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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.
Bead the want ads in the Journal.