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cPte Ilistori cal Society oum 0 vol. xxxvn. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1920. NO. 10 JACOB R. VALLERY CALL ED BY DEATH PASSING OF ONE OF OLDEST AND WEALTHIEST OF FARMERS OF CASS COUNTY DIED AT HOME LAST NIGHT Had Passed Seventy-two Years of Ae and Has Been, Since 1854, a Resident of This Community From Thursday's Dally. A gloom was cast over the com- i.iuuity far and near when it was harried that Jacob H. Vallery had passed away at his country home last ening. He was surrounded by his entire family and a few close friends v. hen the end came. Fourteen months ago Mr. Vallery submitted to an operation and has been a constant sufferer until death brought relief. Everything that sebi.ee and loving hands could do, was done, but to no avail. All through his long illness he met the propositions of life with his usual characteristic, practical turn of mind --hoping to the last to recover but always willing to lay down the bur den of life if called. With his passing, the wife and children experienced a loss that no one can fill and which no words can tell. Only time in its feeble way, can to some extent heal. The com munity where he spent the active portion of his life, will sorely miss his wise counsel, generous heart and outstretched hands to help those less fortunate in life. - -- Jacob It. Vallery was born in Pike county. Ohio, on January 4. 1848. and came to Cass county. Nebraska, with his parents in the fall of 1S54. fettling near 1'lattsmouth and in which vicinity he lived until his death. At the time of his death, he had reached the age of seventy two years, six months and 17 days. In 1S7j he was united in marriage to Mary Klizabeth Richardson. To this union eight children were born, namely. Mrs. May Cunningham of Nehawka; Mrs. Frances Urendel of Murray; Mrs. Florence Lake of Oma ha; John S. of Mynard; Misses, fJrace, Louis", Doris and Martha of Mynard. Resides his immediate fam ily, he leaves three brothers. Henry f Ruby, Alaska; Peter of Fruitdale, South Dakota; Walter of Murray, and one sister, Mrs. A. M. Wright of Fruitdale. South Dakota. Mr. Vallery was a strong, sturdy type of manhood of upright integrity, industry and honorable dealing. With these qualities, in early life, he became a dominant factor in his community. Hecoming possessed of many ox teams, he broke thousands of acres of prairie land and was af lerwards familiarly known as "Prair ie" Jake. His capacity for work was practi cally unlimited and his earnings were invested in lands in Cass and Saunders counties. At the time of his death he was one of the wealthi est citizens of Cass county. In Ins early life he became a freighter upon the plains between the Missouri river points and the city of Denver. His experiences with the hardships and trials of early life in Nebraska would fill a volume The hardships and contests of the Freighters" with the warring bands of Indians that infested the tountry n those days, has become a pre iiounced epoch in the history of i!ie state. Many a night he and his conrades closed their eyes in sleep be neath their "tented" wagons, fully realizing they might be slain by the savage Indians before the dawn of another day. Mr. Vallery was a lover of fine horses, many of them thorough breds of record speed. This was his hobby For many years he maintained a speed track on one of his farms and there trained and admired his horses. The world is better because be lived. So upright and exalted was his character, so noble and unselfish were ls ambitions, that life gave him up reluctantly and death was proud to take him. Rut death can not take from us the memory of what he was and what he did. He will forever live, in the hearts of his rel atives and friends. He was a manly man. ' The funeral. -will be held at the home on Saturday morning. SPEEDERS GET HALTED Last evening Chief of Police Man speaker and Officer Chas. McOride stopped three autoists charging them with speeding and who were g?ven the Jolt for this offense of flO and costs each amounting to $13. The parties whose names appear on the blotter at the court were Frank Smith. Omaha; It. A. Troop and S. V. Bell. The parties were taken on while driving on the avenues leading out of the citv. DEATH OF JOSEPH LAMBERT AT FARM Well Known Resident of Cass County Found Dead This Morning in His Bed at the County Farm From Thursday's' Daily. Thismorning the lifeless body of Joseph Lambert was found in his room at the county farm west of this city by Superintendent J. H. Tams, when awakening the residents of the home, and death seems to have come peacefully and suddenly to the af flicted man. Mr. Lambert has not been in good health for many years but was not seriously ill at any time although yesterday he complained verv much of the heat and it is thought that he was overheated, bringing on the final crisis in his case and death came some time during the night. The deceased was the son of Frank and Mary Lambert, pioneer residents of Cass county, and he was born fifty- two years ago in Fremont county. Iowa, and brought here when an in fant and has lived in and near Rock Bluffs for the greater part of his life time and was well known to a large circle of warm friends who learn with regret of his death. He was unmar ried and leaves to mourn his death two brothers and one sister and one half sister, James and Charles Lam bert of this county and Mrs. Edward Ranard of Omaha and Mrs. Elizabeth Haskin of Ironton, Ohio. The funeral services will be held this morning at 6 o'clock at the Horning cemetery south of the city and the body laid to rest beside that of the father and mother. Rev. A. V. Hunter of the Methodist church will have charge of the funeral ser vices. ROBBERS SCARED AWAY From Friday's Daily. The visitations of robbers to this city seem to have become a regular habit and the latest place to be vis ited is the store of E. A. Wurl on Sixth street where the activity of the night visitors was noted last evening but as far as could be ascertained in a hasty examination of the stock nothing was found missing. Henry .Trout, who is acting as special mer chants police visited the store after 8 o'clock and found the west door se curely fastened and on another round shortly after 2 o'clock this morning discovered that the door was unlocked. He also heard sus picious noises In the store and threw the rays of his flashlight into the store room but failed to reveal any one. A search of the store later did not locate any evidence of the raid ers and if 'they were there they had been scared away before doing any damage as the cash register that con tained a small amount of change was apparently not disturbed. ATTENDS FUNERAL From Friday's Dally. This afternoon the Burlington ran a special from this city to Pacific Junction taking a number of the em ployes of the road force of the Bur llngton to that place to attend the funeral services of the late George W. MullicaT who was killed there Wednesday morning in the railroad yards, where he was engaged in his duties as a switchman. Among those going were Ralph Barthold and wife, Harry Beal and wife, Wr. F. Kriskey and wife, L. L. McCarthy, E. II. Wes cott, C. S. Johnson, City Attorney C E. Martin and W. H. Thackery, Mrs F. B. Shopp and Mrs. Mary Petersen Advertising ii the most effective method of "drumming up" trade. . HIP TRACK IS NEARIN6 TOP OF COLUMN BY WIN FROM STOREHOUSE LAST NIGHT. RIP TRACKERS HAVE CHANCE FOR FIRST PLACE SCORE WAS FOUR TO TWO Good Game Throughout and Both Teams Fight Hard for the Honors of the Event Fiom Thursday's Dally. Last evening the Rip Track team of th'r Burlington league in their win from the Storehouse aggregation were able to assume a claim for first place being tied with the Coach Shop and Locomotives for the lead in the league race. Beal for the Rip Trackers and Mc Carthy for the Storehouse pitched good ball throughout the seven in nings of the game although McCarthy suffered from a gift in the first in ning of a base on balls that was af terwards turned Into a score. But tery in his batting and the work of Harry Newman in the left garden as well as the fielding of Martin at short were the features of the game for the supply department. In the opening frame for the Freight Car shops Winscott was giv en a base on balls by McCarthy and when Fenwick trippled to the left garden he tallied with the first run of the game. Beal and Fred New man both were whiffled and Ault retired at first base leaving Fenwick on third base. For the storehouse Martin registered a clean hit to right and wasr able to score on a peg to third base. Brewer and Schubeck were both struck out and "Red" Newman was retired on a grounder to Beal. In the second inning the Freight ers added two more to their list when after Neitzel retired, Martin to New man. Rucker was given a walk to the keystone sack and scored when Noble hit to the left garden tor three bags. Schliscke was safe at first when Brewer threw wild to "Red'' at the initial sack and on which Noble tallied. Winscot hit safe over short but the side was retired when Fenwick went out on a grounder to Brewer and Beal struck out. The storehouse spurred on by the work of their opponents also grabbed an addition score in this inning. Harry Newman was safe at first when Fen wick failed to get down for his grounder and was followed by Joe McCarthy who rattled the boards In center field for two sacks that brought Hons In home. Joe was not able to canter in however with the needed run as Gradovllle, Buttery and Weaver were retired. The Rip Trackers secured another in the sixth, not so much on their skill as the speed of "Wuzzy" Noble and the poor judgment of their op ponents who wildly threw the ball around and allowed the run to come home with another added burden for the storehouse. Neitzel opened the Inning and retired on a pop up to Martin at short, Rucker was struck out and after McCarthy had placed over three strikes on Noble, Tommy Gradoville failed to grab the lat of the strikes on which Noble secured first and was able to work his way around to third on the wild throws and on a peg to third that went wild of Brewer he came home. COURT HOUSE NOTES From Friday's Dally. The court house is rather quie.r at present as the vacation time for a number of the county officials has ar rived as well as the general busy season keeping down the usual amount of litigation and business that generally is being handled by the county offices. County Attorney A. G. Cole and family are still in Colorado but will return the first of next week, while County Judge Bee son and wife are in Minnesota enjoy ing a ten days' rest and the genial judge practicing up on his fishing ability. County Superintendent Miss Alpha Petersen has Just returned from a combined business trip and outing at Salt Lake City where she attended thi N. E. A. meeting and also enjoyed the sights of the moun tain country. County Clerk George Sayles Is out near Madrid rusticating on the farm of his son-in-law. Major Hall, Jr.. and giving the harvesters a few pointers on handling the crop. The remaining county officers will have their good time later when the weather becomes more livable. In the office of the clerk of the district court a suit to quiet title has been filed, entitled Milliard Grassman vs. Lucinda Urittain. et al.. and in which the plaintiff seeks to have the title to his property quieted and the case is in the hands of At torney J. M. Leyda. representing the plaintiff. CASS COUNTY SHOWS 50 PER CENT RAISE County Assessor G. L. Farley Gives Review of Work of State Board of Equalization. From Friday's tally. A great deal of Interest on the part of the tax payers of the state, has been taken in the three-days ses sion of the State Board of Equaliza tion, held at Lincoln this week. The board had requested that each county be represented at the hearing and in some instances a delegation of five or six from a single county journeyed to the state capital to note what had been going on through out Nebraska in the assessment of real estate. Cass county was represented by our county assessor who reports a very in teresting meeting. He says some of the counties ha draised farm land val ues only 20 per cent while others had increased values more than 100 per cent over the assessment of 1916. This means a lot of careful work by the state board which, by the way. has been gathering ilnite informa tion during the past six months which will enable it to make a rea sonably fair adjustment of values among the counties of the state. There are always assessors, both county and precinct, who prefer "passing the buck" to assuming the responsibility themselves. It is now up to the state board, therefore, to raise a goodly number of counties and lower the assessment of others. Mr. Farley says Cass county real estate has been raised just about "0 per cent over 1916, making the av erage value per acre for 1920 of $120.45. Other counties which had been placed in the same class with Cass, are Otoe with a value of $138.22; Platte, with valuation of $111.41; Richardson. valued at $106.34. and York valued at $103.12. The valuation placed on Cass county land would seem to be about an aver age of those placed in her class. Lancaster county land was assessed at an average of $121.00; Nemaha at $132.28. and Saunders. 1 16.90. Among the counties that had the highest average assessment wore. Washington, $185.00; Burt. $177.67; Wayne. $178.37; Douglass, $185.9."; Col ax, $159.94, and Turning $158.89. ?ome of the counties assessed the lowest, urged the state board to leave the assessments as they stand, while most of the assessors and clerks present simply asked for a "square deal." An equitable assessment with the other counties was all they asked or expected. If they were high they expected the board to lower the as sessment accordingly. Knowing of the vast amount of data at hand, there was confidence felt that few. If any, counties would be able to "get by" with an unreasonably low assessment when the others had made substantial increases in theirs. The average increase by the C4 counties thus far reported was about 60 per cent over the 1916 assessment. TO VISIT IN NORTHWEST From Thursday's Dally. This morning Mrs. Henry Guth- mann and children. Joe, F. R.. and Jeanette of Murdock, deKirted for Boise, Idaho, where they aie to spend several weeks. Mrs. C. F. Guthmann and two sons, who have been visiting in this city and at the old home of Mrs. Guthmann at Springfield, Mass., also Teturned to their home at Boise and the members of the party were anticipating a very pleasant trip across the country to the Idaho capital. Henry Guth mann accompanied his family and sister-in-law as far as Omaha on their Journey. DISCOVERS LARGE VEIN OF COAL L. V. Davis Drilling Outfit S Hikes Fine Vein of Coal West o Talmage, From FrMay'u Dallv. One of the largest veins of coal yet discovered in Nebraska appears to have been discovered on the eighty acre farm belonging to Theodore Roos one mile and a half west of Talmage. A well drilling outfit own ed by L. V. Davis of Elmwood. Neb., has been at work there for some time boring a well for Mr. Roos and last week had gone down to a depth of 332 feet when the deposit brought up in the sand bucket showed un mistakable signs of coal. The water turned an inky black and the set tlings in the bucket would not allow the water to drain through as in case of sand. When the driller. Roy Wade of Klmwood. lifted it. he found about a foot of coal sediment in the bucket. The coal was of necessity almost all ground to powder or fine bits and as it was flushed out with water, it was difficult to get many samples large enough to analyze and experiment with; but a few chunks an inch or more in diameter were brought up adn the s-pecimens shown are of an excellent grade of soft coal. One that was shown the writer re sembles the smooth, shiny Illinois coal. At a depth of :U8 feet the last traces of the coal disappeared and it is calculated that the vein is in the neighborhood of i4x feet in thickness. It is said that the state of Nebras ka has a standing reward of $5,000 for a coal bed of such thickness and if this is true and this proves to be a real find, of the extent that is be lieved, Mr. Roos will be benefitted to the extent of thousands of dollars, both in the cash bonus and in the en hanced value of his land. It is prob able, too. that the same deposit un derlies the nearby farms. A vein of coal six feet in thickness can be worked by miners in a stand ing position, whereas if the stratum is less, it nece?sitates working in a cramped, awkward position. The discovery of a seam six feet is there fore of utmost importance. A coal deposit was found neat Peru a few years ago. but it runs only two to four feet and has never been dug out in a commercial way. The depth at which the Talmage bed is located is no hindrance to min ing operations, as shafts are sunk many hundreds of feet in the regular coal fields. Being an isolated field, it might not be worth while going after the coal for some years to come, even If experts should find that a valuable bed is here; but it is without question a rare discovery nevertheless aud will be a valuable addition to the stateV potential ressources. Mr. Davis, owner of the drilling machine, which is in reality an oil well outfit was not present iu person when the coal was encountered, and the fact is deplored, as he is an auth orit yon drilling matter. He has drilled numerous deep wells in the vicinity of Weeping Water and Dun bar and dug a famed, deep artesian well at Omaha. Talmage Tribune. FINE PIECE OF WORK Fr-ia Thursday's Daily. J. K. Wheeler of Lincoln, was in the city today for a few hours looking after some company business at tie Burlington shops and also securing his automobile which has been here undergoing a touching up at the hands of J. W. Bookmeyer. The work of painting that Mr. Bookmeyer lias done on the car is" a splendid piece of work and the auto is as spick and span as the day it came from the factory and Mr. Wheeler is delighted with the result of the Job. HAS HAND BADLY HURT From Thursday's Dalvy. Yesterday afternoon Miss Donica Vroman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L, E. Vroman, was the victim of a rather serious accident and which has resulted in her left hand being cut very badly. She was at the home of the Sitzman family, assisting in the care of the younger children while Mrs. Sitzman came down town and during this time one of the child ren, Jimmie, a lad of seven years secured a large size buthcer knife and was playing with it when Donica tried to get him to put it up fearing that some of the children might be injured with it, and as she started to take the knife the boy 'drew it through her left hand, cutting the second and third fingers and a por tion of the little finger and severing the tendons of the hand so badly that it was necessary to secure the assist ance of a physician and the injured girl was hurrfed to the office of Dr. Livingston where the injured hand was dressed. SOFFERS THE FRAC TURE OF RIGHT ARM Gapen, Prominent Resident of is Community. Suffers Verv Oscar This Community, Suffers Very Painful Accident From Friday's Dally. Tin's morning shortly ifter 10 o'clock Oscar Gapen, one of the prom inent farmers residing southwest of this city suffered a very severe acci dent and as the result of which he suffered a very painful fracture of the right forearm. Mr. Gapen was engaged in oiling a threshing ma chine that was in operation and in some manner his arm was dragged into the machinery, being fractured between the elbow and the wrist. When the machinery was stopped and the injured man taken from it, the arm was found very badly lacerated and pieces of the bone were pro truding from the flesh, making a very severe wound. Drs. Flynn jnd West over were called and hurried to the scene of the accident and to minister to Mr. Gapen. His suffering was in tense and it required an anesthetic to permit the setting and dressing of the injured member. At noon the patient had not recovered from the effects of the ether and it will be a period of several weeks before he can regain the use of the arm. This accident conies as the second accident td"beTali "the members of the family in the last few weeks as Mrs. Gapen has just recently recov ered from a fractured limb and now the husband is laid tip with the broken arm. WIND RUSHES FROM WELL AS IT IS BEING DRILLED On Tuesday afternoon F. J. Fitrh who is drilling a well on the Ge-.rge Oehlerking farm west of town en countered a real peculiarity. Tne well began to blowing and emitting n di.agreeable smell, probably of a gas eous nature. It was almost imposs5 ble to drill as no water could be put into the hole so they could drill, it being blown out as fast as they coiffd pour it in. A good sized board if placed over the hole would be blown up in the air and pieces of dirt would also be blown from the hole Into the air. As the blowing went on it created a loud whistling noiso. Vhey were only able to stop the blow ig by driving down the casing mm make it so that they could continue their work. Mr. Fitch is unable o cx-jlain this peculiar experience as it !s the first of the kind that he has had In his well drilling. Elmwood Lea der-Echo. The money you spend in a con sistent newspaper advertising cam paign will come back to you trippled in a very short tlmfc. The First National bank THE BANK WHERE VOU FEEL- AT HOME PLATTSMOUTH Sim TAKES TRIP IN PLANE AT HIGH ALTITUDE LIEUT. NEILS0N TAKES ATTOR NEY C. A. BAWLS AND GEO. F. DOVEY ON FLYING TRIP SENSATION IS A GREAT ONE Vl'eww Secure f Country a Picture Never to. Be Forgotten as Plane bpeeds Ihrough the Atr. From Friday's Dally. Lieut. A. J. Neiison. the aviator, is giving the residents of tills com munity a touch" of experience in th transportation of the future that of the aeropliine and those who have made the trip up in the air are en thusiastic over the newest way iif traveling. Wednesday afternoon At torney C. A. Raw Is made the round trip to Council l.luffs with the avia tor in his plane and t he' s-ensat ion of travel through the realms of the air was one that is to be long remem bered as the plane spead at a ureat speed through the Untitles spue-" of the air. For the height of :;.(" fee; at which the trip was made a reat view of the wonderful Mi.-souri valley was revealed to the pa -"senders. The cities of Omaha and Council Muffs and the smaller towns were spread out on a gr'"at map and the smaller cities scattered over the territory cov ered by the vision of the eve pre sented a most interesting siht while the water courses of the Platte and Misuri and the railroad lines could he followed for many milex. La-t evening George F. Dovey made the trip to Council Muffs with Lieuten ant Neiison and he states that the trip was worth many time- its civ! and the sensation of air travel oiim that is exhilerating in the extreme. On the trip with Mr. Dovey. t!:e avi ator flew over Omaha and circled around the city and for a time hov ered over Krug park and afforded a great and unusual view of tl.U popu lar resort and the thousand who were gathered there and which ' i the eye were dots on the laiidscpp. Georuc- states that the buildings ap peared as m;'!l dots on the map cf the earth as they hovered oer the main portion of Omaha and ihe street cars appeared as small specks to tit." eye. He experienced one of the greatest sensations at the landing field in Council Muffs when the piano swept down from 3.000 feet to a landing dropping without a stop for 2.000 feet and this was the only stage of the voyage when the pas senger felt an uneasy sensation. That this means of transportation will become common in the future there is no question and a few year will see a rgular passenger line oper ating between the different town and the arrival of the planes on a regular schedule will be aa common as that of the passenger trains of tho present day and if the railroad rate Increase much more the cost of travel by plane will not be any more expen sive. Crop Money Works Best in the Bank! The farmer works hard and faces difficult situations in order to assure cropV receipts. Naturally, he wants to be sure his money is safe. A sound, friendly bank where one can maintain a checking account and take out Certificates of Deposit at 4 't is the right place. Use your checking account for the daily expenses. Keep your surplus in C. D's, where it will work for you. As fast as crop receipts come in, make this division. NEBRASKA.