2ffebra?fca Hirtorf
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VOL. XXXVII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. MAY ?7, 1020.
NO. 9G
SERMON RE
PLETE WITH
GOOD ADVICE
REV. McCLUSKY SPEAKS TO H.
S. GRAFS LAST NIGHT ON
"THE NASTER MAM"
From Mom!av's Pally.
I. a t eve-ning the yniitiK people of
the- .-hiss of i" th' Plattsniouth
li school enjoyed or.e of the most
njovalle baccalaureate services i:i
a number of ears at the- I'ir:t Pres
byterian church. The churches of
the city obsei ved tin' occasion as a
union -etvi'-e and the auditorium of
!!. church was " ! ? t l with the-
friends ami relative-; of the mti::lifrs
of the class to enjoy the very able
impressive sermon delivered by
Lev. U. G. McClu.-ky. The men. hers
f th- class in their caps and govn
.ic i pi d seats at tile front of the
( iiiin I: and made a very impre-sive
npp -a rane as it.i-y hied i:i to assume
their places.
A special musical program hail lieen
ni rant'. ed for the s rvice which acieltd
t; the he.mty i.f ti.e service. Tiie
two hymns. "A Charge to Ke.-; 1
Have" and "My F.iith Leoks Tp to
Thee"', were given l.y the choir and
c -ongivga; ion and the choir of the
church re:.d nd a special anthem.
"Angels ( f Jesus", while the quartet
gave ' Sweet Is the Light of Sabbath
Kve". The prayer was offered hy
Itev. A. V. H -.inter, pastor if th
rust .Metl-.odist church.
Ti.e Journal is print ir.g the ser
mon of Itev. Mcc'lusky. "TL Ma.-ter
Man", in order that the public who
were not pre-enf last evening to
hear this aide discourse may he giv
en the hem-lit of it. Th" sermon
was one that showed deep thought
and tilled with the la t of guidance
to the yiUiTU' people that will -"aide
them in the life they are aUmt to
take up.
T I '.XT -To-r
ji th
v. hhh lie
"A man's life consistcth
abundance of the t hint's
,.. , :--.--: h." Luke 1:1.1.
"Tin: MASTLIt MAN"'
A mst-r t:i i! is one who has con
trol both, of him-elf and !'. situa
tion that confront- him on all oc
casions. Paul was a Ma-ter man.
tor he f lis us: "I have found that in
whatsoever state 1 nm therewith I
am conten'." or have command of
mv-'df. He also said. "I keep my
bony under, and bring it into snb
jictjon to myself " And Paul was
one of the world's frea'fst leaders,
b cau.-e he was able to lead himself.
What the world need? to. lay. but
seems to he dencm-nt in. is master
M"ii m--n who are mas'erful lead
ers. The I'iiired States of America
i groping today for some one to
load her and command her.
Christ hal
treat following be-
cause He .'.as recognized as a "Master
in I-real." There are men who are
masters in a certain line or lines,
lint weak in others. Admiral Dwey
c.ime to our shores following his
gr-at sea victories and was received
as i ne of our ur-ate.,t heroes. He was
presented with a beautiful home in
Washinu'oii as a token of the na
tion's esteem. Thoiit-h a man of
power in a sea tight, he was woefully
deficient in tact, when he save the
p-'ople's gift to him away to another,
thus sacrificing his counirynn-n's re
gard. People delight in a hero. One who
has commanded a situation and won.
A. champion, a b-adcr who holds the
confidence of the people will always
attract a following. Roosevelt was
I'i'c idol of a nation larg'-ly because,
as General Wood said of him. "He
never was discouraeed." Is it any
v.onder that a man should be immor
talized who could ride twenty miles
:.:;d turn his retreating soldiers in
to an offensive that won the battle
of Cedar Creek, such as Sherman did?
In the sl ip wreck of Paul when the
captain and officers had lost their
heads, many lives would have been
sacrificed had not Paul have com
manded the situation so that not a
life was lost.
Once on a voyage across the At
lantic, a terrific storm threatened the
destruction of the ship and all on
hoard. A panic arose among both
passengers and officers. There was a
maMer man there who assembled the
p ople in the saloon ami called on
Almighty Cod in prayer, following
which there was a remarkable sud
denness in the cessation of the storm
and the ship wa saved. That man
was Dwight I.. Moijdj.
Joseph resisted the Queen of
Egypt's enticements, wis thrown in
to prison, but later elevate", to the
supreme ruler of the klugrom for
his self control. Shelly has said.
"Almighty Cod has given men and
women arms long enough to reach
the stars, if only thev will put them
out."
Life is the power to solve success
fully all problems. Life is the world's
greatest quest. Every one in the
world wants to live, which is am
plified in the strife and struggle of
mankind against the great odds op
posing him. The suicide in the act,
though paradoxical as it may seem.
is seeking to relieve himself of the
living death he is in; and hopes for
a better existence in the next state
of being. The saddest phase of the:
world's life is the blind leaders of
the blind, and both are falling into
the ditch of death and woe in their
seeking the light and life.
c imst louiiii a man who was seek-;
ins for life in the wrong wav. It was
the rich fool. who said: "I have
much goods stored up; I will eat.
drink and be merry." To eat three
good meals a day. enjoy a game ot
pinochile and lounge amidst the
fumes of tobacco was to hini the
highest attainment for man. How
many others in the world were lan
guishing amidst the throes of sorrow
iiiid starvation meant little to him.
To such a one Christ answered that:
"Life does not consist in the abun
dance of things which we possess."
"What does it profit if you gain the
whole world and lose vour own
soul?"
Such is Christ's indictment against
the vicious greed of today. As a
bunch of boys would rush an unat
tended and undefended fruit stand
and maw each other in their effort
to get all possible, so the treasury
pile of every home in our land has
been ruthUssly invaded by organize, I
business concerns and manufacturers
and the consumers' fruit has been
nobbled up by these greedy business
wolves who claim that big dividends
mean business life and success. A
client in a bank owned $200,000.00
worth of stock in a cotton mill, and
claimed he realized $5.j.0(0 each
month from it in profits. Instead of
it being- business life, they are kill
ing the goose that lays the golden
teg and if allowed to proceed will
bring business anarchy and death to
our fair land.
All forms of sin is but the supply
ing of the soul's demand for life with
an imitation. In the deserts of Aus
tral:;! some famished travelers found
a substance that looked and tasted
like food, and aie it eagerly, but it
contained no food qualities, and
they died of starvation on that which
!hty thought would give life.
I eopie -llliitv iu oe uui 1,1
t . .1 . ... 1, . l. ........
but in
:i r.uu sorrow; mey sieai in Kaiu
possessions, but find poverty behind
prison bars; they lust to find love,
hut engender hatred; they work
merely to make money, but accumu
late worries; in pride they adorn
themselves gorgeously to look attrac
tive, but appear rediculous; they
criticise others to elevate themselves,
but are humiliated ami abased. Thus
ii siml feeding itself on these sinful
things will die. Death is the ceasing
t.) function. A pump whose valves
are worn out and will not suck up
i he water is dead; an eye whose op
tic nerve fails t. carry the image to
the brain is dead. So the soul that
fails to produce that for which is
was made, namely, to lift up the
fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick,
teach the iguort and love as he wants
to be loved, is dead. The soul that
is dependent on carnal amusements
for happiness; that fails to see good
in others: that bewails his lot in
life; that has a continual grouch to
ward others; that tastes no love for
his enemies that soul is dead. He
in whose breast it is contained is
like the ship that is tossed by every
wave of the ?ea. Unstable as water,
he shall not excel, but is blown about
by every wind of passion; is an ob
stacle in the way of human progress,
and if he dies in that state of being
passes on into a state of eternal
death.
To be delivered from such a con
(ondition into characters of power,
blessing and life, should be the goal
of every individual and was the ex
press purpose for which Christ came
it to the world tha we might have
life and have :t r-ioro abundantly.
Inasmuch as power and life are the
two large elements that make the;
master man. it is the object of t li is
sermon to direct us in the right
channel for the attainment of this
quality. To be a person of benign
power and influence requires equip
ment of virtues without which one
cannot succeed any more than a car
penter without tools, a doctor with
out instruments and drugs, a lawyer
without books or a barber without
razors can expect to gain any degree
of profit.
One of the virtues necessary for
life's success is knowledge. Solomon
says. "Above all things my son. get
wisdom." Ignorance is the direct
cause of much of this world's sor
row. I once saw a hen picking up
com between the two rails of a
track. and when the fast express
came along that hen tried to beat the
train down the track instead of
jumping over the rail. It lost its
life because of its blind stupidity.
We do not blame the hen but when
we see it in man it is sad. We can
not tell others what to do until we
know ourselves.
The fact that the Jews were once
the world's greatest power was be-
cause, for one thing, thev believed in
educating their people and every
child had to learn. Greect. and Rome
profited equally therefrom. What
power Japan lias today is round sole-
1 lll'lll I I1C II1UL I UC UUOli t U
stueiv and learn. V.'liv have vour
j woes in school been centered mostly j lining up the wrong doers,
i around the study of literature as j Deputv Countv Clerk Will T.
.found among the classics of RomeAdaina and wife returned last even-
anu oreece, r ra:ice anu ine r.ng-
"(Continued on Page 2.)
OLD RESIDENT
IS FOUND DEAD
AT HOME HERE
OLIVER GILSON FOR MANY YEARS
A RESIDENT OF CITY PASSED
AWAY LAST EVENING
j
From Monday's
Daily.
Shortly before noon today the dis
covery of the lifeless body of 0!ir
(.Jilson. a well known and long time
resident of Plattsniouth was made by
members of the Leslie McKinnty
family who were moving into the resi
dence of Mr. Gilson. Mrs. McKin-
ney had entered the Gilson home in
which they were preparing to move
ami was startled to find the body of
Mr. Gilson seated in a chair in the
kitchen of the home and apparently
lifeless. The dead man had evident
ly been suddenly stricken shortly
after the evening nn-al yesterday as
the dishes were still on the table
and from the circumstances it seems
as though he had been reading at
the time of his death as his spectacl.'s
were still on and the paper hail fallen,
to the floor and was lying at his
feet. As soon as the body was
found Dr. J. P. Flynn was called to
the scene but life had departed from
the body many hours before. So far
as the examination could disclose the
death came a-s the result of heart
failure and apparently without a
struggle on the part of the aged man.
Mrs. Gilson has been away on a visit
for several days nnd no one was at
the home at the time of his death.
The deceased leaves the wife and
several children to mourn his death
and was at the time of his death
seventy yeirs of age and has n.acie
jjjis
home in this city for a grea
many years, being engaged in th
well digging business for the greater
part of the time of his residence
here.
The arrangements for the fune.al
will not be made until the arrival of
the members of the family.
TRAIN WILL NOT
STOP REGULARLY
Burlington Announces That No. 5,
the New West Bound Train Will
Not Stop Here for Passengers
from Monday's Dally.
The Hurlington, in pulling into
service No. f, the new Chicago train.
'lias rather disappointed the re'sidents
of the city who had been hoping to
have this train stop here for the
regular Omaha service as it reaches
here at S o'clock, makes it much
more convenient for the daily run of
traffic between this city and Omaha.
The announcement is made that the
train will stop provided there are
passengers for Plattsniouth from any
point east of Pacific Junction, but
does away with the regular stop of
the train at this place. The P.ur
lington is continuing No. 15 on its
run from Pacific Junction to Omaha
at the present schedule at 7:1a a.
im. 1 he new train win paw tnrougn
this city at S a. m.. and should
prove much more acceptable to the
average traveler. However, the
train gives something that has long
been needed and that is a train di
rect from the east and does away
with a long wait at Pacific Junction
for persons coming from the east into
this city.
COURT HOUSE HAPPENINGS
From Tuesday's Dally.
Marriage license was issued in the
office of County Judge Allen J. Uee
son this morning to Mr. Homer A.
Barkus and Miss Sarah J. Garrison,
both of Griswold, Iowa.
A suit to quiet title has been filed
in the office of Clerk of the Disrtiet
Court James M. Robertson, entitled
i Rpiilnmin K. Snoderass vs Kiln M
j . .
j
County Attorney A. G. Cole, who
has been spending a few days in the
j West through western Nebraska and
eastern Colorado, returned home last
I . ,
veiling aim is nuw uusy
at work
ing from Howard county, where they
have been visiting at the home of
their son. Maxwell A.iams rear St.
Paul. Mr. Adams r. , ,,rts th ' far
mers in that portion :' the ,-!;.t j a-:
being greatly behind - iili their worl;
due to the cold and .-t .--ason that
has proven siu h a i. a ;;-a , the
farmers over the ent.i :e.
M. K. Puslnu 11. a- -- or el South
Bend precinct was a ;.i;tr at liie
court hou- e ye-iei ;., -.- afie: ::,,, n
making his returns i . (;.m: y A-., es
se r George I., i'al
Alfred Gan-:.::or of Murtay. the
assessor of Koi k bin..'. pr ci;u t v. as
in the city today a:.i -: . I ; . - r at the
e !!iee of the county . m-ssi.t in 11 -sard
to the cc;u!et:'.i of j. i . -..:ic.
VISITING FRIENDS HERE
From Monday's pan v.
Mrs. W. Ii. .Merrht of MattI".
Wash., nee Mi-s Fb : ' Iji-vovan of
this city, is here f t ;: i.- it with
.Mrs. Annie L. P.riit ;.ml ', hur of
old frii nds. Mrs. ?! rrf. t has n ?
been buck to the o! i In in ! .:
years and notes a -rea many chang
e's both in the city a 1 ; ;e resi-b ;; s
of the coti'.iiiunity in '.'.;. h she -pe-
he girlhood days. M r: i;i 1 i -
been engaged in til' nursing w :!
in several of the iart-T ities of ti,
( uniry an ! rar.i's ,.- one of mel
leaders of the m-irh- rs of her pro-J
t'ession in the cou:i:y.
THE OBSERVANCE
OF MEMORIAL DAY!
As Event Occurs c:i Sv.nlay. Obser
vance Will. Take Tlace en Monday
at High School Aud:tcri,i;:i
r'rum .Unmtay's I'ailr.
The observam--' -f I'corat: :i day
will take place on Monday. May ' 1 .
the r'.i.Mh falling en Sunday, and. will
he in lining recogn i t i-.ui of the .ser
vices of the fallen, h-roes of the na
tion. The men. hers of The Ciain 1
Army of the Kepiihty- and W.-.mr.r's
Kelk-f Corps will assenihh' at the
court house at 'J o'clock in t! norn
ing and with the firing so'.-. V S.M
ed from the members of the Ameri
can legion will proceed to O ii: Hiil
cemetery, where the graves, of the
former soldiers, snilms and member--of
the Relief ' orps will be de-cornt e d
and the fring s uad peiform th last
salute- to the fallen hcroe.
In tiie afte;;; on at o'clo. k a!
the hiuh school auditorium the for
mal program v.i'.l t" vi-. --u in iu-m r
of the dry that is he. in such sacred
men. uy hy the people of the nat;or.
The following program has been ar
ranged by the comr.ii! : of the G. A.
li.. in charge of the meeting:
America Don C. York
Invcc at ion I'i v. I-G. MeClusky
Seng M. P. urrtet
Address C. A. Kav.ls
Song M. P. Quartet
"Lincoln's Gettysburg Address".
M rs. A. J. Beeson
Address Frank li. Smith
Song Ameri'-a n Legion Quartet
Heading Mrs. William IVirl
Song Americar: Legion QuartM
Address l.i'lge J. T. liegley
Song Quartet
Benedict ion.
FILES SUIT FOR DI
VORCE IN OiST. COURT
Several Other Matters of Interest in
the District Court of Cass
County Are Fil:d.
From Monrtay's Patlv.
This morning an action for di
vorce entitled John Corny vs. Mary
Cerny. mis filed in tiie- o:Mce of Clerk
of the District Court James Hobeit
ion and in which the petition of the
plaintiff alleges cruelty as tiie
grounds for asking the separation.
The parties were married on Febru
ary 2S, l'.tOS. at Omaha and the de
fendant is now a resident of Doug
las county while the plaintiff re
sides in this city.
The court wa to have heard the
arguments on the motion for a new
trial in the case of John F. Morris
vs. the Missouri Pacific this morning,
but in this case love laughed at the
courts as Yale Holland, the legal
representative of the Missouri Pacific,
was compelled to so to Minneapolis
to be married and the hearing of the
argument laid over until a later
date.
An action was also filed in the
case of Emma Kaufman Talmer In
which the collection of the judgment
covered by the mandate of the su
preme court, was undertaken by the
attorney for the plaintiff.
S JI3AI7E'
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4 m ft I i"".:.4fiv
ILL COMPANY
3 f fvf P?!1 H i
ii! f h I f?$ii
MEETING Cr E0ARD OF DIREC
TORS 13 HELD AND PLANS
LAID FOR OPERATION
From We,
The
Ai.oi.'.'s
com oh i '.
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-f the Alfa-Maize
. of il, is ci- . ha ve
inai plan - and with- '
mj- ry.
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in tile
Tit
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i . I; r eeks e.-
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ci mi p
fi n.
i:t
mill in
i j.era'. ion and i urnin
out
the
at
Ms of which ri. y
rights. The dir
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' clu-
' heir
rs
n.i-e I
se. ecT Oil
Attorn v A.
Tidd as the ger. ral Manager c-f
t h" i ompanv a n ! Mr. T i . M v. ill a'
once assume his duties .u.d carry out
the pro-ran. a euitiined by the meet
ing and wl. :eh inciudes the imme
diate i emm- ;(. eim-nt of activitiej in
i
n.
Ml
The maev.iii' ry for the plant is
!"'ing t .,". i d our hy the L. c. Sharp
machine works in this city and a
large part of i; r.o.v r-a i for i:i-
r-tai'ir.g and oulv a short time will I
b " required to fully complete the
mnchine-ry order and have it placed
in the- i '-w mill and ready for busi
ness. The company also expects during
:he coming summ' r to have their
::--v machine shop in this city erect-e-l
and ready to carry on the work
of manufacturing' the machines thai
produce the special lines of intensi
,'ied stock foods and forage that is
destined to make the plant a very
slicces-ful inst it u' ion.
The state of Iowa has granted to
this ee-napany permission to dispose
of ? 2.",e.0 "! -worth of -referred F.;)ck
in the company in that state anil as
o,m as the plain here is in ac'ive
operation the stock will be place' em
he inarl-.it.
This e-nterpri represents a for-
ward step in the manufacturing in-j
tore.-- of the city and means that a
: i hi - of i.ibi r will find employ
ment in the mill a.s well as in the
chine shop that is to he operated
in onneotion with the milling :n-
T"sl
Th .' mill buildiug. which.
was . mi i let i ii e eral months ago.
h- a specially constructed type and
arranged with a view to handling
the lam amount of alfalfa, corn
the other feel and fodder that will
be Tie'e-sary in the manufacture of
the special lines of feed which arej
i he To; M'i! out I
The citizens of Plattsniouth will
he more than pleased to see this
new enterprise launched in the com
munity and all possible aid in it
'. 'velopment should be encouraged
as it means ;l great deal to the city
in its ultimate success, which will
also bring more prosperity to Platts
niouth and means the employment of
mine high class mechanics in the
cit v.
G0ES TO FATHER'S SIDE
!-"roni Wednesday' Daily.
Yesterday afternoon a telephone
message was received by "Kube"
Krhart. the proprietor of the I'nion
barber shop, from his home at Steel
City. Neb., announcing the serious
condition of his father at that place
and stating that little hopes were
entertained for hi recovery. Mr.
i'.rhart was taken by auto to Omaha
ami from the re he departed by train
for Faiibury and from where he will
be able to reach Steel City. During
the enforced absence of Mr. Erhart
his business interests are being look
ed after by E. G. Shallenberger.
RIVER CONTINUES TO
MENACE RIP RAP
Burlington Officials and Employes
Engaged in Struggle to Check
Progress of River.
From Wednesday's Daily.
The situation on the Iowa side or"
the Missouri river where the river
has been threatening to wash out
the rip rap of the Burlington, con
tinues to offer a serious problem to
the company and every effort is being
made to check the slow undermining
that lias been carried on by therivfr.
e a r-
current. The railroad lias succeeded
in lidding the river although ocas
ionally a small portion of the h.'.d
i.-- icked off by the river. There
ai" i.o-.v some 12', men in the eni-
i
i plove of the Burlington at the .-ec!!?
tile threatened break and Tain
f ''ck are being hurried to
j t io scene to be used in making the
:11s nece--sary to r-tem tin- current in
, its efforts to get through the rip
, rap. IHvision Superintendent N. C.
Alien of the Burlington is making
j his headquarters at the scene of ac
Jtivities and directing the efforts of
I t he force of work me n. The river has
Z'l the hist twenty-four honrs dropp"i'.
one-half foot and it is hoped to hold
the current in check until the river
resumes its normal condition.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
FROM BRIDGE GANG
Sheriff Quinton Notified of Get-Away
of Two Convicts Who Were Eir
ployed at Bridge Near Tecumseh
I nun Wednesday's ralh'.
This morning Sheriff '. ). Quin
ton was notBied by Warden G. 1 en
ton of the state jx-nitentiary of tine-cape
of two convicts named Bart
leit and Beeson who have been em
ployed on some bridge work near
Tecum.-eli. The eesape of the m:.i
was not discovered until a chech up
of the men was made in tho e-ve:i.:.g
Both men are described as be:ng
live feet, ten inches in height, light
complected and smooth shaven. I'-ee-fou
is ef a heavy build while ISavr
lett is only of medium weight. The
men had been sent out with a num
ber of other convicts to complete
sotuj bridge work and had up to
the time of their cs-po. been co.i
ducting themselves in a model m-m-uer.
COURT HOUSE HAPPENINGS
From Wednesday's raily.
The rainy weather which proved
a check on the general activities ijf
i "die city was; reflected at the eou.t
house where the only visitors from
out in the county were members of
the legal fraternity.
In 1 h. ' county court a hearing
was had in the final settlement o;
the Lucy Zink and Oscar Iinh es
t; c- f near EImwiod.
A hearing on the deternimat
heirship in the estate of John
pie was held in county court.
Lydia M. Copple of Murdock
present to attend the hearing.
Attorney C. S. Aldrich of
on
Mi
Eim-
wood, was in the city to attend t
several matters in the county e-ouit.
In the district court a suit to
ijuiet title was filed, entitled Nancy
Vj. Suavely vs. Arthur L. Munger
et al.
Mrs. Ed Weaver was a visitor in
Omaha today with relatives, going
to that city on the afternoon Hur
lington train.
SUMMER HOLIDAY MUSIC COURSE
Begining June 1, MIs Olive Gass
will conduct a summer vacation class
in piano music. Telephone 292.
lw d&w
They Did Not
Such heroes, such men, such AMERICANS that if every
one of them could have his choice again of living under a
compromised flag or dying for the cause he knew was ritht
not one would fail to answer "Here" to the roll call of su
preme sacrifice.
A nation pauses in reverence before the shrine of eter
nal memories.
LONG LINES OF BLUE AND KHAKI
returned to us, but, alas with blank tiles. "Somewhere in
France" thousands of our boys are resting peaceful in the
knowledge of a deed well done.
The splendid traditions of Bunker Hill, Gettysburg ami
San Juan were nobly upheld at Chateau Thierry.
On Decoration Day we honor the memory of those who
made the supreme sacrifice. Their gUry lives eternal.
This bank will he closed all day, Monday, May "1st, in
silent tribute to those who once filled the now blank files.
The First National Bant,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
"The Bank Where You Feel at Home"
ill
RIVER GIVES
R. R. COMPANY
MUCK ANXIETY
SUDDEN CAVE IN OF 400 FEET OF
BANK LAST NIGHT BROT
CALL FOR HELP.
frc'i-n Tuesday's rally.
Last evening shortly be-fore 7
o'clock a hurried e-all was sent from
e sc-ene of the recent ravages of
the Missoari riv-r on the Iowa side
to this city for assistance in fighting
back ll.e waU-is of the river that
have- for a month p;isi been threat
ening the land adjoining tin- pur
lin::toii tracks and n-n;iing ti.e
whole Iowa bottom.
A Purliugton switch en-ine was
working north and we-; of Pae-iho
Junction a few moments before the
alarm w.is given and had ju.-f gene
over a portion of track that w a - sud
dnly swe; t away by I he gniutr a y
of the sandy soil and a Lir;.e break
made for the entrance of th liver
waters.
The engine crew signaled for help
and a message later called for all the
men available to be hurried ! the
Iowa side for use in carrying on th
iight to check th- Mnam. A lir:o
number of ti.e shopmen re-spoiid'-d to
ihe call and were tal'-n over the
river where they remained the u rent
er part of the niaiit agisting in
handling the rm-k and other ma'e-r-ial
Used to repair the had break that
nyered some four hundred fee-;.
The pre.-.nt break is north of the
me that occurred two weks and
;s an indication of the 'let ei n. i ned
effort that the river is making t.; cut
into the Iowa side and which. if
successful would sweep ine main
manned of the Pig Muddy down
through the bottoms. wiping on:
thousands of acres of farm land and
threatening the 1 hi r! in gten interests.
The situation is r-ported to he im
proving today lu't a coutan watih
is being maintain, d by the P.uriing
(iii oflicials who are on the job in
.ase any either development shows
up to threaten the safety of tie- land
along the Iowa i le of th." river.
PURCHASES NEW CAR
Tom Tuesday's Dai'iy.
Ilev. A. F. Ploetz, of Derby, Iowa,
who was hre fc.r a short time tin
last of the week be fore r t :i r i. i n - to
his home purchased one of the hand
some new Cleveland automobiles of
John F. Gorder ami with which lie
made the return trip to his charge
in Iowa. Mrs. Ploetz, who has been
here assisting in th" care ,f her sis
ter. Miss Louis' Gorder, who ha-c
been very poorly, is expecting to
leave on Thursday for the new home
in Iowa.
Attorney William Deles Derni.r
and Charles G. Hart of Elmwood,
were in the city today attending
the final settlement in the estate
of Mary Hart, deceased, which wa?
heard before Judge Peeson.
Die in Vain!