I7ebrj;!:a State Eistori
cnl Society
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vol. no. xxx vn
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921.
NO. 82
piattemonib
STILL GRIND
ING AWAY AT
THEJAPITOL
TAXATION. MOVIE CONTROL AND
OTHER MATTERS DETAIN
THE LAWMAKERS.
Thf legislature was unable to fin
ish its vork Saturday afternoon and
dec i.i'd to run einl-on into another
week. The senate adjourned shortly
after S o'clock until 2 o'clock Mon
day and the house adjourned until
'j o'clock the same day. Matters that
prevented an ad journment sin die
included differences between the two
houses on appropriations for the
maintenance of ihetate government,
censorship of movies, legislative ap
portionment. primary bills and tax
ation of intangible property.
Incider tally II. R. 2. a bill provid
ing a more workable law for organi
zation of water power districts by
cities or country territory, sponsored
by R. R. Howell, of Omaha, is still
in the hopper, having been referred
back by the fcer.ate to the committee
on irrigation for the purpose of strik
ing out a portion that repeals the
present law on that subject. It is i
proposed to leave the old law intact
and to pass the bill as an
dent act.
indepeu-.'
I
toward a I
Some progress was made
settlement of the differences between j
the two houses in the matter of taxa-j
tion. A conference committee filed
a report restoring to S. F. C5 the
provisions for a tax on intangible
property, but changing the tax from
four mills to 25 per cent of the rate
imposed upon tangible property in
the district where intangible prop
erty is taxed. This means a tax of
about 6 or 7 mills in Lincoln and
Omaha on intangibles and down to
as low as two mills in country dis
tricts, where the tax rate on tan
gible property is low.
Senate Acts on Taxation
Senator Anderson, of the senate
revenue committee. together with I
Xorval of Seward and Randall of
(ViIht nrpscnteil the conference com-1
mittee report to the senate and. that tended and the program proved in
bodv adopted it after an explanation teresting to the large audience, the
of its effect by a vote of 22 to 2. "members of which were delighted
Hoagland of Lincoln county and Rob- with the different numbers given.
bins of Douglas voted against the
adoption of the report. In the house I
Chairman Williams of the committee
on revenue ami cnairiuau 01 ine ciu-j
ference committee did not present it j
.to the house. Some gave as a rea
son of non-action by the house the
scarcity of members of that body. An I
effort will be made in the Jiouse to
have the report adopted Monday, but
with what success is a matter -f
speculation.
The conference committee, in ad
dition to changing the rate of taxa
tion for intangible property to a
sliding or moveable scale, adopted
the house amendment to S. F. C".
which separates the office of state
tax commissioner from the office of
secretary of finance, with a salary of
$".00u for the lax commissioner.
The committee report also takes
from the secretary of finance the
power he now has in taxation mat
ters. It restores the provisions of
the senate bill taxing franchises,
railroads and insurance companies.
The railroad section is the same as
the present law. but it was put in
for the purpose of giving the new
state board of assessment power to
assess railroad property. The con
stitution gives the new board, with
the tax commissioner, power to equa
lize assessments.
The committee changed the
by restoring only four of the indus
tries originally taxed on a basis of
average capital invested.. It now ap
plies only to manufacturers of sugar,
moving pictures, grain dealers and
wholesale dealers in oil. The asses
sor lfcts the property of these in
dustries as he finds it on hand April
1. then ascertains the average capi
tal invested in the business during
the year and if this exceed the tan
gible property listed he shall list the
excess for taxation.
BASE BALL BUGS OUT
From Monday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon the
enthusiasts of the city were
at the Red Sox park, where
ions members worked out
baseball
on hand '
the var
and the
first steps of the 1921 season were
taken by the reorganized baseball
association. Manager Barclay and
Captain Connors are
to get all the players
working hard i
possible out in
w.ue. mat mere may ne an ample
"pijuuuuuv iu seiect ine Dest team
that can be found in this part of the
Millie. i ue aiiernoon . was SDent in
a friendly game in which the nlavers '
were all
given a Chance to work OUt.
The fence
been completed now and looks more
inciting than heretofore and with1
the fixing up of the seats th fatiR
are assured of having a comfortable 1
place to enjoy the game.
FOR SALE
A few
for sale.
Wiles.
registered Shorthorn bulls
Phone 3521. Elbert
We can furnish you "blank booki
most any kind at' Journal office.
"CARD OF THANKS
we uesire to express our apprecia- .
tion of the kindness of our friends
and neighbors who were so kind dur-j
ing the last illness of our beloved I
husband ami father and at the time'
of his death for their ministry and
help and sympathy, also for the flow-I
ers furnished and the. kindness of;
'the choir of the Presbyterian church
of Plattsmouth in providing the mu
sic at the funeral. .Mrs. G. 1 Mei
singer: II. A. Meisinger and Wife;
Will Meisinger and Wife; Henry
Thierolf and Wife; Miss Gertrude
Meisinger; lrvan Meisinger. daw
PARTY ENTERTAINS
AT OMAHA MISSION
Plattsmouth People Assist in Pro
gram for Members of the City
Mission in Metropolis.
From Mondays Dally.
Yesterday a number of the Platts
mouth people well known in the en
tertaining line visited the city mis-
Fion at Omaha on the invitation ot .
.Miss Anthony, superintendent of thej
.institution and gave a very pleasant"
program for the young and old who
are in touch with the work of the
mission.
The program was given at the con
clusion of the Sundav school at the
mission and consisted of musical
numbers and readings and served to
delightfully entertain the large nuni-
ber who were present at the mission,
This institution is the only form
of social settlement work in the- me-
tropolis and is located at Twelfth
and Pacific streets in the heart of a
large foreign settlement which it
serves in Christian instruction work
as well as administering to the more
temporal needs of the friends and
neighbors. The institution is sup
ported by private subscriptions and
has been one of the most successful
institutions of its kind in the west.
Those going from here to spend the
day in the mission were J. E. Wiles
and wife. Luke Wiles. wife and
family. A. J. Beeson and wife. E. H.
Weacott. wife and family
and Miss
Alice Louise Wescott.
The meeting was very largely at
ALIEN ENEMIES CAN
NOW BE NATURALIZED
War Time Restrictions are Removed
by Government and Applica
tions Get Quick Action
The war-time regulation of the
adiaission to citizenship of alien ene
mies has been removed by congress
in one of the recent measures and it
has become a law as the repeal was
signed by President Wilson as one of
his last icts.
i This change places the former res
idents of Austria or Germany on the
same plane as residents of other for
eign countries as far as the applica
tions for citizenship are concerned.
Clerk of the District Court James
M. Robertson has received notice of
the change from the naturalization
bureau and is instructed to receive
applications for citizenship on a pre
war basis.
Heretofore these applications have
been held up pending review by the
, department of justice at Washington.
land all applications now pending are
....(to b taken up at the naturalization
further delay, as the federal govern
ment has ceased its supervision of
the matter.
SURPRISED ON 26TH BIRTHDAY.
From Monday' Dally.
On last Monday evening. April IS.
a crowd of friends with well filled
baskets gathered at the pleasant
country home of Mr. and Mrs Allie
Meisinger, near Cedar Creek, surpris
ing Mrs. Meisinger on her twenty
sixth anniversary. The evening was
spent in playing cards and dancing,
music being furnished by the player
piano. " t
At a late hour a delicious luncheon
was served, consisting of sandwiches,
pickles, cake, cream puffs and coffee.
Soon after this the hour of departure
was at hand., and the guests left
wishing Mrs. Meisinger many more
haDov birthdavs and declaring they
had had a most delightful evening,
Those nresent were Mr. and Mrs.
'Allie Meisinger. F.
J. Hennings. An
ton Meisinger. Frank Salsberg. W. H.
at oicin,-
Ralph Meisinger. Mrs. J.
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VIolcn Micinr VTa-rol VirhnlQ Fdna
the Dark hasUn trtv.Ai -o -tv.,,- tt-i t odt.
and . philip Meisinger, Walter and
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er.. Carl Hall. Henrv Hvde and
Fritz Frank.
SEED CORN
Extra early white seed corn, with
red cob, for sale. Telephone 4022.
C. C. BARNARD.
Popular copyrighted fiction at the
Journal office.
(FUNERAL OF LATE G. j
P. MEISINGER HELD
Concourse of Friends from all Over
County Gather at Home Yes
terday to Pay Honor.
From Monday's laily
Yesterday afternoon the funeral
services of the late George P. Mei
singer were held from the home near
Cedar Creek, where he has resided
for so many years, and from far and '
near his friends gathered to pay to
the memory of this good man their
last tributes of love and respect.
The "home and the grounds sur
rounding were .filled by the concourse
of mouring friends whose sorrow has
been profound at the taking away
of this splendid citizen and friend
and it was a fitting tribute to his
long and useful life that this splen
did gathering of the citizens of Cass
county gathered at his bier.
The Rev. Rhodes of the Eight Mile
Grove church, officiated at the ser
vice and in his remarks paid a glow
ing tribute to the life of Mr. Mei
singer and his long and useful career
as a citizen of Cass county and to
the family, whose hearts have been
burdened by the loss of the husband,
father, brother and uncle, the minis
ter held out the vision of a future
I filled with the brightness of the rea
lization of the fulfillment of Chris
tian faith and a reuniting where the
pangs
of separation would come no
more.
During the service ,the choir from
the Presbyterian church of this city
gave a number of the well loved
hymns which the departed had cher
ished so much during his lifetime.
The members of the choir were Rev.
H. G. McClusky. George L. Farley,
Mrs. Edfta Marshall-Eaton. Mrs. G.
L. Farley and Miss Estelle Baird.
At the conclusion of the service,
the body was borne to the Glendale
cemetery where it was laid to the
long rest. The pall bearers were se
lected from the old friends, being
George and William Lohnes, Adam
Fornoff, William Schneider,
Beehler and Peter Schroeder.
John
. J CARNIVAL GOODS ON DISPLAY
IN GAS COMPANY'S WINDOW
The display window of the Ne-
the ohlert of much attraction since
vMtJniav. when n nart of the jrrwi
10 ue gjven awuy ai me iegiun s in- i
door carnival the last three days of.
this week, were placed on display
there.
Not only did Mr. Kuykendall. who
is the Legion's near neighbor, oc
cupying the ground floor of the build
ing in which the club rooms are lo
cated, graciously consent to the use
of his window for displaying the
goods, but he also slipped into the
display a fine gas heater, which is
the company's donation. He also
is keeping the window well lighted
each evening, and many people pause
in passing to look at the magnificent
display of goods.
COURT HOUSE NOTES
A case entitled Rosine Allen vs.
Grace and Louise Vallery and Arthur
D. Allen vs. Grace and Louise Val
lery has been filed in the office of
Clerk of thp District Court Robert
son, in which the plaintiff. Rosine
Allen asks judgment for $25,000 for
injuries alleged to have been sustain
ed when the plaintiff was struck by
an automobile which was occupied ; the state,
and driven by the defendants in theied over bv
iitv nf dm q Vi n arwl a c tlio rouult rvf
V I . V ' . VS.,UIA U I . M. V 1 V -till V ' .
which the plaintiff claims damages
in the amount named. The plaintiff
Arthur Allen alleges that he has
suffered damages to the amount of
$7,500 as the result of the injuries
to Rosine Allen, his wife. Brome &
Ramsey of Omaha and W. A. Robert
son of this city appear for the plain
tiffs in the case.
Another case filed is that of John
C. Lindeman and wife and W. T.
Craig against Jess W. Bashus and in
which there is a long standing con
troversy over the possession of land
on the river bottom north of the
pumping station. The plaintiffs seek
a writ to have the defendant placed
under a bond bond to keep the peace.
This case has hi?n laid over by the
court until Friday, when it will be
heard.
GOES TO MINNEAPOLIS
From Monday's Dally.
William Hanks, federal prohibi
tion officer, who has been working
in this state and Iowa for some time
looking after cases of violation of
the Volstead law in the two states,
departed yesterday afternoon for
Minneapolis, where the headquarters
of the law enforcement bureau for
Iowa. Nebraska, North and South
Dakota and Minnesota are located.
Mr. Hanks will attend the session of
the fedeVal court in which a number
of hearings on cases that he has
prosecuted will be taken up by the
government. During his stay here
he secured a large number of con
victions and seized several illicit
liquor outfits.
CASES ARE DISMISSED
The docket of the di.-trict
has been relieved of several
that have been pending for
lime, ami which have ln
and dismissed by the parties
conn
case?
some (
settled 1
to the
various actions.
The cases of Frances S. Vallery
vs. Henry Meisinger et al and Fran
ces Vallery vs. Myrtl- Hell Marks
et al have been dismissed as has al
so the partition uit of William P.tis
kirk et al vs. Ervan jU'kirk and the
action of the Farmers Slate Rank of
Greenwood vs. F. I. Clymer.
MAKING QUITE AN
IMPROVEMENT THERE
Work Already Done at Masonic Home
Shows What May be Expected
as Result of
Chang;es.
The work of improving
roundings of the Nebraska Masonic
" Home in the west part of the city
has progressed to such a point that
it is now possible to have some idea 1
of the wonderful chances that will
be made during the net lew weeks
in the immediate vicinity 01 me
home.
The work of tearing awav the
sheds and buildings in the Fitzger
aid property has been completed and
the grading for the extension of the
street is now on in full blast. The
view from the Missouri Pacific sta-
tion is greatly enhanced hy t,he re
moval of the buildings giving pas
sengers from the Mop trains oppor
tunity to see the home to much
greater advantage as well as to look
down Locust street for a great dis-
( tance.
The portion of Fourteenth street
that was vacated by the city is be
ing filled in and will be planted to
grass and give an uninterrupted
swep of lawn from the Thirteenth
street side of the Masonic Home
property clear to Fifteenth street,
and will add much to the beauty of
that portion of th city.
The walk that formerly led from
the home to Locust street is also be
ing taken tip and will be given over
to the grass and sod. Beautiful
flowers and shrubs will also be used
extensively in the decorations of the
grounds and will at1'', greatly to the
general decorative plans of the home
surroundings.
On the building proper there are a
' number of important changes to be
-jmade along the west front and the
main entrance will be from that
side instead of at the south with a
fine ornamental porch placed there
and the top of the building will be
surmounted by white ornamental
stone decorations that will add to
the general beauty of the building.
ODD FELLOWS HAVE
BIG TIME AT NEHAWKA
Number from This
Closing Session
City Enjoy the
of District
Meeting Last Night.
From Tuvlday's Pn)ly.
Last evening the district meeting
of the I. O. O. F. was held at Ne
hawka and was one of the most en
joyable that has been held in the
history of the order in recent years.
The meeting was marked by the con
ferring of the first degree on a num
ber of candidates as well as with a
fine banquet which followed the
work and which was served in the
auditorium.
The banquet was one of great
light and the extensive toast
de
list comprised a number of the leaders
of Odd Fellowship in this portion of
The banquet was presid-
Dr. J. . Thomas, who
proved a splendid presiding officer!
and whose clever introductions of
the different speakers kept the mem-i
bers of the banqueting party in the
best of spirits. The addresses
evening included many of the prin
ciples of Odd Fellowship and among
these was one on "Friendship" given
by Joseph C. Warga of this city, past
noble grand of this city.
Among those attending the meet
ing from this city were John P. Sat
tler, Frank Detlef. Sanford Short.
Joseph C. Warga and John W. Mar
quett. RAIN BRINGS RELIEF
From Monday's
The slight
morning came
Dally.
rainfall early this
as a great relief fol-
lowing the dust
that was blowing
so profusely all clay yesterday andI
which made the Sunday travel very a
day yesterday and
disagreeable. The storm clouds oe -
an to gather early m the evening
but it was not until 2 o'clock this
morning that the rain commenced to
fall. It was certainly apprecated by
the residents of the city and par
ticularly those along Main street.
MRS. D00LEY POORLY
Mrs Henrv Dooley, who is at the
Immanuel hospital in Omaha, where
she was operated on last week, is re
ported as being quite poorly as her
case has been very serious, hut her
condition is now such as to give
hopes of her ultimate recovery, al
though it will require some some for
the ca;:e to pass the crisis. The many
friends of Mrs. Dooley are anxiously
awaiting word from her bedside.
NEW CITY OF
FINALS SI
IN LAST NIGHT
C. A. JOHNSON SUCCEEDS H.
! SCHNEIDER AS MAYOR
! 3 NEW COUNCILMEN
A.
The meeting
last evening was
"The Passing
Rack." in that
. t hp city council
not wnlike the play,
of tiie Third Floor
it Witnessed the in-
angimtt ion of a new administration
following three years in which Henry
A. Schneider has presided over the
destinies of th city and its govern
ment. The old council was brief in their
meeting as no matters of importance
were taken up owing to the short I
i remaining period when they would
'exist as the governing body of the
'city.
Councilman Mason of the judiciary
committee took up the matter of the
petition of Frank R. Gobelman to
have a street on Wintersteen hill
'closed, and asked that it be referred
j to the city attorney for adjustment
'as there was no record of a street
(as claimed and the fact that it had
: been used as a street for the past
twenty-five years regardless of any
I existing record, raised a question as
to what steps should be taken to
adjust the matter and on motion the
city attorney was left to wrestle
with the problem.
Councilman Ptacek of the streets,
alleys and bridges committee asked
for more time on the matter of the
erection by John Albert of a stone
wall on his property on Pearl street,
as there was no ordinance covering
this matter and this permission was
granted.
The park board of the city report
ed that during the year closed there
had been expended by the board the
sum of S4S2.51.
The fire department presented the
names of Frank Detlef. C. C. Smith.
Roy Mayfield and R. W. Knorr as
fire marshals and which were con
firmed by the council and these gen
tlemen were given authority to act
in a police capacity at fires that
might occur in the city.
The council then took up the mat
ter of bonds for the new city officials
and the following were approved:
Mayor. C. A. Johnson. $1.000 E.
P. Lutz and L. R. Egenberger as
surities.
Treasurer. C. E. Hartford. $25,000.
Fidelity and Deposit Co., of Manr
lar.d. Clerk. A. H. Duxbury, SI. 000.
Fidelity and Deposit Co.. of Mary
land. Councilmen. F. M. Restor. $1.00.
T A II. iff nn1 II I."" n-w Tomiw
Ptacek. $1,000. C. V Janda and R.
H. Patton: R. W. Knorr. $1,000. H.
A. Schneider and G. W. Morgan;
John A. Schulhof. $1,000. A. G. Each
and F. J. Libershal; Frank Sebatka.l
$1,000. James Newasek and A. W.I
Vitersnik. t
Mavor Schneider then called the
newlv elected officials to the ro
trum and administered to them the
oath of office that entitled them to
enter on the discharge of their duties
and at the conclusion while the
newly elected members of the city
government were assuming their
i seats Mr. Schneider made a lew re
j marks as the valedictory of his three
j years of office and in wliich Jie
wished the new city government and
; Mayor Johnson success and stated
that during his term it had been his
desire and intention lo give the best
possible service to the city and that
while perhaps there had been mis
takes made it had been his sincere
desire to see that the city affairs
were administered in a fair and just
I manner.
Mayor-elect Johnson made a few
remarks of appreciation of the kind
ly wishes of his predacessor and urg
ed co-operation and economy on the
CRN
t 7i,,Jpari of the new city council and
that the council see that tfle city re
ceive 100 per cent value for every
dollar expended in the conduct of
the affairs of the city.
Mr. Johnson then announced the.
names of the new officials selected ;
by him to serve during his term and
named as city attorney C. A. Rawls. '
which nomination was confirmed.
The name of Alvin Jones, as chief
of police was then presented and
confirmed by a unanimous vote.
For the position of night police
the mayor presented the name of
Henry Chandler, which was also con
firmed. For the office of street commis
sioner. Mayor Johnson named Mike
utz who has flne,i this position for
nuraber of vears and it was re-
jjected by a vote of
seven to three.
Restor. Knorr and bcliulhof voted
yes, while McCarthy, Ptacek, Lin
deman, Brittain. Howe, Mauer and
Sebatka voted no.
Dr. R. P. Westover was named as
city physician and for sexton of the
cemetery Warren Tulene, both nom
inations being confirmed.
For members of the park board
of the city. Mayor Johnson named
R. R. Hayes. John P. Sattler and
George Luschinsky. j
The mayor announced the names
of the new committees of the coun
cil as follows: I
Finance Bestor. Knorr and Schul
hof; Judiciary Knorr, Howe and
Lindeman; Streets. Alleys, Rridges '
Ptacek, Schulhof and Bestor; Fire
and Water McCarthy. Rest or and
Howe; Lighting Schulhof. McCar
thy and Ptacek; Police Howe. Se
batka. Ilrittain; Parks and Improve
ments Lindeman. Matirer and Se
hatka; Claims Maurer. Lindeman
and Ptacek; Cemetery Rrittain. Mc
Carthy and Matier; License Sebat -ka,
Rrittain and Knorr.
On motion of Councilman Ptacek.
John A. Schulhof was elected as the
president of the city council by
a unanimous vote.
Councilman Ptacek called the at
tention of the council to the fact
that the county nacl completed a
steel bridge in the we-t part of the
city and wooden wings to the same
that required a fill and astfed '-hat
i ur Mirrtp, i m v ami in JUra i. win -
mittee he given power to go
iu go a uea u
and have this work done as soon as
possible before a heavy rain washes
away the dirt already there. His re-,
guest was granted. I
On motion of Councilman Schulhof
the next meeting nieht was set aside
u .innp fll, lin ,h
a time tor bringing up
walk resolutions for passage.
The city dads decided also to fol
low the custom of having t lie city
safe moved to the office of the city
clerk and the safe will journey from
the store of Mr. McElwain up to the
law office of the new city clerk. Mr.
A. H. Duxbury.
The finance committee of the old
council, before their adjournment.!
passed on the following bills which'
were ordered paid:
Kroehler Bros., mdse $51.70
Dave Ebersole, truck driver
E. J. Weyrich, chemical man.
Mike Lutz. street commis'r
Kroehler Bros., repairs
John Cechal, street work
John Maurer. street work
Walter Gouchenour, springl'g
William Hassler. repairs
5.00
5.00
C4.S0
17. GO
39. 0
&4.05
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GIVES SHOWER IN
HONOR OF BRIDE
Mrs. Jack Patterson Entertains
Her Home in Union in Honor
of Mrs. Albert Deepen.
at
From Tuesday's Dally.
The beautiful home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Paterson, at Union, was
the Fcene of a very pleasant gather
ing on Saturday afternoon last when
Mrs. Patterson entertained the mem
bers of the "Hikers" and several
other friends of this city at lunch
eon in honor of Mrs. Albert Deegen.
of Omaha, formerly Miss Jeanette
Paterson of this city.
The appointments of the luncheon
were very charming, the decorations
being the wild flowers of the season,
whose beauty lent a pleasing touch
of the scene and amid the profusion
of the flowers the ladies enjoyed to
the utmost the dainty three-course
! luncheon that had been prepared by
the hostess and who was assisted in
entertaining by Mrs. G. W. Cheney.
There were fourteen present at
the pleasant event and the occasion
was one that will long be delight
fully remembered by the members of
the party present.
i
BABE IS QUITE SICK
i
The little week old babe of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Hessenflow is quite
sick at the home in the south part
of the city and the condition of the
little one is such as to cause much
apprehension on the part of the rel
atives and friends.
Liimmin mm TrlTlT niiiiiimimiii rrrri!
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HELPFULLNESS!
While our business is primarily that of a
banking house, our activities vare" not neces
sarily limited to routine banking.
When we can consistently do so, we are
always glad to extend help to patrons who
come to us for advice, even on matters not
strictly within a banker's province.
- First and last, our attitude towards patrons
is one of helpfulness.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOME
DIATTSMOUTH
jflliiHlllii'lillllliililW
YOUNG LAD IS
KILLED BY RUN
AWAY HORSES
RAY HENRY. 14-YEAR-OLD BOY.
RESIDING NEAR MURRAY.
TRAMPLED TO DEATH
i
From
"tifsiidy s Pally.
morning a fatal accident oc
at the Henry farm two mile
Thi
,
i .
of
Murrav when Ray Henry, a
i fourteen year old lad was knocked
down by a runaway team and receiv
ed kicks in the abdomen and stom
ach and also suffered injuries from
having the wheel of the hay rack
pass over his head, from which he
died a few moments later.
From what is learned of the ac
cident it seems the boy had been cr
ranging to take a load of feed out
to the feed troughs in the hay rack
and for this purpose had hitched two
horses to the rack, but neglected to
put the bridle on the horses ami
was leading them by the hajter
ropes.
Thev had progressed only a short
..'
when the animals became
i frightened and started to run and the
tongue of the hay rack struck the
boy, knocking him down and the
maddened horse proceeded to kick
and stamp on the fallen lad. injuring
him severely in the abdomen and
stomach and the wheels of the hay
rack then passed over his head crm-h-ing
it in a terrible manner.
As soon as the members of the
family could reach the side of the
injured boy he was conveyed to the
house and Dr. Brendel summoned
from Mfirray, but the unfortunate
lad was beyond medical aid and died
shortly afterwards.
The lad is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Henry who have resided
on the farm near Murray for some
time.
SEEMS TO BE MISUNDER
STANDING ABOUT APPEAL
Some Vittle misunderstanding has
arisen over the case in the district
court iu which J. A. Wolff has ap
pealed from the decision of the state
labor-commissioner in the claim of
P. A. MeCrary for compensation for
the death of his son, Loren.
Although the suit is brought in
Mr. Wolff's name, his position i
merely that of the owner of the gir
age in which the unfortunate young
man was employed, the action bein
maintained by the Travelers Insur
ance Co.. of Hartford. Conn., with
whom Mr. Wolff carries his liability
insurance and upon whom payment
of the compensation will fall in case
the award of Commissioner Ken
nedy is sustained.
Mr. Wolff being owner of the gar
age, the claim necessarily had to be
filed against him. and in turn shift
ed to his sureties, who bring all con
testing action in his name.
Further than stated above. Mr.
Wolff has absolutely nothing to do
with the appeal, the expense of at
torneys, etc.. being borne entirely by
the insurance concern.
Robert Burkle departed this after
noon for Omaha where he will spend
a rew hours witn his mother at ine
Clarkson hospital, where she is re-
covering from her recent operation.
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