THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEilBER 12, 1909.
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Cass County History Deals With' Foundations of Nebraska's "Wealth,
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FIRST HOUSE BUILT IN CAPS COITNTT-ON FARM OF F.
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M. YOT7NO, NEAR
NEBRASKA MASONIC HOME. PLATTSMOUTH.
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-RAL C)ty it perhaps the name the name of Fremont" peak. In IMS a organise In In county, on October 17, 185S, trlct court m held In tha first school the center of a large clrcla of country In
which beet deaorlbea Flatta- Mormon by the name of L. T. Coon estab- with Ella Otbba a minister. hour In Plattsmouth erected early In llil th milling Industry. Many farmer vlalt-
mouth. There exists her 1- llehed a ferry across the Missouri. In this . The county was somewhat slow In de- In September, lSWt. the Burlington A Mis- ing this mill with corn and wheat In early
roost equal balance between the manner a highway became established vrloptng on account of land speculation, sourl railroad, having been voted $200,000 day would wait from two to six day for
Interest and pursuit of a lng the rouih bank of the Flatte. The In 185 a government survey of this county In bonds by the county, and 23O.000 In bonds their grist. The town wa laid out by E.
modern metropolitan city, and f;rt ettler permitted to locate hi Ne- was mad. Then came the entries of land, by the city of riattsmonth. entered upon L. Reed and L. B. Hunter In March, lftlS.
rural trading center. It hae braska was Samuel Martin, who received Money wa eoarce and often brought from Nebraska soil. The general headquarters South Bend Is another good town with a
up by men of affairs who a permit from the government to enter 40 to SO per cent. In the fall of 1857 the of the P.urllngton was pieced at Plaits- population of 200. Tha survey wa made oy
t hove of a
been built
were deeply Interested In the Improvement tha Indians' country. Early In the spring first county fair was held at Rock Cluffa mouth In accordance with a stipulation of W. W. Harvey In March, 1R57. Th third
and development of their city. The streets of IdiS he brought over on the ioe tha logs and It waa decided a complete success. In th contract and the shop of the road and last plat wa filed December f, 1878.
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are a medley of every sort of vehicle,
There are road-stained wagon with splen- Manual two-tory building, afterwards Bam Buster bought the first reaper which
did teams. Tet with all Ita activity known as the Old Barracks, for a trading was used In tha county. It was a hand
of hi house In Iowa, and erected a sub- the summer of 1SR8 William Young and erected here.
Th Plattsmouth Town
Many of the early business men of th
CASS COUNTT COURT HOUSE, PLATTSMOUTH.
the first niayor of tha city,
Cass county I ona of th richest counties
In Nebraska, taking tha first
in November, 1806,
latlon of "BO, on
company wa
nrfinUwl ,c 'HI 1 it. A Tl, firm t-r
Created by diversified Interest corn seems house. This building was used later tor take McCormlck. In 1860 there was a larg .,.kii.k .'. in io-s ,ii, wh .
to take first plaoe. Everywhere the word the county offices. Mr. Martin waa a fear- migration to th gold fields In Colorado . t,h.ftl, im.t.f w ... .i.
corn greeta th eye and th ear of tha less pioneer and was not only th first set- and a long line of freighting team wa "a . ,' " . . r.
passer-by. tlei', but his waa the first funeral In the oommoa sight.
In tha years Immediately fallowing the county. He was burled December 15, 1851 The first grist -mill was located In Platts
clvll war men looked toward tha west. The on . high bluff, but no one knowa where. mn.tth .mi .. rn ,.. ur nver.hnt
call of the frontier fell on many a listen- Bv a treatv made with the Omaha In- .f. t .. hu h -on..H n,any "Ptcts. it ha a popul
Ing ear and willing heart. The prairie aian, on the 15th, and with the Otoes on Helsel In the sDrina of 1ST,G The first school 30 000 nd ft valuatlon r W0.0u0.000. It has lines of merchandise well represented.
country from the great lakea to the Mis- the lGth of March, 1854. the lands border- tn Cass oounty was taught by Charles West rallroad and 'gnteen railroad Elmwood has a population of 660 and
sourl rtvar had been taken by the home )n8 on the Ml8Sourl were opened for set- n a little log building Just west of Platts- Btatloni- The county has twenty-three represents nearly all branches of busl
bulldnr. Beyond the Missouri was the lUnuni Th. indi.ni rii-ri fnr thmr . . .,- . rural routes with 00 mile covered dally, ness. The early Dromoters wer vry
county got their early business education cf gha, md4 ,t an MeaJ ,Bce fof a iAy.B Mura0,.k a town of p0puUtlon ls 0
in this town. Rock Bluff, was one of th. ,h- Ch, Kock " " '
early towns of Cas. county. It wa. laid """
out by H. H. Fowler and W. R. Otafford Nhwk la a busy little town .Ituated X ! J."4
Louuv,,... with .popu. on th. Kit Pacific railroad and ha. TV. oZTt
the construction of th. about 0 population. It was platted by th. romtn ,.- , , T, A
'rank ' in Bu'l!"W" 1!r,d 1870; '"."".'-.n S- 'one and th. plat filed September surrounded by an unusually rich farming
..Hon of y, . k , P.r T-H, I Thl town la .mall, yet lu real- district and th. different lines of trade arsf
ation or k(,pt can business town, with nearly all . ... .,,,, vr,.,. , ,. . ..
ucuig a w uauij iryicgfut iiivji o fYciiii - llu. u n n n uum isj sj ivinu
than any other town of lta size in tha situated In the northwest corner of Caaa .
aiate. Its people are progressive, work to- county and haa a population of &50. It was4
aether for tha town's rood and are sue- established by C. II. Smith October 7. 1S70
. tsiw m. . rurai routes wun tuu mnea covered uaiiy. ness. The early promoter wer vry - " .. . . . ... i , , ., . i
great American desert. The Union Pacific land a ,tated amount of provisions The , r " .,, I li ,yZ The coun,y lB enilrsly out of debt and 90 active and soon outstripped the neighbor- C"Q1" "oora.ng.y. jun ea.i OI . r....u ...n. n-,
wa. building it. band, of .teel to the west- TnA on T Z Piatt! then ".f" "'.h'r Per cent of the farmer, own their farms Ing town, and it Is today on. of th best town ta ltutd .' tone r h" 0W.n . h" "loyed . fui .har. of tbf
Otoi on th south of the Platte then ..... i T rt ir, . ...
Z..r .h. i!L, ?nw .11, '" numberd about When th recelv'd superintendent of schools reported .ixteen
a - - - " - ...... - rneir suuoiiea. consisting isrseiv oi sair
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toward centrsl Kohruka and nnlntad :. .. . 7" . ' . .. ' . coumy. in on tsi couniy naa i,vn cnu-
, mem aiea witnin
free of mortgage. It ha. fuur grist mill,
that manufacture and ship out annually
2.300,000 pound, of flour and 226,000 pounds
vuuiu j an u i wood vuuiui iinu a.vii villi- . , , , . .
a week. At the ODenlnx . A. . of mill feed. The court house is one of the
their nralrie eohonners towerd the wm! . .t " . . ona oi ecnoo a.ge. trora mis ume on me , ,
... . ol ,nls leiruory Dy me government, am ..,,,. . k
There I. no point on th. Ml-ourl river men penclled ihtir nam on clalm Btake. tne cho" ha been m"y
o rich in history a. Cas. county, espe- befoM tbe organisation of th. ter- "aUsfac,ory-
daily 1. this true at the Junction of the rilory At the present time there are 103
teacners in me couniy wun iw scnooi ais
Platte and the Missouri rivers. The Lewis
best in the .tat.. costing J9100).
The Burlington shop. located here,
llh 900 men on the pay roll,
hits don. and is doing much for the city.
The Masonic State hospital was established
trading point, in the county, it was e.tao- , " , , . . . . . .
lished luly 1G, 18S6. Murray, another good bh M1Ilhl company ha. er.ct.d a mod- ponu lation s in the heart of a wealthy.'
town of 175 people, was established in July. rn "l8r nI- hlch th ?ut' rmln l.Ict. It was surveyed br
1890. Th. Omaha division of the Missouri oom f th enterprise of th. people. George W. Fairfield in Febru.ry. ltm
Pacific railroad furnlshe. the railroad Un,on u a town of 100 Inhabitants, and In the early day., when there were from
facilities. The business of th. town ha. wa" Platl y Joahua Lynn In January, 00 to 400 boat, on the Missouri river,
kept pace with the times. Alvo, a .mall 188S- rly l line, of business ar. rep- Plattsmouth wrote much history and wa
town on th. Chicago, Rock Island & Pa- resented here, and th. surrounding coun- the center of a large freighting Industry
ciflc rallroad. was platted by George W. try one of r,cn frmlng sections of It Is today the center of a largs-
and Clarke expedition left St. Louis May 11 waB n01 unul ,alter parl 01 trlcts. There ar nlnetv.fonr frame achoni . .... . r,rv.. .nA th r)u -nnrAmA .Tm,rv . th. stats. Cedar Creek, a small station freighting Industry by rail. What-
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" building fifteen brick and on. stone school bulM!nf fo C08t j.ooo'wlil socn be in the im- Ea' " a lown " h. south- th. Burlington railroad, ha. a popula- It
building. Ther. are 145 lady teachars and count of construction But Plattsmouth we8tern corner Ca county, with a tlol ' 200. It was platted by John In- th
! slghteen men teachera The average salary haB an tht nrnmt.e. m, f. Population of 300. It wa. established by hflJr November, 1879. It Is In the midst W
111 be In years to com. when
ths government ha. Improved thau
Missouri river and tha boat, have as-
progreaslve, deslrabl. counties of th. staUw
of Plattsmouth. Th. plac. still retain. Th. Baptists, however, were the first to PlattsmoutH. Ths first session of th dta-
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Piatt. July 21. In 1805 Manuel Lisa., who be cc"Pld t W extent, The return.
r.v. noii.. it. o. 1S56 show a population of 1,201 in th
plorations south of the Platte. Francis """"r- me nunaings or tneee .any aay. rnllnfrv .nhn, t.,,rhe, I. Th. " "7 ' " """"" " lor T. j. v-lchols In Jul v. 1868. Manlev. another of on. of th. best farming district In the turned their early day trips Is of course.
De Roln in 1810. In th. employ of the .7MVa''Jf. . total enrollment of puplla In the county is " ' w "J! Telh . nl.T; thrifty town of 100 population, wa. platts unty. Mynard. altuated In Plattsmouth Impossible to tell. It ls plain and .elf-
Amencan rur company, established a tso- mi.. Marv E Faster la aervlns her .i. . V. I , by August F. W.nt In April. 1891 Th. precinct, Is a busy hu.tllng point and a .vld.nt that cass county is not aepenaeni
trading post In Sarpy county and traveled a ba' cold one. On De- nrc5 J-t of lThe, rePrB0nUt'V9 ,busln"8 men the city. t7wnAU0V wabaah ha. abouJ aeventy-flv. rrrat grain shipping station. It ha, a on any Improvement that the government
ever much of Cas. county. In 1819 Long", cember 1 t andl of this year occurred k oortVai t.ltlrl 1 -0ln! muh ,alon5 ,be Iln of cty 1m- ,e and w eBtabIl8hed July 20. 1886. It population of 100 and was established In may or may not make. Its success ls
exploring expedition, with th. "Western neaview snowstorm or wnion taer. . - " anu "aon.ng out aner tn. . p0DUlar place during th. summer sea- July. 1S91 Ths business men of the town sured and It will continue In the futur.
Englnaer." th first steamer on th Ml.- Is ny record tn eastsrn Nebraeka. Ths - ,, T.' . "l01 u.n " p,a.n,B- Thls club together aon ag ,t one of the plcnlc ound. ar. strong competitor, for th. .urround- a. It ha. in the past one of the rich.
wun .en iuouis in juiy ana reacnea wnns nmm ooru in me county w thlrty.fivs counties of the state hav- "'" "--"-"-"''""-"''"' n-wspaper ,n the county. iu good boating and plenty ln towns.
wie -.aiie ou iseptemDer 11. . ieurisu oipvijb, aauiiter oi wunam "wi.nib m emiie .i.i.iiuiiy win accompnsn
Th. traders and trappers of the differ- Stevens, In January, 1855. The first ser- ,nK lady county superintendents of ths much for the city,
ent fur companies crossed the Platte at mon preached in the county was tn Oct- 11001 Cas. county la by no mean on. of th.
various time, during th. twenty yeara tr, 1864. at the horns of Thomas A.hley In ths contest for the count small counties of th. state, a. it ha. 308 000
following. In 1842 Ftmotit'i .xplorlng ex- by Abraham Towner. Rev. D. W. Gag eat located at Plattsmouth. This con- MrM tn farmii wjtn 215,000 acres under ex
pedition camped for on. night on th. pro- and Rev. A. L. Armstrong of th. Method- Unued wntfl May 1. 17. when th county tivatlon. From these farm. wer. sold and
Jectlng bluff Just below the present sit. 1st church preached several time. In US6. seat seemed to b. permanently loco red at shipped out last year IS 000 beef cattle 4 -
000 fat hoga and 2.200 sheep. Besides this
they sold and shipped out 4,279,000 bushels
of corn, 270,000 bushels of wheat and 226,000
bushels of oats. If there is any one thing
that ths farmers of Cas. county need more
than another. It I. a clos.r relationship 10
the dairy Industry and to th. growing of
tarn, grasses, especially alfalfa. Last
year they sold and shipped out
191,000 pound of butter and 191.000 gal
lon of cream. In 1909 th county had but
1,400 acre of alfalfa, yet they had 38,000
acre of clover, which I. next to the larg
est amount of any county of the state. Dur
ing ths last year tha farmers used 524 hand
separators and kept about 8.000 cows on
their farms. Ths farmer's wive marketed,
la.t year 392.040 Cozen of egg and 280,009
pound of eetMieJi poultry.
Cas County, a a whole, I on whloh
th. .tats of Nebraska can well afford to
b. proud ofi It. citlaenshlp I. of th. best
and it. location and .oil ar second to
none. In th fruit lndu.try It I. on. of
th. best counties In th. state. Jt ha. 154,.
000 appl. tr... In full bearing, .,000 pear,
71,000 peach, 1,000 plum and 11,000 cherry
trees. But th. great wealth of thl. county
and It. unusual prosperity 1. accounted for
very largely In It. many thriving village.
Weeping Water 1. a pleasantly altuated
town, nestled In among the hills, which
Dearly surround It, snd laid out on both
sides of ths Weeping Water creek. It has
a population of 1.200, and was a point wall
aavsrtiasd In th early days, a It was
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TL. A. Patterson.
E. H. Westcott.
R. B. Windham.
J. P. Falter.
PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL AT THE NOON HOUR.
OFFICERS OF PLATTSMOUTH COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Hightest Town in the World
ERRO DE PASCO Is the biggest
town In the world. Th. re
markable broad gauge railway
by which It Is reached passes
over a higher altitude about .
that of 'Mount Diane and there
are mining camps and Indian villages at
greater elevations. On the Arequlna-Ptin.
line tha station of Crucero Alto attains the
atupendou. elevation of 14,600 feet, but at
14.200 feet above tha sea level there ls no
other real town of (.000 Inhabitanta with
a railway ststton, telegrsph, telephones,
churches, .hop., club., hospitals and vice
consuls. It ls a wonderful example of
American enterprise.
The section of the railway which runs
from Oroya to this town belongs to ths
Cerro d. Psaco Mining company, and la
extremely comfortable, smooth running ana
fast, considering the gradients. It pav
through fin. grassy valleys grased by
countless herds of laniaa, and the blue
sky, th. sparkling streams, the snow
peaks, combine with th. green pastures to
give a delightful variety of colors whlrh
afford a sulking contrast to th uniform
brown hue of the barren Chilean Andes.
To get a fair view of Cerro de Paaro It
la necessary to go to the top of a h gh
rock near th. railway station. T's ton.
with Its llttls thatched house and narrow
afreet a He In a larg. undulating basin tn
which th. chief featurea ar the tall chim
neys and other building, belonglag to th.
nilnes In th distance a larg lak ran 1
be seen, and all around th horUon la
Studded with snowcapped heights.
At our feet Is a busy scene. Th useful
Indian la everywhere now driving hrds
of lamas, th universal mountain carrier,
pow riding mules or driving small car
riage over tli undufatlng roads and all
his business Is a part of th great won
f extracting copper and silver from the
deep shaft. The rosy cheeks of th Indian
children. whobe healthy color h nei
through their brows skin. I. aa unusual
sight to sallow South America, for th.
climate 1. healthy and Invigorating. Tn the
winter ther t a great deal of rain and
alMt, but th summer Is bright and crisp
and all ths year round tne temperature
la equable, one of moderate cold In which
the thermometer seldom falls much below
freezing point.
Everything at Cerro de Pasro Is "run"
by the Americans. There Is a spacloua club,
where bowls are played nightly, and In tha
hollow below ther. Is a baae ball ground.
Roth these games are characteristically
American; they ai. played at high pres
sure the whole time, the biggest match can
be played in about on. and a halt hours,
and th. player, ar near enough to th
spectators to hear the comments, encourag
ing or otherwise, that ar liberally be
stowed. The hospitality of th Americans
Is unbounded and the life is one of the ut
most good feeling and good fellowship.
Th only drawback to th visitor' enjoy,
nient t th soroche or mountain sickness,
which Is almost certain to attack a new
comer unless he ascenda by very gentle
stages. London Spectator.
Four Generations
OUR generatlona ar represented
In this photograph. Ther ar
two great grar.d motheri and
two grand mothers. The former
are Mrs. John G. Jones, th sec
ond woman sitting and Mrs.
Thomaa Edwarda. th th'rd one In th
group. Mr. Jones la T7 yrara cf ag and
Mrs. Edwarda IX The f rt wo-nan and th
fourth are Mrs. Robert Thomas and Mrs.
Jan EJwards, resprclv y. U and (0 year
old. Th couple standing with the baby ar
Mr. and Mis, Roy Edaarda and daughter,
Mrll. All live at Red Oak, la. Three
of th women, Mrs. Jones and th two
elder Mrs. Edwards, wer born In Walss,
while Mia. Thomaa was br In Wiscon
sin. Her Is th II n of descent. Including
four generations: Mrs. Thomas Edward.
I. the mother of Mr. Edwaids, whose wif.
t. Mrs. Jans Edwards, Mrs. Jan. Edwards,
th. mother of Roy K. Edward, and R. E
SdwardA U faUiai I MyrUa Xdwafd
Family of Interesting Proportions
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Scenting Danger from Afar
rya generations are s tuiscroui,
UMEROUS eggs of ths tsetse
N fly have been found attached
I to .kin. .ent to Washington
a. iropmes 01 tne noomyrai
chaa. In Africa. Some people
have taken alarm lest the
sleeping sickness become American
ised through these potenial pesta. Th.
theory might b. dismissed at once as a
laughable on. If the experience of Leo
pold Trouvelot waa not a matter of record.
In 18C9 Trouvelot wa. making experi
ment, with American and European .ilk
worms. M. brought some gypsy moths to
Massachusetts. They got away from him
while he was studying them. He promptly
Informed the authorities, for gypsy moths
had caused great damage to fruit, shade,
and forest tree tn Franca, Germany, and
other continental lands. Nothing wa. don,
however, until 1880. when th ravages of
the moths In Massachusetts began to bs
noted. Then th tat spent nearly $1,000,
009 to destroy them, leaving th Job in
complete because of outcry against such
vast expenditures. Th state department
of agrlculturs and th United State de
partment, too, nav published circulars,
tailing about th ruin resultant from th
escaped specimens of an experimenter.
In th cas of th tsetse fly, however.
It doe not seem likely thst a tropical pest
would flourish In th temperate climate
of th United States. It 1 not certain
that th condition for th sleeping sick
ness would be found her. Th danger
item remote, everything considered, but
It would be safer not to take any chanoea
with a fly so deadly In Us native bom
for men sod cattle. Ths scientists bad
better destroy all th egg they may find
Instead of trying to hatch thsm out. They
would Ilk to study ths hablta of th tsets
fly without going to Africa, but ons might
get away from them. It would not b ex
pedient to aasume that In a new habitat
Its dangeroua qpalitles would be eliminated.
The farmer and fruit raiser of this coun
try have lost millions through the acciden
tal Introduction of destructive Insect.
Th.i should bs po uniibf wlUi asothar
pest to satisfy the curiosity of clentlsts.-
Chicago Tribune.
Who's Who in the Ragles
(Continued from Page one.)
his aeries. lis formed the drill team,
which won the cup at the Milwau
kee convention In 1909. Then ther
ls John' W. Conaldlne, a past grand
worthy president and one of the founder
of the order t Seattle. II Is a member
of the Sullivan-Consldln theatrical '
agency. Th credited representative frons.
the mother aerie at Seattle I. Frank P.
Mullin, also a past grand worthy president.
He ls on of the Seattle boosters; he 1. a
member of th city council and a member
of the streets commission. Th western
delegation would not be complete without
Del fury Smith of Spokane aerie No. L
Mr. Smith 1 th only past grand worthy
president who haa held the office of preal- .
dent for two terms. The law wa changed .
near the expiration of hi second term and .
It Is not now possible for the president
to hold office more than or.e term.
Ths officers forecast a convention of un
usual harmony. They aver that there ar
no known causes of unusual controversy!
snd that ths Issues to be met are now well I
formed. Th three cities of St. Paul, St.
Louis and New Haven ar known to Ls
In th running for th next convention.
Th question of (tat autonomy, which '
ha been threshed over In every conven
tion of the last few yrara, will be br ..unlit,
up again. It la the contention of the uJ-
vocates of the movement that tho orc.i'
baa grown to such size that representatl itv
to tLo national convention from aerw s lu- j
dlvidually render tbe ceijtrgl body too urv
wleldy.
Ana Bay. reuiaraea iunn nyuer ok
Omaha, aecretary of the convention, "If
tnlu convention don't get off right It will,
all b because my old friend. Martin Farrat
of Fitchburg, Mui., Is not In attendance
This pair .truck up a great frio.ueu
to last eonvauUoi '