Nebraska State Histori
cal Society
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VOL. XXXVL
PLATTSMCUTH. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1919.
No. 100.
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CASS COUNTY
MAIL CARRIERS
MET SUNDAY
IN ANNUAL CONVENTION. AT
WEEPING WATER RESO
LUTIONS ADOPTED
DISCUSS THINGS OF INTEREST!
To Themselves and Patrcns for the
Betterment of Service Local
Carrier is President.
From Monday's DaTTy.
Yesterday the rural mail carrier'
f this cmiTity. who have an organi
sation distinctly their own, met in
annual convention at Weeping Wat
er, where they ilii-cusseJ many mat
ters of interest to th:m.elves and to
the jil. lie in central, inasmuch a
they have to Jj with the betterment
of the service.
Among other thh'irs the hish cost
of carrying the mail was taken up.
and the matter of good rojtls caiue
in fir a little discu.-..-ion. Carry in,'
the mail over bad roads is a much
irore expensive proposition than
over roads that are goid. So. natuT
ally eno;,-!i. the rnr:l carriers are
willing to go on reord as favoring
better roads.
At the :e-:tiot of ofiiivrs. Mil"
M. Allen, of tr.i city was re-t-Kvtetl
president of the association, while
the vi c-presidt i.t was choren from
l:nisville. Mr. Jackson being tie
man named. Lee Kniss of Mii-ray
was selected for the position of secretary-treasurer.
The, following resolutions wer"
discussed and adopted:
1. That the entrance salary for
carriers in rural delivery service
shall.be at the rate of 50 per year
per mile or major fraction of a
n:i!e. with an increase of 10 per cent
per year for each year up to and in
cluding the fifth year of service, the
increase to be retroactive ar.d to ap
ply f re-in the beinniii of the car
rier's service.
'j.. An allowance covering the en
tire cost of equipment maintenance.
3. -Additional compensation f r
pouch mail for intermediate post of
fices tr connecting loop routes.
4. Additional compensation on
route? having excessive quantities of
mail.
o. No deduction from salary for
failure to render complete daily ser
vice when weather and road condi
tions make it impossible.
fi. A civil services court of ap
peals. V. Retirement and civil pensions
upon an equitable basis.
8. Put substitutes in rural deliv
ery service on same basis as in city
delivery and give thtm preference
in appointments to fill vacancies.
If the compensation of rural car
riers should be based upon a given
rate per mile regardless of the
length of route, it would have the
effect of solving a question whkh at
present is causing a great deal of
reorganization and trouble in rural
delivery service. The present gross
compensation of rural carriers for
miles is at th3 rate of $C2.50 per
mile, while the compensation for
mileage in excess of the standard i
only at the rate of S24 per mile, and
this condition furnishes an incentive
for the department to reorganize the
service by alolishir.g many routes
and covering all or a large part or
their territory by the route btill re
maining, whereas, under the plan
suggested above, the incentive to re
organize the service on account of
economy would be removed.
HEAR SON-IN-LAW HAS DIED.
From Tuesday's Pally.
Last evening Mr. and Mr. E. C.
RippJe received word of the death
of their son-in-law Mr. James Lee
of Ford. Kansas. The wire was
brief'and did not give the cause of
death. Mr, and Mr. 'Ripple de
parted rn the midnight Missouri
Tacific train for the home of their
daughter at Ford. Kansas, in hopes
of arriving there in time for the
burial.
ARE HAZING HOME
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Fi-om Tuesday' Pally.
This morning Mrs. Lelantl " S
Briggs and little babe and her sis
ter Mrs. Glen Edwards and little
. fon "liillie" departed for Winner,
jSr-uth Dakota, where they wjll make
their Lome for the present. Some
time since Mr. Uriggs went to that
I lace to accept a position as fore
man in a parage and his wife now
roes to join him, and Is accompan
ied by her sister, who will prob
ably also make her home iu the
ncr"'"s'
HELD A VERY EN
JOYABLE MEETING
The Jubilee Meeting Of The Wom
an's Temperance Union At
C. R. Troop's Monday.
From Tuesday's Dally.
The W. C. T. U. of this citv met
list Monday afternoon at the home
of Mr.and Mrs. Charles It. Troop,
at which meeting there was a large
crowd of the ladie3 present, with
enthusiasm at the boiling point.
One of the principal matters to
come before the meeting was the
raising of the quota, of the Million
Dollar Jubilee fund, which is to be
used for bringing about cf world
vide prohibition. A very interest
ing program was given which was
under the direction of Mrs. Geo. A.
Kaffenberger. The quota for this
county is $500 and for Piattsmouth
branch $S.".O0. some $C." of which
nil r-ii-ed nt flip meeting nf YCs-
terdar. Anyone wishing to contri- j
bute to this fund will please
call either Mrs. Julia (C. Tl.) Troop
or Mrs. Klla (J. K. ) Wiles, who will
call for the same. At this meeting
there were five new members re
ceived into the society. Mrs. E. C.
Hill" who is a member of the so
ciety but has been living at Reent
er, was in the city and was given
the place of guest of honor at the
meeting yesterday. The hostesses,
Mrs. C. It. Troop, and Mrs. J. W.
Dockmeyer served very delightful
refreshments.
A BRAND NEW PAPER ARRIVES.
Froii Tuesday's Dallv.
The Nebraska Outlook arrived
yesterday evening being Vol. 1 and
No. 1. It is interested principally
in ths coming constitutional con
vent ion and the referendum on the
convention clause of new primary
law. The editors of which there are
four in number, they being F. A.
Harrison. J. 6. Shroyer, C. A. Sor-
enson and Arthur G. Way and will
receive no salary, but will use their
profits for the furthering of the ob
jects set forth as above. The paper
is calling for a-ble men for the con
stitutional convention, men able to
write and able to think. Most peo
ple can write, the laws gf the state
makes it compulsory for all to at
tend school, for certain portions of
the year, and for certain years all
should be able to write, but to be
able to concisely and deliberately
think to a purpose is a rare qual
ity. FOUND MUCH DEEP WATER.
From Tuesday's Dally.
Kay Thomas of Logan. Iowa.' who
has been in this city for the past
rew days visiting at the home of his
mother Mrs. Fred Patterson. de
parted yesterday morning for his
home. He with Fred Patterson had
thought to attempt to get to Couiir
cil r.Iuffs via the ferry and Pacific
Junction, but was told the ferry
was not running on account of the
water riiing so rapidly that". it was
difficult to maintain a landing on
the other side of the river. They
therefore tried the Omaha route via
the Oreapolis bridge and finally got
their car there but near Fort Crook
found deep water, so much so that
the car nearly went under a time
or two. Mr. Thomas left the car at
Omaha and returned spending the
night with his mother and 3-esterday
morning departed for home going
via Omaha and getting his car. .
FOR SALE 2 HERF0RD BULLS J
I have for sale, two roung high
bred registered Herford bulls, four
teen and fifteen months of age re
spectively. Inquire of Fred T.
Ramge. Phones 102 and 532.
Piattsmouth. Neb. 5-tfw
A NEBRASKA
i ntmirrn ner
NUNCCK fiKo
PASSED AWAY
MRS. MARY ARCHER, WIFE OF
JAMES ARCHER JR., DIES AT
HOME HERE YESTERDAY.
FUNERAL TO BE WEDNESDAY
Was Married In Rock Bluffs More
Than Fifty Years .Ago.
Leaves One Son.
From Monday's Daily.
Miss Mary O'Donnell was born in
Latham county, Ireland, April 14.
1S47. and when sixteen years of age
come to America, settling in Hock
Bluffs in 1SC3, during the civil war
and after the close of the war was
united in marriage with James
Archer. Moving to Piattsmouth this
couple lived in this city for over
fortv years, then removing to Isa
bel. South Dakota, where they re
sided for some time and while
there they engaged in farming with
their son James Archer jr., where
they lived until the death of the
husband and father three years ago.
About a year since Mrs. Archer
come to this city to live while the
son went to Omaha, where he has
been studying dentistry. Mrs. Arch
er suffered a stroke of paralysis
about a month since, shortly cfter
the passing of her 72nd birthday.
Her son procured a trained nurse
for her care, and ministered in ev
ery way to her welfare, and it was
thought her condition was improv
ing until yesterday she grew weak
er, and at 3:30 in the afternoon
passed away. The funeral will be
held from the St. John's Catholic
church Wednesday morning at
10:30. and the interment will be at
the Catholic cemetery west of the
citj. Mrs. Archer leaves but one
son James Archer of Omaha. At
the time of her death Mrs. Archer
was a member of the Degree of
Honor lodge number four, and had
been since its inception.
HENRY LAMPHEAR
IS COMING HOME
Writes From CaicD Upton, New
York, Just Back From Overseas
Will Soon Be Home.
From Tuesday's Dally.
The following letter was, receiv
ed from Henry Lamphear who is
just back from overseas, and was
stationed at Camp T'pton at the
time of writing, but expected to de
part from there in a short time.
Here is what he had to say:
Camp Upton, N. Y., May 27. '19
Dear Mother and All:
I will drop you a few lines to tell
you that I am on my way home and
expect to be there about June 9th,
should nothing occur to prevent or
put the date of arrival off farther.
I have written Eva telling her to
meet me at Piattsmouth. so you had
better look for us both. We are
leaving here scon for Camp Dodge,
from which place we expect to be
discharged from. I shall expect- to
come from Camp Dodge home. Will
you please write Roy and Bert, tell
ing -them I would like to see them,
also round up Burnie, for I desire
to Fee all the boys before I return
to South Dakota. Say. don't you
think it would be a good idea to
bake up a strawberry short cake
and fry a few of those chickens
ahead for I am pretty d hungry.
Well, look for me at any time.
.H. G. L. (Chick).
ARM GETTING MUCH BETTER.
Fro-n Mopday's Dally.
. Ernest Mutchelott who but a
few weeks since returned from over
seas, did not meet with the best of
fortune on his return to civilian
life. The fourth day after his ar
rival at home he was skating at
Auburn, when he fell, breaking his
left arm which has kept him in
quarters since. . The arm is getting
along very well, and Ernest hopes
in the near future to be able to be
gin using the injured member.
WILL VISIT AT HOME.
From Tuesday's I-ally.
Last night Alfred (Tex) Wilson,
who has been here since his dis
charge from the service. departed
for his home in Texas, where he
will put iu a month or so visiting
at the home of his parents. After
that he will return and accept aj
position jn the Burlington shop
which is awaiting for him as he
was employed there when he quit
to go to the service, answering his
country's call by enlisting in com
pany 'I at Gleuwood and becoming
a member of the "Rainbow" divi
sion.
STANDARD OIL
COMPANY MAK
ING CHANGES
WILL MAKE ALTERATIONS IN
THEIR BUILDING WHERE
THEY KEEP STOCK.
WILL ALSO PAINT THEIR TANKS
The Improvements Will Greatly Add
To Appearance Of Their
Property Here.
Finni 'iiiosday's Da 1 1 v.
A crew of workmen arrived in
this city this morning from Omaha
and are making preparations to
makej changes in the building
which has been used in the past for
a warehouse for stock, which was
not carried in the tanks which they
have erected at this place and will
also paint the tanks here.
There has been need of seme bet
ter facilities for handling their
goods here as well as the repaint
ing of the tanks which with the
lapse of time have become consid
erable the Worse looking in any
event for the need of something to
brighten them up a little. New-
companies are gettiny in the field
who care some for appearance and
not altopether for profit and are
getting considerable of the business
which went to this corporation, not
that they have as much as hereto
fore and maybe more, for there is
an immense increase in the volume
of business that comes to this line.
The remodeling of the house and
painting of the tanks will greatly
add to the appearance of the con
cern's holdings in this city, and
will give them the appearance of a
little prosperity. They have some
good and trustworthy people hand
ling their business here and a bet
ter manner of handling the work
would be to their benefit.
ARE APPLYING FOR
THEIR FINAL PAPERS
This Morning At The Court House
A Number Make Application
For Final Papers.
From Monda's Daily.
This morning at the court house
was held a sitting by District Judge
Begley for-the purpose of hearing
final examinations for citizenship
papers and at which there were
five to be examined, they 'being
Richard Avard. Gunner Johnson, of
this city, T. Harms of Manley and
A. F. Komenda of Brainard. There
were eight other applicants, but as
they were alien enemies they were
not given the examination at this
time. Mr. Harms of Manley came
to Louisville for the purpose of com
ing down but as the trains were
not running on the Burlington on
account of the washout, he had to
go to Omaha, and come down that
way.
RECEIVES A SEVERE FALL.
From Monday's Dally.
Early yesterday morning while
going from his home to the feed
stables at the Richey place, Wm.
Rice slipped upon the muddy cross
ing near the "barn and fell to the
pavement. He sprained the right
thumb and dislocated the left one
in the fall, which injuries will lay
him up for a couple of weeks.
HEAVY RAINS
DAMAGE CROPS
AND R.R. LINES
RECENT DOWNPOUR EXCEEDS
THREE INCHES IN SOME
LOCALITIES.
BOTTOM LANDS ARE FLOODED
Wind Accompanied Moisture Play
ing Havoc with Small Grain
Rivers Overflowing.
From Monday's Dally.
Flood -conditions have prevailed
in parts of Nebraska the past thirty
six hours due to the downpour of
rain Saturday night that in places
exceeded three inches.
At Lincoln the fall was slightly
over two and a half inches. Near
Ashland the bottom lauds are "flood
ed and tracks washed over. Th.
Platte river is declared to be rising
rapidly.
There was a washout on the line
of the Burlington railroad between
Lincoln and Crete, making traflic
unsafe on the main line of the road
and trains for the west were rout
ed at Lincoln by way of Aurora.
At Beatrice a high wind accom
panied the early stages of the storm
and wheat fields were leveled. All
the small streams to the west of Lin
coln are out of their banks.
The Big Pappio has swelled be
yond its banks and flooded West
Dodge street. Omaha, blocking all
traflic on the Lincoln highway for
half a mile west of "Death Curve."
Civilian guards were on . duty -yesterday
and last night turning motor
ists back on either side. The little
Pappio. too, is reported to have
overflown.
Picnics Stopped
The steady down-pour of rain
checked picnics, base ball games and
nearly every other out-of-door pas
time scheduled for yesterday. About
10 o'clock last night a crisp wind
swept across southeastern Nebraska
and made top-coats about the most
popular thing going.
WILL WELCOME THE
SOLDIER BOYS HOME
All Day Festivities by Red Cross
Branch-at Cedar Creek on
Sunday, June 15th.
F'om Monday's Daily
Two weeks from tomorrow, Sun
day, June 15th, there will be given
a picnic at the village of Cedar
Creek, at Schneider's grove, prepa
rations for a great celebration being
in progress. The picnic will be in
the nature of a royal welcome home
to the soldier boys who have served
the nation in the recent world war
and a general invitation is extend
ed to all to attend.
The ladies of the Cedar Creek
branch of the Red Cross have the
matter in hand, and when the la
dies take hold of a matter like thi-;.
it is a predetermined fact that they
will make a grand success of it.
There will be a picnic dinner, ev
eryone bringing lunch baskets fill
ed with good things to eat. During
the afternoon there wiU also be a
ball game and kindred other amuse
ments. The Louisville girls band
will furnish the music, and it is a
caution how these young ladies can
play and well worth one's time go
ing just to hear them.
vThe welcome that will be given
the boys will be a royal one, and
those who are to enjoy the home
coming will surely appreciate the
efforts on their behalf made- by the
ladies of the Red Oross A large
number of the boys are home, while
others are to come before that time.
Of course some are still in France
and a few are yet in camps on this
side of the water, but everybody re
joices at the large number pow safe
ly home and will do their best to
extend a welcome to the fighting
men of the vicinity that they will
not soon forget.
Flags a the Jourual Office
HAS CLOSED HER SCHOOL YEAR
From Tuesday's" Daily.
Miss Crete Briggs who has been
teaching in the city schools at West
Point, returned home last Saturday
having closed .the year at that
place. Miss Briggs has made a good
success in the schools at West Point
and has been requested to teach for
the coming year, but has concluded
she would prefer teaching not so
far from home and while the
proffer was made cf a higher salary
than what was received this year, is
considering some others and better
proposals.
AMERICAN LEGION
TO FOSTER DANCE
Benefit Eall at Coates Hall Saturday
Night of This Week to Raise
a Fund for Expenses.
From Monday's Dally.
The organization of the Cass coun
ty chapter of the American Legion
was attended with some expense,
and there will be necessarily more
to follow. The Legion should ap
peal to 'all the soldiers and their
friends as well. No method is pro
vided for raising funds as yet and
the only way a sum can be gotten
to meet these incidental expenses is
from some outside source. So the
officers and members of the local
chapter have hit upon a plan to
give a benefit dance at the Coates
hall this coming Saturday night.
June 7th, for the purpose of raising
money to pay the expenses of those
who attended the meeting and ad
vanced the money to help perfect
the organization. There is to be
another meeting in November at
Minneapolis, to which one or mors
delegates from the local organiza
tion will 'be sentr and this expense
Xl'IIL likewise have to be met, before
the . proceedings are far enough, ad
vanced to permanently organize the
camp in Cass county, the present
organization being but a temporary
one. , 1
To meet these expenses the dance
will be given as announced and all
who are patriotically inclined will
here find an excellent opportunity
to assist in a good cause while hav
ing an excellent time as well.
THANK THE RED CROSS.
From Tuesday's Dally.
A. G. Roman and family wish to
extend their thanks f to the Red
Cross chapter of this city for the
many kindnesses which it has shown
in the many ways it has found op
portunity to minister to the wants
of thi3 family in the caring for the
mother Mrs. A. G. Roman, who has
been so long at the hospital at
Omaha, and since her return had
needed bandages, gauze and other
things required in the care of one
just recovering from operations,
which she has had a number. The
family wish to express their ap
preciation of the kindness.
The Case Separator has a mon
strous appetite and wonderful di
gestive organs. Will handle more
grain with less grief than any ma
chine in the field. See W. T. Rich
ardson & Son.
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You will, be pleased to find the number of things we can 1d
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Through this service you can make deposits, pay bill?, bin
drafts 'without leaving home.
And you get just as good service as if you came here in person.
Give this service a trial. Save time, steps and money.
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Piattsmouth, Nebraska
"The Bank where You Feel at Home"
THE KING OF
TRAILS-WILL
STAY PUT
AN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE
ROUTE OF KING OF TRAILS
TO IOWA AND M0. FAILS.
POLLOCK . HELPS TO HOLD IT
When-He With Others Appear Be
fore Executive Committee
With Evidence.
From Thursdays Daily.
As indicated in last week's Jour
nal a movement was set on foot on
the Iowa and Missouri side of tl
river to re-locate the King of
Trails between Kansas and Ne
braska and giving it to Missouri and
Iowa. A meeting of the directors cf
the King of Trails was held at
Kansa-s City, Kansas, last Tuesday
at which the request from St.
Joseph. Sheuandoall Clarinda and
other points in Missouri and Iowa
was presented for the shifting of
his trans-continental route to 11m
east side of the river. Mr. S 11.
Smyth of the Omaha Autom.-bile
club and Mr. Gillan of the Indus-
rial committee of the chamber ff
commerce attended the meeting
along with Mr. R. 15. Howe cf Au
burn. T. H. Pollock of PlattsmuiHli
and a few other boosters from down
he river and had very little diffi
culty in showing the executive com
mittee of the King of Trails that
he west side of the river was not
only the logical route, but by far
he best road and that it would b
very unjust to the people along the
west side of the river from
Kansas City to Omaha to take thi
highway away from them after they
had gone to the trouble and expense
of grading the road the greater
part of the way and marking it bet
ter than any other line in thi part
of the country. The request from
St. Joseph, ' Shenandonh and Clar
inda was promptly laid on the
table.
The meeting 'was attended by
about fifty-men from practically all
of the counties of Kansas from the
north line to Oklahoma and in
nearly every instance they reported
enthusiastic s-upport and activity
ilong the line. Many of the cook
ies are engaged now in grading
ind will pave the road this year
oarticularly along the southern end
tf the line. This road is splendidly
'ocated all the way from the Gulf of
Mexico to Winnipeg and when pav
ed will undoubetdly be one of the
nost popular highways in the cen
tral west. It will lead to the warm
and inviting climate along the Gulf
in the winter and to the fishing and
camping grounds of Minnesota and
the far north in the tunuiier.
Chamber of Commerce Journal. Om
aha. If you want a real Tractor or
Thresher buy the Case. Sce W. T.
Richardson & Son.