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VOL. XXXIV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 19i:
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CITY DADS ENJOY
A SHORT "TILT"
LASTEVENING
Not a Very Lengthy Session, Yet the
Dads Get Righto Down to Business
Without Any Foolishness.
Frnm Tiiesday'c Tav.
The session of the city legislators
la.-t evening was one that was short
and sweet and in the interval that the
members were in session they were
able to dispose of a great deal of busi
r.ess, and among other things push the
alley paving for the south side to a
state where the work can be com
menced in the springtime. Every
member was present when Mayor
Richey called the meeting to order,
. and proceeded to buckle right down
to business, following the reading of
the minutes by the city clerk.
Superintendent William Baird of the
Burlington shops presented a com
munication to the city lawmakers
covering the practice that people had
of taking a short cut through the
right-of-way of the railroad company
leading from the depot to the shop
yards, and of the school children
especially taking this method of get
ting to and from their homes and the
danger there was in it. The matter
had been discussed at the meeting of
the safety committee and it was de
cided to refer the matter to tha city
authorities in the hopes that they
might be able to put a stop to it. He
also called the attention of the coun
cil to the fact that strangers, as well
as a number of the home guard, were
in the habit of congregating along the
Burlington right-of-way to dispose of
their wet goods, and several times
parties had boon discovered along here
sleeping. On motion of Lushinsky, the
chief of police was authorized to see
that anyone found trespassing on the
right-of-way of the roalroad company
in the future would be taken up and
made to pay the penalty for his of
fense. The firm of Bruce & Standeven, in
charge of the engineering work for
the city, reported that they had
measured the fill on the Washington
avenue sewer and found that 2,610
cubic feet of dirt had been used in
making the fill for the sewer. On
motion of Bestor the remainder of the
money due the contractor on the job,
amounting to $256, was ordered paid
over to him by the city.
There was considerable discussion
occasioned over the question of the
proper curb line on Washington ave
nue, as Councilman Buttery desired to
know why the telephone poles had not
been moved back to the proper place.
Councilman Bestor explained that
there was no record on file in the city
offices as to the regular established
grade and without this it was impos
sible to do anything in the matter.
Mayor Richey was of the opinion that
they might possibly find the old
ordinance creating the avenue, but if
r.ot then it would be necessary for the
city to re-establish the line, but the
matter was being looked up by the
city attorney.
City Clerk Nemetz, through his in
dustry, was able to gather in the sum
of $990 for the month from various
sources, and which had been turned
into the city strong box.
City Treasurer Soennichsen report
ed that the balance in the city treas
ury at the end of the month was
SI 7,523.23.
Chief of the Fire Department Braun
filed his report with the council and
asked that the department be given a
smoke and gas helmet for use in the
case of a dangerous fire, as several
times there had been cases where the
possession of a helmet would have
been of much benefit to the fire boys.
The matter was referred to the fire
and water committee for investiga
tion and to report at the next meet
ing. Councilman Bestor of the streets,
alleys and bridges committee, stated
that the committee had prepared a
lease to be signed by Frank Cechal
for the use of some of hi land for a
walk on West Seventeenth street, but
that the owner refused to sign for
five years, and the committee was
authorized to go ahead and draw up
one for two years, which would be
agreeable to the owner.
Mr. Bestor also stated that the com
mittee had found that the road to the
Howland property was all in the city
limits and that the work would be
done as soon as possible. The ordin
ance in regard to moving heavy ma
chinery over the crossings of the city
without proper protection being given
them, was also being prepared, Mr
Bestor stated.
Councilman Harris of the cemetery
committee reported that the east road
in the cemetery was in bad shape and
needed grading badly, as it was wash
ing out, and that the trees in the new
cemetery needed trimming up, as well
as a large amount of rubbish, and he
desired to have the sexton trim up the
trees and the street commissioner look
after fixing the road. Mr. Lutz stated
that he had been out there and was of
the opinion that it would be necessary
to secure stone or cinders to put in
the roadway in order to stop its
washing out any further. Councilman
Harris stated he was willing to pay
a man for a day himself to haul this
material out to the cemetery. It was
finally decided to allow the street
commissioner to go ahead and fix up
the street as best he could.
Councilman Lushinsky of the light
ing committee reported that almost
all of the lights which were ordered
had been installed, with the exception
of several of the small lights in the
residence district, which would be in
stalled in a few days.
The question of what the city was
to do with Fred Dethel, who has been
a charge on the city for the past two
weeks, was brought up by Councilman
Buttery, and it was finally agreed that
the board of county commissioners be
notified to look after him, as it lay in
their province and not that of the city,
The bids for the alley paving on the
south side of Main street were then
opened up, and the two bidders were
very close in their figures as to the
work and the matter was referred to
the streets, alleys and bridges com
mittee, who reported, after compar
ing the figures, that Peters & Rich
ards were the lowest bidders, their bid
being $1,668 for the lump sum.
Councilman Buttery called the at
tention of the council to the fact that
R. L. Propst had placed a boiler for
his heating plant in the street and had
also had a gutter carrying water
from the building running across the
walk in rainy weather, which made it
very disagreeable for those who pass
ed by there, and he made a motion
that the chief of police be instructed
to see the propery owner and see that
no further obstructions were placed in
the street or on the sidewalk. Coun
cilman Harris desired to amend this
by having the boiler inspected, but
was informed by the mayor that there
was no ordinance in force covering
this subject.
Councilman Bajeck moved that as
there had been a number of new hitch
ing posts installed on Fifth street,
that the posts near the corner of Fifth
and Main streets be removed without
delay and do away with a very pro
nounced nuisance.
After allowing the following claims
the council adjourned and wended
their way homeward: A. F. Seybert,
street work, $1; W. A. Tulene, same,
$2; Charles Hanson, same, $14.40;
Earl lies, same, $24.40; Mike Carnes,
same, $27; Charles McBride, same,
$57.60; Mike Lutz, same, $39.30; M. E.
Manspeaker, same, $58; Nebraska &
Iowa Steel Tank Co., 24-foot culvert,
$65.45; G. P. Eastwood, supplies to
city, $6.85; M. Lutz, work on shed for
city, $8.10; Charles McBnde,
same, $6.07; Frank Kalasek, same
$3.80; Yale Smith, same, $3.60; Mike
Carnes, same, $3.60; Kroehler Bros.,
material for shed and supplies,
$133.75; R. A. Bates, printing, $40;
Bruce & Standeven, surveying, $28.60;
M. Archer, salary, $30; Charles Green,
boarding city prisoners, $4; Lincoln
Telephone & Telegraph Co., rents, $3;
Weyrich & Hadraba, supplies to
police, $2.94; J. E. Mason, livery for
police, $1.75; A. J. Trilety, hauling one
drunk, 75c; Walter Olson, hauling one
drunk, 50c; Warga & Schuldice, one
40-watt lamp, 30c; William Wilson,
salary, $20; Nebraska Lighting Co.,
ght at city hall, $4.31; William Bar
clay, salary, $75; Alvin Jones, salary,
$65; Nebraska Lighting Co., street
ighting, $148.26; I. N. Cummings,
burying one dog, 50c.
FARM LOANS, at 5 per cent and 5Yt
per cent. No delays. T H. Pollock.
11-29 tf d.
Thoroughbred Rhode Island Red
Cockerels for sale. Price $1.00 to
$2.50 each. Troy E. Wiles, Cedar
Creek, Neb. Weeping Water Thone
No. 2825.
DEATH OF GEORGE
N. LA RUE, A CASS
COUNTY PIONEER
From Tuesday's DaM r.
Another of the old settlers of Cass
county, George N. LaRue, passed over
the Great Beyond, from whose bord
ers there is no returning, on last Sat
urday, and his place in the community
which he has filled for the past fifty
yeajs will be one hard to fill. Mr. La
Rue had resided in Liberty precinct
for almost half a century, and there
was not a better known resident in
that section than this kindly gentle
man. and his death has occasioned i
feeling of deep regret to everyone who
had known him.
George N. LaRue was born in Sarpy
county, Indiana, December 31, 1842,
and in that community spent a greater
part of his younger days, and it was
there that he heeded the call to arms
to defend his home and country dur
ing the civil war and enlisted at the
opening of the war in the Thirty-
seventh Indiana infantry, serving for
three years for the defense of the
Union, and at the close he was wed
ded and came west to Nebraska, set
tling first near Nebraska City and a
few months later locating at Factory
ville, near where Union is at present,
and here he engaged at his trade of
blacksmithing for years, and it was
not until the last two years that he
was forced to lay aside his duties,
owing to his feebleness of health. His
helpmate passed to the Great Beyond
two years ago, and since that time he
had been gradually failing in health
and patiently awaiting the time when
he might join the loved ones on the
farther shore, where partings and
heartaches are no more. .
To Mr. and Mrs. LaRue four child
ren were born, all of whom passed
away in infancy and the last days of
the life of the aged couple was spent
with their adopted son, David LaRue,
who gave them the tenderest of care
that could add to their peace and
comfort while awaiting the call of the
Master. A week ago Monday Mr. La
Rue had come down from his home
o the business district of Union to
isit for a few hours and while there
const racted a very heavy cold which
settled on his lungs and from which
he failed to recover, gradually grow-
ng weaker until his death on Satur
day morning at 11 o'clock. The funer
al services Were held Sunday after
noon from the Methodist church in
Union and were in charge of Rev. W.
A. Taylor, who gave a most touching
sermon on the life and service of
the departed brother. At the grave
the I. O. O. F. had charge of the ser
vices and laid away the body of their
departed friend and associate. Mr.
LaRue was a member of the M. W. A.,
as well as the Grand Army of the Re
public and for years has been a mem
ber of the soldier's relief commission
and is the second member of this body
to pass over in the last three months,
as Joseph Mullinfi his colleague died
a few weeks ago.
GRAND ARMY OF THE RE
PUBLIC ELECT OFFICERS
From Tuesday' Dally.
The members of McConihie post,
Grand Army of the Republic, held a
very interesting session Saturday
afternoon at their rooms in the court
house and took up the matter of se
lecting their officers for the ensuing
year when the following were chosen
for the different positions:
Commander J. H. Thrasher.
Senior Vice Commander William
McCauley.
Junior Vice Commander Asbury
Jacks.
Quartermaster Thomas Wiles.
Adjustant R. B. Windham.
Officer of the Day William Port
er. There was a good crowd in attend
ance and everyone present enjoyed
the few hours spent together in talk
ing over old times and the boys who
are rapidly answering the last roll
call.
STRAYED A red bull calf, 6 months
old. Anyone knowing anything as
to the whereabouts please notify
Jo Wagrner, Mynard Route.
12-13-2twkly
SUIT FOR OIVORGE FILED
IN DISTRICT COUR
From Tue3days Dally.
A suit entitled lcior ui?on vs
Ethel Olson, has been filed in the dis
trict court, in which the plaintiff asks
that a decree of divorce be given him
as well as the custody of the two
minor children, who are at present
in the custody of the mother at Ash
land. The petition states that they
were married at Omaha on October
17, 1912, and that the plaintiff is a
resident at present of Louisville, Cass
county. Extreme cruelty is the cause
for divorce in the petition. The de
fendant in the case resides at Ash
land.
MRS. HENRY ZUGK-
VVEILER ENTERTAINS
LADIES' AUXILLARY
From Wednesday Dan.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Pres
byterian church held a splendid meet
ing at the cozy home of Mrs. Henry
Zuckweiler yesterday afternoon. The
attendance was unusually large and
the occasion was a most delightful
one. This being their regular meet
ing the ladies held their usual business
session, at which time considerable
business was transacted and arrange
ments were made for the Christmas
treat for the children of the Sunday
school. After the business session the
remainder of the afternoon was very
pleasantly whiled away in social con
versation and stitching on dainty
fancy work. At a suitable hour a
dainty and lovely luncheon was served
by the hostess, which' was very much
appreciated by those fortunate enough
to be present. After ..the serv'ng of
the luncheon the ladies tarried for a
few moments' social time and then it
was time to go home, and as the ladies
took their departure they extended
their warmest thanks to their hostess
for her kind hospitality and splendid
afternoon's entertainment afforded
them.
IMF. THOMAS
AND MISS FAUN YE
WILL MARRIED
From Wednesday's Dallv.
Saturday afternoon, December 11th,
at Salt Lake City, Utah, occurred the
marriage of Miss Fannye Will of this
city and Mr. Clare F. Thomas, an old
Plattsmouth boy. The wedding was a
ery quiet one and was held in the
home where they young people will
make their home in the future. The
marriage lines were read by the min
ister of the Methodist church in that
city. Both of the contracting parties
are well known here in Cass county,
where they were reared to manhood
and womanhood and where their
friends are legion.
The bride is the charming and ac
complished daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. S. Will of this city and has resided
here for a greater part of her life
time and graduated here from the
public schools. Mr. Thomas is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Thomas,
who resided near this city for a great
many years, and is a young man of
great industry and ability and has
been very successful in his new loca
tion at Salt Lake, where he has been
for some time, going there from Los
Angeles, where his parents are now
making their home. The friends here
will join in wishing Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas many happy years of wedded
bliss.
Applies for Citizenship Papers.
From Tuesday's Dally.
Another application was made in the
district clerk's office yesterday for
citizenship papers, the party desiring
them being Vaclav Dvoracek, who is a
native of Austria-Hungary, where he
was born in 1876, and who has resided
in the United States of America since
March 24, 1913. He is a tailor em
ployed by V. Vejvoda, the tailor here
in this city.
FARM LOANS, at 5 per cent and 5'i
per cent. No delays. T. H. Pollock.
11-29 tf d.
REPUBLICANS
IN COUNSEL AT
. NEHAWKA
The Meeting Was Very Enthusiastic
and Those Present Very Highly
Entertained.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Last Saturday there was quite
get together meeting held by the re
publicans of the county at Nehawka
the home of Ernest M. Pollard, candi
date for the republican nomination to
the office of governor of Nebraska
The meeting was in the nature of
neighborhood gathering to advance the
interests of Mr. Pollard and to join
in the occasion the republican county
central committee also held their meet
ing there to discuss the interests of
the organization as well as that of
Mr. Pollard who is making such a for
midable race for the office of chief ex
ecutive of the state. The meeting
was held at the handsome Nehawka
auditorium and despite the disagree
able weather there was a very credit
able gathering from all sections of the
county. The banquet served at noon
by the Nehawka ladies was pro
nounced a feast fit for a king and was
enjoyed to the utmost by the followers
of the G. O. P. and fitted them in
fine shape for the feast of reason
along republican lines which flowed
freely following the banquet proper
Dr. E. W. Cook of this city, chairman
of the county committee presided over
the gathering and the guests were
entertained by a number of very in
teresting speeches on the issues of the
day, the principal address being by
Mr. Pollard in explaining his position
on the different public questions of
the day upon which he is basing his
candidacy for the office of governor.
Brief remarks were made by Frank P.
Sheldon. J. M. Teegarden, Weeping
Water; Willard Clapp, Elmwood;
Victor Sturm, Nehawka; William A.
Robertson, Sheriff C. D. Quinton,
James M. Robertson, E. Grovernor
Dovey and Judge A. J. Beeson.
One of the features of the occasion
was the absence of the Bull Moosers
who, if they were present had careful
ly checked their antlers at the door
and were not in evidence among the
irathering and no Rooseveltian ginger
was added to the occasion. All who
were present at any event are loud in
their praise of the manner in which
the good people of Nehawka enter
tained them and feel that they would
enjoy at some leature time in Deing
the guests of that little city.
LARGE MILEAGE OF
ROADS TO KEEP UP IN
CASS COUNTY
There are very few persons in the
county who are aware of the large
number of miles of public highway in
the county, on which it is necessary
to expend money for upkeep, and it
s really surprising to learn that there
is 1,200 miles of road in the county,
and this requires a great deal for up
keep, as they are all dirt roads and of
ecessity constantly requiring the at
tention of tho commissioners and
supervisors to keep them in shape for
travel, and to this can be added the
fact that there is also 1,000 bridges
in the county to look after. A great
deal of the new bridge work that is
done is of a permanent nature, and
while the first cost is considerable, it
gives something permanent that will
not constantly have to be replaced
with repairs, and in the end will prove
saving to the county. The roads
and bridges of the county keep the
road supervisors on the go all the
time to keep them in proper shape.
Suffering From the Grippe.
From Wednesday's Dally.
George A. Kaffenberger was taken
yesterday with a very severe attack of
the grippe and was confined to his
home both yesterday and today and is
feelirife very poorly. He has been great
ly worried over the illness of his little
daughter, who is at the hospital in
Omaha, and this, with the exposure to
the elements, has resulted in his be
ing taken sick. It is to he hoped that
the attack is only temporary and that
Mr. Kaffenberger will soon be able to
be up and around.
J. J. LOHNES AND HIS
DAUGHTERS IN THE CIT
From Wednesday's Pally.
This morning J. J. Lohnes, residing
near Cedar Creek, was in the city for
a lew hours, accompanied by his
twin daughters, Ella and Elsie, and
while here called at the Journal of
fice to renew for the Old Reliable for
another year as it is a household ne
cessity. Mr. Lohnes has just com
pleted shucking his corn crop and on
eighty-five acres of corn he has shuck
ed out S.oOO bushels of the great Ne
braska crop. The shucking occupied
thirty-three days and in the work Mr,
Lohnes was assisted by the two daugh
ters who have demonstrated that they
are right on the job in this line of
work.
INTERESTING
MATTER BEFORE THE
COUNTY JUDGE
From Wednesday's Dally. '
inis morning tne center oi in
terest at the court house was in the
court of the county judge, where the
case of Alvis Riggs vs. B. W. Living
ston was being tried before a jury con
sisting of J. H. Thrasher, V. M. Mul-
lis, Guy McMaken, Hans Seivers, Carl
Kunsmann and Fred T. Ramge. The
case is one in which the plaintiff asks
$100 damages alleged to be due him
for a tract of com and potatoes
which the plaintiff planted while he
was employed on the farm of Mr. Liv
ingston, and which he claims belongs
to him. The case created some in
terest and quite a number of wit
nesses were called to give testimony.
The plaintiff claims that when he
moved on the farm of Mr. Livingston
to enter his employ a tract of land
comprising about one acre was turned
over to him for his use, and the crop
thereon was to belong to him. He is
represented in the case by Charles
Martin, while Attorney A. L. Tidd is
looking after the interests of the de
fendant. The plaintiff is at present
employed on the farm of Mr. Jacob
Vallery, having left the employ of Mr.
Livingston last August.
STOCK ATTACHED, SUIT
FILED IN REPLEVIN
From Wednesday Dally.
A suit m replevin was filed yester
day in the district court entitled
leorge W. Rhoden vs. C. D. Quinton,
heriff of Cass county, in which the
plaintiff seeks to recover a large
amount of live stock and property
which was attached yesterday by the
sheriff under an execution issued by
the clerk of the district court in the
case of Grace Rhoden vs. Gailen R.
Rhoden, to secure an amount due for
alimony under the decree of divorce
granted by the district court.. The
plaintiff claims that the property at
tached is his property and not that of
Gailen R. Rhoden.
LAINTIFF SECURED $20
DAMAGES BY JURY
The case of Alvis Riggs vs. B. W.
Livingston continued in the county
court yesterday until shortly after 2
'clock, when it was submitted to the
ury of six men selected to try the is
sues, and they retired to deliberate on
the question of the rights of the case.
It required until 4 o'clock for a verdict
to be reached by the jurors, who gave
as their judgment that the plaintirt
was entitled to $20 damages from the
defendant for the crop which he had
planted while he was working on the
farm of Mr. Livingston. The amount
sued for was $100.
For Sale.
I have a few choice farms of 160
acres each listed at very reasonable
prices, if taken soon. Two, three and
five miles from the county seat. All
nicely improved and half in winter
wheat. For further particulars ad
dress, George J. Welsh,
gt. Paul, Neb.
12-9-2wks-wkly
REMINDS US
OF BORDER DAYS
YEARS AGO
Young Man "Gets ;n a High Horse,'
Flourishes Revolver in Threatening
Manner and Lands in Jail.
Last evening there was a great
deal of excitement at the Platts
mouth Hotel shortly after 6 o'clock
when a man named White, who has
been here for the past few days col
lecting for the Leslie's Weekly, pro
ceeded to start on a campaign of ter
ror to all within the hotel.
It would seem that he was not only
collecting for the weekly, but had pro
ceeded to collect a large and varied
assortment of drinks of all kinds dur
ing the time he has been in the city.
and these seemed to have arroused the
sleeping volcano of wrath slumbering
within his bosom and which broke
forth last evening. The news of the
condition of the young man reached
his relatives in Omaha and according
ly a sister of the man, together with
the general manager of the Leslie
company, came down yesterday after
noon to see what could possibly he
did to help him back to his normal
faculties, but instead of helping, this
seems to have been the starting of
open hostilities.
The young man, who had been quite
well "tanked up," came into the saloon
and asked for a glass of whisky, which
the bartender promptly refused, as
the man was suffering from plenty of
corn juice at the time, and this led to
a little parley between the bartender
and the man and in a few seconds the
dispenser of drinks was looking down
th barrel of :i rcvnlvpr whirYt Whit
had drawn from his pocket, and with
which he gave the bartender orders to
set out the wrisky, and for a few min
utes it looked as though the old border
days had returned again when might
was right and the law was administer
ed by the strong-arm method.
After this outbreak White made his
way to the dining room of the hotel,
where he caught sight of his i.ter
and the manager of his company, who
had tried to get him to sober up, and
this again caused the faithful old re
volver to appear in sight, and the
threats of a bombardment caused a
great deal of nervousness among the
persons in the dining room, but it was
not many minutes until William Bar
clay, chief cf police, appeared on
the scene and a forced truce was de
clared by the removal of the weapon
from the possession of the gentleman
and he was led up the street to the
brick structure where the guests of
the county are kept from doing them
selves and their friends any injury.
The young man has been a mot
pleasant gentleman heretofore and his
sudden outbreak came as quite a sur
prise to his friends here, and certainly
is to be regretted, and with his desire
to use dangerous weapons should see
that he avoids any further indulgence
that may cause him a great deal of
grief.
As Chief of Police Barclay arrived
in response to the call for assistance
from the hotel he found the man
flourishing the gun around, and as the
hief approached him he backed off in
a corner of the bar room and told the
hief if he wanted him to come orf and
get him, at the same time pointing his
gun at he chief, but by a rational
talk to the young man he surrendered
the gun to Mr. Barclay, saying that
he did not intend to shoot anyone but
himself. The gun was cocked at the
time it was tume j over to the chief
and was a brand new weapon and had
never been used, and it is most for
tunate that someone was. not shot dur
ing the mix-up, as the gun was one
that the slightest touch on the trigger
would discharge, and it is only due to
the coolness of the chief that a bad
shooting affray was avoided.
Asks for Citizenship.
T1
from Wednesday Dally, "
This morning an application for
citizenship was filed in the district
court by William Staehetzkie, a resi
dent of Murdock. He states in his
petition that he was born in Germany
in 1895 and came to America in 1898,
and is at present engaged in tha livery
business at Murdock.