MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 191.'.'
PAGE 2.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLT JOURNAL.
FORMER CASS
COUNY VETERAN
' DIES IN FLORIDA
Curtis Moore Passed Away at Home
of His Son, in Florida, on Satur
day, September 25.
From Saturday's Dally. ...
Another of the old-time resident? of
Plattsmouth has been called away
from his family aid frierJs by the
messenger of death, and with his
passing another of the old soldiers
who fought for their country during
the civil war, has answered the r1
call of those, who will com.e no more.
Curtis Moore died at the home of his
son, L. A. Moore, at Stemper, Florida,
on Saturday, September 25th. He was
born near Mechanicsburg, Ohio. No
vember 9. 1830, and was married to
Miss Emily Garwood oh February 22,
1853, and for a great many years
these worthy people made their home
here in Plattsmouth, where the old
friends will regret greatly to learn of
the death of Mr. Moore in his far
away Florida home.
Mr. Moore died very suddenly on
Saturday of last week of acute in
digestion and was buried in "Wood
lawn cemetery at Yampa, Florida, on
Sunday, with services by the Yampa
G. A. R., which were very beautiful
and impressive. The casket was draped
with the flag he loved so well, and
covered with the lovely roses he had
watched grow and bloom in the little
spot where the Moore family have
made their home. Thus passed from
view the form of one whose whole life
had been that of devotion and loving
sacrifice. The death of this worthy
gentleman has been a severe blow to
his son and daughter-in-law, who have
been looking after the care of the
aged man. and in speaking of his life
Mr. L. A. Moore has prepared a short
outline of his career here in Ne
braska: "As the sun went down one bleak
evening in October, 1855, two covered
wagons, one of which contained my
father and mother and two babies
(myself and sister arrived in Bethle
hem, Iowa, just as the ferry had
made its last trip for the night to the
JN'ebraska shore, so they were obliged
to pass a weary night before crossing
over into the new eden cf Nebraska,
thus becoming true pioneers of Platts
mouth, which at that time contained
only twenty houses all told. Except
for one year's residence in Weeping
Water, cne year of mining in Colo
ratio, three years and four months in
the army and six months in Missouri
in 18i)5, he resided in Plattmouth. He
was an employe of the B. & M. R. R
for more than thirty-five years, being
pattern-maker for many years. In
190'J he laid to rest his companion for
over fifty-five years, and in 1912 he
said good-bye to Nebraska and moved
to the southland, locating at Stemper,
Florida, to pioneer again; coming
literally to the wilds. Since which
time he has been able to eat of the
fruits grown on the land he helped
clear and prepare for the trees, as
follows: Grape fruit, guava. pineap
ple, peaches, figs, strawberries,
grapes, bananas, not a full crop of all
of these, but the berries and bananas,
etc. While at his age his death could
not be unexpected, we had hoped he
would be spared to us for several
years longer, to sit under the lovely
blooming vines and in the shade of the
big clumps of bamboo and enjoy the
fruits and flowers of this genial
climate he had loved so well. Al
though far away, we felt that there
were many friends in Plattsmouth
who would be interested in any
changes in our family."
GOLDYE AND GLADYS CELE
BRATE THEIR BIRTHDAY
SPECIAL TRAIN TO OMAHA
WEDNESDAY EVENING
From Saturday's Dally
In addition to the Burlington
special train to the Ak-Sar-Ben elec
tric parade on Wednesday evening,
which leaves here at 7 o'clock in the
evening, the tram known as ine
Creston special will stop here at 7:52
a. m. en route to the metropolis. This
train will take the greater part of the
Iowa sightseers to the big parade. It
will start from Villisca at 5:40 a. Al
and is scheduled to reach Omaha at
8:30 a. m. Returning the train leaves
at 10:30 p. m., shortly ahead of the
Plattsmouth special, which is schedul
ed out at 11 o'clock.
Vrnm ("turflT'l DI1.
Goldie and Gladys Kaffenberger
celebrated their fourteenth birthday
anniversary by entertaining ten of
their friends at a picnic Friday after
noon. After school they met at their
home. Securing their well filled bas
kets they wended their way to the
grounds where they had selected a
place for their picnic- After arriving
there they played games until they
thought it was time to see what the
baskets contained. The delicious lunch
was very much enjoyed by all. They
then spent a little while more in play
ing games. On their way home they
all concluded they would spend a pleas
ant hour at the picture show. Those
present were: Misses Pauline Bajeck,
Janet Bajeck, Mildred Schlater, Nellie
Mae Cowles, Jeanette Weber, Helen
Egenberger, Helen Johnson, Clara
Rainey, Isabel Rainey, Grace Beeson,
Goldye and Gladys Kaffenberger.
Everyone reads the want ads. -
HABIT OF CHILDREN
TRYING TO CATCH
AUTOS MUST STOP
From Saturday's Daily.
There has been several cases re
ported to the police of the habit of
the children along the avenues of the
city making a practice of trying to
catch onto passing automobiles, as
well as buggies, and this has caused
a great deal of annoyance, as well as
the source of danger to the children,
who are liable to get seriously hurt
sooner or later if the practice is in
dulged in. and then there will be a
horrible wail go up as to the reck
lessness of the auto drivers, when as
a matter of fact the children are every
day making a bid for being hurt in a
serious manner, and their parents
should see that this habit is stopped at
once, before they have grave cause to
regret it. We know of several in
stances where accidents have been
prevented by only the clear-headedness
of the driver of the auto, and
some of these fine days one will oc
cur where the auto driver cannot save
the reckless and fool-acting of the
children from resjtling in injury. One
of the ladies residing near this city
who came in a few days ago, reports
that one of the youngsters climbed up
on the back of her buggy and pro
ceeded to cut a large hole in the
buggy top purely in the spirit of
malicious mischief, and all these ac
tions has caused the police to decide
to lav for the parties doing this, and
the fond parents of these hopeful
juveniles will probably be called on to
bail them out of jail if they are
caught.
TAX LIST FOR 1915
COMPLETE READY
FOR BUSINESS
From Saturday's Daily.
The tax list of the county has been
prepared for the past few days and
in the hands of the county treasurer,
and from this list the revenues of the
county will be derived during the com
ing year. The work of compiling the
list from the assessment rooms has
been a long task and has kept County
Clerk Frank Libershal and the deputy,
Bruce Rosencrans, busily engaged in
the work since the assessment roll
was turned in. The figures show that
the land valuation of the county is
$5,059,194, and the personal tax
valuation is $1,0J'9.358, which, with
the valuation cf the incorporated
towns and villages, as well as those
not. incorporated, brings the total tax
value up to $205,085.78.
The railroads in the county are one
of the greatest factors in paying the
taxes of the county, as the list shows,
They. pay over in taxes to the treas
urer the sum of $45,000 out of a total
taxable valuation of $331,000 of the
entire county, or 25 per cent if the
total taxes comes from these railway
corporations. The corporations, in
cluding telephone companies, express
and telegraph companies, are given a
valuation of $61,453 in the tax list.
These figures are interesting in that
they show what the railroads rep
resent to the people of the county
when it comes to bearing the burden
of the taxes. In personal taxes
Plattsmouth City has a total of $89,
759, and Weeping Water City $51,
509. In the real estate valuation given
by the assessor, Plattsmouth has
$319,475 and Weeping Water City
$29,197.
Returns From Delightful Trip.
Miss Minnie Guthmann returned
home yesterday from a most delight
ful trip to the northwest and Pacific
coast, and with her brother, C. F.
Guthmann, at Murphy, Idaho, and in
company With Mrs. Guthmann visited
at Portland, Seattle, San Francisco,
Los Angeles and San Diego, and re
turning stopped for a few days at Salt
Lake, from where Mrs. Guthmann
returned to her home in Murphy.
RAILROADS PRE
PARE TO MOVE
GREAT CROP
Cars Have Been Put in Condition
for Hauling Grain Shortage
Is Not Feared.
From Saturday's Dal'v.
Nebraska railroads expect to be in
good shape to handle the enormous
corn crop which is now nearly out of
danger of frost. Motive power and
rolling stock are in excellent condi
tion. The roads have been making
preparation for some time to have
every car available for service when
it is needed. Locomotives have been
made fit and "everything on wheels"
which can haul freight and live stock
has been repaiied for a rush-
"We have been in fine condition to
tackle a heavy business for some
time," said a railroad man, "but it has
not come yet. It will, though, and
when it does the rush of business will
not find us unprepared."
Railroad officials anticipate a huge
traffic in the fall and winter months
when corn begins to move. Shipping
in most cases begins in December,
though the heavier volume may come
in January, February and even March.
It depends on the condition of the
market.
It is claimed that only from 5 to 7
per cent of the surplus corn of the
state has yet been shipped, but rail
road officials are not worried about
having trouble to take care of it when
it begins to roll. It was pointed out
by a Burlington man that the wheat
of Missouri, Iowa and Illinois will be
cut of the way when Nebraska grain
is offered in heavy lots. Nebraska
wheat is expected to get a move on
itself during October and November,
and so much of it will be shipped be
fore corn comes that traffic will not be
congested.
Because Nebraska farmers have be
come prosperous and are not forced
to hurry their crops to maiket conges
tion of railroad traffic is not nearly so
common as in former years. Unless
there happens to be a peculiar condi
tion of the market in which most
afrmers are eager to ship their pro
ducts, freight car famines are much
less marked than in former years.
Railroads are in far better condi
tion to handle traffic than fifteen or
twenty years ago, because they have
more powerful locomotives and rolling
stock is much greater loading capa
city. Hugh engines pull trains sev
eral times larger than in the old days.
The roads now have engines which
are able to haul eighty loaded cars
of from 50,000 to 80,000 capacity.
Small cars of 28,000, 30,000 and 40,-
000 capacity, once in very common
use, have long since disappeared from
service. These little cars would now
be considered a joke by modern rail
road employes. The 80,000-pound
capacity cars are rapidly supplanting
the C0.000 capacity box cars. Coal
cars are huge warehouses on wheels
of 100,000 pounds capacity and over.
There are few thirty-two foot stock
cars now. These were regarded as
giants once- They are being replaced
by thirty-four-foot cars. The pulling
capacity of locomotives and the size
of cars continues to increase.
HELP MUST GOME
FROM BRIDGE CO.
TO REPAIR ROAD
Frm Saturday'. Dallv.
There ha3 been a great deal of com
plaint in the past week over the con
dition of the Platte bottom road be
tween this city and the Platte river
bridge, and with the heavy travel that
will be had over that road in the next
week by parties going to and from
the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities in Omaha,
it seems as though it ought to be
placed in better shape and two or
three real bad holes fixed up, as they
have been the cause of considerable
grief to-auto owners who have gotten
into 4hem and are forced to have
someone haul them out wtih a team
The county has expended considerable
money on the road end it looks as
though the needed relief must come
r . i i-i
irum me Driuge company or in
dividuals in this city if the road is to
be fixed up,' and as it is used a great
deal by the automobile owners of thto
city and vicinity they should see what
can be done to remedy the difficulty.
FOUND.
MRS. LUCIflDS KINSER IN
A SERIOUS CONDITION
From Saturday's Daiir.
Mrs. Lucinda J. Kinser, who has
been residing at the Masonic Home in
this city for the past two years, is re
ported to be in very poor health, and
owing to her age and general feeble
ness her recovery is a matter of grave
doubt. Mrs. Kinser is one of the
pioneer ladies of Plattsmouth and her
friends regret very much to learn of
her condition and trust that she may
be spared to them for a few years
more at least.
JOHN ROTTER AND
WIFE HOME FROM
TRIP TO WYOMING
From Saturday's rnnv.
John Rotter and wife, who returned
home last evening from a visit at
Radium Hot Springs, near Cody,
Wyoming, as well as the young and
growing town tf Powell, have had a
most delightful time and return filled
with much pleasure over their outing
and are mosto ptimistic over the fut
ure of that state. At Cody Mr. and
Mrs. Rotter visited Vince Rotter and
at Powell with John Rotter, and in
both places were treated royally. Mr.
Rotter states that Powell is one of
the most progressive places he has
been in. as it is a young and growing
town located in a fine country, and
while only a town of a few hundred
inhabitants two vears ago. it can now
boast of several thousand people, and
is constantly growing each year. The
products of that section of Wyoming
brought back by Mr- Rotter certainly
speak well for the agricultural future,
as they raise sugar beets, turnips,
potatoes and similar crcp3 in great
profusion, and one of the sugar beets
size that would make the average per
son wonder what is the limits of the
posibilities in that section, and the
potatoes are as fine as can be produe-
have spent two months on their trip
and return feeling much improved in
health and feeling that it has been an
event of a lifetime and the country
they have visited is a new wonderland
just opening up.
ANOTHER GREAT
SHOW AT THE PAR-
MELE LAST NIGHT
FOUND A child's gray coat. Own
er.may have same by calling at this
office and. paying for this advertise
ment. 10-2-tfd
Sam Pitman of Murray motored up
this morning to look after some mat
ters of business for a few hours. .
From Saturday's Dally.
The usual enjoyable weekly appear
ance of the Empress Advance Vaude
ville at the Parmele theater last even
ing was greeted by a good house and
one that was more in keeping with the
high standard of the show offered by
the excellent company of performers
who were placed ' on the bill last
evening.
Duncan & Holt, the minstrel boys,
were the one big hit of the evening
and were repeatedly encored by the
delighted audience, and their work in
both their musical offerings and in
the comedy, which stamped them as
thoroughly at home on the minstrel
stage, received a hearty welcome
from everyone. Another very pleas
incr feature of the evening was the
apeparance of the Aki trio of Japs,
who come direct from Tokio, and
their acts of magic and illusion was
such as to stamp them as excellent
entertainers and well worthy of all
that has been said in their behalf, as
they are as fine in their line as could
be found anywhere on the stage to
day. The special scenic settings for
their act was very rich and all pre
pared especially for this feature of
the vaudeville program.
Unada & Irving in their musical
act were very pleasing to the entire
audience, as their selections were wel
received and the differnt musical se
lections given on the trombone, 'cello
and the special stringed instrument
of Mr. Unada were as good as could
be found anywhere on the stage
while a number of vocal numbers were
also used in the act. '
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cappelen have
u. very entertaining little sketch in
their turn on the program, "Hiring a
New Maid," which brought forth
trreat deal of aDDreciation, and both
of these excellent comedians cer
tainly are to be commended in their
pleasing little act they are present
ing-
The attendance last night was more
gratifying to the management and in
dicated that the efforts to furnish the
people here with high-class entertain
ment was meeting with their approval,
and a further increase in tne attend-
ance should be given next ruuay
night.
M. Tritsch, refracting optician, at
Gering & Co.'s Wednesday and Satur
day evenings. . Examination free.
DEATH OF PIONEER
LADY RESIDENT
SUNDAY MORNING
Mrs. Lucinda J. Kinser, Aged 92, Died
at the Masonic Home Early
Yesterday Morning.
Yesterday morning shortly after the
new day had dawned the spirit of Mrs.
Lucinda J. Kinser, one of the oldest
pioneer residents of this city, took its
flight, and this estimable lady, full of
years and after a lifetime of almost a
century, sank gently into the rest that
ehe had earned by a life filled with
many scenes of trial and affliction and
a period in her country's history filled
with the most important events.
For the past few years Mrs. Kinser
had resided at the Masonic Home, as
her health had been very poorly, she
being a sufferer from heart trouble,
and her advanced age of 92 years
made her recovery a matter of
grave doubt, and all that could be
dene for her was in the gentle min
istration to her last few days on earth,
and there was nothing that anyone
would not do for "Grandma" Kinser,
as she was affectionately known by al
most all of the older residents of this
city, where she had made her home
since 1870.
Mrs. Kinser was born in Roanoke
county, Virginia, May 4, 1823, and
there for a number of years she made
her home, and was married there to
George W. Kinser some sixty-five
years ago. Shortly after this event
the family moved to Tazewell county,
Virginia, where they made their home
until coming to Palttsmouth in 1870,
and here the family have since made
their home, and the family been rear
ed, and the married life of Mr. and
Mrs. Kinser was a very happy one,
terminated only by the death of the
husband and father twelve years ago,
nfter which time Mrs. Kinser made
her home wth her son, John W. Kin
6er until her ill-health and increasing
age made it necessary a few years
ago to take up her residence at the
Masonic Home, where she could re-
reive the attention needed in one of
her advanced years. Mrs. Kinser was
during her lifetime a very faithful
member of the Methodist church and
kept faith in this church until the end.
She leaves three sons, William M.
Kinser of Carson, Grayson county,
Virginia; John W. Kinser of this city.
and Charles Kinser of Dubuque, Iowa,
to mourn her death.
The funeral of this grand and lova
ble lady was held this afternoon at
2:30 from the First Methodist church,
and the service was conducted by Rev.
F. M. Druliner, and quite a large
number of the older residents of the
city were present to pay their tributes
of respect to this worthy pioneer, who
had been called away. The interment
was had in Oak Hill cemetery beside
that of the departed husband.
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J. H. HALL, RETIRED
FARMER, ELMWOOD,
KILLS HIMSELF
From Saturday's Dallv.
Another accidental shooting has cas
a pall of deep affliction over the west
ern part of Cass county in the death
of J. H. Hall, one of the prominent re
tired farmers of Elmwood, as the re
suit of the accidental discharge of a
gun he was carrying. From reports
received from Elmwood it would seem
that Mr. Hall started out on a littl
huntiner triD this morning, and was
crawling through a wire fence and
dragging his gun after him, when the
trigger caught on a barb of the wire
and was discharged, with the result
that the unfortunate man was almost
torn to pieces by the shot and death
was a matter of only a few minutes
after the gun was discharged. Mr.
Hall was a man of in the neighborhood
of 75 years of age and leaves a widow
to mourn his untimely death His
death will be most profoundly regret
ted by his many friends and acquaint
ance throughout the county, and Elm
wood is mourning the loss of one of
her most highly respected citizens.
Chronic Constipation.
"About two years ago when I be
gan using. Chamberlain's Tablets I had
been suffering for some time witn
stomach trouble and chronic constipa
tion. My condition improved rapidly
through the use of these tablets. Since
taking four or five-bottles of them my
health has been fine," writes Mrs. John
Newton, Irving, N. Y. Obtainable
everywhere.
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Our new sweater line is brim full
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and children 50c to $15.
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THE BALL GAf;
SUNDAY A ONE
SIDED CONTEST
Bourgoise Team of Omaha Defeated
by Score of 12 to 1 in Presence of
an Unusually Small Crowd.
Before a small bunch of auditors
yesterday the Red Sox proved the win
ners in a long and tiresome game from
the Bourgoise team of Omaha by a
score of 12 to 1, and after the second
inning -the affair was more of a farce
on the national pastime than a real
ball game, as the boys from the me
tropolis were badly outclassed and at
the mercy of McGuire. the husky slab
artist of the Storz of Omaha, who was
sent down for the occasion instead of
Hayes, who has been doing the pitch
ing stunt for the Sox in the last few
weeks, and Pete was also to the good
at all stages of the game, and eleven
of the visitors succumbed to his fast
upshoots and fanned the air. The
visitors were a nice aggregation of
young men and played a gentlemanly
game throughout, but were hopelessly
out of their class in going up against
the Sox.
In the opening inning the locals be
gan a bombardment on the represent
atives of the Omaha ornamental glass
company which gathered them in two
runs, and from then on the struggle
was very uninteresting to the audi
ence, as the Sox added five runs in the
second, two in the third and three in
the eighth inning, making an over
whelming lead that it was out of ques
tion for the Omaha lads to overcome,
and they were forced to return to the
metropolis in a sad state of defeat.
The visitors gathered their lonely
score in the seventh, when Hugh Grar
ham secured a safe one to right field
and was able to steal and work his
way to third v base, from where he
scored on a passed ball by Herold.
The ofiiciul tabulated score of the
game was as follows:
RED SOX.
AB.R. II. O.A.E.
Beal, cf 5 .' 3 2 0 1
Parriott, 3d 5 2 2 0 0 0
Herold, c 4 1 1 12 2 0
Mason. If f 1 2 0 0 0
Huff, 2d T) 0 2 2 1 0
Parker, ss 4 0 0 4 2 2
Smith, rf 4 0 0 1 0 0
Craig, 1st 3 3 1 5 0 0
McGuire, p 4 2 2 0 1 0
Total 3!) 12 13 27 3
BOURGOISE.
AB.R. II. O.A.E.
Stitt, 3d 2 0 0 0 3 2
Kennedy, ss 4 0 0 2 2 1
II. Graham, 1st 4 1 1 , 1 1
Merryman, 2d 3 0 0 1 1 0
F. Mirasky, c 4 0 0 7 2 1
Dinean, If 4 0 0 1 0 0
T. Graham, cf 2 0 1 1 ( I
G. Graham, if 4 0 1 0 0 0
J. Mirajky, p 3 0 0 - 2 0
Total 30 2 3 24 11 (i
Brandon Bros. Now.
From Saturday's Daily.
Beginning today it will be Brandon
Bros. Lumber Co., instead of W. B.
Eanning's Lumber Yard. Mr. K. B
Tindall, or better known as Ros. will
work for the firm here. As we have
known Mr. Tindall for some time and
we feel that he being strange to the
people here it is no more than proper
for us to say that he is a promising
young man with a good future ah":id.
He is of the kind that you will like
and he will be ready at all times to
help you out of your lumber, lime s;nd
cement trouble. He was formerly with
the Eclipse Lumber Co. of Sidney,
Iowa. Union Ledger.
The Journal delivered at your door
for only 10 cents a week.
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In your new suit
You can get good fabric for $15
Or goodvtyle for $4J0
Or both for $25.
We have suits at all three price;
and some at lower prices. But for
good materials, iinely tailored into
stylish clothes that keep their good
looks, we say buy KUITENIIKIM
ER or SOCIETY BRAND clothes
$20 to $30
Y'ou will then have the pleasure
of kuowiug that you are really
"dressed up."
COPYRIGHT 1919
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