State Historical Sec
VOL. XXXV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917.
No. 34.
HI! I M I I iJ II II IVN II I! II 0 Vi If t! f I U H
i
HARRY WINSCOT
WRITES VERY
INTERESTINGLY
From Wednesda v's Pail v.
" October 12th, 1917
Mv Dear Friend Mr. Eriggs: How
is everything in Old Plattsmouth.
Everything is setting mores lively
down here every day, but little of
the time is dull, something doing
all the time. For the first month,
the Fourth Nebraska, te regiment
to which I was attached, worked
hard mastering our infantry drills,
when we had gotten a good start we
were all discharged, and which dis
charge changed us t5 the 127th
heavy field artillery. Now we start
all over again training in different
tactics. As yet we have not receiv
ed our equipment for the heavy Held
artillery, and have but little to do.
We do about three hours calisthenics
in the morning, while the remaind
er of the day we are supposed to p:.t
in cleaning up our quarters, and w
are required to keep them spick and
span you bet. We sure have pecu
liar weather here, some days are
scorching hot. and others are cool,
while all the nights are very cold.
Our valley is surrounded by moun
tains, and furnishes fine scenery.
We often go out in the mountains
and camp all night, in squads of
about twenty going Saturday eve
ning and staying until Sunday eve
ning. The hikes are about from
sixteen to twenty miles, and we take
kodaks with us and take pictures.
Some take their guns and shoot
rabbits, skunks and birds, but you
have to be pretty careful about the
birds as osme kinds are not allowed
to be shot. There are a large num
ber of boys in the battery from
Plattsmouth and they all seem to en
joy the soldiers life.
You should see them get -after the
Plattsmouth Journal, when it comes,
for they all want to see what has
happened in the old home town.
I received the Testament which
the Loyal Sons and the Christian
Endeavor sent, while I was in Oma
ha and had not thanked you for it
until now. Please extend my thank
to the class and Endeavor for the
kidness. I am verr respectfully
yours,
PRIVATE
Battery
HARRY WINSCOT,
'B' 127th F. A.,
Camp Cody, Deming, N
M.
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SELLS FARM YESTERDAY
FOR A HANDSOME SUM
From Wednesday's Daily.
Yesterday through the rustling
agent, Troy Davis, of Weeping
Water. W. R. Bryan of this city sold
his farm, which he has owned for
a number of years, consisting of
one hundred and twenty acres, for
the sura of $29,200. Mr. Bryan has
owned this farm for a number of
years and when he purchased land
was not considered as valuable as
it is now. It raised as much of
corn, oats and wheat, but those ar
ticles did not command the price
they do at this time. For one hund
red and sixty acres of the land Mr.
Bryan paid $40.00 per acre and
for the remaining sixty acres he
paid fifteen dollars for thus making,
for the farm $7,300.00. While it
afforded him a living during . the
nearly thirty or more years, which
he lived on it, at the end of the time
it has brought him four times the
price which he paid for it. Verily
the soil has been kindly, and the
winds favorable.
DISTRICT COURT CONVENED
TODAY DIVORCE CASE U?
From Wednesday's Pally.
The October term of the District
Court opened this morning with the
calling of the docket and setting for
trial of the various cases. The jury
was convened and excused until such
time as they shall be called for, the
time being taken up with the dis
position of such cases as shall not
require their attention.
The court begun this forenoon
hearing the case of Welton vs. Wel
ton, an action wherein Mrs. Blanch
Welton, of Greenwod, is asking for
a divorce from her husband, Albert
D. Welton. Attorney C. A. Rawles
is appearing for Mrs. Welton, while
W. A. Robertson and C. L. Rein ap-
pear for the defendant. A number of
witnesses are in the city from Green
wood, and the case is" commanding
quite a bit of interest.
FARMING IN KANSAS NOW.
Frm Tuesday's Pally.
Mr. A. C. Rawls nn wife, of
Holbrook, Kansas, arrived in the
city yesterday for a visit at the
home of Mr. Rawls' brother, C. A.
Rawls and wife of this city. Mr. A.
C. Rawls was for a long time a resi
dent of this city, and later traveled
selling plumbing supplies, but has
some time since returned to the
soil, and has a fine farm in Kansas,
where he is making his home.
RETURNS HOME FROM TEN
DAYS IN WESTERN NEBR.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Frank E. Sschlater, who has been
in the west for the past ten days re
turned home j-esterday morning, af
ter having visited a number of
points in the west portion of the
state. In company with Connie
Schlater. and A. W. Cloidt. they
went over land with an automobile,
and made a few stops, visiting at
Grand Island, and North Patte, be
fore reaching Bridgeport, and letting
Mr. Cloidt off at Oskosh, where he
spent the time hunting. Mrs. Ed.
Fitzgerald, who has been at the
ranch near Bridgeport, returned
home with Mr. Schlater. Frank
says regarding the west that things
are looking fine and that there is
more business in all the sections of
the country than one can find any
where.
RESIDENT OF PLATTSMOUTH
'THIRTY ODD YEARS AGO
From Wednesday's Daily.
Mrs. J. N. summers, or Denver, ar
rived in the city this morning for
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
L. W. Hill, south of town. Mrs. Sum
mers was a resident of this city a
good many years since, and resided
with her husband on South Sixth
street, in the building which was re
cently purchased by Haywood Elege
from M. S. Briggs. Mr. Summers was
a machinist in the Burlington shops
here, and moved to Alliance, later go
ing to Denver where they now re
side. WILL ATTEND THE SYNOD.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Last evening Rev. and Mrs. A. F.
Floetz of Osmond, arrived in this
city for a visit with relatives and
friends. That is Mrs. Ploetz, is a
guest of her sisters Miss. Louise
Gorder and Mrs. Christ Wolforth,
while Rev. Ploetz is attending the
Synod of his church which is in ses
sion at Omaha at this time. He will
visit here for a short time after the
session has concluded its work.
LATEST WORD SAYS 'BUD'
SMITH STILL UNCONSCIOUS
Fmm Wednesday's Daily.
Last evening Mrs. A. 1-. beyDert
returned from Henderson, Iowa,
where she had gone the day before
to take A. W. Smith and wife, to
that place on account of the acci
dent which happened to their son
'Bud' Smith when the automobile
over turned which Mr. Parker was
driving. Mr. Smith had not return
ed to consciousness after thirty
i hours after the accident. There was
no marks on his body, but a frac
ture of the cranium, at the base,
was what was supposed to be the
freak injury. The ph3sicians who
were called from Red Oak, could
not offer any hope that he would re
cover. When Mrs. Seybert left
Henderson, he was still unconscious,
and showing no signs of improve
ment. ARM INJURED BY PITCHFORK.
From Wednesday's Dall'-.
Mr. George P. Meiisnger, jr., is
nursing a lame arm, by reason of a
kick of a horse, and refractory pitch
fork tine. Mr. Meisinger was driV'
ing along, when the Harness of one
of the horses was a little side wise,
and by attempting to straighten It
out, with the fork handle, being
careful with the horse, he had hold
of the fork end himself, and when
the fork handle touched the horse,
he was startled and kicking struck
the fork handle, running it into Mr
Meisinger's arm, inflicting a bad
- wound.
NEW CORN HAVING
EFFECT ON MARKET
PREDICT $14 HOGS AS PRICES
DROP. BREAK OF $1.35 IN
THREE DAYS WHEN FALL
MOVEMENT FILLS
MARKET.
From Tuesday's Daily.
With the price of hogs dropping
approximately $1.35 per 100 pounds
in the last three days stockmen are
predicting $15, if not $14 hogs, be
fore the winter packing season is
far along. Holds sold Saturday
brought from $17.40 to $17.60,
which is $1.50 lower than they were
one week ago.
"There is always a break in hog
prices about this time said Walter
Madden, live stock commission man.
"This year the breaK came later
than usual. The new crop of hogs
is beginning to come in at the south
ern markets and in two weeks they
will be coming into this market," he
said.
"There is a possibility that the
government will realize its ambition
to have $14 hogs the coming packing
season." said Bruce McCulloch, mar
ket writer at the yards. "Farmers
have been feeding pew corn for sev
eral weeks and the cost of produc
tion cannot be based on the price of
old corn."
During the packing season, whicli
latss from November to February or
March, the pig packers put away
great stores of pork products and
they always take advantage of the
opportunity to hammed down the
prices, say stockmen.
The great stocks of pork provi
sions put away during the packing
season last year at from 8 to 11 cents
a pound are reported to have been
sold later for fresh pork, making the
packers an immense prof.t.
The packers season will begin as
soon as the receipts exceed the de
mands for fresh pork products.
VISITS HERE FROM TEXAS;
NOW GOES TO OHIO, ALSO
From Wednesday's Daily.
Mrs. M. A. Gadway, of Texo, Tex
as, who has been visiting in the
city for the past two weeks, but
who has been at Omaha, the guest
of her daughter. Mrs. C. F. Sands,
for the past few days departed last
evening for Lyman, Ohio, wnere
she will visit for some time with
relatives, Mrs. Gadway is leaving
her two children, the Misses Ethel
and Thelma, with her sister Mrs.
Edward Ripple, while she visits in
the east. Mrs. Gadway will return
this way when she has concluded her
visit in Ohio, to take the children
home with her.
RETURNS FROM DAKOTA.
From Tuesdav's Dally.
Last evening Mrs. E. M. Godwin
returned from a two weeks visit
with her daughter Mrs. Harry
Buffington, formerly Miss Ruth
Godwin, who makes her home near
Murdo, and Cody, South Dakota.
Mrs. Godwin reports everything look
ing fine up there, and Mr. and Mrs.
Buffington well satisfied with their
home. Mrs. Godwin says there are
many Indians living in the neigh
borhood, and mostly in tents. From
the home of her daughter, she was
able to see the 'bad lands' which
are a ramage of badly broken hills,
and canyons, on which no vegetation
seems to grow, making in reality bad
lands. Mr. and Mrs. Godwin have
a quarter section only a half mile
from the home of their daughter,
and may conclude to go to that
place to live In the future.
RECEIVES APPOINTMENT.
From Wednesday's Dally.
Mrs. George E. Dovey has receiv
ed the pleas'ng news that her cousin,
Byron Newton, has been appointed
Collector of Port duties at the New
York port and that he is getting
along very nicely wsh his new worl:
and likes it fine. Mr. and Mir..
Newton reside in Washington, D. C,
and Mr. Newton go to his work at
New York port each day.
RETUURNS FROM OKLAHOMA.
Frm "Wednesday's Daily
Yesterday morning Geo. W. Ho
man returned from a trip to Okla
homa City, Oklahoma, where he was
visiting at the home of two of his
nephews, Messrs. R. H. Hinton and
James Hinton. Mr. Homan says
things are extremely dry in that por
tion, so much so that no ears were
on the corn, although the cotton
crop was fair. Mr. Homan depart
ed this morning for Omaha, where
he visited with friends for the day
GO AFTER TWO MORE AUTOS.
From Wednesday's Daily.
This morning. T. H. Pollock, of
the T. H. Pollock Auto Company,
with Guy 11. Reese, one of the shop
force were passengers to Omaha
where they went to get two more
Ford automobiles, for the house
here. lhe Pollock Company are
able to get a larger number of cars
here at the present than they have
been in the past.
TAXES A SHOWER BATH
HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR
From Wednesday's Daily.
Last evening. Win. Brantner, the
man who runs the water wc.gon, had
just filled the tank, and was going
to take the valve off the hydrant
and having shut off the valve, to the
hose which fills the tank he unscrew
ed the valve from the hydrant, and
when he had it loosened sufficient
ly the force of the water blew the
valve away shooting the water across
the street, which in a way loosened
William from his moorings, and to
get to the hydrant to shut it off he
tried to pass through the struaia of
water, which wet him to the chin,
whirling him around like a top.
Never daunted he went after the
hydrant with his wrench, and soon
had the escape of the water stopped.
Nevertheless he got a shower bath
when he was not looking for it.
YOUNG MAN MAKING GOOD
IN THE BURUHGTOH SHOPS
From Wednesday's PaKv.
Four years ago. Cecil York, enter
ed the employment of the Burling
ton on the rip track, at the local
shops, and after having worked
there for some time, he was taken
into the office of C. M. Parker, then
also employed in the Burlington
hops. Here he stayed for two
years, and made good, when at the
end of that time he was transferred
to the office of IJie jlaning mill,
making an advancement. This was
due to his painstaking attention to
business. He held this position un
til the re-adjustment lue to the
scarcity of labor, when he was tak
en away and the position given to
one of the girls who were taken in
to the shops, and he was placed
where more work was demanded of
him. This position he held until
yesterday he was promoted to the
position of car wheel inspector,
which carried with it a material ad
vance in salary as well as responsi
bility. We are pleased to see this
young man making good.
ENGINEER HERE BEFORE
DAYS OF THE BIG STRIKE
From Tuesday's Daily.
Ed B. LeVan, who was an engi
neer for the Burlington road away
back in the eighties, is visiting with
old time friends, looking for familiar
scenes which greeted him when he
was a citizen of Plattsmouth years
ago. Mr. LeVan is now traveling en
gineer for the Great Northern rail
road, with headquarters at Missoula,
Montana, where he has been for some
time past. He departed from here at
the time of the Burlington strike,
and has only been here once since
then that being five years ago when
he run in for a brief visit while
looking after some business matters.
Makes Good In The North.
A cough remedy must be good to
give satisfaction in a northern state's
variable weather. Bertram Bros.,
Green Bay, Wis., write: "We have
used Foley's Honey and Tar and
recommend it to anyone who needs
a good, reliable cough and cold
remedy." Relieve!? croup, opens air
passages, eases strangling fight for
breath. Sold everywhere.
The next trip to Chase county will
be next Sunday evening, eo join the
Rosencrans party and make the trip
this time. The time is ripe and such
opportunities will never be offered
you again.
RICHES OF STATE
SHOW A BIG GAIN
TWELVE MILLION INCREASE IN
HOGS AND HALF AS MUCH
IN CATTLE IN 1917.
Corn is Also Un with Eleven Million
to Its Credit All Items but
Twelve Show Increase
Lincoln, Oct. 1C. The riches of
Nebraska, compiled by Secretary H.
A. Bernecher, of the state board of
equalization, show a gain in value of
hogs over last year of $12. 000. 000
and the value of corn now in the
state to be $11,000,000 more than
last year.
Out of a total of 02 items listed in
the secretary's report, but twelve of
them show a decrease in the value of
the commodities, and in each instance
it is slight.
Cattle in the state are estimated
to be worth $30,000,000 or $6,000,
000 more than in 191C.
The money on hand or deposited
in banks over the state shows a gain
of $15,000,000 over last year. The
total gain, in commodities and mon
ey, as well, is $140,000,000. So, gen
tle reader, you can retire tonight
with , the knowledge that your per
capita wealth is considerable more
than ever before.
JUDGMENT RENDERED IN
RECENT AUTO TRADE CASE
From Tuesday's Daily.
The matter of the controversy.
between T. L. Amick, and Christo
pher Murray, regarding the auto
mobile trade, which occurred some
time since, wherein tey traded
cars.- ana .Mr. .Murray ia:er laKing
fio r.ir. which he hp.d traded for.
t . ...
and keeping them Loth. Mr. Arnica
had repleven papers issued, and af
ter a number of postponements the
case came on for hearing this morn
ing. The case was heard before
Judge A. J. Beeson ancl a verdict
given to Mr. Amick for the amount
prayed for which was $350.00.
GO TO GRANT TO HARVEST
CROPS OF DRAFTED MAN
From Tuesday's Daily.
Emil Koukal. who some time since
moved to Grant, Nebraska, was one
of the first to be drafted and had to
go to Camp Funston about two weeks
ago. Tins lert me crops on ins lurm
unattended to, and John, with some
help, consisting of Louis Koukal and
James Wandra, will depart tomorrow
morning at 4 o'clock for Grant in
the former's Ford car, and will en
deavor to make the trip across the
state before night overtakes them.
Thi3 will be a big drive, but if gaso
line will get the 'Fliver' across in
that length of time John will be at
the steering wheel when it arrives.
The boys have five acres of potatoes
to dig and sixty acres of corn to
husk, which will keep thorn humping
for a while.
WILL HAVE SLIGHT OPERATION.
Fr"' TupFdsv's Dally.
Phillip Albert and wife, were
passengers to Omaha this morning
and were accompanied by Mrs. Al
bert's mother, Mrs. Henry Sanders,
where they took a little son of Mr.
Albert's fdr an operation, for the
removal of his tonsils, as they
were giving him considerable trouble
for some time past. It was thought
! best to have the troublesome mem-
bers removed and not. to have the
' .... kin
little one suffer longer with
his
trouble.
WILL GO WEST TONIGHT.
FrPTi Tuday'ji Daily.
C. F. Harriss was in last evening
from his home near Union and said
that, he and a party of men interest
ed in land would leave for the west
this evening, to look over the country
in the western portion of the slate
an despecially the lands which he is
offering for sale. !-:
STEALING CORN ALREADY.
From Tuesday's Daily.
William Hartwick, living in
the
north part of the city, reports that
some, people have already been
stealing his corn in the river bot-
i toms, and that he has some clew as
to who it is. and he-is laying for CI IP A D KTAHIMP IQ
them, with the intention, not of.OUuAll L Alt! I II tl lu
getting the com back, but of record
ing the amount with some course
shot in their hides, when they come
after the corn here, aTter when one
has gone to the trouble of raising
corn., and especially when they have
had to fight the ravages of the
Missouri river as have the people
who have tried to raise a crop down
there this summer, they should have
the right to the crojj, without some
one, who does not know the. value of
days work grabbing what some one
else has produced.
SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN
AUTO ACCIDENT YESTERDAY
From Tuesday's Daily.
Yesterday, while driving a car
near Henderson. Iowa, "Bud" Smith
the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Smith, had an accident in which the
car went into the ditch, injuring Mr.
Smith in such a manner that his life
has been despaired of. Word was
telephoned to the parents here, who
were so upset by the news that they
did not feel like making the trip in
their own car, and Mrs. A. F. Sey
bert took them in their car, hasten
ing to the bedside of the son. A tele
phone message received last evening
from Mrs. Seybert stated that the at
tending physicians give but little
hopes that the injured man will re
cover.
It appears that Mr. Smith and his
employer, who is owner of an eleva
tor at Henderson, were driving at
the time the accident occurred, both
being injured, but the employer not
nearly so badly as Mr. Smith.
FOUND BOYS AT FUNSTON
ALL ENJOYING ARMY LIFE
From Tuesday Daily.
M, Hild, who visited at Camp
Funston Sunday and returned home
last evening, tells of his observa
tions there. He said that he asked
Emil where the pictures were tak
en from and when showed, by his
son, they were taken looking south,
and this puts the picture, which is
on exhibition in Warga's window
just as it is really at the Camp. Mr.
Hild said that the boys were all
well and getting along fine, he es
pecially mentioned his own boy and
Clifford Forbes, as having gained in
flesh since arriving at the camp.
Mr. Hild tells of the immensity of
the plae, and sas that at th? ex
change the business aggregates four
thousand dollars per day.
ALBERT MAGIK INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT AT OMAHA
From Wednesday's Daily.
Mrs. James Ptacek departed for
Omaha this afternoon in response to
a telephone message telling of the
injury of Albert Macik, of that city,
who is the son of Adolph Macik,
brother-in-law of Mrs. Ptacek. From
what Mrs. Ptacek could learn, the
car in which he was riding, in com
pany with several others, went into
a ditch, turning over on the parties.
all of whom were injured more or
less, but Mr. Macik more seriously
than the rest. Reports from his bed
side stated that his recovery was
not expected.
An Everyday
Banking System
The Federal Reserve Banking System is
not merely an emergency system, a financial fire
engine to extinguish occasional fires.
It is much more than this. It is a vast
reservoir through whose member banks its ser
vice reaches into every mill, every farm and
every store in the country, supplying at all times
not only the best banking protection but the best
banking service the country has ever known.
If you want to tap this system of which we
first rmTiormi. dauk
Established 1871
LOOMING UP IN THE
EASTERN STATES
DUE TO INORDINATE AMERICAN
APPETITE FOR SWEETS
9-CENT PRICE ON IT
Washington. Oct. 16. The eastern
states face a sugar shortage with no
prospect of relief before late in No
vember when the new Hawaiian and
western beet sugar crops arrive. In
a statement toir.ght forecasting the
shortage the food administration
again appealed to the American peo
ple to cut down their consumption
of candy and sweet drinks and at the
same. time gave warning that retail
ers have received their stocks at
prices recently agreed upon and the
public should pay no more during the
temporary scarcity in the east than
it has been paying during the last
thirty days.
Competition Not Reduced.
The shortage is due, the adminis
tration sas-s, to the failure of the pub
lic, outside of a few loyal ones to re
duce consumption and the unusual
exports to France in order that the
French people may have their mea
ger ration of one pound of sugar per
person per month.
In regard to prices attention is
called to the fact that by agreement
the price of beet and Hawaiian sug
ar lias been fixed at 7 J4 cents a
pound. Atlantic and Pacific seaboard
basis, under which the maximum re
tail price at interior points should
be 8 H cents. By an agreement with
the cane refiners and Cuban .pro
ducers the price of cane sugar has
been held down so that it should
reach the consumer at about 9 cents
a pound.
WILL VISIT-MOTHER -HERE.
From Wednesday's Daily.
J. F. Lambert, of Kearney, came
in this morning from Omaha, and
was a visitor at the home of his
mother at Rock Bluffs, for a short
time. Mr. Lambert, who formerly
lived here and also at Rock Bluffs,
is now running-a work train on the
Union Pacific out near Kearney. And
speaking about tb crops there lie
says that two months since he would
not have given five cents for all the
corn which it looked like they might
raise for a strip of thirty miles along
the road way. But at that time it
began to rain and since then the
corn has come out so that they will
have some pretty fair corn fields now.
He says that the soil Is now much
damper there than it is here.
Worth Their Weight In Gold.
No man can do his best when suf
fering from backache. rheumatic
pains, swollen joints or sore muscles.
B. H. Stone, S40 N. 2d. St., Reading.
Pa., writes: "For months I was un
able to attend to business. I used
Foley Kidney Pills and soon the
pains and aches were gone. They
are worth their weight in gold to
me." Sold everywhere.
See "Rosey" about going to Chase
county next Sunday evening. You
will be well paid for the trip even
though you fail to buy. Make the
reservation now. See Rosencrans.
are members, your connec
tion can be made by depos
iting your money with us.