, . l . . , June 17 , 1904 THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE j Itrl Education a l De artm e . Conducted by County Superintendent Crocker t , C. H. 'Viltse returned home last r , week from an extended trip along the Pacific coast. He is delighted ed with his trip and feels that his time and money were well spent , but after all he saw noth- J . jug . to beat Richardson county. Iva Lowe , who has just recent- 1 t ly completed her work a1 ! special teacher of Latin and Literature in the Ponca high school has returned - turned to Falls City to spend the summer. She expects to teach in Richardson county during the ' coming , year. ' ' The Falls City board of educa- tion held a special meeting Mon- day e\'ening. It now seems cer- , tain..that Miss Bridges will re- main with the Falls City schools for at least another year , the board granted . her an increase in sala1T. I Clara Gagnon who taught the primary department in the Ver- don , schools last - year was elected to teach in the Falls City schools during the ensuing year. At a previous meeting , the following - lowing tuition rates were estab- lished$12 for the first four grades 815 for the second four grades ) , . and $18 for the high school , pay- able quarterly : in advance . Attendance Prlzea. To encourage attendance and , create a friendly rivalry among the schools in tins respect , the county superintendent gives a . prize of three library books each month to the school having the highest percent of attendance , two for the second , one tor the third. Following are the win- ners for April. 1st-Katie E. Hudson , teacher Dist. 13 100 per cent. _ . ) 2nd-Myrtle Robinson , teacher Dist 5 91 2-13 per cent. 3rd-Nellie Dunn , teacher Dist. SO 87 9-13 per cent. For May- 1st-W. W. Funk , taacher in Dist. 32 high school 96.1 per cent 2nd-Agnes Moran. teacher in Dist 37 room V 93 plus per cent. . . 3rd- lara Gagnon , teacher in Dist. 32 primary 92 7-9 per cent. All prizes not yet received may be secured by the teachers during institute. This will save postage and express. Prof. Authur McMurry' arrived , . - ; " in the city Saturday evening for ( a short stay with his wife and son who are visiting at the home of " O. A. Cooper and family. He is still connected with the OttSclmeol r of Expression , and on Sunday . afternoon left for Beaver City , where he is assisting this week in i .n s tit i ute work.-Humboldt Leade . . t Teachers at the State Normal. I The registrar writes in part as , . follows : "In the order of county representation for the , year either with or without the summer school , the following is the rank : Nemdha , Douglas , l Richardson ; for attendance in the summer school alone , the counties rank as follows : Nemaha ( Fillmore and Richardson ) same number , and then follow Johnson , Boone and Gage. \Ve are proud of the recognition - ognition Richardson county has seen fit to give us this year and I notice the attendance has been equally good during the t\\O pre- vious years. " Richardson county ranked second in the point of attendance - tendance last year (69 ( teachers attended. ) This year Richardson county has only 42 teachers attending the State Normal. Their names follow : Maud A. Boyd Martha Kernen Vashti Cornell Herman Kernen Jennie Edmonds , Ida Kernen Edna Guinn Claire McDermet Camma C. Han Olive Petrahek John G. Feicht Peter B. Ruch John Haushahn Alpha E. Roberts Lulu M. Hoover Minnie Speece Emery Hunt Ardie Smith Claud Hunt Helen Smith Anna James Mary E. Strunk Mary Jones Edmund Velvick Ella James Jacob Arnold Robert Haushahn The following are now attend- ing the summer school : Queen R. Chism Ethel Hummel Alice Douglas Bertha Kernen Nellie P. Dunn Laura Klima Nellie Gandy Clara Laughrey Nellie Hanna lone Norton E. Fritz Slagle Vesta Williams Laura Pribbeno J. F. Rclf Elizabeth 1\1. Brecht Catalpa Grove. Cherries and strawberries are very plenty in the grove Ed Mendenhall picked ten cases from their patch Monday. AHa Snyder is very sIck with . the measles. A number of our young people attended the Childrensday exer- cises at the Brethren church on Pony creek Sunday night. Mary Warner makes weekly trips to the Grove , she has forty music pupils now. C. B. and L. T. Snyder went to Falls City uesday. The members of the 1. O. O. Ii' and Rebekah lodge attended decoration services in Salem Sun- day afternoon. Zelma Morrison returned Sun- day from a weeks visit with her grandparents at Sabctha. Geo. Wertz was a caller in this community Sunday . Mrs. Ernest Wagner and child- ren came up from Merrill Monday - day to spend the week with Grandpa Morrison. M { It 'S Worth a Dear of Sacrifice 1 and Saving to Possess Clothes Like These. N.a1T.INn 1y ' H."i : Men's Spring Busi- . WAM"OLD AIM _ 'ka' . . . co. . . ness S UIIS. . PrH1ft cMIk . . . . All cut in the newest fashion and superbly .a , tailored $7.50 Men's Stylish Spring P $ Suits. E ? Real $12.00 value here R and higher elsewhere is x - ' ; 'l'hcy go at $ 10.Q0 . 1 F 1w n y Men's Better Spring t1 ; . ' Suits. ' Splendidly lined and exceptionally well tail- 'b _ f : orerl. Our price $12.50 ' , r Men's Very Swell , ; tc ; Suits. , ,3 , ' : - Worth $3.00 a suit Z : t more but now you can F r : buy them for $ 15.00 ' Men's Pa.nt . Your choice of new c i e + 4ea j ; + = patterns In stock. The best of quality. . I It is always our ambition to offer a strictly hot weather - er suit which would baffle in price and in every detail of construction all compl tition. Its all in the tailoring and r finishing. They have the usual Ca11l1 Vb ampold excellence- F. W. Clews lan d ' i - - - .ww i Cheap Rates to St. Louis. Tickets to St. Louis and return via Burlington Route , Good fifteen days , $12.20. Good sixty days , $13.55. Good all summer , $16.25. For full information about train service and other details see the ticket agent. The St. Louis exposition-the greastest show the world has ever seen-is now complete and in harmonious - monious operation , and it will be a lifetime's regret if you fail to see it. . 22-6 Ice ! Ice ! Good clean ice from Culp's lake delivered at your door.-Culp Ice Compan D. S. McCarthy PROPRIETOR OF CITY DRAY LINE Special Attention to Household Moving. Phone 211 Falls City - - Nebraska ( Painless Dentilltry. I When u Chinaman want ! ! ! tc have a tooth drawn be feels nCJ nervous apprehension of pain , for the excellent reason that bl ) knows his dentist will not intliC'i aUJ. The latter simply rubs a secret cret powder over the aching tooth After ' about five minutes the pa , tient sneezes and the tooth falls out. : Many attempts have beet I made by Europeans to get some lof this mysterious powder , but lie lone has yet succeeded. I . . - I Whal.'s Endurance. 1 A whale is able to remain under Iwater I for an hour and a huf.- ) Longest Boa in time World. In 1901 the great Siberian ralt. way was thrown open to the pub- lic. There was then in operation a total of 1,4.H miles in : Man- churia and 3,559 miles in Siberia , n. continuous Russian line fronm Moscow to Port Arthur of 5,429 miles ; and the new trains dc luxe I , which will begin running this sum- mer , will give virtually through service from Paris to Port Arthur , u distance of 7,299 miles , 6,600 miles of which is over Russian linea.-Century. - - - , . . . - ,