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Neb Stato Historical Soc T blattamoiuitb ourn VOL. XXXIV. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 191G. NO. HI. FINED F OR NOT COMPLYING WITH LAW The Cell ins Oil Company Hanks Down S.JSI.50 For Disregard of the Law s of the State. From Friday's r2.Ilv. The S. L. Collins Oil Co., of Nebras ka, which ha? been engaged in doing Lu?:r.e?? in this city for the past year or two. ve?terdav got themselves tangled up in the meshes of the law a a result of receiving and selling coal oil and gasoline which had not re ceived the inspection of the state of X.Ma-k.i. The first car was received on May 2i, 1914. and since that time there have been five other cars re ceive i here and which were disposed of by the company to their patrons in this city. Deputy Inspector Kimball isited this city a :;hort time ago and !epo!ted the case to County Attorney A. G. Cole, who at once proceeded to get hu-y ar.d prepare the complaint i.gain-t the oil company, and yester cay afternoon the sheriff proceeded to serve the papers on Fred Dawson, the local agent, who, however, has himself nothing to do with the suit aside from the 1'act that he is the representative f the oil company ar.d in that much : responsible for the handling of the il. The Hate law provides that a com pany or corporation receiving a car of t il or gasoline which is not inspected or stamped by the state oil inspector and who does not report the fact of tr? car not being inspected to the state oil inspector's oXce, shall be li able to a fine of ?50 for each such of feree. On this the Collins company was found guilty yesterday afternoon i y Judire Dee.-o:; on five counts and the fine amounted to $250 for receiv ing the uninspected oil without notify ing the state of the fact. On the charge of selling the oil which had t een brought to this city in the five cars, the company was found guilty on five count?, receiving a fine of $10 a car for this, amounting to $50, and : s a result of their failure to have the oil inspected the Collins company will I be out a fine of $HO0, as well as paying the fees of SS4.50 which would have been the cost of having the oil inspect ed. The oil company has notified Mr. Dawson to pay the fine and settle the case. This is th? first case of its kind to be filed in this city and those who de sire to violate the pure food and in secLion laws should be very careful that it does not prove a very costly t xperiment. WORK ON THE AUTO MOBILE ROAD NORTH OF CITY COMMENCED From FriJay's Dally. The county has commenced active work on the fixing up of the automo bile road north of this city to the Platte river automobile bridge by hav ing the Lehmer road grading outfit jdaced there to carry on the work and put the highway in fit condition for tiavel and to keep the road open for use during the spring and summer. The Burlington has built the ditch to asslnt in draining the land near its right of way which might keep the road in bad shape for teams or autos by allowing the water to stand in the road and cause sink holes and mud to block the tiavel on the roadway. The matter was taken up with County Commissioner Fitz, who desired to aid the good roads movement, and he at once got busy with the two remaining members of the county board and had the work ordered to be done at once in order that there might be no delay in the work of promoting this part of, the program for better roads for Cass county. The auto road will be graded up so that the roadway will be high enough so as to escape the high water in the wet season and allow the free use of the road at all seasons of the vea-. This is one cf the best moves in the direction of providing a good load that has been undertaken and Mr. Fitz and the board of commission ers, in their efforts to put the road in good shape, are to be commended for their attitude in the matter. C. J. MULLIS, OF OTOE COUNTY, CANDIDATE FOR FLOAT REPRESENTATIVE from Friday' Dally. Yesterday afternoon C. J. Mullis of Dunbar, one of the candidates for the office of float representative on the democratic ticket, was here visiting and looking over the city as well as meeting a number of the democratic voters of the county. Mr. Mullis is a new figure in the politics of Cass county but in his home county of Otoe he is one of the wheel horses in the work of fighting the battles of democ racy. Mr. Mullis is chairman of the county committee of Otoe county and in the last campaign rendered the most valuable services to the party at the election. Those who were able to meet Mr. Mullis were well pleased with his appearance and he will doubt less receive a large number of votes for the position, although Cass county has three candidates herself for the Democratic nomination who are all strong men and well liked in the sec tions of the county where they make their respective homes. FRED BUSGK FILLS A LONG FELT WANT For the past few years with the constantly increasing demand for la dies' ready to wear garments, the la dies of this city have found them selves faced by the necessity of going away from home in order to purchase even a ready made skirt as there was nothing that could come anywhere rear satisfying the demand in this city. The Busch tailoring company has stepped into the breach and is pre paring to offer to the ladies of Platts mouth a relief from the former con ditions which made it necessary for them to go to Omaha or send to Chi- ago or New York for ready-to-wear kirts and suits. The Busch company has placed a full line of high class .' kirts in their tailoring establishment which will go a long way toward fill ing the long felt want of the ladies of the city for a place where they might recure tailored garments when they desired them. The stock being placed in the Busch store is of high quality but very reasonable in price, and should be satisfactory to the patrons and for those who desire something special in the way of ready-to-wear garments it will be possible to have their choice ready for them in a very short time. The line of suit samples will be shown to anyone desiring a suit and the order filled in less time than it would take to go to Omaha and spend the day trying to find a satisfactory suit- Mr. Busch is an ex pert tailor and can be depended upon to make anV alterations or changes in the garments that may be necessary and will have the assistance of his wife to fit the garments and with her splendid judgment she will prove a valuable aid to the ladies in selecting their clothes and seeing that they are fit in the proper manner. This is one line of trade that has been sadly neglected in this city, as none of the dry goods stores could in their limited space carry a line of la dies' tailored garments which in any way would be satisfactory, and there fore the business life of the city has been deprived of a great deal that was coming to it owing to the fact that it was necessary to send away or go in person to other places where the goods could be purchased. Mr. Busch has the announcement of his new line appearing elsewhere in the Journal and this should be carefully looked over by the ladies of the city. Goes to Consult Specialist. : From FrlflaVii rallj-. Mrs. Molhe Hanson, accompanied ty her daughter, Miss Florence, were passengers on the early Burlingtor train for Omaha where Mrs. Hanson goes to consult a specialist in regard to her health. She has been a con stant sufferer for some time and it was decided that it was best to con sult a specialist in regard to her ail ment in the hopes of receiving relief. Sales bills aone quickly at the Journal. BOND PROPOSI TION IS ABSORB ING QUESTION Matters That Should be Taken Into Consideration Before the Bond Election Next Tuesday. From Saturday's Dallv. There seems to be no doubt or argu merit that the pressing need of our c.'ty's present high school system is a high school building which will be of sufficient size in point of room and equipment to properly care for the en rollment which is now 210 and will certainly be more next September, The building now used for high school purposes, that is, for the ninth to the twelfth grades, is entirely too small to handle the present enrollment and courses of study. The recitation rooms are overcrowded and insufficient in number. There are but three of them, whereas there should be more than twice that number. Classes are now compelled to use the laboratories and hallways for recitation rooms and one class finds it necessary to recite in the assembly room during a study pe te entirely quiet and free from dis- riod when that room is supposed to turbance. The commercial depart ment cannot be accommodated in the building at all, and the work is car ried on in an improvised room at the Central building, thus causing incon venience, loss of time and insufficient results. This crowded condition hin ders the work of both students and teachers, and cripples the influence of the entire system. The laboratories are inadequate in size and equipment and positively cannot serve the pur poses that they should for the present demand. It is entirely possible that Platts- mouth may lose her standing as an ac credited high school in a short time if more ample and modern accommoda tions are not furnished. Require ments are constantly being raised and we must advance to be able to meet them. The question of preparing our graduates for teaching by reason of an accredited normal training course is one that concerns every parent in Plattsmouth and when we fail' to do this the loss 'will be sharply felt, and our city humiliated in educational standing. It is proposed that the new building shall accommodate the seventh and eighth grades and the high school grades which are the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth. The cost of the building, $50,000, must of necessity be met by the tax payers, and the question for each to decide is not "can we afford it?" but can we afford to be without it ? " The attention of the voters is urgently called to this matter and especially are the women of the city who have either real estate or personal property upon which they pay taxes or have children of school age urged to be at the polls and give expression on this important subject. The places and time of voting is given in the notice of bond election row running in the Daily Journal. The additional cost to the taxpayers will be $2.00 on each $1,000 worth of property upon which taxes are paid. This will be sufficient at our present valuation to pay the interest of $2,500 and also create a sinking fund of $2,500 annually for payment of the bonds. It is proposed that the bonds shall run not to exceed twenty years nd that payments shall be made at regular intervals during the life of the bonds so that the amount necessary for interest will be steadily decreas ing. Plattsmouth must furnish more room and better equipment in her school system or she will suffer an ir reparable loss educationally. Motors From Lincoln. From Friday's Dally. Yesterday afternoon Dr. E. D. Cum mins and wife motored down from their new home at Lincoln to spend a short time here with their friends and relatives. It is needless to say that the friends were more than pleased to meet them again. They are well sat isfied with their home at the state cap ital. C. F. Vallery, the genial road over seer, was here Saturday for a few hours looking after some matters of business and calling on his friends. LAWRENCE STULL WINS SUIT ASAINST BURLNGTON From Friday's Dally. The case of C. Lawrence Stull vs the C, B. & Q. railroad, which was on trial in the district court at Nebraska City for the past three days was closed yesterday afternoon when the jury returned a verdict finding for the plaintiff on the two causes of action, amounting to $115.75 in one and $(5 in the second, for the destruction of hay belonging to the plaintiff which it was claimed resulted as the effect of sparks from a locomotive belonging to the defendant railroad. There were some fifteen from this county present to testify in the case. Attorney D. O. Dwyer of this city appeared for Mr. Stull and W. H. Pitzer of Nebras ka City for the Burlington. This case was taken from Cass to Otoe county for the trial by jury. THE CITY ELECTION A VERY QUIET AF FAIR THIS YEAR The city election this year appears to be one of the most ouiet that has been held in recent years, with a dignified campaign conducted by all candidates for the city offices riot in teresting themselves greatly over the outcome of the result. It is probably just as well that there is r.o heated campaign made for the offices, which are only for a term of one year, and no matter who is elected to the orices i hey will strive to give the best pos sible administration of their office for the welfare of the taxpayers. The trend in the last fev years has been to'vard a quiet c-a.ft.pa.ign in the city elections, and as a lesult the city in tlr.? last eight years has been graduul- y advancing in the conduct of their ccvic affairs by the selection of capa ble men for the council and those who could devote their efforts to seeing that the city's interests were looked after in the way they should be and eliminating all feeling of partisan ship in the city business matters. It is this hearty co-operation between republicans and democrats in the council and in the city offices which has placed the city where it is and will tend to allow it to advance in the future. NEW LIBRARY BUILDING IS GOING UP RAPIDLY From Friday's Daily. The new Carnegie library is begin ning to take on the proportions of a real building and the contractors are getting along very nicely with their brick work in the basement part of the building. This part of the build ing is finished in a dark shade of or namental brick and will be a veryr ac ceptable setting for the remainder of the brick work which will be of fancy mottled design and which will shortly be ready to start in on. The base ment part has gone through without any difficulty and the ease with which it has been put through has been very encouraging to the members of the library board as well as the contrac tors who have the work in charge. The work on the interior of the build ing will be of a nature that cannot be carried on as rapidly as that of the brick work and. therefore it is desired to have the exterior of the building in shape as soon as possible in order that the work on the interior may be closed up before the fall and have the library ready to occupy by winter. The Proper Man. It is well for the democrats to con sider J. G. Wunderlich of Nehawka as the candidate for nomination at the coming primary election. Keep in mind this fact, he is a man that rhould be nominated and elected. He is a man of the people, fair and square interested in law and order, a man that will make good in the office of sheriff. You like a man that has the traits of Mr. Wunderlich. Meet him once and you know him, for you are thoroughly' impressed with his honesty of convictions in the office he seeks. You have met him and will support him. Elmwood Leader-Echo. TWO LIVES ARE LOST IN AN OMA HA TRAGEDY Killed Himself After Dangerously Wounding Mrs. Morrell With Three Shots Patrolman Good Killed Instantlv. Omaha, Neb., April 1. Patrolman William Good, a member of the police force since 1902, was shot and killed Friday afternoon by Oliver P. Mor :ell, a former city fireman, who after wards shot and dangerously wounded his wife and then took his own life. Good had arrested Morrell for beat ing his wife. Morrell broke away and when the officer ran after him, fired, instantly killing him. He then re turned to his home v here he shot his wife three times and then blew out his oaii brains. Policeman Good was an old friend of Morrell's. Probably because of this fact, Good did not search the man when holding him at a drug store, after calling for the patrol wagon. Morrell in a frenzy pulled a revolver and shot Good in the mouth, killing him instantly. Morrell and his wife had been hav ing domestic trt:ur!e frequently late ly. He accused her of coming home from a dance at the Swedish audi torium last night v.ith another man and it is said the ciuai i-e1 over this re used in the call fvr the police, .-vfter shooting Good. Morrell ran v'th revolver in hand, followed byr a tig crowd to his home where he shot his wife through the stomach, head and breast and then went up stairs and committed suicide by shooting. Mrs. Morrell is expected to recover. Her husband had been in charge of the Cass street oil filling station of the Standard Oil company for a year and was regar ded as trustworthy. He was fifty years of age and leaves three small children. Policeman Good was forty-seven years of age and leaves a widow and two children. A. E. PAILING WITH DRAWS FROM REP RESENTATIVE RACE County Clerk Frank Libershal has received notice from A .E. Failing of Greenwood, who filed as a candidate for the office of float representative on the democratic ticket for the primary election, that he desired to have his name withdrawn before the ballots were prepared. Mr. Failing is one of the bright, able young men of the county and greatly interested in the welfare of his partyT and to this end he has decided to withdraw to leave the race to others. The ability of Mr. Pailing is such that he will doubtless be of great force to the party in the future as a candidate for some of the county offices as he is well qualified to hold any of them. The action of Mr. Pailing leaves only two candidates for this office in Cass county, M. G. Kime of Nehawka and L. G. Todd of Union, and C. J. Mullis of Otoe county on the democratic ticket. And we under stand that Mr. Kime is thinking ' of withdrawing. If he does this leaves one candidate in each county. PLATTSMOUTH CITY BONDED INDEBTEDNESS TO DATE During the past few days in the dis cussion of the proposed issue by the board of education of $50,000 school bonds the question of the city's bonded indebtedness has been referred to, sometimes correctly and very often in correctly. The city treasurer states that the bonded indebtedness of the city June first will be $107,000 which includes all former school bonds and that under the present sinking fund operation, this amount will be reduced in 1920 to $142,000. These figures are presented in order that the voters may be correctly informd in this matter. John Wunderlich and wife came up yesterday from their home near Ne hawka and spent a short time with their daughter, Mrs. Clayton Rosen crans, as well as with other friends. NEW DAUGKGTER AT HOME OF MR. AND MRS. TIM WOOSTER From Saturday's Daily. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Wooster received a visit from the :-t&rk which left in their care a fine new daughter of the regulation size and weight and who the parents state is just about the finest little lady in ihe land. The many friend; of the family will tender to them their best wishes for the new daughter and trust that she may be a joy and comfort to them in the years to come. The proud father is kept busy with plans for the welfare of the new daughter as he merrily works at his trade in the Fet zer Shoe store and has a broad and lasting smile. A VERY PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENT AT THE EIKENBARY HOME From Saturday's Dally. A very pleasant social time was e:i oyed last evening at the cozy farm home of Mr. Henry Eikenbary. sinuli- west of this city, when Mr. Eil:cr.bary and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson entertained the members of the Unit ed Brethren church choir, who met for their weekly practice. The even- ng was one of the greatest pleasure, with singing and a general good time to pass the fleeting hours away. One of the features of the evening which was very much enjoyed was the de bate on the subject, "Resolved, That reparedness is Essention to the Life of the Nation." M. S. Briggs was chosen for leader of the affirmative side, while the negative was led by W. T. Adams. Those taking part in the debate were: Bryan Snyder, Will Richardson, Robert Walling, Arthur White and Rev. Cuger. After the question had been thoroughly thresh ed out ar.d all the points of the great issue brought out by the speakers with clearness and force, the matter was referred to the judges, B. W. Livingston. W. T. Richardson and J. E. Wiles who reported at once as they were strictly neutral their decision being that no debate had been pro duced. At a suitable hour dainty and delicious refreshments were served, which aided greatly in making the evening one of the rarest pleasure. Those in attendance were: Messrs. and Mesdames C. L. Jean, W. T. Richardson, A. L. Huffer, W. S. Jean, Oscar Gapen, W. H. Venner, B. F. Wiles, S. A. Wiles, J. E. Wiles, W. B. Porter, J. E. Gruber, B. W. Livings ton, Misses Nellie Wiles, Helena, Edith and Mattie Gapen, Elizabeth Beeson, Helen, Rachel and Margaret Livingston, Mary Wetenkamp, Nellie Brown. Mrs. Mattie Wiles, Messrs. John Livingston, Myron, Glen and El bert Wiles. Frankk Riggs, Bryan Snyder, Will Richardson, Guy, Harley and Howard Wiles, Robert Walling, Arthur White, Oscar Gapen, Jacob Adams, M. S. Briggs, W. T. Adarrr.. The musical program given was most delightful in every way and the young people taking part more than covered themselves with credit in the delightful manner in which they car ried out their part of the entertain ment. Miss Helen Livingston pre sided at the piano during tha vocal se lections and pleasant instrumental numbers were given by Mrs. Charles Barnard as well as Hiss Helena Gapen and Miss Mary Wetenkamp. Visits Old Home. W B. Holmes motored in Saturday from his home at David City with his family to enjoy a short visit with eld friends and relatives in this sec tion. Mr. Holmes is a son of John B. Holmes, one of the pioneers of the county, and for a great many years the family resided near old Rock Bluffs and the father was engaged in the freighting business between this point and Denver. Mr. Holmes Is a cousin of Mark Furlong and will en joy a short stay here with other rel atives and friends. C. L. Creamer drove up this after noon from his home south of the city to spend a few hours looking after some trading with the merchants. Nicholas Halmes of Weeping Water was in the city Saturday for a short time, motoring in to attend to some business affairs in ths county seat. CASES DISPOSED OF IN THE STATE SU PREME COURT The state supreme court which ha had a number of case-: frori 'a - county under con.-id i .'.ti'-n before the court and the commi-i.n, Saturday handed down their decision in a ojni- er of the ca.es which had been ar gued before them. In the case of the City of I'iatt--inouth vs. C. E. We.-tcoti, et al., the supreme court has upheld the j u I ir -ment of the district court and affirmed its decision, which was in favor of the defendants and against the city. Thi. case was a suit to recover on a bo:..! given to cover certain franchi.-e for furnishing gas and electricity and the city sued to recover for the failure t carry out the performances of the agreement. In the trial in the court here the case was decided in favor of the defendants and is r.ow affirmed. In the case of Emma Kaufmann vs. T. E. Parmele, the supreme court ha reversed the judgment of the district court and remanded the ca.-e for re trial in the district court here. The case was one in which the plaintiff sought to recover $15,(Kmi in stock of the Norfolk Long Distance Telephone company, which it was alleged wa the property of William Yolk ar.d bad been given by him to th? plaintiff and which stock had been placed in the Bank of Commerce at Louisville. Th defendants in their case represente 1 that the late William "oik had u-l the stock as security for borrowed money and that the stock had been disposed of in this manner, it being necessary to retain the stock to cor the different amounts which Mr. Yolk had secured from the bank and ha 1 failed to pay back to them. DEATH OF WILLIAM T. ELLIN, A FORMER RESIDENT HERE The news of the death of William T. Melvin. a former resident of th i - city, has just been received here by old friends of the family and the mes sage brought to the many friend a most profound regret. Mr. Melvin passed away at the United States Sol who have made a study of the problem where he and his wile have been making their home for the past feu years. Mr. Melvin and family resided in this city for twenty-one years, re moving in March, 1K4. to Idaho, where he took up a heme.-tead which he proved up on and where he reeled for a number of years, later going to Tacoma, Washington, where a number of his children had located, ami he ha since resided there and in the soldier'. home at Retsil. At the time of hi death he was eighty-four years of aire and had not been in th? best of health for some time, gradually growing weaker until the end. He leaves be sides the aged widow four children. Gorge S. Melvin. Char its H. Melvin. Tacoma; Mark M. Melvin. Ford, Idaho; Mrs. Rosey C. Roufs of Bre merton, Washington. Mrs. Melvin, who has felt greatly the death of her helpmate of so many vears, will make her home in the fu ture at Tacoma with her son, Charles II. Melvin. Mr. Melvin was a veteran of the civil war, having served during that conflict as a member of the Union army, and while a resident of this city was very active in the affairs of the Grand Army of the Republic. Quick Work in Settlement. From Friday DaJIt. Today W. B. Rishel, local clerk of the Woowmen of the World, received a draft from Omaha for $2,000 from the head office of the Woodman of the World in payment in full of the policy carried in that order by Marvin E. Tyler, who was a member of Camp No. 211 at South Omaha. This is pretty quick work in handling the claim as Mr. Tyler died a week ago today in Omaha and was buried here Monday afternoon, and the claim has been looked after with dispatch and as a result the draft was turned over today to the mother of the deceased young man who was named as the beneficiary. 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