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7 Hl SVatc Historic ai Soo VOL. XXXV. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1318. No. 84. : h s MALLEABLE IRON - TO LOCATE IN IN THE AS A RESU OF CONSOLIDATION OF WESTERN MACHINE WORKS AND AUTO POWER AND MALLEABLE MFG. CO. OPPORTUNITY iS ELUSIVE It is Proposed to Erect Plant Castings and Manufacturing Patented Automobile Devices A Shortage of Malleable Piattsmouth stands on the finrinn. T-v!r,f cA .1 . -jj rc j i unc nidi win aiiuiu eiupiuyiiieiu , , J workmen at lucreative wages. engage m tne maKing or malleable iron castings as its maml business, augmenting that with bile accessories ana parts, some A,A Ur able Alanuractunng company, to consolidate in the building here and the conducting of their hi i i r has been known for move was being contemplated, called meeting of the Commercial club and citizens of .the town generally, the proposition Mr. Sham of the Western Machine Works and officers of u A--i D i n in ti me rtuiu i uwer aim iviaiieaaie ,. c , lnvn vine thf isii3nrp rr ctriflr " " t " ' I penditure of a prodigious amount of capital. The result of the meeting of Piattsmouth have given their endorsement to the move d.i r . i tne proposition of stock time. i he making of malleable casts is conceded to be a very profitable business and the only other factory engaged in this business in the middle west, at Fairfield, Iowa, is at the present time swamped with orders months in advance. Also, the business of the Western Machine Works is being of larger facilities and additional room to carry on their- increasing orders. The proposition looks like a good move, as an investment, to say nothing of the help the new in- dustry will give toward "advancing Piattsmouth," a thing . J i every citizen and business man There is a legend which tells of 'Opportunity,' it being pictured as a horse and having a long forelock of hnir hn.i:ging down over its forehead and with wings on its feet. This, it is said, is to represent that it is not dii'ficult to grasp opportunity by the forelock, but impossible to over take it once it has passed. Another trite saying is that "There is a time in the life of every man. which, if taken at its full, leads on to for tune. Opportunity, while of a very practical nature, also is peculiarly elusive and knocks but once. So. if a thing is worth going after, it is worth going after hard with might and main. Since almost the beginning of time back into the faintest glimmerings of human history, the race has been seeking for itself something better, in obeyance of that divine injunc tion given Adam, and Eve by their Creator, when He said, "Here are the earth, the air and the sea; sub due them, and make them obedient to you; use them for your good, they are for you and you are to be their master." The progress the race has made shows how well man has striven to obey this command. AVith each suc ceeding generation there have be-?i renewed opportunities, and they are in existence now to as great a degree as ever before. For many months, the time even lengthening into years, the building which is now occupied by the West ern Machine and Foundry company was idle. Mr. L. C. Sharp, the pres ent proprietor was then in Australia: He returned, looked over the field and 'saw beckoning to him prospects of; building up a good business hero. Hjs answered the call and to him. ha.3 came the reward a business which is' constantly increasing. It has now grown to that volume where he can not longer handle it profitably as he desires without more working capi tal and larger quarters. Mr. Sharp has been on' the alert to discover a way out of the difficul FACTORY PLATTSMOUTH , VERY NEAR FUTUR1 AND KNOCKS BUT ONCE Here for Making of Malleable -threshold of securing a mami- If. I,:, J ,V. tk rr,;J.rfl.t or,J . . I i r l -11 iu ci large iiuiiiucr ui SKiueu i lii ... I i ne contemplated plant will I the manufacture of automo-jtory of which are now being pro - W U 1 iU-n r which two concerns propose of the spacious new factory I business. .i i I tne present time, but in wnicn ne is some little time that such aLom , tn 0 and a few nights ago at a was presented in detail by ah c v nianuraciurmg company, it i .. -ill rpm nrinrr n e it- Hnoe tK -v I is that prominent capitalists 1 . r i . .i sales is going forward at this i u i . ii . i should be vitally interested in. ty by increasing his working capital but even now is unable to cope with and it has come in the matter of a tne increasing demand for malleable consolidation with the Auto Power castjngs and has been forced to re and Malleable Manufacturing com- n,t,llv turn down orders, an in- pany, of Omaha. They, like himself, fitance of which is shown by the fol have been up against the proposition lowins letter written in answery to of lack of ability to secure malle-Ln able castings in the quantity neces- sary for the successful prosecution of their work. This company is en- &agea in the manufacture of a power transmission device which is attach- ed direct to the crank shaft of auto- mobiles, there being two sizes one for Ford cars and the other for the larger and heavier cars. The device sells for $47.50 and $52.50 and the company is developing a good busi ness in its sale, as it has been found highly efficient in doing the work for which it is intended. After some conferring these two concerns have gotten together nn the matter of consolidating their enterprises here in Piattsmouth. As enumerated at the outset of this ar ticle, it has been arranged that the people of Piattsmouth give this in stitution their moral and financial support. In order to do this it was found the better way is that from fifteen to twenty per cent of the capital stock be distributed among the citizens of this city and commun ity over and above the investment in the way of buildings and equip ment being made by Mr. Sharp. The strongest endorsement of the proposition we have seen, is the will ingness with which Mr. Sharp is placing in this new institution -his entire plant a plant now enjoying unbounded prosperity and with more business coming in at paying prices than can be handled. This shows the kind of capital he is placing in the contemplated new business : order to develop larger and better opportunities of manufacture here. What it Means to Piattsmouth The new building which it will be necessary to erect to house the business of this concern will cover in their entirety 23,400 square feet. The main building will be 240 feet in length and SO feet in width, wit in additional building SOxGO feet oe used for a box factory. The erec tion of such structures as these wii if itself serve to bring: prosperity to the city during the time thev r.re being built, as we know from pas ?xperience in the matter of the new apartment building, the high school iew garages anu otner buildings to lie built here during the past few months. But this is only a drop in the bucket, so to speak, of the great er and lasting prosperity that wil Dome to us from the plant In opera tion. The plans of the new build ings are already drawn and specifi- tions approved for their construction, with the contracts all ready to sign. ind within four months from the '.irae the contract is given it is prom ised the plant will be complete and ready for use A force of from two to three huu- ired men will be required at the start to man the machines neeessarv o .do the work of the combined business of these two concerns, and the making of the malleable cat- Inss for the trade which this section rieffianas. mis win bring into the oeiween two ana inree nunurvu . ... new families, requiring that many new homes. The chief product of the new fae- will be the making of maii-j aDle castins lor mcn there is r.n unprpcedenteu demand, and this will er with the stearing gear of Mr. Sharp s and the safety crank he i manufacturing in the p.ant here r.t malleable castings. There is a mar- ket right now in the trade territory tributary to this section for 10.000 tons of these cast,nss per annum land under improved metnods or , . manufacture such as are conteni- ... . . plated they Can be made to pay a handsome profit. It is estimated that the returns rom the castings alone would net ,u tne ne,gn...a or 5UU,uou pront per year, in aaai- L. tn t. A rnfitc aMrilinir frnm thA monufwturino- ifi rf tip nw in dustry. This shows that not alone will it be a profitable proposition to the city in which it locates, but from the hcln 'hut ho a nnvin? Tronr5i t inn fnr the holder. At the present time the nearest, and onl' Plant in the middle west. ,naKin& malleaDle casnnss is iocai- leu at rairneia, lowa. mis piani nuu ltQ .iT1T1inr pllPhtn VPars asro in a small way and has grown rapidly. nnnirT reo-nrdins- its abilitv to get out a" god sized order 0f SUPn castingS for use in the manufacture of tne auto pDwer transmitter of the 0maha concern, and which is known as the ..Wizzar(J Auto Coupler." v-, imvn not -m. i9ir. Auto Power Co.. Omaha. Nebr. Gent lemeri : iioplyini? to your f;ivor of the 22nd. we regret to advise that we are not in position at this time to accept any further orders for castings, as we al ready have contracted for practically all of the available capacity of our plant for the next six or eight months. We i-pgrft we are not aide to take any of your work at the present time. Yours trulv. IOWA MAI.LKABLK IKON CO. W. V. H uiies. Sec y. This is the nearest malleable cast manufacturing concern to this pla:e and letters on file from those more distant tell the same story. This is the reason these two companies are compeled to protect themselves in the way of insuring a source of sup ply for such castings as they must of needs have to carry on their business and with growing orders coming in every day which cannot be filled for the above and divers other reasons, it looks as though the contemplated move is but the decis ion of good business judgment and cannot help being productive of re turns commensurate with the out lay. A considerable portion of the re quired stock has already been sub scribed locally by men of keen fore sight and it is now certain that the new institation will go forward. The die has been cast. The new busi ness is to be, and with all speed not inconsistently, but with good, conservative, careful business pol icyit will be pushed to an ultimate conclusion, and it is confidently ex pected that before the end of the present summer it. will be in reality a portion of the resources and active industries of Piattsmouth. 150,000 MEN TO BE CALLED THIS ioriiii EEFERKED CLASSIFICATIONS IN IS AFT ARE TO BE PURI FIED IS CHEER. BALANCE ARE TO GO MONTHLY Successive Increments to Go Unttl Full 800,000 are in Train ing: Camps of IT. S. Washington, April o. The War department is forging ahead with its efforts to speed additional Amcr- can forces across the water to bad: up tne neieaguerea lines, one ele ment of the speeding up plans wr.s earned authoritatively. The first ncrement of the second draft, to be summoned this month will be 150,000 men instead of 50.000 os previously planned. They will be the first con siderable force mobilized of the S0O,- 000 drafted men to be called to the colors this year. The remaining G50.000 will be called out in month- ly increments, the size of which will depend to some extent upon availa bility of shipping to transport men already in training to the front. Rushed to Seaboard. There are indications that trop movements toward the seaboard of unusual proportions are already in progress. Railway passengt-r an 1 frtight schedules in some sections of he country have ben set aside tem porarily in order to give the men the right of way to embark at some points. Movement of AjaWican troops in France is screened completely behind the rigid censorship imposed by Con eral Pershing. Put Loafers to Work Drastic modification of the draft classification lists which would af fect in one way or another the stat- s of every one of the millions of registered men is proposed in a plan submitted to President Wilson by of- cials of the provost marshal geii- ral's off.ee and the Department of 9 Labor. The primary .purpose of the ew program is the "purification" of he second, third and fourth classes. The proposal would utilize the draft machinery for putting indm- rial slackers to work. It is proposed to make a most care ful survey of the lower sections of Class 1 and of other classes to iden- ify those men who are idlers or who are gaining their living through un- esirable or "harmful" pursuits. 'nder the latter head, officials sug gest might be listed gamblers, book makers for races, poo! room touts nd others. J he plan is not designed to in terfere in the slightest with the so called non-essential industries. HOME AFTER WEEK IN CHICAGO. From Saturday's raily. C. C. Wescottand daughter Alice, returned this morning from a trip to Chicago, which consumed the entire week, and where Mr. "Wescott was en gaged at a meeting of the Clothiers Byers convention, and looking over he stocks at the wholesale houses. and keeping in touch with the ever changing conditions of the clothing market. Miss Alice seen the city ni its real life, during the week and is convinced that is a bigger town than Piattsmouth, if not as good a own as we have. DEPART FOR WEST TODZY. From Saturday's Daily. S. L. Willis and wife who have been visiting for some time at the home of R. L. Propst, Mrs. Willis being a sister of Mrs. E. E. Goodwin, Mr. Propst's mother, departed this morning for Saratoga, Wyo.. their home. They have been visiting in the south for the winter, and have had their horses at the Propst farm at Mynard during the winter, and are now departing for the . west again. Mr. Willis departed today as well he going from Mynard. -with a car of stock, via the Missouri Pa cific. Box Paper and Correspondenc Cards at the Journal office. NOW AT FT. MORRISON, VA. 1'ftiin Saturday's Ihiily. A letter this morning from Jose Creamer, who is the son of C. L. Creamer and wife, of this city, and who is a member of the aviation corps, and who has been heretofore quartered at Fortress Monroe. The letter tells of the transfer of the divi sion which Mr. Creamer is atached from Ft. Monroe to Ft. ?lorrison where he is at this time. He tells of a "hike" into the country, and af ter having been away for some time, inquired how far to camp and was tcld it was ten miles. They went to a farm house lor dinner, before re turning, and were charged one dol lar for it. LOUISVILLE CITY ELECTION. From Saturday's T'aily. The people of Louisville lost sight of the old names on their city elec tion this week, for the name tf Democratic or Republican did not appear, but instead, ( nizen s 1 lcket. and People's Ticket were the ones to appear on the ballots. The candi dates for the city board being as follows, with their respective votes: Peoples Ticket, Ed Pankonin, fi7. C. M. Seybert 71, Ed Twiss 72. Citi zens Ticket . F. JJ:?rs 44. F. A. Jacob.-cn 42, Charles J. Pankonin 66, which give the election to the entire Peoples ticket. HAVE OUT NEW FLAGS NOW From Sa t urtla v'.s Taily. Incident with the inaugurat'on of he third libery loan drive, which be gins over the country today, the citizens of this as well r.s other por- ions of the country are making ef forts to bring the matter to the at tention of the whole people, the necessity of the securing of the need ed coin.. With this is surging a wave of patriotism, as well, which is caus ing the displaying of 'Old Glory' and h:iyjng noticed new flags flying from the following business places: A. M. Arries, the Gem Thea tre, The First National Bank, and the Fricke Drug Store. They are all anxious that the full quota of bonds be sold. The boys are also making a good showing in the securing of applications, many of the members of the boy scouts are at the matter and are effecting manv gootl sales. EYE ON ARRIES MAKES GOOD RECORD From Sa t u ru;i y'. Iaily. Bvron Arries who is with the ma- rir.es at Fans Island, S. t ., and who went and enlisted by himself, going to the service alone, and whose hab its have never been in the direction of handling a gun, has made an ex ceptional good record, at the R'ile Range training station of that place. At the test which was made at the end of the training of the company. there were but five to be given the highest marking, which is known as Expert Rifleman. Byron was one of these, making a perfect record. HENRY WEIDMAN VISITING HERE From Saturday's laiiy. Henry E. Weidman arrived this morning from Kansas City, and is visiting with his mother Mrs. George P. Weidman for a few days. Henry is now occupied selling stock in oil firlds of the south and with the proposition of the fuel question both as regards coal and liquid fuels, like oil and gas, the proposition should be a good one. DR. MARSHALL INJURED. From Saturday's Faily. Ralph Marshall who is the mana ger of the concert company which played at Omaha last evening, and his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Mar shall were to see the play, wh'ch is certainly an excellent production. At the closing of the show, Mr. and Sirs. Marshall made a rush for a car to catch the train for their home here. In doing so, t?v ran diagonially across the street for. their car, and a large sedan car coming along struck the Doctor, knocking him to the pavement, bruising his should er and face and skinning the side of his face. They were able to make the train, and got home on the mid night -train, but Dr. Marshall is bo sore and still from the bruise that he was not able to be down to his office today but hopes that he will be able for his work again by the first ! of the week. - MIGHTY LOAN DRIVE IS NOW ON ALL E! WHOLE NATION PAUSES TODAY TO INAUGURATE THIRD BOND SELLING DRIVE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF WAR Parades and Bonfires "Everywhere" in America Make Day Truly Event of Celebration. Washington, April 5. The open ing tomorrow of America's third big campaign for popular war credits on the anniversary of the declara tion of war, promises to resemble Independence day as an occasion for patriotic celebrations. Reports tonight to headquarters of the third liberty loan told of en thusiastic preparations for parades and bonfires, public meetings and loy alty speeches to drive home appeals for subscriptions to the government declared a legal holiday and in scores of cities business is to be sus pended part of the day to assist in the celebration. Indications tonight were that, but a small part of the $3,000,000,000 war credit would be subscribed to morrow. Loan organizations prob ably will be too busy promoting spec tacular features to actually take in subscriptions, and the real soliciting will doubtless not start till Mondav. Small towns promise to be notable exceptions, however, for many of these are anxious to roll up their entire quota of subscriptions within few hours after 9 o'clock, the of ficial opening time, and thereby win for their communities the third lib erty loan honor flag. President Wilson will speak at Baltimore in the evening, Secretary McAdoo at Philadelphia in the af ternoon, Vice President Marshall at St. Louis- and Secretary Daniels at Cleveland. Millions or persons throughout the country will receive their first reminder that the day is of special importance in American war history when they open their home doors in he morning and find hanging on the knob paper designs of the Liberty Bell, with the inscription, "Ring it again; buy liberty bonds. At tne rising hour church and fire bells in manv communities will be rung and Boy Scouts will run from house to house pressing door bells. These ar rangements have been made secret- y in most cities, in order to give the citizens a surprise. ii PLENTY OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK FUNDS FOR CASS COUNTY FARMERS Whether you need the money for land or live stock, tools or tractors, seed or silos, see us you will always find us ready and our terms and rates attractive. We are deeply interested in the welfare of the farmers of this Fection and are glad to assist in all substantial undertakings as well as to render the smaller services due from a good bank to its community. Communicate by mail or pnone when too busy to call. We will give your requests care ful and prompt attention. First National Bank Piattsmouth, Nebraska. II 111 PAY DAY SAID NOTHING DOING. From Saturday! I tally It has been the habit of a number of the teachers in the public schools to devote a good portion of the day Saturday to the work on the ques tionnaires, of the registrants. -tnd thus doing something in as;t!i'g with the large amount of office work fo rthe local board. Tlie paynay coming as it did, just before th Saturday, offered an opportunity to spend some of the money, which they had received and thus cut dow-n the clerical fcrce. Miss Bertha Driftmeyer tbe teacher of IJistory in the high school, was at the otl'.ce of the county superintendent, work ing away, notwithstanding the other teachers were taking a vacation. BUY A LIBERTY E0ND From Saturday's Daily. Today begins the campaign for the Liberty bond sale, and if we art- in earnest in the matter of assisting in bringing about conditions for peace, we can help today. Why delay; hop n and be among the first to assist n the steps for a knockout blow for he Kaiser. OPERATED UPON AT OMAHA From Saturday's Daily. Adam Wolf returned last evening from Omaha where he has been for he past week, having gone thee for he purpose treatment and wa com pelled to undergo a severe ;poratTn n order to receive relief from ni. rouble. Mr. Wolf returned l.-nie ast Friday evening feeling much improved and hopes to be well again na short time. ,0YAL WORKERS HOLD MEETING From Thursday's Daily. The Loyal Workers of the Chris ian Church held their regular fort nightly meeting yesterday ut the home of Mrs. D. W. Xti'l. where they attended to the business of tb society, and besides doing som. work for the advancement of the work of the church they had a delightful af- ernoon, which was climaxed, by a delicious luncheon, given by Neill and her daughter Mrs. Mrs. Jo 'in Sheldon. ON LACK OF INFORMATION Fiom Thursday. s Daily. In the summary of te life of the ate Mrs. Elizabeth Guthman, we on account of not knowing of the fani- ly in full did not mention the sister here Mrs. Clausen Boetel, who is her only sister, and who was very close in sympathy, and all that goM to make up close family ties. FOR SALE. 25 head of good young horses. Al broke Can be seen at the Tom Til eon farm home. For particular1., see Vallery & Tilson. ' 2-18-d&r i; i L
