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PLATTSMOUTEL NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JAM AKY 10, 191G.
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STREET PAVING
CONSIDERED FOR
THE YEAR 191 6
Washington Avenue Will Perhaps Re
ceive Attention First in
This Direction.
From Friday's Dally.
The paving of at least one of the
HGN. E. M. POLLARD FINDS CONDITION OF BUR" PKiLIP HIRZ REGEIVES fl
MANY FRIENDS DURING TRIP i mn-rnii ru m r o DURDC - JERSEY HOG
From Friday's Dally.
Ernest M. Pollard of Nehawka was
in the city jesterday, stopping during
a week s trip over the state in in
stitute work. He spoke at a farmers'
institute at Hubbell on Monday, at
Bruning on Tuesday, and Carleton
Wednesday. He spoke last night at
Pleusantdale, and will speak tonight
at Fairmont and at Crete Saturday
nijrht. He says the week's work has
l hrouirht him in fontact with mtini-
avenues of the city seems to be the farmers and that the instituU,s hav'e
aim ana ambition ol the better riatts- uniformly successful. He has not
LINGTON ENABLES
EXPENSE SAVING
vorK oi iteouuaing i arried on bv
Willard Is Now Producing
Real Money.
mouth boosters for th? coming: season
and every effort will be exerted to
start the ball to rolling: in this direc
tion, and Washington avenue will be
the first highway to receive the atten
tion of the boosters.
The Commercial club has taken up
the matter in real earnest and their
committee will devote a grett deal of
time in that direction to try and se
cure sufficient support to start the
work early in the spring or summer,
as it is badly needed. It is hoped to
be able to interest the Missouri Pa
cific in the proposition, as it will be
of immense benefit t,. them to have
this avenue paved, and they have sev
eral times been agitaung the matter
of getting in closer touch with the
heart of the city, an 1 it would seem
that the best and easiest way to do
this would be by having the main road
from the business section of the city
to the passenger and freight depots
of the Missouri Pacif.e paved in proper
shape.
As has been mentioned several times
befoie concrete paving is looked upon
with much favor by the citizens in
general as being less expensive than
brick and really just as serviceable,
judging from the resolts in the differ
ent cities where it ha been tried out.
The establishing of the proper curb
line and the narrowing of the actual
roadway along the a 'cnues to permit
of parking on either side of the street
would add very much to the general
plan of beautifying the thoroughfare
and would also lessen the cost of the
paving, as it is unnecessary to have
a street the width that the present
avenues are, and which prove only
an added expense.
Those who own property along the
avenues certainly would find that it
would add immensely to the value
of the property and for the city at
large it would be one of the best
moves that was ever carried out. This
should be the aim of the citizens dur
ing the coming season to see that the
avenues or one at least is fixed up and
then keep up the work until all three
of these main arteries of travel are
made as passablea s can be desired.
From Friday' Dally.
Predictions are now being made
that Burlington reports for next year
will show a big bulge in profits, as
well as an increase in business, if
From Friday's Iaily.
Yesterday Philip Hirz, one of th
successful young farmers of this set
tion of the county, received a fin
thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey hog which
he purchased recently from one of the
leading farmers anl swine breeders
near DeWitt, Neb. The hog weighs
something over .00, pounds and is of
a fine size and has- splendid pedigree
that will make it a very valuable ad
dition to the fine bun.h of swine that
Mr. Hii'z has on his farm.
talked Dolitics in his Knpwhpis hut has
found many friends during the week preseTnt business continues until after MMOU C8J UiTH
who are outspoken for him for gover- "exi ',une' 11 13 salQ inai ine company I IIIUUII I Ull mill
nnrI.innoln Jnnrnal ls handling a bigger business than a
year ago and that it is doing it more
MR. AND MRS. STAND
ER CELEBRATE WED
DING ANNIVERSARY
economically, year after year, increas
ing the tonnage per train and reduc
ing thereby the cost of transportation
per ton mile. In 1914 the Burlington
reports showed the average operating
expense per train mile to be $1.7f,
while in 1915 this had been reduced
to H.73.
In 1914 the train mileage was 33,-
736,046, and in 1915 this had been re-
LOAFERS AROUND THE
COUNTY COURT HOUSE
From Friday' Daily.
Colonel J. II. Thrnsher. who fre
quently visits the court house, yester
day afternoon dropped in for a chat
JUDGE J. B. RAPER
PRESIDES ON DISTRICT
COURT BENCH HERE
From Friday' Dally.
The beautiful country home of Mr.
and Mrs. F. H. Stands, near Manley,
was the scene of a very pleasant
gathering Wednesday evening, Jan
uary 5th, when a number of the
friends of this estimable couple
gathered to assist them in celebrat
ing their linen wedding anniversary,
and the occasion will be one of pleas
ure in the years to come in contem
plating the pleasant event when the
friends assembled to celebrate the
linen wedding of this worthy gentle
man and lady. The hospitable Stand
er home rang with merriment for sev-
with the forces that look afier the
duced to 34.856,569. The train mileage business of the county, and while there
reduction resulted partly from a de- was made the victim jf a joke that he
creased number of passengers and tons did not fully appreciate for some
ox freight carried, and also from an
increase in the train tonnage, the aver
age berg increased from 478 tons per
train mile in 1914 to 491 in 1915.
The increase in tonnage per train
mile daring a year showing a decrea.se
time. . The colonel had depositee; him
self in a chair that the rotund form
of the county treasurer has made
famous, and was handing out large
bunches of joshing remarks and en
joying the delights of one of his per
in tons of freight handled, is regarded fectos when some hard-hearted wretch
L, HAWKSWORTH b. smith is recovering
mrmrrn mini mn VERY NICELY AT PRESENT
nimccn DUnLinir
TON ENGINEER
Brother of the Late David Hawks
worth, and Father of Miss Nettie
Hawksworth. Passes Away.
From Saturday's Dally.
J his morning a message was re-
From Saturday' Dallv.
A. B. Smith of this city, who is at
the Presbyterian hospital in Omaha
recovering from the effects of an
operation, is getting along in nice
shape and it is hoped that by tomor
row he will bea ble to sit up for the
first time since he entered the hos
pital, which is a good indication that
he will soon be able to be up and
around and return home. He is quite
G. A. R. AND RE
LIEF CORPS IN
STALL OFFICERS
Mrs. Anna Kgenbercer Installed Presi
dent of Belief Corps the f ourth
Time, and Presented W t It I 'la jr.
as it nas Kept mm iiom nis work a
great deal.
ceived by Miss Nettie Hawksworth impatient at the delay in the hospital.
conveying the sad news of the death
of her father. Lionel Hawksworth, at
his home in Burlirg'on, Iowa, last
night after an illness of more than a
year, caused by hardening of the
arteries.
Mr. Hawksworth was 82 years of
age and one of the best known rail
road men of the west and for the past
fifty years has been one of the leading
engineers of the Burlington on its
ine from Burlington to Chicago. Up
to a few years ago Mr. Hawksworth
ontinued in the service on the road
and later took up the work of en-
THE CELEBRATED
CALF COMES IN FOR
MORE NOTORIETY
marked that he retired from the serv
ice and has since been leading a re-
ired life, bearing with fortitude the
pproach of the end.
Saturday afternoon the members r.f
the Grand Army of ti.e Republic ami
the Woman's Belief Corps held a most
interesting joint instillation at their
rooms in the court house, when the
officers of the two organizations were
duly inducted into the offices to whuh
they had ben elected.
For the Relief Coins, Mrs. Jenr.ie
Dodge officiated as the installing of
ficer and carried out the impressive
ceremony in a very pleasing manner
and impressed upon the officer.- the
importance of the duties that they
were to take up. There was a very
large attendance of the membership of
the cere
monies were most beautiful and filled
with patriotic inspiration to all who
were present.
The officers of the Corps installed
were: President, Mrs. Anna Lgt-n-Ortha
Hall; junior vice president, Mrs.
as temarKaoie. it being held that in
crease :n tonnage is usually more
easily accomplished vhen tonnage is
waiting at the terminals for trains to
move it. In the same year there was
a recnrtion of more than a million
dollars in transportation expenses. The
erai nours ana gan.es ana music total l eduction in operating expenses
served to keep the pleasure of every- for 115 over 1914 was nearlv three
one aroused. In honor of the oc-1 million dollars
casion a large number of valuable A Burlington man says that this has
presents were bestowed upon the host been possible under careful manage
and hostess to remind them of thelment and because of the rebuilding of
happy event. F. H. Stander and Miss I the road and the increase of econom-
Mary F. iRauth were married at the ical facilities for handling business
home of the bride's parents in Platts- made under the Willard management.
mouth precinct on January 5, 1881. 1 W'llard rebuilt the road that operat-
and they have been residents of the J ing expenses might be reduced and
county since that time and are num-lthe present management is showing
bered among the most highly esteem-1 that he builded well in his plans. It is
ed residents of the central part of the Ion the showing made by reports of
county and their friends are legion. I recent years that predictions are be
Of the eight children all were present ing made of a reduction in transporta
at the anniversary except one, who tic n expenses in proportion to volume
was nrevented bv illness from beinelof business handled in the year in
entered unknown to the colonel with
a rubber and other articles, which
they proceeded to set tire to ancl place
beneath the chair occupied by Thrash
er, and as the smoki curled up from
under the seat of the mighty the odor
was far from pleasan: and the colonel
was taunted by the bystanders as
its being b.is cigar, bat. this he de.iiei
and stoutly maintained that the smell
was proceeding from the cigar of
Judge Beeson, and it was several min
utes before he got wise to the plot
that had been hatched against him.
there to share the happiness of the
event. At a suitable hour the com
pany were treated to appropriate re
freshments. Those who were present
were: August Stander and wife, M.
which history is now being made.
THE COUNTY COMMIS
SIONERS FINISH THEIR
WORK FOR THIS TIME
From Friday's Dally.
This morning Judg John B. Raper
of the First district, came up from
Pawnee City to hold i session of the
district court for Judge Begley and
hear the case of Wiles vs. Keckler.
This case was on a greater part of
the morning. The judge was also
called upon to pronounce sentence up
on Thf.mas Lincoln, who had entered
a plea of guilty in the county court
to passing a worthless check upon
George Oschenlager at Eagle. The
man, when brought before Judge
Raper, told the court that he was in
the habit of getting on "whizzers," as
he called them, and when in this ccon
dition he had committed his foolish
act in passing the check, and pkad
guilty to the charge. The judge gave
him quite a lecture on the evil of
"whizzers" and also the rashness of
the act that was about to cost the
prisoner so dearly, a.i.i asked Lincoln
if he thought that being kept away
from liquor would help him to mend his
ways, and being answered in the af
firmative the court gave the man a
fine of $100 and the costs of the case,
and in event of failure to pay the
amount he is to be confined in the
county jail until the amount is
satisfied.
A Hot Water Bottle - A friend in
deed. Make it a friend to depend on
by buying the best quality at WEY
RICH & IIADRABA'S.
Mockenhaupt and wife, John Rauth
and wife, Andrew Schleifert and wife,
William Schleifert and wife, Mrs. Her
man Scnieifert, Mrs. Charles Gerlach,
Mr. and Mrs. Swinn, Mr. and Mrs.
Lohnes. Mrs. Evans, Theodore Harms.
Had there not been such a great deal I rrom Friday's Dally.
of sickness there would have been a I The board of county commissioners
great many more of the neighbors and I yesterday afternoon concluded their
friends in attendance. I session and adjourned until January
11th, when they will hold another
meeting. The time was quite ex
tensively occupied with the considera
tion of matters in regard to the con
duct of the county government, and
in addition to the large number . of
claims there were a number of other
matters of interest taken up by the
board.
The board re-appointed G. J. Tarns
as superintendent of the poor farm
at a salary of $97.50 per month, as
Mr. Tarns has given the utmost satis
faction in the conduct of the business
of the county farm and placed it in
a most flourishing condition, where it
RULING MADE BY
DEMOCRATIC CHAIR-
1 1 1
From Friday Dally.
Little Rock, Ark , Jan 6. Dele
gates to the democratic national con
vention do not have to run in state
primaries, but must be elected by the
state convention of that party, ac
cordimr to a statement issued here to- 15 i-uPpwrujf uou ironuuu
rfnv hv w F MrCnmhc national dem- strictly business lines, that has result
ti. rr,;ttT1QT1 Air MrCnmhs' I " a S"" 1,1
explanation was given in view of the OI tne Iarm and among tne
v, a, rittM a best conducted institutions of its kind
HoflaroH t hot 10lAnQtofi mnct cppV i 1H the St3,t.
nomination in primary and because he
Clerk of the District Court Robert-
I 1 i . ll l 1 a1
said he understood that a dozen other son recommenaea 10 me uoaru tne
states were contemplating similar pro- appointment of Miss Jessie Robert-
cedure. I son as deputy cierK oi tne court ior
"The plank adopted at the demo- the year 1916, and this appointment
cratic convention in Baltimore was a was confirmed by the board.
suggestion and is not mandatory,
said Otairman McCombs.
MrsV Higley Quite Sick.
County Superintendent Miss Eda
Marquardt and County Attorney A. G.
Cole requested that they might be
allowed $20 per month each for clerk
hire in their offices for the year 191G,
From Saturday rjaiir. and on motion this was allowed and
This morning Mrs. James Higley the sum asked for granted.
was taken quite sick at her home in ' Sheriff C. D. Quinton filed his re
the south part of the city with alport of fees collected for the last
severe attack of gall 6tones and her quarter of 1915, amounting to $89.50.
condition has been quite severe "for
Several hours. Wall Paner. nrinr JCr Cn Phnn. 3R
A SLIGHT BOOM
IN THE MATRIMONIAL
MARKET IS NOTICED
From Friday's Dally.
The matrimonial market seems to
be showing a little boom in the last
few days, which is a rr.ost encouraging
sign, but it seems that the trustful
hearts joining together are as a rule
non-residents who seek this beautiful
and homelike little city to have their
fortunes joined. Wednesday evening
Judge Beeson united m marriage Jos
eph Bydzovsky of Schuyler and Miss
Otilla Woracek of Clarkson, Neb.,
two prominent young people of their
home locality, and also was called up
on to make the lives and hearts of Mr.
William A. Burns and Miss Eunice A.
Klein, as one. Both of the last named
people reside near Salem, in Richard
son county, and as soon as the cere
mony was finished departed for their
home, after receiving the congratula
tions of the court and the witnesses
of the ceremony.
MARRIAGE LICENSE GRANTED
YOUNG PEOPLE ON WEST SIDE
From Friday's Dally.
This morning a request for a mar
riage license was received at the
From Saturday' Dally.
James Terrvberrv drove in vester-
day from his farm home in Eight the two orders Psent and
gineering in the yards, as his health I Mile Grove precinct to spend a short
was beginning to fail, and up to a time with friends here, and incidently
ear and a half ago was at his post brought with him several pounds of
constantly, and it wa.-. only when the hne country butter, which he states
progress of his malady became so was made from the milk of the cow
that was suDDosed to be the mother
of the now famous calf which figured 0rtha Hall5 Junior vi"P resident. Mi
so nrominentlv in the case of Terrv- Frances Purdy; secretary, Miss Ll!a
berry vs. Wiles, and which calf was
Mr. Hawksworth was the last of I awarded to the defendant by the coun
the Hawksworth brothers, who were ty court. Mr. Terryberry presented
prominent in railroad circles of the I the butter to his attorney, A. L. Tidd,
west, and a brother tif the hitp David I for his use and to convince him that
Hawksworth. for manv vearc Riinorin- the calf was well worth fighting for. Egenberger, who for the past thtee
undent of motive power of the Bur- and the attorney is of the opinion that 5'ears has fiIled the Potion of presi
lington, and both of these gentlemen if the calf was really the offspring of dent and who has iust l,en wit' ted
had 3i irre.it nart in th evtnsirm of the cow of Mr. Terrvberrv it was well for the Position again, was presented
the lines of that road throughout the worth the efforts made to secure it.
west. Mr. Hawksworth leaves to This case will be long remembered in
mourn his death the widow, three the annals of the county court as one
daughters and two sons, all of whom, of the most preplexmg that had ever
come to the attention of the court,
and it required considerable delibera
tion before the calf was awarded to
Mr. Wiles as the lawful owner of the
animal.
Kennedy; treasurer. Mrs. Nannie
Burkle; chaplain, Mrs. Julia Thomas;
conductor, Mrs. Minnie Lee; guard,
Mrs. Jennie Jacks; pre.-s correspond
ent, Mrs. Louise Van Horn. Mrs.
with the exception of Miss Nettie
Hawksworth, who is teaching in the
schools here, reside in Burlington.
Miss Hawksworth and Mrs. E. W.
Cook departed this afternoon for the
Iowa city to attend the funeral serv
ices. The death of the father comes
as a severe blow to Miss Hawksworth,
who onlv a few days ago returned
from a holiday visit in the old home,
where she spent her vacation with the
father and mother.
A GREAT MANY PEO
PLE WERE VERY BAD
LY DISAPPOINTED
WILES AND KECKLER
CASE ATTRACTS CON
SIDERABLE ATTENTION
From Saturday' Dally.
The case of James L. Wiles vs
Solie C. Keckler, which was on trial
in the district court yesterday, at
tracted quite a good deal of attention
from the residents of the western
. f . 1 . 1 .11 .L .
From Saturday's Dally. pan oi ine county, wnere an me
Those who had purchased tickets parties to the suit reside. The plain-
and made arrangements for attending tiff, who recovered a judgment in the
the performance of "Under Cover" at district court last . term for several
the Parmele theater last night were thousand dollars covering the loss of
quite disappointed to learn a short grain which was in the elevator of the
time before the time for the perform-1 defendant, now seeks his judgment in
ance that there would be nothing do- land near Manley, which the defend
ing in the entertainment line, as the ant, it is claimed, owned or had a
theater was as cold as the proverbial I share, and that the transfer of the
icy banks of Greenland and it was im-1 land to Thomas F. Keckler, father of
possible to get the heat into the build-1 the defendant, was illegal, and that
ing from the Hotel Riley, whose heat- the land should be sold to satisfy the
ing plan supplies the warmth for the judgment of the court. The defense
theater, and although the heat was offered by their witnesses, their evi-
turned on early in the afternoon, dence that the land was owned by
through some derangement in the sup- Thomas F. Keckler all of the time and
ply pipes it was not carried to the that Solie C. Keckler and Ralph Keck-
theater and compelled the cancelling ler, sons of Thomas F. Keckler, were
of the show. This was not only very only to use the land at the pleasure
inconvenient to the patrons of the of the father, and at any time de-
heater who had bean anticipating a I sired it was to be turned back to him
good show, but was also a great disap- if either of the two sons failed to do
pointment to the management of the as the father desired with it. The land
theater who had secured this first- in question consists of two tracts of
class show for the theater-going pub- 160 acres and also of 40 acres, or a
lie after much trouble, and were then total of 200 acres. C. A. Rawls ap-
court house from Frank A. Erhart of et down on the heat question. The pears as the attorney for Mr. Wiles,
Manley and Miss Mary Loretta Kel-
ley of Elmwood, who tre about to join
in wedlock. Both of the young peo
ple are members of two of the most
prominent families in the western
part of the county and are among the
most popular young people in that
section of the county and their friends
will be well pleased to learn that they
are about to join together in the holy
bonds of wedlock and will extend to
them their best wishes for their fut
ure happiness.
STORE CLOSED WEDNESDAY.
The store of Hatt & Son will be
closed Wednesday morning on account
of the death of Edgar Hatt, but will be
open Wednesday after the funeral to
transact necessary business.
"Under Cover" company spent the while Mr. Keckler is represented by
night here enjoying a rest, and left I Matthew Gering,
this morning for Nebraska City, where
they appear this evening at the Over- Miss Kaffenberger Very Low
land theater in that city.
The condition of Miss Gladys Kaf-
fenberger at the Immanuel hospital in
Omaha remains quite serious from re-
by the members of the corps, as a
token of their feeling of love and
esteem, with a beautiful silk American
flag, which emblem is constantly in
the hearts and minds of the ladies of
this great American order of the
patriotic women whose relatives have
fought beneath its folds, and this flag
will be cherished by the president of
the Corps as a token of the recogni
tion of her services by her associates.
After the work of installing was
completed the members of the two
orders adjourned to tb M. W. A. hall,
where a fine supper was served by the
ladies to the old soldiers and their
families, and the occasion was one of
the most pleasant that has been h l 1
for a long time by th Post and Relief
Corps. The members of the party, af
ter being served with the sumptuous
dinner, spent some time in a social
way, singing the old-time war songs
and visiting, before wending their way
homeward. In the installing of the of
ficers of the Grand Army T. W. Glenn
officiated as the installing officer of
the day.
MANY FROM NEAR
MANLEY ATTEND THE
LOVELL FUNERAL
Ed Donat Visits Here.
Eddie Donat of Omaha was here ports received here by her relatives,
Sunday visiting at the home of his and the attending physicians are
uncle, Edward Donat, r.nd has recover- greatly apprehensive over the outcome
ed nicely from his accident of a few of the case. It had been expected to
months ago which xeoulted in the loss perform a second operation on the pa
of the lower portion of his left leg. tient Saturday but her condition was
He now has an artificial leg and gets such, owing to her heart, that it was
around in fine shape for the short necessary to put off the operation tin
time that he has been using it, and til the patient's condition would per
aside from a slight inconvenience in mit.
getting around feel3 in the best of
shape. He departed this morning for Paints and Oils.- Gering & Co.
his home in Omaha. I 'Phone 36
There were quite a number of the
prominent families of the central por
tion of the county in the city Satur
day to attend the funeral of Miss
Anna Lovell, which was held at the
St. John's Catholic church, and among
these were: J. C. Rauth, wife and
two sons, Aaron and Herman Rauth
and wife; Frank Stander, wife and
two daughters, Lena and Frances
Stander, and John Sfandei ; August
Glaubetz and son, William and wife;
Mr. and Mrs. Miller; Mrs. Rose Kelley
and daughters, Miss Loretta and Mr.
and Mrs. George Stahl; William Rauth
and wife and son, Joseph, and daugh
ter, Teresa and Anna; Mrs. Kate
Earhart an son, Frank; Mrs. W. D.
Higgins, mother of Father William
Higgins. The pallbearers at the fun
eral were selected from the cousins
of the departed lady, being Misses
Delia Garuf, Lena Stander, Teresa
and Anna Rauth, who laid the body to
its last long rest.
As long as the world goes round
cleanliness is common and soaps are
needed. We have a larger line than
ever and they are not the premium
kind, but quality coods by Reliable
makers. WEYRICH & HADRABA.
M. -Tritsch, refracting: optician, at
Gerinjr & Co.'s Wednesday and Satur
day evening. Examination free.
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