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VOL. XXXIII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAV, APRIL 2(
NO. 84.
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THE COfflERCIAL
CLUB HOLD ITER
ESTINSj MEETING
New Officers Elected, and the raving
Proposition and Matter of a Fourth
of July Celebration DiscuKsed.
From Friday's Daiiy.
Several surprising change were
made last evening at the meeting -f
the Plattsmouth Commercial club t.t
Coates' hall, and among these was
the resignation of President E. J
Richey and Secretary J. I. Falter
who pleaded that their interest J would
not permit them giving to the flub the
interest that they should, and for that
reason they desired to have someone
else selected to look after the guiding
of the club during the coming year
r o.r tne onice ot president tni mem
bers of the club unanimously selected
Mr. E. H. Wescott, who since the or
ganization of the club has seived as
the secretary for a number of years
:.nd has always taken the keenest in
xerest in tne wenare oi tne tusmess
life of the city. Mr. Wescott stated
to the club that his own business, as
Well as his health would not permit
him to engage as extensively in the
club work as he miirht desire, bit that
if these would be overlooked by the
club members he would take up the
work laid out for him, but rather with
a feeling: that someone else should
have taken up the position. Tie feel
ing expressed by the members of the
club present was that the newly-elect-cd
president should not be cllow-id
to net -out of the job, and aecoidingiy
he was compelled to accept th- jKsi
tion. Following the remarks xf Mr. Wes
ctt. Secretary Falter inform.nl the
members of the orge nidation that ho.
through the press of business affairs,
was finding it impossible to devote Lo
the secretaryship the proper attention
and asked that the club select another
of their number- to tike up the work.
Mr. Falter took the occasion to place
in nomination for the office T. II. Pol
lock, and the election of this gentle
man came without a dissenting voice.
The newly elected secretary stated
that while he greatly appreciated the
honor tendered him, he .would have
preferred that somec ne else had been
drafted for the office, but promised to
see that in the future he would devote
as much of his time as was possible
to the work of advancing the interests
of the club and of the city. !
Retiring President liithey announc
ed that the committee on paving had
had under consideration for some
time the proposition of havit-g the
r.venues of the city paved and had se
cured blue prints of the work, as
veil as the cost of ai: eighte n-foot
pavement through the center of the
avenues, and that these blue prints
would be found accurate. The cost to
the city for the paving of the inter
sections would not be great. The pav
ing as projected was a strip of re
enforced concrete eighteen feet wide,
which would run on Chicago avenue
from the intersection on Pearl street
to Gold street; on Washington avenue
from Vine street to the Missouri Pa
cific depot, and on Lincoln avenue
from Third street to Patterson avenue
at the south end of the shops. The
cost would be more than repaid by the
improvement in the streets, Mr.
Richey stated. The matter was dis
cussed for a few minutes. J. H. Mc
Maken was of the opinion that a
special levy should be made by the
city to permit them to carry on the
work of paving the intersections along
these avenues if the work was- to be
gotten under way.
President Wescott. on assuming the
chair, expressed his appreciation of
the efforts of the outgoing o.fieers of
the club in their labors of the year
just closed. lie also urged that there
be a more hearty co-operation of the
citizens in the work of the Commer
cial club. Mr. Wescott stated that
the club was not the property of the
men doing business on Main street,
but that it belonged .o every citizen in
Plattsmouth, and it was his earnest
desire to see enrolled and working in
the ranks every believer in a better I
city, whether it was a business man
or artisan, and that all had an equal
right to express themselves on the
guiding of the affairs of the club in
the promotion of the best interests of j
the city. The affairs of the club should
be presented and placed before the
public so as to demonstrate the fact
that it was an organizutioH for the
common welfare of the citv. lie ask
ed that business men forget any small
differences that might arise Mid put
their efforts toward securinir better
results in the work of the club, and
that the men who labored in the shop:
or in any industry join hand- in the
efforts for the uplifting of the city.
The speaker stated that he hoped to
see larger attendance at the meet
ii.gs, which were open to all, and to
have a free and impartial discussion
of all questions that came up for con
sideration from time to time in the
club. Mr. Wescott -also-remarked that
he had noticed that mention had been
made for the holding of a Fourth of
July celebration, and he desired to
have the expression of a number of
the members on the subject.
William Ha relay stated that on the
Fourth of July celebration idea, he
looked at it from a business stand
point, and that if the people of the
town anu surrounding country were
compelled to go to some other town
to find their amusements they would
also likely choose to go to these places
to trade. lie thought that the busi
ness men of the community owed it to
their patrons and friends to give them
an entertainment and thought that
the people expected and were entitled
io it, and that a Fourth of July cele
bration would be the right line lo go
after.
Mr. Ilichey favored securing a goo:
live man to look after the interests of
the city and to promote the different
projects that might be brought for
ward to aid in developing the city and
the business interests. There was lots
of opportunity for goc.d work. Mr.
Richey stated and he thought the
business men should be willing to con
tribute to a fund to secure a man for
the position that would place the mat
ter in the proper light before the peo
ple of the city. One of the things
that retarded the development of the
town was the fact, Mr. Richey stated.
cf the ignorance of the common peo
ple of the moves that other towns in
the state had made.
Mr. McMaken stated that he
thought that someone not a resident
f the city shou'd be secured for the
position, as they could tmd a better
espouse from the residents than
could be found in anyone who had
made their home here, as the citizens
did not seem to take to the advice
md work of a home man as readily a -
that of a stranger.
Mr. Richey, in continuing on the
paving proposition, stated that alter
figuring the -proposition out, he had
leached the conclusion that the city
tnd taxpayers would in the end save
i great deal of money in the curbing
and guttering and paving if, instead
of the present melliod of placing a
cuib and gutter, they would put in a
.'ingle curb and then pave the entire
street, as the work would not co.-t
more than twice as much as the prev ent
cuib and gutter, and would do
:iwav with the troubles over the tin-
naved streets. He favored the use of
concrete navinc as it was fully a
ood a? any. and where tried had
1 een found successful.
In speaking of the load question,
Mr. Falter pointed out the obstacles
that lay in the way of the county com
missioners in doing the amount of
road work that might be asked, as
the law did not permit them to make
a levy sufficient to really care for the
reeds of the county. lie pointed out
that in Knox county they had over
come this difficulty by the precincts
themselves voting a special tax of 50
cents an acre on their land, and which
allowed the raising of enough money
to permit the roads in the precincts
to be kept up in the proper shape.
Unless this relief was afforded it was
a hard matter to accomplish anything
ir the road work.
The club also decided to secure the
Parmele theater for the use of the old
soldiers for the Decoration day serv
ices on Monday, May "1.
Gypsies Pass Through.
From Friday's Bally.
A regular old-time caravan of
gypsies passed through the city this
afternoon headed for the east. The
occupants of the different wagons,
with their gaudy colored costumes and
general aspect of dirtiness attracted
a great deal of attention. Several of
the women in the party made a scout
ing trip along the street, seeking to
find those Who desired to have their
fortunes told.
Files Suit to Quiet Till-.
f'rnn' Fridav raii v
This morning a suit was filed in the
district court entitled Joseph Skalak
and Wiliim V nn v. . Joseph Mc
Creary, t-t al. This is a r.uit to quiet
title and involves property owned by
the" plaintiffs in the south part of the
city in that section known for many
years as "Hillingstown." A. L. Tidd
appears as attorney for tin; plaintiffs.
GROWING SENTIENT
IN FAVOR OF GUTTERING
NORTH FIFTH STREET
From Friday's Dai' v.
There seems to lie a growing senti
ment among a large number of the
residents of the north part of the city
that one of the next steps in tht way
of public improvements should be that
of the curbiii" and guttering of North
Fifth street in order that this street
of handsome homes can compare
favorably with that of Sixth and
Third streets, both of which have been
curbed and guttered and placed in
first-class shape. This is one of the
principal streets of the city and
touches on the streets that have in
the iiast three years been imm-oved
and placed in an up-to-date condition
by either paving or curbing and gut
tering, and the fixing up of Fifth
street woi' Id certainly add greatly lo
the appearance of the citv in ireneral
.md prove a good advertisement for
our town with the strangers who
come here from other points, either
to visit or to make their home here.
would eliminate the guilies on
either side of the street that wa.-h
out as the result of rain storms, ana
'How the residents to fix their street
i.p in a manner that it .houM be and
avoid the washing down on the paved
streets of the mud and debris that at
present makes it an expense to the
city to keep cleaned up. The residents
of that section of the city are well
ble to have the work carried out and
it certainly would be an improvement
that would be lasting. Let the good
work be pushed until this street is
made into as neat appearing a thor-
uusrhfare as the city boasts of.
REV. LOU GAGE, FORMERLY
OF THIS CITY, FORGING TO
From Friday's Iaily
The friends in this city of Rev. Lou
Wallace Cade, former pastor of the
Presbyterian church here, will be
pleased to learn of his advancement
and success in his new charge at Vir
ginia, Minnesota as the following
from the Daily Enterprise of that
c:ty shows:
The Cleveland avenue Presbyterian
ihureh of Virginia
yesterday com
pleted a membership campaign that
wi!l I,loi,aljl' ta,uJ
as a record in
northern Minnesota, when with the re
ception of 1" new members at the
morning service it reached the com-
pletement of 100 members received in
three months, since the beginning of
the pastorate of the Rev. Lou Wallace
Cade, D. D.
The attendance at the church taxes
its capacity and worshipers have
been turned away at both the morn
ing and evening services for several
weeks. A new church will be neces
sary to accommodate the needs of the
congregation within the present year
at the rate of growth now being
manifested.
Easter music, Easter flowers and
two fine sermons by the pastor made
yestei day's services at the Cleveland
Avenue Presbyterian church especial
ly enjoyable.
Mrs. Morgan Very Low.
From Saturday s Dalh.
Mrs. Miles Morgan is quite ill at
her home in this city and her condi
tion is such as to cause her family
a great deal of apprehension and
worry. Mrs. Morgan has been in very
poor health for the past year and does
not seem to improve, as it was hoped
j he would, and has steadily grown
weaker. The serious condition of this
most estimable lady certainly will be
learned of with the greatest regret by
her many friends here, who have
known her for so many years.
THE DEATH OF A
TRUSTY PO LIC EM Ail
OF PLATTSMOUTH
John Fitzpatriek, Former Merchants'
Police in This City, Dies in
Omaha Hospital.
From Saturday's Dull v.
A message was received this morn
ing by August Bach, jr., from the St.
Catherine hospital in Omaha an
nouncing the sad fact that the doctors
at the hospital hail abandoned all hope
lor the recovery of John Fitzpatriek.
formerly merchants police of this city,
and that his life was measured by
only a few hours. The patient, who
has apparently been in i.hout the same
condition as when taken to the hos
pital, suddenly developed a change for
the worse and the unmistakable
nature of his affliction cancer of the
itomach made itself apparent. The
message was a severe blow to the
friends of this worthy gentleman, who
had been hoping that perhaps their
old friend would be preserved to them
for a number of years yet. Up to a
few weeks ago Mr. Fitzpatriek was
constantly on duty until the inroads
of the disease caused him to be com
pelled to abandon Ids duties as a
guardian of the peace. In his service;
to the city Mr. Fitzpatriek has cer
tainly done his duty at all times and
under all circumstances.
This afternoon shortly after the
i.oon hour, a message was received
that the end had come to 7dr. Fitz
pu trick and that his suffering was at
an end. This closes the career of one
who has been a member of the Platts
mouth police force almost continuous
ly for the past twenty-five years, anil
:i Tjun: faithful iBemliM--of . tlie force
this city has never had in its service.
Mr. Fitzpatriek was a native of
Ireland and came to America when a
young man and lived in a number of
eastern cities before coming to Platts
mouth some thirty years ago. He
leaves to mourn his death a son, John
Fitzpatriek. jr., of this city, and one
daughter, Nellie, an invalid, who has
been at a hospital in Council Bluffs
fcr the past few years. Mr. Fitz
patriek was 70 years of age at the
time of his death. There has been no
definite arrangements made as to the
funeral, but it is expected to bring his
body here for burial beside that of his
wife.
THE ELKS TO INAUGUR
ATE A SYSTEM OF LAND
SCAPE GARDENING
From Friday's Daily.
In keeping with a policy of making
their property an object of pride to
the city, the Elks' lodge has decided
to inaugurate a system of landscape
gardening that will add greatly to the
surroundings of their handsome club
house on North Sixth street. On the
north side of the building several
plants of the creeping ivy have been
planted that will be trained to climb
the walls of the building and add to
the appearance of that portion of the
structure. Several large window and
porch boxes will be added to the gen
eral decorative scheme, as outlined,
and flowering plants and ferns will be
used in making the exterior of the
building one of harmony and beauty.
There will be several large hanging
baskets placed on the porches that
will be filled with flowering plants
which will, when in bloom, display the
colors of the order, purple and white,
and make a striking picture of beauty..
The grounds surrounding the club
house will be sown to grass and care
devoted to develop a handsome lawn.
This will certainly be a step in the
right direction and add much to the
appearance of that section of the city.
Fine Hogs.
From Saturday's Dally.
J. C. Knabe of Nehawka, one of the
largest hog raisers of Cass county,
marketed a load of Chester "Whites
this morning that landed at $7.40, the
day's best price. They averaged 251
pounds. Drovers' Journal-Stockman.
Subscribe lor The Journal
Secures Marriage License.
From Saturday's Dally.
This morning the marriage license
department of the county judge's of
fice issued a license; -."ti Joseph E
Rudolph of Otoe county and Mi:
Tear T. Estes of Eagle. The af-
ncavit lor tne license was sent m
from Eagle, where the wedding will
.r , j i I ..1
i e periormeu at trie nome oi tne
L ride. Loth of the young people are
well known in their home communities
and the news of their coming mar
riage will be mo:t pleasing to their
host of friend:':. The groom-to-be is
a young farmer residing across the
coui.ty line in Otoe county.
C. C. WESCOTI 1SB1SSES
COHBREGATIOHAL BROTHER
HOOD it ran mm
The l!rotherhood of the Congrega
tional church held their regular
monthly social meeting Tuesday even
ing in the dining room of the church
A large group of men and boys as
sembled, the special feature being the
presence of the boys as guests of the
members of the Brotherhood. The
banquet served by the ladies was par
excellence and was very much enjoyed
by all present. Five new members
were received, which brings the mem-
ership well up toward the hundred
mark. Mr. C. C. We-vott of Platts
mouth was the speaker. His subject
was. "The Investment of Life." lie
spoke of the fact that ten men win
a competency by investing wisely
their small savings, where one gets
rich by speculation. He drew a pic
ture of an ideal young man at 10 and
then gave a study of his investments,
his time, his body, his mind, and his
soul. lie presented a very clear and
broad conception of life and all pres
ent felt that life was something very
greatly worth while. Mr. Wescott
made many warm friends for himself
and his ideas and we hope that he
will come again soon. ,
The program committee have some
thing good in the planning for the
next social meeting, which will be the
last until September. Weeping Wa
ter Republican.
PI
CELEBRATE THE GLORIOUS
FOURTH THIS YEAR?
From Saturdays TalTr.
There is beginning to be some
agitation of the question of holding a
Fourth of July celebration, and this
i.-, certainly the time to begin to get
busy to insure a complete success.
As was well said by one of our prom
inent citizens, the residents, not only
of the city, but the surrounding coun
try, look forward to Plattsmouth
having at least one day of entertain
ment for their people, and the resi
dents of the county, and there would
be no more appropriate occasion than
the Fourth in which to invite here the
farmers and their families to spend
file day with us and enjoy the hos
pitality of the city. The amount of
money could easily be raised if the
Commercial club secures a live com
mittee to handle the matter and pre
pare a program of entertainment for
the visitors.
There is no doubt but that the resi
dents of the county like to come to
this, the largest town of the county,
and we are always glad to welcome
them at any time, and by preparing a
suitable program of entertainment
should make the day a splendid suc
cess in every way possible. Let us
aeitate the matter and hear from our
citizens on the matter, both business
men .and the rank and file of the peo
ple, who have a right to be heard on
this subject. It is the intention to try
and secure an expression on this sub
ject, and the meeting of the Commer
cial club next month should be attend
ed by those who favor the holding of
the celebration, as at this time the
matter can be settled, and it is up
to those who desire to see some move
in this direction to be present and aid
in their work and advice.
Dr. E. W. Cook was a visitor in
Omaha yesterday, where he syent the
day with his son, Harris, at the Im
manuel hospital, where the young man
isetting along nicely from an opera
tion for appendicitis.
DOINGS IN THE
DISTRICT COURT
UP TO SATURDAY
The Telephone Case From Elmwood
Decided in Favor of Charles Qtiinn
Two Divorces (Granted.
From Saturday's Daily.
Yesterday afternoon the jury in the
case of the Lincoln Telephone & Tele
graph Co. vs. Charles Quinn, which
had been occupying the attention of
the district court for the past two
lays, returned a verdict finding for
the defendant. The case was appealed
to the district court from the court
of Justice Neihart at Elmwood, where
the telephone company obtained a
judgment for the sum of $11. (0, with
nterest from December 31, 1913, and
the decision of the jury reverses that
of the lower court.
The plaintiff claimed that the sum
of $11.C0 was due them for telephone
rentals for a telephone at the farm
home of Mr. Quinn, as well as at his
residence in Elmwood, and this was
denied by the defendant, who set forth
that he had refused to accept the tele
phone installed in his farm home on
line No. 5 out of Elmwood, and had
so notified the company; that the in
strument placed in his house had been
an old, out-of-date make and had
been placed in the residence without
his knowledge and consent and was in
stalled by the employes of the plain
tiff during his absence. He had re
fused to pay the rental on the 'phone
from May 13 to December 31, 1913.
i-nd so notified the company. He had
also maintained a telephone in the
residence of his mother in Elmwood,
and in September, 1913, notified the
tlephone company to either fix the
telephone in his farm home so that he
could use it or have both telephones
taken out.
In the matter of the application of
Emma O. Pettit for a decree of di
vorce from Frank J. Pettit, the court,
after hearing the evidence of the
plaintiff, granted the decree as prayed
for. The cause alleged is that of
cruelty.
A decree of divorce was also grant
ed to Janie McGee from John McGee,
on the ground of desertion and non
rvpport. and the none-appearance of
the defendant entered and decree is
sued. The court adjourned yesterday aft
ernoon until Monday at 9 o'clock,
when the case of James L. Wiles vs.
Solomon C. Keckler will be called for
ti ial before the jury.
SERIOUS AGCIOENT AT
Last Sunday evening a runaway ac
cident occurred when the rig occupied
by Miss Ruth Bailey and Mr. Apple
man ran away. When near the
Christian church in some manner
the lines got caught and while Mr.
Appleman was attempting to loosen
them the team became frightened and
started to run. They had gained con
siderable speed, and when near the
Roettger home Miss Bailey jumped
from the buggy, and in doing so sus
tained a badly broken ankle. She was
taken to the Roettger home, where
her injuries were given medical at
tention. Mr. Appleman was unable to stop
the team, and thinking the team
would dash into the stone bridge, he
idso jumped from the buggy and for
tunately received no injuries.
The team continued to run until
they reached the O. M. Ward place,
when one of the horses fell down and
they became entangled in the harness.
Mr. Ward succeeded in getting the
horses straightened out. The buggy
was somewhat damaged.
Miss Bailey was taken to her home
at Alvo and according to the last re
port was getting along nicely. Elm
wood Leader-Echo.
William A. Robertson and wife de
parted this morning for Fremont,
where they will attend the funeral of
the father of Mrs. Robertson, Judge
E. F. Gray, who passed away yester
day at his home in Sioux Falls, S. D.
T
TARTSCH CULLED
TO FINAL REST
Passes Away at Her Home in This
Cify After an Illness of Several
Years' Duration.
Peacefully and gently, ui her home
:n this city yesterday afternoon, Mrs.
August Tartsch fell asleep to awaken
no more upon this earth, and the end
came as gently to her wearied spirit
as her life had been gentle and loving
to those with whom she met. For
years Mrs. Tartsch has been in very
poor health and for several weeks her
condition has been quite serious, but
the end was without warning, as only
a short time before she had been con
versing with her family and seemed
really better than for several days
and had just laid down to rest when
summoned to her Maker.
Mrs. Tartsch was born in Hanover,
Germany, July 7, 1838, and spent her
girlhood in that country, later coming
to America and located in Wisconsin,
where, on April 1(1, 1803, she was
united in marriage to Mr. August
Tartsch, and it was just a few days
past two years ago that these two
estimable people celebrated their gold
en wedding and their wedded life has
been one of happiness to both, and
the taking of the wife and mother
home has been the first cloud on a
most loving home life of both the par
ents and children, and the grief and
sorrow at the taking away of the wife
and mother has been most intense.
Mr. and Mrs. Tartsch came to
Plattsmouth some thirty-seven years
ago and have since made their home
here, where they have been among our
most respected citizens. To the
broken-hearted husband and children
the sympathy of the community will
be extended in this their bitter hour
of parting, and in their grief the chil
dren can look back in memory to a
mother's love of rare Christian virtue
and love that holds a promise of a
meeting in another land some day.
Besides the husband, four children
H. H. Tartsch of Sioux City, George
Tartsch and Miss Delia Tartsch of
this city and Mrs. Charles Thorn-
berg of Sioux City are left to mourn
the passing of Mrs. Tartsch, as well
as one granddaughter, jvnss Alice
Thornberg. Mrs. Thornberg is in San
Francisco at present, having spent the
winter there, and will not be able to
reach here for the funeral services.
which will be held at the home tomor
row afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. J. H. Steger. The casket will
be opened at the home from 10 o'clock
to 1 p. m. for the friends to take a
last farewell.
IMPROVING THE OLD
SHERWOOD BUILDING
ON MAIN STREET
From Friday's Dally.
Carl Kunsmann, the owner of the
building occupied by Frank H. Dun
bar with his pool hall, is making some
very extensive improvements in the
building that will add greatly to the
structure and make it one of the hand
somest on Main 6treet. He is having
the second floor remodeled and ex
pects to make his home there as soon
as the work is completed, which will
require some time. The changes will
make a most comfortable home for
Mr. and Mrs. Kunsmann, who recently
disposed of their residence property
on West Locust street, and they will
locate here where it will be handier
to the business section of the city. A
new modern heating plant is also to
be installed in the building, which will
contribute greatly to the comfort of
the occupants during the winter
months.
For Sale,
Eggs for hatching and day-old
chicks from Single Comb Rhode Is
land Reds. Eggs, $1.00 per 13, $5.00
per 100; chicks, 10c each. Special
matin? prices upon request.
A. O. Ramge,
Route 1, Plattsmouth, Neb.
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