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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.
