journal
VOL. NO. XXXIX.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1923.
NO. 25
PIONEER LADY
REACHES RIPE
OLD AGE OF 91
MRS. ABRIGAL E. SMITH ENJOYS
DAY WITH HER RELATIVES
AT ROCK BLUFFS.
RESIDENT HERE SINCE 185B
Came Here When Rock Bluffs Was
the Thriving City of Eastern
Portion of Nebraska.
From Thursday's Daily
This morning at the home, located
amid the hills surrounding Rock
Bluffs, wa observed the passing of
the ninety-first anniversary of Mrs.
Abrigal E. Smith, widow of the late
William Harrison Smith, and one of
the real old residents of Cass county
and eastern Nebraska.
It has been more than tne average
lifetime of man since Mrs. Smith
came to Nebraska from New York,
her childhood home, to make her res
idence in the comparatively un
known territory of Nebraska, then
the battleground of the Indian races
and the mast spreading civilization
of the white man which was taking
over the tillable lands of the west
and dotting the plains with the set
tlements that were the forerunners
of the great agricultural empire of
the west.
Abrigal E. Seyboldt was born Octo
ber 4, 123. near New Hope, Orange )
county. New York, and it was in that
!
state that she later met and was
1 t
married to William Harrison Smith.
who in 1857 canie west and entered
q vt m nttrn An cnnia loncl taov
where Cedar Creek now stands, but
which he later traded for a claim
near Kock Bluff and where he was
joined the year following by the wife
and since that time the family has
oundings of the obi river set- w -Smith Winiam G
v mour- 85: Mrs- T- A- Sullivan, 84:
The husband and father was call- Mrs Andrew B. Taylor. 81; Mrs.
ed from the scenes of his activities in William Cole. 79; Mrs. William Tay
1900 and since that time the wife lor, 79; Mrs. Mary G. Wiley, 77: Mrs.
and mother has resided with her son, William Gilmour, 75; Mrs. Robert
George S. Smith and family and Nickels, 74; D. A. Young. 72.
where the anniversary is being ob- Those who attended the birthday
served today by the family and pbservance and dinner included: Mrs.
friends. Despite her great age. Mrs. A B Tayior Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Smith is bright and alert and while .Young. Mrs. R. R. Nickels. Mrs. W.
prevented by age from her former ac- A TaVl0r Mrs. J. L. Stamp. Mrs.
tivities has taken a great intfrest in Mvra McDonald. Mrs. Martha J.
the life of the community and the peterson. Mrs. Harriett Cole, Mrs.
state and nation and her splendid jlary A. Mutz. Mrs. Fred P. Busch.
mental vigor is undimmed by years. rs Harrison' Smith, Mrs.' Henry
The members of the family at the'Goos, Harriett Goos, Mrs. E. S. Tutt,
home today were the son. George S. Mrs. O. A. Davis, Mrs. J. W. Hen
Smith, the grandson. Earl H. Smith, dricks. Mrs. Mary G. Wiley, Mr. and
who resides at the old home, Mrs. J
W. Hendricks of Murray and Mrs. W.
J. Dailey of South Side. Omaha. One
jrrandson, W. F. Chatfant of Grand
Island was unatde to be present. Two
children of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. W.
F. Smith and Mrs. Flora Chalfant,
have preceded them in death.
Other of the relatives who are liv
ing here and were at the home in
cluded Mrs. A. C. Mutz. a neice. Will
Seyboldt and wife of Murray, a
grand nephew and neice. Mrs. H. H.
Shrader of Plattsmouth, another
grand neice, was unable to be in at-
tendance.
The day was marked by a real old j
fashioned dinner at the Smith home'
end during the afternoon music and
a general good time was enjoyed by ,
all of the members of the party until '
the falling shadows of the afternoon
bringing the twilight from the hills,
warned the older members of the
jianj iimi iitc Hain't (- kwu
arrived.
Mrs. Smith is one of the fine old
pioneer women of Nebraska and it is
the sincere wish of her friends that
she may live to see many more years
of life and the fulfilment of the won
ders of the years that have been un
folded in her lifetime, . The Journal
joins with the other friends in the
well wishes to this grand old lady.
ALMOST LOSES AN EYE
From FrMay's Ially
Yesterday "Rod," the fine setter of
B. A. Rosencrans. had a rather try-
ine experience with an auto that his
dogship will long remember. Rod,
Ti-Vir. a a vprv nlavful and friendlv
dog and one of the familiar figures
rAn atvoot TtL'as mi t Kiinninf Tiim-
KJ Lt xliai - cr-
felf on the sidewalk near the Thier
olf store when several other dogs
started a mix up near Sixth street
and Rod proceeded to go up to inves
tigate and while the melee was on a
car passing ran into the group of
dogs and damaged them more or less.
Rod ran home and it was discovered
by the Rosencrans family that one
eye was missing from the family pet.
"There was much excitement when
suddenly the eye again popped into
place, apparently having been struck
in such a manner that it became mis
placed. A. W. and Mike Vitersnik were
among the visitors in Omaha today
for a few hours going to that city on
the afternoon Burlington train.
A LIVELY YOUNGSTER
From Friday's Daily
Those who saw our old friend C.
C. Despain on the street yesterday
would hardly have imagined that he
'was celebrating the anniversary of
his birth, which occurred on October
4. 1839, and his appearance bejied
his age as he has held his own in the
battle with Father Time in fine
shape. Mr. Despain was born in Ma
comb, Illinois, and has since 1S61
been making his home for the great-
'er part of the time in Cass county
and Plattsmouth.
j Mr. Despain came west the first
(time in 1861 and made a trip west
ward to the Pacific coast and being
impressed with the appearance of
jthis portion of the country decided
(that he would return and make his
ihome here and a few years later came
to Plattsmouth to make this place his
permanent home. He has been iden
tified with the activities of the com
munity during his long residence
here and has best of all been a demo
crta during all these years.
EASTERN STAR
PARTICIPATES IN
BIG GATHERING
Members of Home Chapter of This
City Among the Guests of Mrs.
Harrison Smith.
From Friday's Daily
At the observance of the birthday
anniversary of Mrs. William Harri
son Smith yesterday there were pres
ent a number of the Plattsmouth la
dies, membersof Home Chapter, Or
der of the Eastern Star, of which
Mrs. Smith has long been a member.
The delegation was beaded by Mrs.
Fred P. Busch. worthy matron of the
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:r"r" .fu .t."7r Y'"Z.
iii.it. mini i ii til ii irjiu a na iciiun
member and showered her with well
iwishes for many more birthdays and
service in carrying on the virtues of
j lilt vl UVI
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. " ""; " 1 Jit A
county were present at the Smith
home a count was made of the ages
of the more advanced in years which
, Mrs. George Smith, Maude McCul
loch, Mr. and Mrs. William Gilmour,
Mr. and Mrs. John Beeson, Mrs. T.
A. Sullivan, Miss Bertha Nickels,
Mrs. Henry Mauzy, Mrs. W. T.
Adams. Mrs. J. T. Begley. Earl H.
Smith. Mrs. W. J. Dailey, South Om
aha; Mrs. George Park, Mrs. "Wil
liam Schmidtmann, Mrs. Arthur Sul
livan. DEATH OF YOUNG
LADY LAST NIGHT
MlSS
Evanereline Davidson Passed
Away After an Illness of Some
Duration Was Sixteen.
From Tf,urs,iay's naiiv
L evening Miss Evangeline Da-
I Vinson, uaugmer ui iir. auu .uia. i-i i
I jah Davidson, passed away at the
I home on North 7th street, following
an illness of several months and dur
, . m .1 If T7W
ing which time her health had grad
ually been failing until death came
to relieve her suffering and release
her from the bondage of her illness.
The deceased young lady was six
teen years of age and in a few months
would have attained her seventeenth
year, and her death just in the first
flush of womanhood has brought a
lasting grief to the parents and to the
young friends vbo have known her
during, her hesidence in this city.
The family came here from Ne
braska City several months ago and
Mr. Davidson, the father of the de
ceased girl ha3 been in charge of
jthe Standard Oil station In this
. Since tll3.t time.
city
The body will be taken to Nebras
ka City this afternoon on the Mis
souri Pacific and the burial will be
had there tomorrow at the Wyuka j
cemetery.
WILL SELL LAND
From Thursday's Daily
The board of county commission
ers yesterday at their session passed
on the application of R. C. Hitchman
to sell the north one-half of the
southwest one-quarter of Section 7,
Township 11, Range 13, located in
Rock Bluffs precinct and in which
Mrs. Ruth Hitchman has a life in
terest of $2,000 and to secure which
tlVB guardian desires to nave the land
sold. ' "' ' ' v
URGES NEED OF
MORE ADEQUATE
FIRE PROTECTION
In Erecting Residences and Business
Buildings Care Needed to See
the Fire Safety Secured
From Fri-laVs Dally
In some of the western states fire
losses the past year totaled more
than the entire amount of taxes col-
lected. mowing the imperative need'
of more protection.
What recentlv happened at Eerke-: '"s c 1UC'"C
iv r-aiifnmi;. ivhn fisn homes ineber assessed a fine of $S ami costs
one of the finest residential districts
of the city were completely destroy
ed by fire in scarcely over an hour,
is a drastic example of this need.
Ademiate fire-stonninjr in dwelling
construction is almost as rare as a
well spent life. There are many more
dwellings which contain no evidence
of the installation of fire-stopping de
tails than there are persons willing
to assume responsibility for the omis
sion of those details.
Many architects, engineers and
contractors, after they have satisfied
themselves on matters relating to
style, plan and cost, devote their
energies to insuring the structural
adequacy of the buildings they erect.
The stability of the foundation, the
rigidity of the walls and roof and
the load-carrying capacity of the
floors are essential considerations.
But they are not all. At least one
other essential requirement of sound
construction has received but scant
notice in the building of small homes.
The average carpenter and builder
does not realize the extent of our na-
tlonal hre loss or else he considers weeks, is now getting into a condi
the possibility of fire as quite remote, jtion where it will become a real fac
Usually the home owner does not j tor in the sport life, of the commun
have the experience to know what is ity and be ready to take on all coin
required. The designer, the superin-;ers in this exciting fall sport,
tendent and the contractor, jointly,! The impression has grown that the
should assume the responsibility of ! team was one representing the sho-io,
securing careful consideration of hut sucn is not the rase amio a iar"?e
those inexpensive details which great-, number of the squad are shop mn.
ly reduce the fire hazard. I However, anyone in the city who has
Construction expedients which will . an interest and feels that he wodld
help reduce the excessive toll of the like to pay the corr,jns seascm is in
fire loss to the country should be vitpd ont to ,o5n th th n-f.fi
peculiarly worthy of study. The lum-.
ber industry is anxious to assist in
some degree in reducing this waste.
not only of material and labor. butithe members f the, ruad which i
too often of life, caused by fire in
the United States. It is cq-operating
with the National Board of Fire Un
derwriters and the Underwriters lab
oratories to awaken the public 'to the
advantage and necessity of guarding
against fire.
ROAD CLAIMS ARE
NEXT ON THE LISK
Supreme Court to Hear Request For
Mandamus Contractors Say
State Cannot Refuse.
From Friday's Daily
The supreme court will hear argu
ments Friday on the case brought in
that tribunal by the Western Bridge ;
& Construction company against Au- J
ditor Marsh, which is to determine
whether the road contractors can get
turn' LiciiULS ti i lis v cru auu n ai i aui.i
issued for the $450,000 worth of
work done during the last biennium
"Ultt V 1 ' 7 AJ 11 U 1 1 11 rS lilt . CiO L UltUUlU 111
for which payment has not been
made
The
auditor declined to issue a
warrant because there is no money in
the road fund for the past biennium,
ana noiaing that the appropriations '
ier ine current one are not avauaoie.
The contractors insist that the state!
would have had sufficient money if it
had not taken funds from the appro-
priations ior tne biennium ending.
last July to pay bills contracted and
work done in the previous biennium.
The state has insisted that the only
redress for the contractors is to wait
until the next legislature meets, and
then ask that body to allow deficien
cy claims. The contractors say that
the only trouble with that scheme,
besides making them wait for money
they need in their business, is that
the claims arc not for deficiencies,
and that as matter of fact there was
enough money appropriated to pay
them if the state had not used it as
stated. They say the state cannot
thus use funds and then put up as a
defense that the biennial funds are
exhausted.
ASKS HEIRSHIP DETERMINATION
From Friday's Daily
This morning a petition was filed
in the county court by William C.
Ramsey of Omaha asking for the
termination of heirship in the estate :ter, held their first dance of the sea- ;
of Basil S. Ramsey, deceased, and the! son and a very good crowd was pres-'
adjustment or the respective shares of
the heirs in the estate. The widow.
Mrs. Libbie Ramsey of this city and
the son. William C. Ramsey are theiThe Woodward Inner Circle Harmo- sheep there already and expect a sec
heirs at law. The action is brought . nizers were the feature of the eve- ond carload tomorrow and when
to allow the heirs to dispose of the
real estate of the deceased in this
city.
Edward Fitzgerald and son, Ed
ward, Jr., are here from the ranch
near Bridgeport, enjoying a visit
with home folks. The gentlemen
Drougnt a load of Cattle to the Om-
aha market and took the opportun-
uy oi visiting nere wun tne relatives
and friends.
MAKE RAID AT UNION
From Thursday's Dcily
Last evening State. Agent F. A.
Holmes and Sheriff C. I). Quinton
descended on the peaceful and happy
!
ittlecity of Vnion and for some of
the residents there the visit was al-
! most as happy as the Japanese earth
quake. The visit was made for the
purpose of unearthing booze but the
only traces found was that carried
in the persons of several parties ar
rested. I " . c . l "' "'
R uau ? , f, "
on both well known reS1dents of that
"ty presn 1D oUrt of Jus-
!fe V .1? Uel?er' H1'1 at ,h?.of-
t. V ,
amounting to $15 on Mr. Eaton for
being under the influence of intoxi
eating liquor and $100 and costs on
Mr. Bauer who was charged with
' possession of liquor.
mere win De a numoer ot other
oases from that locality to be heard
by the court here tomorrow, it was
stated at the court house.
FOOTBALL TEAM
FOR THE CITY NOW
IN THE MAKING
Organization Will Soon Be Perfected
and Team Will Start Playing
Games on Sundays.
From Friday's I -ally
The city football team, which has
been practicing for the past two
As the manacer of the team ihlro
ha Wn nt nf f
:Ruv Mnrran fnr the. n,,.:.-,,,
working out, but whether Mr. Mor-
gan would accept the position has not
been definitely settled altho he is one
of the enthusiastic football fans of j
the city.
. The team has some very good ma
terial to select from anil r,hoi:M havp
ja fast as well as beefy team as they j
(have some experienced football men;
'in the squad that have been working
out so far this season. I
The city has not had a football
earn outside of the high school team
since the Ameri-an I.eeion team cfi""'1""" vv. xv..--
11921 and the opportunity of enjoy-
1ks a real season of football should
he appreciated by the fans.
i SOME QUEER PRANKS OF
I f 5T FPinlY'C QTnpii
LhOl riili-'rtl O ClUihn
At ido PnnL- snri.T rarm north-
ti c?r- ni.oo
ui ' "."i:! ""V, . " V"i
- ; - ; n"t of ths
hnn. anH hit them sn,!arP. The barn
iwas blown down, the chicken house
. .. . , l , . . rt
fic"ed Hn n . ?
.bed rooms. It took everythm
into one of the
g loose
in its track, but no one was hurt.
At Ed Pankonin's, south of town.
'a FmaIi cvrGne parsed through his
1 orchard, took one row of anole trees
an,j pjied them up in Herman
V'ai;-.
!
loner's pasture.
T.inl.tnintr struck the barn at the:Htads of government departments
home of George Sto'.l, north of tov. n, i
'but did no particular damage. j
m,s Catherine Erhart had one
corn crib blown down and another
one damaged. (that an invitation from the president
E. F. Marshall had a corn crib de-.is something in the nature of a cora
molished on his farm north of town. 1 mand. He has funds appropriated by
Li. F. Ehlers had his barn moved ,
off the foundation and about ten
window glass broken in hi? house,
and his corn is badly down. He seem
ed to be in the center of the storm
area and was badly hit. Mr. Ehlers pense includes a fat salary for a sec
says he wishes another wind would retary of the conference. President
come along and put his barn back
where it belongs.
There are numerous other farm-
ers who were hit by the storni, or,
i storms, it seems to have been, but
we did not hear of them. Weepin
Water Republican.
HAVE DELIGHTFUL DANCE
From Friday's Daily
Last evening tho K. K.
G. club,
;the new organization formed to con-'
de-iduct dances at Coates hall this
ent and one of the best times enjoyed
at a dance in a long time was par-,
ticipated in by the voune people.
ning and gave a high class program ( they are stocked up will have some
of the very best dance music that i thing like 900 sheep on the farm,
could be asked for and it was a late The Warga farm is well situated for
hour before the nurrimakers wended the feeding of sheep with plenty of
their way -homeward expressing forage and water and should prove a
themselves as well pleased with the real home for the sheep and fatten
initial effort of the K. K. G. On Sat- them up in fine shape for the market.
'.urday night the club will have the
Teten orchestra cf Nebraska City
here for the benefit of the dancing
I public and a real time is being
'ticipated on this occasion.
GOLFERS MEET ON
WEEPING WATER
GREEN THURSDAY
. make their habitation there. Each
'evening the bird?, who seem io num-
n 4. t -ty ber at least 300, grthor around the
Representatives of Asnland. keeping building and coniIEenct. thtir flvin
Water, Neb. City and PlattS- -around in circles over the building
mouth Have Fine Time and after a short period of exercise.
one will make a durt for the large
From Friday's Daily chimney of the building and descend
Yesterday was the day of the long into the inteiior and tlii.-; will lie fol
looked for "golf tournament on the, lowed by others of the bird .4 until
links of the Weeping Water club and . eventually the whole flock has se
to that city representatives from qutiU red themselves in the interior
Plattsmouth, Nebraska City and Ash-j of the chimney and they remain
land journeved an 1 were joined there there for the entire night.
by the e-rpert golfers of the Weeping
Wat.tr club and the day spent in the
iriviiifi around ever the course
forfr'somes.
The Ashland team proved the win
ners of the tournament with a score
of 47. while the Weeping Water play
ers with a score of 38. were the sec
onds in the round. The Nebraska
City players finished third with 3:1
and I'lattbiiiot'th fourth with a score
of 2S.
The occasion was one very much
enjoyed, not only in the epoit of the
game, but in the very delightful hos
pitality afforded the visitors by the
Weeping Water club, who entertain
ed the visitors at dinner and made
the stay a very agreeable one.
Of the Plattsmouth team, A. O.
Moore and Ed Fricke succeeded in
winning two of the three rounds
they played, but the second two
some of Hr. It. P. Westmer and Dam
ian Fiynn were not so fortunate, as
Ihev v.cie pitted against the sharks
of the opposing teams and met de
feat. The- showing made by the Platts
mouth players was very pleasing
however, as they were pitted against
-onie of the best and most experienc
ed players of the other cities and
with only a few months work at the
game made a very good record.
ANOTHER OLD TIMER
From Friday's l)ai!y
A. Shallenberger, who is making
his home at the present time with
his son, E. G. Shallenberger; is an
other of the residents cf the city
well advanced in years and yesterday
was.- observing ., his . eighty-third
birthfiay. The. old entlman is
standing his years in good shape and
feels that he has many years before
him and this certainly is the wish of
his many friends.
BRYAN MAY VISIT
WITH COOUDGE
: i
taticn to Luncheon at White
House is a Command.
Governor Bryan is torn between
two contlicting emotions. He had
just notified Secretary Riley of the
governors' annual conference that he
could not possibly find time to attend
jthe meeting to be held at West Bad-
cn Intl- October 17 to 19. He con-
siuertMi mat mailer stHweu. uui uuw
? l a a . 4 a - 1 a
comes the publication of a disnatch
from Washington stating that Presi-
nt CooIidt;e had invited all the gov-
trnors for a conference of law en-
forcemont at the hite House Sat
urday, October 20. The invitations
have not been received, but it is said
; they call for a luncheon at the White
House at 2 p. m., followed by discus
sion of general law enforcement, with
parncular attention to pronibition,
immigration and narcotic laws.
concerned will attend.
Governor Bryan said he may now
reconsider his decision not to attend
the conference in Indiana as he feels
the legislature to pay his traveling
expenses. In addition the legislature
appropriated $500 for "membership"
and expenses incurred in the annual
conferences of governors. This ex-
Harding set a precedent by inviting
all governors at the annual confer
ence to visit him at the White House
to confer in regard to law enforce-
ment.
SHEEP TOR FEEDING
This morning ere the sun was up
and doing business, James and Al
bert Warga came in from their farm
ihome south of the city to secure a
carload of sheep that they had pur-
win-'chased on the South Omaha market
The consignment consisted of 360
lambs for feeding and which were
driven out to the Warga farm to be
turned loose to feed for the winter
The boys have a laree number of
Sheriff C. D. Quinton departed this
morning for Portal where he goes to
an-'look after some matters of business
for the county.
ANTICS OF SWALLOWS
From Thursday's Dally
The residents of the vicinity of
the Fropst garage building at Sev
enth and Vine streets are entertained
every evening by the unties of the
large flock of chimney .-v. a ,.ov.- that
If n !.re is ever started in the
garage in me n.ies leaning to the
chimney there will be a lot of home-
lcfcs swallows and they will undoubt
edly transfer their dwelling places to
other of the nearby chimneys.
MAN ESCAPES
FROM THE COUNTY
JAIL AT GLENWOOD
Jlakes Way to Safety Through Same
Window as Another Prisoner
Did Some Time Ago.
From Friday's Daily
Willard Clites, who has been much
in the limelight as to court matters
for the past few years, has added an
other venture to hi? record. This
time the incideat is that of making
hi? escape from the Mills county jail,
which occurred Wednesday evening.
about 7:30 o'clock.
Clites escaped by the same window
as uiu Jack Malone. Above the sash
of the north window of the prison
ers' lobby is a crescent and this is
filed with woodwork. A small man
can squeeze through the space above
the sash and that is what Clites did,
using a bed blanket for a rope to
let himself down on the outside.
On Tuesday Clites had secured
bcndsrr3n to await his trial in De
cember term of court. The sheriff
was requested to hold Clites for an
iffence committed - in Nebraska aad
TTiey would come for him today
(Thursday.)
This is the second escape by that
window and it seems a good warn
ing to have something done with it
toprevent another occurrence. Clites
had been put in the iron eaclosed
cell every night at early bedtime.
Glenwood Tribune.
WOMAN'S AUXILIARY MEETS
From Saturday's Daily
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
St.
Lukes parish was witertained very
delightfully at the home of Mrs. F,
H. Dunbar on Thursday afternoon
and quite largely attended by the
ladies.
The program of the afternoon was
on "Japan," the topic chosen for the
year's work, and was led by Mrs. J.
S. Livingston and a number of the
ladies responded with appropriate
papers on Japan and its people.
At a suitable hour the ladies were
treated to a most delicious luncheon
served by the hostess who was as
sisted by Mrs. Livingston.
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There's somebody to whom you'd like to
give a particularly nice gift next Christmas.
And you can if you start now to make
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One dollar opens your account and
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The Ff rst NItional bank
THE BANK WHERE VOL! FEEL AT M OME
PLMTSMOUTH
MACABEES TO ES
TABLISH A TENT IN
THIS CITY SOON
Order will be Instituted Here Mon
day Evening:. October 8th at
the -M. W. A. Hall.
From Tl ui mki; V Daily
The fnuerii.'i! field of this city is to
be enlarged by the eKlnblishing here
of a tent of the Knights of Macabees,
one of the oldest fraternal orders in
the country, and Monday evenine.
Ortol" r Stli, is the date set for the
establishing of th new lo.Ite here.
H. M. Wolf, state manager for
Nebraska, and Special Organizer
Hartman have been here for tl.e paKt
week arranging the details of the
organization and by their efforts
have enlisted a large membership
over the city. This order in its na
tional standing boasts of 200,000
membership.
The Macalxes have in recent years
adopted a plan of special insurance
features that has lifted them into the
front ranks of the insurance organi
zations of the nation and which gives
the policy holders the benefit tjf a
large number of varied policies that
formerly were found only in the
large old line insurance organizations
of the country.
In speaking of the order. Mr.
Wolf, the state manager, gives some
very interesting figures that cover
the past forty-two years and during
which time there have been 1 110.000
members laid away and over $1 ?'.
000,000 paid out in benefits to the
designated beneficiaries of the order
and as the result the order has con
tributed to the care and comfort ef
many, many homes that would other
wise have suffered in the taking
away of the breadwinner.
The organizers are holding open
their membership and expect many
more to add themselves to the list
before the night of organization on
next Mender.
ARRIVAL OF LITTLE ONE
From Thursday's Daily
A fine little daughter was born to
Mrs. -Gwinevere Smith Slane of D
Moines, Iowa, here Wednesday even
ing at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Smith in this city.
The arrival of the litle one has
brought a great deal of hariness to
the proud parents as well as to th
grandparents. Mrs. Slane has been
spending the past few weeks here and
will remain until possible to return
with the little daughter to their
home in Des Moines.
TEAM RUNS AWAY
From Tl.urs-day's Daily
Yesterday afternoon there was
( rM.0i3f r.oo
wagon were seen to dash down the
street in a mad "flight and minus a
driver. The hor?e3 had gained quite
a rate of speed when reaching Fourth
street and continued their flight out
Lincoln avenue for some distance be
fore they were stopped. The team
belonged to John Miller and had been
tied along the curbing on Sixth street
when they became frightened and
broke the hitching straps and took up
their dash down the main thorough
fare of the city. The horses and
wagon fortunately were not seriously
injured and they are back in service
today as usual.
Somebody!
we
"NEBRASKA.