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Neb State Historical Soc
VOL. XXXIV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1915.
NEBRASKA NEEDS
ROADS AND INTER-
URBAN RAILWAYS
Nebraska Needs Better Highways and
Other Advanced Improvements in
Keep Up With Other States.
From 'Wednesday's Dally.
Two thing-s which Nebraska needs
above everything else in the way of
public improvement and development,
is better highways and the coming of
interurbans. We are far in the rear
among states in these two important
improvements.
This state is entitled to these im
provements because all other condi
tions are making a record for Ne
braska to attract both people and
capital, and yet in these modern ac
commodations of good roads and ease
of access to all localities through in
terurbans, we fall down in properly
presenting the state and its advant
ages. In addition to this, the people
of this state are losing much on their
own part through the failure to set in
motion the construction of permanent
highways and the unwise policy fol
lowed of making it impossible for
capital to come here for interurban
development.
States that have permanently paved
highway and states that have inter
urban lines, value them as their great
est assets. No locality that ever had
threaded through it a permanent high
way or a line of interurban railway
would part with it for double or treble
its cost. Interurbans and permanent
highways have made for California a
reputation the nation over. The two
are the great assets of that state, both ,
in the minds of its own people and in
the eyes of its visitors. The people of
California are proud of these two
great improvements; they have spent
millions of money in that way; they
do not hesitate to bond the state or
county to build permanent highways,
and instead of complaining of high
taxes they elevate their taxes at every
opportunity when the mor.ey so raised
goes into these permanent improve
ments. Every ranch cwner, every
orchardist in California knows that
the permanent highway through his
section adds a fixed value to his prop
erty far beyond its cost. In districts
where these improvements have not
yet reached, the people are ready and
waiting for the building and construc
tion of permanent highways. One of
the most interesting things in Cali
fornia is to see the way interurban
roads have devloped traffic, both
freight and passenger. These roads
will run for miles and nr.iles through
country districts, but wherever they
run, they develop a new and large
traffic that would not be were it not
for the interurban service.
One trouble with Nebraska is that
her people are too self-satisfied. They
fail to appreciate what good roads
would mean to this state and to prop
erty values; they fail to realize and
appreciate what interurban service
would do in bringing closer and closer
market privileges, in advancing prices
of land and in building the small coun
try towns into larger activity and life.
There ought to be men elected to
the next legislature in sufficient num
bers to overcome restrictions which
practically prohibit capital coming in
to this state for interurban investment
and the same kind of men in the legis
lature ought to open a way so that the
state itself can go into the work of
constructing permanent highways and
so that counties can do the same for
the money from 5 per cent bonds in
vested in permanent paved highways
in this state will bring back to the
people who issue the bonds, 20 per
cent in profit against 5 per cent in
terest that they might have to pay on
the securities issued. Lincoln Trade
Review.
Sarpy County Couple Wed.
From Wednesday" Dally.
George Sutton of Bellevue and Miss
Pearle McCrary of La Platte came
down this afternoon on No. 24 and
were united in the holy bonds of wed
lock at the court house by Judge Bee
son- They were accompanied by the
parents of the bride, who witnessed
the nuptials of the two happy young
people, and the bridal party spent n
few hours here, departing on the 4:15
Missouri Pacific for their home ;iear
Eellevue.
IN HONOR OF MISS KELLY'S
SEVENTEENTH BIRTHDAY
Sunday afternoon the S. S. club de
lightfully entertained in honor of the
seventeenth birthday of Edythe Kelly,
a member of the club. The affair was
in the nature of a picnic party, and
on the banks of the Old Muddy the
happy crowd whiled away the hours in
merrymaking. Many joyous sports
were participated in by the young
folks, boating and bathing being en
joyed for some time. At the close of
the afternoon a dainty luncheon was
served, and in the cool of the evening
they departed homeward, tired but
happy. As it is the custom of the
club when they separate, the guest of
honor was presented with a beautiful
birthday gift from the members of the
S. S. club.
THIS CITY FAVORED
WITH MEMBER OF NA
TIONAL COMMITTEE
Mrs. L. O. Miner of this city has
been appointed a member of the na
tional committee of the woman's sec
tion of the Navy League of the Unit
ed States to organize the local work
of that body in arousing the women of
the United States to the necessity in
the present days of stress and peril
to work for the ends of patriotism and
national defense. She will act in con
junction with a body of more than a
thousand of the most prominent wom
en in every section oi tne unrtea
States, numbering among them Mrs.
William Cuming Story, president gen
eral D. A. R.; Mrs. Daisy McLaurin
Stevens, president general Daughters
of the Confederacy; Miss Anne Mor
gan, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Mrs. George
Dewey, Mrs. A. P. Gardiner, Mrs.
George Lauder Carnegie, Mrs. Thomas
Edison, Mrs. George Harvey, Mrs.
Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Mrs.
Alexander Van Renslear, Miss Grace
M. Pierce, registrar of. the D. A. R.,
Miss Julia Marlowe and a host of
others.
MISS OLA KAFFENBERGER
SURPRISED LAST EVENING
From Tuesday's Tallv.
Last evening the Standard Bearers
gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Kaffenberger and very pleas
antly surprised Miss Ola, as she had
been the president of ttfiat society for
several years. The young folks gather
ed to bid their well loved friend fare
well, as she goes to Grand Rapids,
Iowa, to school. Many interesting
games were played and several songs
were sang. At a suitable hour dainty
refreshments were served by Mrs.
Elliot, Mrs. Kaffenberger and Mrs. E.
C. Hill, superintendent of the society.
The jolly crowd enjoyed some more
beautiful music by Miss Delia Frans,
and then departed with much regret
at losing their friend, but all declar
ing they had enjoyed themselves
greatly. Those present were: Misses
Berte, Zella Elliot, Delia Frans, Ethel
Lewis, Ruth Roman, Katie Fitchhorn,
Ina Dalton, Lotha Venscotter, Alice
Lister, Martha McCrary, Ola, Mina,
Gladys and Golda Kaffenberger, Betty
Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Kaffenberger,
Mrs. E. C. Hill, Mrs. Elliot and John
nie Kaffenberger.
SHERIFF QUINTON OFF TO
THE PEN WITH PRISONERS
From Tuesdays LaHv.
This morning Sheriff C. D. Quinton
departed for Lincoln, where he took
Clyde Moore and George Miller, the
two Union robbers, who will start in
on the serving of their sentence of
from one to ten years in the state
penitentiary, to which they were sen
tenced by Judge Begley under the in
derterminate sentence law of this
state. The sheriff was accompanied
by James Burnie, who will see that
the two men do not attempt to escape
en route from this city until they are
turned over to Warden Fenton at the
state penitentiary.
Everyone reads the want ads.
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
ALL THE WORK DONE
AT THE SAME TIME
From Tuesday's Dally.
There has been a great many resi
dents of the county who have desired
to have bridge work done in their own
immediate locality, and because of the
fact that the county commissioners
have not been able to reach them has
caused more or less comment as to the
failure to see that the bridge work
was carried out as desired, and in
these cases the county commissioners
are really not to blame, as they are
perfectly willing to have the work
done, but the county has been at a
heavy expense in the past year in
looking after this line of work, and
which makes it impossible at this
time to carry out further bridge work,
as it might be desired.
Last year and this year the county,
in carrying out the bridge work, was
compelled to expend in the neighbor
hood of $80,000 for bridge and culvert
work in the different precincts, and
while all of this is permanent work
and will not have to be done over very
soon, still it has required a great sum
of money that has depleted the funds
and caused the commissioners to be
compelled to proceed carefully in tak
ing up the work as requested. No one
knows better than the commissioners
how badly the bridge work is needed.
but they realize that at this time it
is almost out of the question to pro
ceed. From the bridge fund $68,500
was paid out, which included a trans
fer of $13,000 from the general fund
for this line, and in addition to this
$11,780 was used in the various com
missioners' funds to carry on the work
of putting in permanent culverts and
wherever possible culverts have been
used instead of bridges, but the wash
ing out of the bridges and culverts i
has run the figures up to a sum that
is quite f ormable. Those who may be
annoyed by the fact that their bridges!
are out should consider the position of
the commissioners and realize that
they are not in a position to rush into
the work of replacing them. !
DONATE SERVICES TO
COMMERCIAL CLUB
FOR BOOSTER DAY
The members of the base ball team
of this city have made a most pleas
ing offer to the Commercial club in re
gard to a Booster day, which comes
unsolicited and purely from the desire
of the ball team to assist in the up
building of the city. The offer was ac
cepted this afternoon at the meeting
of the directors of the club, and the
following letter will explain the pro
position: To the Board of Directors of the
Plattsmouth Commercial Club:
The management of the Red Sox
base ball club hereby proposes to the
Commercial club, that they proclaim
Commercial Club Day" and for that
day the ball team will tender their
services free of charge, and arrange a
pme with some neighboring team, the
receipts of the game to be turned over
to the Commercial club and used to
help defray the expense of the rest
room during the winter months. The
only expense to the club to be that of
the visiting team. The club is request
ed to solicit the co-operation of the
community at large, and if possible
secure the closing of all the business
houses and offices during the game,
that it may be given the most gen
erous support. Respectfully,
C. S. Johnson, Manager.
THEODORE STARKJOHH
IS IMPROVING NICELY
Theodore Starkjohn, who has been
ill for the past week suffering from
an attack of potamine poisoning, is
now reported as being a great deal
better and his family and friends feel
that his recovery is the matter of only
a short time. Mr. Starkjohn, has been
quite ill from his affliction and for
Eeveral days his condition was quite
severe, but - he seems to be on the
highway to recovery now.
Wall Paper. Gering & Co. Phone. 36.
JIM SAGE LEADING HORSE
BREEDER OF GASS COUNTY
From 'Wednesday' Dally.
Last night James W. Sage, the lead
ing breeder of fine horses in Cass
county, received from Lincoln one of
the finest specimens of horseflesh that
has ever been brought here, in the
shape of a pure blooded Percheron
stallion, "Lang," which he secured at
the state fair last week. The horse
was one of the finest animals exhibit
ed there and was secured by Mr. Sage
to replace the horse which died a few
weeks ago. The new horse is of a
elossy black in color and a beautiful
animal in every respect and tips the
scales at an even ton. The pedigree
of the horse, "Lang," shows him to be
one of the purest bred Percherons in
the country, and he will make a splen
did addition to the horseflesh of the
county.
MRS. FRANK GOBEL-
MAN IS SURPRISED
BY HER FRIENDS
From Wednesday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon as Mrs. r. K.
Gobelman was engaged in her house
hold duties, her home was invaded by
a number of her lady friends, and she
was made the victim of a most com
plete surprise. In some manner, un
known to Mrs. Gobelman, the ladies
had learned that yesterday was her
birthday anniversary, and they con
cluded she must celebrate this most
auspicious occasion in the proper man
ner, and immediately planned this sur
prise. When the merry company walk
ed in on Mrs. Gobelman she was sure
shocked, but soon recovered and pro
ceeded to entertain her guests.
Various amusements were indulged in
by the jolly ocmpany, which created
much merriment i and afforded them
much pleasure. As the guests
had gotten the best of Mrs.
Gobelman, she concluded to make it
even and brought some linen napkins
out which she had been wanting to
hem and had not had the time, and
requested the guests to hem them for
her. Consequently a portion of the
afternoon was spent in a very in
dustrious manner. When luncheon
time came the guests ransacked the
cupboards and pantries of the Gobel
man home for the wherewithal to
make up a luncheon, and being very
successful, a most excellent luncheon
was prepared and served at a conven
ient time. Mrs. Gobelman was pre
sented with a beautiful gold thimble
by the guests, which will assist her in
remembering this happy event. It
was a late hour when the ladies dis
persed, wishing Mrs. Gobelman many
more such happy birthdays.
WOULDN'T PAY LICENSE
AND GOT OUT OF TOWN
From Tuesday's Dall.
Yesterday a couple of women drift
ed into town from Omaha selling ar
ticles of linen and curtains, and had
just gotten a good start on their trad
ing when Chief Barclay interviewed
them and requested that they procure
a license before continuing their ped-
dline. but the price did not look good
to the ladies and they returned to
Omaha, disgusted with the occupation
tax ordinance. They had succeeded m
getting away with the stunt several
Limes, UUl tins lime ure tuici wo lad
ing for them and forced a showdown
HAS THE COUNTY SEAT OF
CASS BEEN REMOVED?
Frnra Wednesday's Dally.
This morning County Clerk Liber
shal received from Murdock a letter
which had been forwarded from that
place and which was addressed to the
"County Clerk of Cass County, Mur
dock, Nebraska." The letter was sent
from California and the name of the
lively little village of Murdock seems
to have spread to the coast, as the
county seat of Cass county, and the
party sending the -letter should have
looked into the matter more closely,
hwhen he would have found out his
mistake.
POLICE CALLED TO
ARREST DISTURB
ERS OF THE PEACE
From Tiiesday'c t)anr.
Last evening about 10:45 the police
were called down to the residence of
Mrs. Ella Huston, at the foot of Win
tersteen Hill, where it was reported
that two men were making quite a dis
turbance and occasioning the family a
great deal of alarm. The men were
rounded up and brought to the jail
and an effort was made to secure
some evidence from them, but with
out success. It was stated that the
men had been hanging around in the
locality of the Huston home at differ
ent times nd had followed the girls
of the family home last evening and
came up to the door and knocked and
attempted to secure entrance. This
morning an interperter was secured
and the two men, who are natives of
Russia, told their story. They claim
ed that they were desirous of renting
a part of the Huston house and had
understood that the second floor of
the building was unoccupied and this
had led them to make their call of in
quiry last evening, although the hour
was rather late for house-hunting.
The men were treated to a severe lec
ture and allowed to go free, but warn
ed not to be found in such a position
again.
THE REGULAR TURN
ING CLASSES START
AT GERMAN HOME
From Tuesday's Dally.
The regular turning classes started
last night at the German Home under
the tutorage of F. G. Dawson, the ef
ficient teacher of physical culture at
this hall. While it is a matter of re
gret that the city does not possess a
Y. M. C. A. for the physical develop
ment of the men, young and old, of
the city, this athletic organization
gives the opportunity for physical
culture that should meet the require
ments of anyone, and their equipment
is as good as most of the smaller Y.
M. C. A.'s. They have in the equip
ment of their physical culture depart
ment adjustable rings, parallel bars,
turning pole, horse, either side or
back, buck, sliding board, see-saw, lad
der for special work, as well as a
large assortment of Indian clubs,
dumb-bells, wands and other instru
ments that will tend toward the physi
cal betterment of those taking part in
the turning.
There will be a fast basket ball
team organized this year that will in
clude such good material as Larson,
Edwards, Beal, Arries and White, as
well as others who may join later.
If the young ladies desire a basket
ball team or gymnastic class, it will
be arranged for and will be held the
evenings that the members may find
the most convenient to all.
The boys' class starts at 7 o'clock,
Monday and Wednesday; hall open at
6:35; the active class at 8:30. The
hours of the girls and business men's
class will be determined later.
REMAINS OF MRS. OSBORH
BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL
This morning the body of the late
Mrs. G. W. Osborn arrived on No. 4
from Havelock, where she passed
away Sunday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Albert Dutton. Mrs.
Osbordn was a resident of this city
for many years and the news of her
death was received with the most pro
found regret by the old acquaintances
The body was taken to the Presby
terian church, where it lay in state
for a few minutes and a large num
ber of the old friends gathered to pay
their last tribute to their old friend.
The body was laid to rest in Oak Hill
cemetery.
Dance Saturday Night.
The T. J. Sokol society will hold a
social dance on Saturday evening, Sep
tember 18th, and the general public is
cordially invited to be present. Re
member the date and be present to en
joy a real good time.
PLATTSMOUTH COUPLE MAR
RIED IN OMAHA YESTERDAY
From Wednesday's Dally.
Yesterday in Omaha occurred the
marriage of two of Plattsmouth's
young people, Mr. Amie Finder and
Miss Louise Hanasek. The young peo-
pleple stealing a march on their
friends, departed yesterday morning
for Omaha, and securing the neces
sary license were united there in wed
lock. Both of the young people are
well known in this city, where they
have made their home for almost their
entire lifetime, and their marriage
will be the occasion of much pleasure
to their friends. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hanasek and the groom is employed
in the Burlington shops in this city.
THE "COMMERCIAL
CLUB BOOSTER GAME"
WILL SURE BE A GO
The Booster Base Ball Day, which
has been arranged through the gen
erous offer of the members of the Red
Sox team, seems to have struck a
most responsive chord in the members
of the Commercial club, and every ef
fort will be made to make the oc
casion one of the biggest events of its
kind seen in this city. It is expected
now to hold Commercial Club Base
Ball Day on next Wednesday after
noon, if possible, and to have the busi
ness houses close and everyone attend
the game, the proceeds of which will
go to maintainance of the rest room
for the ladies, located in the Hotel
Riley block. The following letter has
been sent to the Base Ball association
by the Comercial club:
Plattsmouth, Sept. 14, 1915.
C. S. Johnson, Manager Red Sox Base
Ball Club:
The board of directors of the Com
mercial club are in receipt of the
voluntary and very generous offer of
the ball team to tender their services
for a game to be arranged and known
as "Commercial Club Booster Game."
We accept the offer with thanks and
assure you that it is very much ap
preciated. The business houses and
offices of the city will be requested to
close during the game, so that it may
have the patronage it deserves. And
in compliance with your request the
proceeds of the game will be used in
the rest room fund. Respectfully,
Board of Directors,
T. H. Pollock, Secretary.
ENTERTAINS FOR
MRS. JOE LAKE OF
TACOMA, WASH.
C.AM TTt..aaiF'a llaflV
C I UIU CU licouaj v j
At her pleasant home on Winter-
steen Hill, Mrs. Henry Ofe delightful
ly entertained a number of old friends
and neighbors for Mrs. Joe Lake, of
Tocoma, Wash., who is visiting in this
citv. The afternoon was very pleas
antly spent in social conversation,
Mrs. Lake telling of the many Platts
mouth people located at Tacoma. At
6 o'clock a delicious dinner was served
bv Mrs. Ofe. which was very much
appreciated by the guests. A few
moments devoted to a little further
social time and then the guests de
narted for their homes, having thor
oughly enjoyed themselves and very
glad to have had the opportunity of
beine with Mrs. Lake sprain, and ex
tended their warmest thanks to Mrs.
Ofe for the splendid afternoon afford
ed them. Those who enjoyed Mrs.
Ofe's hospitality on this occasion
were: Mesdames M. Whelan, J. Wrey
rich. W. Herold. P. H. Fields, H. S.
Barthold, G. Lushinsky, J. Schulhof,
M. Lutz, W. Ofe, W. Haffke,' W.
Budig, K. W. Halter, II. Rivere of
Omaha, Miss Muriel Barthold and
Miss Lutz.
New Son la Born.
A fine new son and heir made its
appearance on Sunday, September 5th,
at the hone ' of Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Todd, west of this city, and the little
man, as well as the delighted mother,
are getting along nicely, and the fath
er is as happy as it is possible to be.
Everyone reads the want ads.
TRAVELERS WHO
GO WESTWARD
FOR PLEASURE
The Burlington People Receiving Much
Favorable Comment From the
Traveling Public.
Travelers who are visiting the Pa
cific coast this year and who go the
northern route to Seattle and Port
land, if they are ticketed over the Bur
lington, find a real feature of enjoy
ment, if they have their tickets read
Portland to San Francisco via the
ocean route.
There is nothing in a journey to the
coast to compare in interest and
pleasure with the two days on the Pa
cific from Portland to San Francisco,
especially when that trip is made on
one of the two splendid boats, operat
ed by the Great Northern Steamship
company as a part of the through
Burlington system. The two magnifi
cent beats in this service ure rightly
called "The Palaces of the Pacific."
They are as fine boats as one can find
anywhere with the exception of a few
of the largest Atlantic liners. After
three days' overland travel, to switch
from the train to the steamship and
to find on the steamship that your
comfortable state room and the splen
did meals served are all a part of the
regular ticket fare without extra cost,
is one of the pleasant surprises that
Burlington service gives to its patrons.
The entrance into the Golden Gate by
way of this line of steamers, gives an
impression of the great harbor on the
Pacific coast and of San Francisco it
self that would not be secured in a
week's running about on land after
reaching the city. Tourists going by
other routes to California have these
same ocean accommodations if they
are fortunate enough to ticket home
ward by the Great Northern and the
Burlington.
Another feature of Burlington serv
ice that is receiving much favorable
comment, is the fact that when people
coming from the coast who are ticket
ed from Denver eastward over the
Burlington to Chicago, they find at
Salt Lake City a special tourist con
ductor who at once looks after the in
terests of tourist and standard car
travelers and who is a bureau of in
formation and assistance to those in
the cars routed over the Burlington
from the time he meets them at Salt
Lake City until he bids them good-bye
at Chicago.
Here is a little special service, small
in itself, but great in the pleasure
and satisfaction that it gives to
travelers. There are so many jeople
who carry anxiety along with them
on their way, who wonder about trans
fers and stop-overs and such features.
who always have many inquiries to
make in order to put themselves at
ease and in comfort and this special
tourist conductor who travels with
Burlington passengers from Salt Lake
eastward, is a feature in that road's
service which cannot be too highly
commended. It is things like these,
unexpected additions in the way of as
sistance to travelers, that count in the
largest way in giving satisfaction to
the public and in giving the road in
augurating them words of commenda
tion that in business results, reach far
into- the future. Lincoln Trade Re
view. PASSES THROUGH A SUC
CESSFUL OPERATION
The operation which was jerformed
yesterday upon Mrs. B. F. Crook at
the hospital in Omaha setms to have
been successful as far as could be de
termined last evening by the attend
ing physicians, and the patient seems
to have stood it in good shape, though
of course the effect will be hard to
determine until several days have
elapsed, but the family and friends are
hopeful that it will prove successful
and that Mrs. Crook will be returned
to her home here relieved of her af
fliction from which she has Buffered
for a number of years.
Cole's Hot Blast Heaters make a big
reduction in your coal bill see their
advertisement and guarantee.
G. P. EASTWOOD.