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Nerk". Ftate Histori cal Society omnul mm o i VOL. XXXVTL PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1920. No. 57 Platte SUCCESSFUL CASS COUNTY INSTITUTION FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE AND LIVE STOCK INSURANCE CO. ONE OF BEST IN STATE. MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON Stockholders Attend Meeting and Are Greatly Pleased Over the Re sult of the Year's Showing. Fiom Monday's Dally. The Farmers Mutual Fire and Live Stock Insurance Co. of Cass county is one of the leading insur ance companies of this portion of the state and its success is largely due to the excellent management of the af fairs of the company but the officials selected from among the leading men of the county and the result is that the business of the company has in creased each year. The annual meeting of this com pany was held on Saturday after noon at the Taylor school houso in Plattsmouth precinct and was attend ed by a large number of the stock holders who participated in the elec tion of the officers of the organiza tion, the following being selected: President Jacob Tritsch. Vice President J. If. Decker. Secretary J. p. Falter. Treasurer M. L. Friedrich. Director II. J. Miller. Alvo; John Albert. Plattsmouth; Henry Horn, Plattsmouth; A. A. Wetenkamp,. lly nard; Adam Hild. Plattsmouth; Cliifles- Hither." Neh aw KarJ.' K Becker. Plattsmouth; August Pans lea, Murdoc!:. and August Engelke nieier. Murray. The company has had a very suc cessful year in 1919 having written $377,703 of new business during the yea- and while the company has sus tained quite heavy losses in the year the treasury shows a handsome in crease over last year and the outlook for the bright. forthcoming vear is very ASKS DAMAGES FOR DESTROYED HAY From Monday's Dallv. An action has been commenced in the district court by C. Lawrence Stull through his attorney Matthew Gering, and in which he asks dam ages In the sum cf J343.75 from the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Rail road and Walker D. Ilines. director general of railroads. The plaintiff ia his petition states that on the 13th day of October, I L 1 8. two stacks of hay on the meadow land of the plaintiff on the Platte bottom, north of Plattsmouth, Aere burned up as the result of a fire which it is alleged was caused by r parks from a locomotive of the de fendant railroad company. One of the stacks contained thirteen tons and one consisted of merely one ton. The case will be heard at the next term of the district court. STATE TAXES MOUNT HIGH From Monday's Daily. The taxpayers of the state are to find that the increase in the, slate taxes for the past year has risen to 70 per cent over that of the previous year and the levy for state purposes has jumed from the appropriation made by the 1917 session of the leg islature which called for 6.78 mills to 13 mills under the appropriations made by the 1919 session of the leg islature. The increase in the levy has vastly increased the amount each of the counties must contribute to the state for the purpose cf running the state government. This increase in addition to the county and local taxes increases the total amount of taxes to a heavy figure. Cass coun ty will contribute to the state this year $133,350 as aainst $32,084 for the last year's appropriations. If it's in the card line, call at the Journal office. RECEIVES SAD MESSAGE rrom Mt nday's Paiiy. This afternoon J. II. Tains, super intendent of the county farm receiv ed the sad news of the sudden death of his brother. Clau Tarn?, who passed away this morning at his homo in Ogden. Ia. This is the first intimation that Mr. Tarns has had of his brother's illness and came as a jrrp.lt OinrU tn Hit. f.nmilv bf.ro Mr Tarns will leave tomorrow morning for Ogden to attend the funeral. The deceased was CO years of age and has for a number of years made his home at Ogden where he was in charge of the elevator business at that place and was quite wealthy. The funeral services will be held at the late home in Ogden. INITIAL MEETING WAS SATISFACTORY The clergy and lay members of the different churches in the city and the one just out of town were emi nently satisfied with the outlook tor a successful meeting when the time began for the opening of the first meeting last evening at the Methodist church. Considerable preliminary work had been done before the meet ings were to begin and the effect was apparent in tne large congregation and the interest in -the work mani fested. Tiie muic which had been pluccJ under the direction of Kev. K. II. Pontius had found a perron capable and willing to care for that part of the exercises. At ence it was appar ent to the most carnal observer that the selection could not have been more appropriately placed. This por tion of the campaign will without ! doubt be well cared for in the serie. of meeting which began last evening With the capacity and consecration j of the others of the quartet. Rev"." II. G. McClusky of the First Presbyter ian. Rev. Levi W. Scott of the First Christian and Rev. A. V. Hunter of the First Methodist churches, it is assurred that that portion of the services will be well conducted. By agreement no one outside of the ones having the matter in hand is to know until the time comes for the evening services who is to be the one who shall speak on that particular night. The honor fell last evening to the Rev. A. V. Hunter as the services was to be held during the series In the Methodist church. He took for his theme the story of the first re vival which was conducted by the Master, beginning at the brink of Jacob's well when he asked the wo man of Samaria. "Give me a drink." Rev. Hunter told of how this cam paign which lasted only for two days resulted in the conversion cf a large number of people, not friends of the Jews for the Samaritans had no deal ings with the Jews. Who will make the address this evening you will know as soon,as the meetings gets under way. Be thereon time at 7:30 and you will be well paid for the at tendance. PURCHASES PROPERTY From Priil ay's Dally. Saturday W. E. Roswncrans, the enterprising real estate dealer closed the transaction for the purchase of the residence property of Mrs. A. E. Gass on Vine street as well as the 33-foot fractional lot owned by J. H. Tarns adjoining the Gass proper ty. The property :s as ' choice a building site as there is in the city and it is the present intention of the new owner to erect thereon two mod ern and up-to-the-minute bungalows In the near future. The location of this property is ideal as it is in the J main portion of the c ity and has the advantake of the modern Im provements such as walks and pav ing. SCHOOLS RESUME WORK From Monday's Dally. This morning the holiday vacation i of the Plattsmouth high school was ( brought to a close and the pupils and teachers were on the job at the usual time to carry on the resumed work of the winter term. The schools have been closed since the 19th of December when the Christ- mas vacation commenced and the young people have had a very en- Joyable and pleasant time in the de- lights of the holtday season. - THE SCHOOLS OF THE CITY REVIEWED I THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO SUC CESSFUL HIGH SCHOOLS IS GIVEN PARENTS. 'CO-OPERATIGN URGED OF ALL Need of Assistance of Parents With Instructors to Given Pupils . Best Education. From Tuesday's Lally. Through the columns of the Jour nal it is our purpose to give some thing on the aims and work of the Plattsmouth high school. What should a high school aim to do? First, it should aim to educate the boys and girls. This may appear trite if we understand all that edu cation means we shall see it is a term, though commonplace, needing much elucidation and amplification. To educate, as often commonly un derstood, is to develop and train t lie intellect; to enable one to. think in telligently and logicallv. To a great many an education means so much book learning or an accumulation of information ami facts oti a variety of subjects, more or less useful. In other worus a quantity of stored knowledge in the brain, much as one would store coal in a bin. to draw upon as needed. If education were nothing more it would not be worth getting, for most of this stored knowledge would never be needed. The comparatively many that hold an education is the development of the n,e.nt.aI Pwe.rJ3..are- like ,ho blind men of Hindustan that went to see the elephant, "partly in the right and partly in the wrong." Right in so far as that is one of the aims of a true education but wrong in holding that is all. Being educated is infi nitely more than enabling a human being to think intelligently and log ically. There is a physical develop ment necessary in order that the mind may function to the fullest and largest extent of which it is capable. In the high school this part of edu cating is taken care of in some meas ure by athletics such as football (which we do not have), basket ball, track meets, etc. Yet. if we reflect, we are forced to admit that the few rather than the many receive the in dividual physical development ob tained by participation in these con tests. There is room in every high school for an extension of these ben efits to a large number of the stud ent body. Conceding the proper share to both physical and mental development in a complete education, we pass on the third factor the third in number only, for in amount of importance it is far greater than either of the oth er two or both together. We are try ing to teach our high school pupils to think intelligently and logically, but if that is all we are failing mis erably. The third requisite, the all important one, is that we teach them to think lightly. In the words of the immortal Roosevelt: "The things of the body are good, the things of the mind are better, but the things of the spirit are best of all." And the things of the spirit in one word is Character. Every thing stands or falls before the supreme test of Char acter. In our day, as in other days, some things seem to stand without it, but sooner or later, will cause them to fall if not built on righteousness. The question might rightfully be asked: "Are we building character (in our schools)." The question ts Just as pertinent now as it ever has been probably more so. Are we leading the boys and girls under our charge to thing rightly? Then, right living will follow right thinking. To in- culcate rieht nrinrinloa nf ihnilrhi and action is the one great Dumoe of the high school as well as the graded schoolwhich preceeds it. Not only by example but by precent must this be done. As a means to this end rules and regulation are sometimes formulated. Whether formulated or not there must he proper emphasis on conduct which often goes by the term of discipline. Of course, discl- pline has not entirely to do with right or wrong actions. There are many actions in the school room which are apparently neither good or bad. Yet persistent disobedience of rules made for ihe good of the school is on the Ku. ie plane as like disobedience of tilt laws of state or nation. If respect : r authority, law and order is not enforced in school, where characters hri. being formed, when ;ind where should it be? Disci pline is everything for no school work can be successful without it. To secure diseiplii e most effective ly at school the cooperation of the parents with the v ;it:iers is wholly essential. Especially in the matter of absence and tardiness the support if the parents or gnudian has to be depended upon. Fi r, if the rule of the .school requires ihat every pupil bring a written ex-use from parent or guardian for absence or tardiness and the parents sa-: "I don't want to be bothered to urite one," or "I don't see the necesu; y of it." etc.. the cnooi is ninuereu 1:1 maintaining a good record for attendance and punc tuality. And if the narent does not ict as if beiog abstut or tardy were sufficient cause to lurnish a written excuse the child is hkelv to think it is not of great consequence. Writ ten excuses avoid the deplorable con dition of the parent not knowing whether his boy or g rl was in school or not. If properly signed, dated. ami cause ior aosence given, it is practically a certain check on tru ancy. The average high school student does not take seriously enough the matter of regular attendance. Why t Iris ? It is largeh the fault of the parent. So long as the father con siders it sufficient reason, to keep his boy out a whole or half dap be cause there i a little extra work to do, or the mother I.ceps the daugh ter out to look after the small chil dren while she goes visiting or does some entertaining j ist so long will the boy or girl regard staying out as not a great loss. ,rhp. student may plead before the parent or teacher that "he will make up the work." But, making up work is not like hav ing it in class under the supervision of the instructor. The fact of the matter generally is that the work missed is not all made up and often the pupil gets a higher grade than really deserved. Out of an enroll ment of 191 for the third month we had 214 half day absences. It would seem within reason to believe that this number could be cut down to half that number. Many of these absences were caused by staying out to work, several to meet a train. A large number of them were caused by sickness which is always a good and sufficient excuse. All others generally more or less insufficient As a school we are desirous of hav ing a fine record in attendance and punctuality but even more so are we anxious to secure an excellent record of scholarship. Of course, discipline and regular attendance that we have just considered are necessary helps toward this end. Still, we may have both these and not have the first class scholarship. For high standing in studies pur sued can be attained only by diligent perserving effort briefly, by "hard work." Here and there some student may secure high grades by little ef fort but for 90 per cent or more it means earnest, patient application. H means a great deal to average 90 per cent or above. In four or five subjects for a nine weeks' period. The comparatively small majority will always be in this honored class in all high schools. Just how large this minority should be is difficult to state. We do say that during the first quarter of school it is far too small in the Plattsmouth high school. However, we are hoping to show an increase at the close of the first semester. The records are carefully examined and when a pu pil shows a falling off in his work, a statement of the subjects below 70 is sent to the parents, requesting their co-operation for better grades. If the student is below 70 per cent in one or more studies, the cause should be ascertained and removed if possi ble. In most cases "the cause" is simply lack of sufficient study and the remedy more study. To get some students to study more is no easy task for either parent or teacher. En couragement and making conditions favorable at home win go a long ways toward this end. All students carry ing four or more studies will need considerable time for home studv. If they have to work all the time throat, grandma's lameness Dr. out of school of course they can not Thomas' Eclectric Oil the house have their lessons. Nor can they if , hold remedy. 30c and 60c. the streets, the movies, or social functions of one kind or another claim a large share of their time out side of school hours. If all concern ed would only fully realize that the high school student's business is "going to school" and other things are subsidiary to this main thing, what wonderful results would be ac complished if student and parent act ed alike upon this principle! It might help if both parents and teachers would impress upon the youthful learners the value of their time. But youths are so slow to ap preciate that which is so plentiful with them, time. Tell then that every cshool hour if properly used is worth $10 for them in after life and they will look at you in dumb amazement To some it never will be because the time was wasted rather than u?ed. We started to write about the Plattsmouth high school. We have written much that. will apply to high schools in general. The reader can make the application for himself. Much more could be written than we have in mind to write. Perhaps lat er something 'further along these lines may be given. May every par ent, teacher and student work to gether for the good of the Platts mouth high school. FREDERICK OST, VET ERAN OF '65, GALLED Death Came Suddenly Day After the Celebration, of His Seventy Second Birthday. Prom Tuesday's Dally. Frederick' Ost. a well-known mem ber of Rawlins Post, No. 23. Grand Army of the Republic, died suddenly Sunday, the day following the cele bration of his 72nd birthday. Mr. Ost enlisted May 18. 18C4, to erve 100 days " and" was lnustered aut at Camp Fry, Chicago, May 31, 1864. He served in Company K. 134 egiment of Illinois volunteers. On February IS, 1SC5. he was mus tered into the service again having olunteered earlier in the month to erve for the duration of the war and was assigned to Company I, of he 157th Illinois volunteers, and was discharged January 20, 1866. During his military service he par ticipated in many encounters with marauding bands and guerillas When the war broke out he was but 15 years of age and entered the ser- ice before his 17th birthday. He was married to Annie Schultz at Lincoln. Nebraska. May 11. 1871. Eight children blessed their happy union and the bride of his young manhood survives to cherish his memory. Mr. Ost was born in Ger many November 23, 1846. Other survivors are six daughters. wo sons, two brothers and a sister; Mrs. Herman Reicke, Mrs. A. A. Say- lor and Mrs. Joe Lindsay, all of Ne hawka; Mrs. F. Wheeler. Mrs. G. M. rawford and Miss Lucy Ost, all of Stockton and Henry and John Ost. of Nehawka. The brothers and sis ters are August Ost, of Nehawka and arl Ost and Mrs. E. Regner of Illi nois. Nehawka News-Ledger. TO UNDERGO OPERATION From Tuesdays Dally. Yesterday afternoon W. F. Moore of near Murray in company with Dr. F. Brendel and his daughter. Miss Frances Moore, passed through the city enroute to Omaha where Miss Frances is to enter the hospital to undergo an operation for appendici is from which she has been suffering for some time. The many friends of the young lady are anxiously await ing word from her and trust that the operat'on may be successful in gtv- ng her relief from her suffering. MOVING INTO THE CITY From Tuesday's Daily. The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Beverage on Chicago ave rue has been sold by the owner to Walter Propst, one of the prominent farmers of the precinct who is Boon to move in and occupy the home. Mr. and Mrs. Beverage have purchas ed the Manford Craig home on West Tearl street and will make their home there in the future. For bay's croup, Willie's daily cuts and bruises, mother's sore OPPOSE ANY CHANGES IN DIST. NO. 1 COMMERCIAL CLUB DIRECTORS GO ON RECORD AT MEET ING HELD TODAY. CLAIM THE CHANGE IS UNJUST Resolutions Express Opinion of the Members of Board of Directors as to School Matter. f'rom Tuesday's Dally. This afternoon the members of the board of directors at their meeting expressed in the following resolu tion their disapproval of the proposed school district changes: Resolved bv the board of directors of the Comenircial club of Platts mouth. Neb., that we are opposed to proposed consolidated GIstrict No. 1 as proposed by the redisricting com mittee of Cass county, Nebraska, be cause the same is unjust, inequitable and unfair on account of present in adequate condition of the highways and transportation facilities, and we respectfully request the co-operation of the citizens of Plattsmouth, Neb., in defeating said plan as now pro posed for said reasons. Frank M. Bestor. J. P. Falter. W. A. Robert son, Guy W. Morgan, Roy W. Knorr, Jesse F. Warga. E. J. Richey, E. II. Wescott, H. A. Schneider. T. II. Pol lock, L. O. Minor. E. A. Wurl. Aug ust Cloidt, Board of Directors of the Plattsmouth Commercial club. LAST OF THE LOUIS VILLE ROBBERS GOES Receives Sentence Saturday for His Crime Committed on October 13th at Louisville. rtora Monday's Dally. On Saturday afternoon in the dis trict court, C. G. Thompson, the last remaining memb-r of the trio of Louisville burglars to remain unsen tenced, was given his sailing orders and left in custody of the 6heriff to iwait being sent to the state prison it Lincoln. The prisoner, who was brought from the Douglas county general hospital at Omaha, on the 1:15 Burlington train Saturday nf ternoon, was at once taken to the court house, where the complaint was prepared by County Attorney A. 3. Cole and the prisoner at once ar raigned before Judge Begley. Thomp son entered a plea of guilty to the charges preferred against him and under the law was sentenced for a term of from one to ten years. The sentencing of Thompson ends the story of the series of daring rob beries that were committed at Louis ville and which culminated in the attempt to rob the F. II. Nichols store, and which came so near being successful. Had it not been for the fact that one of the Louisville young men was Keep Tab on Your Finances! When you pay a bill by check you have positive proof that you cancelled the debt. Each check issued contains a complete record of the transactions involved, and when en dorsed is an undisputed receipt. Your bank book, balanced each month, verifies your in come and expenditures every 30 days, and enables you to keep a satisfactory tab on all your financial transactions. May we have the pleasure of furnishing you with a check book so that you can pa' your bills the modern way the checking account way? First National Bank "The Bank Where You Feel at Home' returning home at a late hour and saw the light in the store, the three men would have made their getaway. As it was, in the battle with the citi zen?, the robbers received the worst of it and the man Thompson receiv ed wounds that resulted in the am putation of his lower left limb. The settlement of the cases has been very efficient and the county .saved a great deal of money by the prompt and effective manner in which the case was handled by Coun ty Attorney Cole and Sheriu' Quinton !,as not only saved the county quite a neat sum but the sheriff was also able to recover for W. 1 InVrs. one of the sufferers from the visitation of this aim' gan. of robbers, a l;i tk4 part of his stolen goods. SECURE THEIR CITIZENSHIP On Saturday at the office of Clerk cf the District Court Robertson Thomas Wracka and Stephen Trnka. two of the resident!; of ,ouisvill made their declaration of citizenship and expressed their desire to becomn full fledged citizens of the I'nited States. Mr. Wracka came to Amer ica in 109 and .Mr. Trnka in 1914. both being citizens of what was then Austria-Hungary but which is now the Czecho-Slovak republic. MEXICANS ARE STILL KEPT AT THE JAIL Immigration Officials Have Failed to Show Up to Relieve Quinton of Unwelcome Charges. from Tuesday's Dally. The dark hued guests of Sheriff C. D. Quinton. who hail from the the land of Villa are still linger ing at the county jail and awaiting word from the United State immi gration officials ' which will' send them to their childhood home in the land of the snakes and revolutions. It had been hoped that before this the county might be rid of the men but the long and tedious course of red tape that it is necessary to go through with before ttie men can be shipped out has delayed their going. The two men who so near cleaning out the ladies ready to wear depart ments for the Plattsmouth stcres are taking their future very calmly and cheerfully awaiting their forced re turn to the home of their youth and doubtless figure that it will be eay for them to slip back to the I'nited States at the first opportunity. MRS. KENNEDY ILL From Monday's Dallv. Mrs. R. P. Kennedy, one of the old residents of the city, is quite ill nt her home in the second ward, and her advanced years has caused a gen eral breakdown of her health that makes her condition very unfavora ble. Mrs. Kennedy is one of our oldest residents and her host of friends over the city will regret very much to learn of her failing health. RHODE ISLAND RED HENS Several hundred Rhode Island Red hens for sale at reasonable price. Mrs. C. R. Todd, phone 3102. 3swl4d m 4 i-