blocks, colors, - shapes
and a really pleas
ing range of sizes.
PRICES
$3.50 to $10
New ties
every weeK
C. E. Wescott's Sons
Everybody's Store
tfaUiiiiliii'faiiiii
Secures Marriage License.
This morning a marriage license
was issued in country court to Mr.
Jesse E. Holka of South Bend and
Miss Sophie Weisheit of Elmwood.
These young people will be married
on Wednesday at the home of the
bride near Elmwood. They are both
well known in their home localities
and their friends will be pleased to
learn that they have decided to take
up life's journey together.
Why not get a Farm Loan, pay oT
all your small loans, get a low rate of
interest and a long time to pay?
T. II. POLLOCK.
Office in Telephone Bldg.
Plattsmouth.
Real Estate Loans and Insurance.
Glen Perry was among the farmer
isitors in the city Saturday after-
roon looking after some trading with
the merchants.
The new Stetson
Hats are here
