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U-OfxO * A1 % : - I. II. I THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE. I Vol. Ill FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , HARCH 2 , 1906. Whole No. H2 Prof. Barrett. | Some twelve years ago Prof , j Barrett came to our midst and' founded the Falls City business college. He did this in the face * of discouragement on every hand , the general prediction being that such an institution could not be placed upon a pay. ing basis. This idea has long V since vanished for this college ' lias grown into a grand and useful - ful institution which is now tempting many from other parts of the state to this scat of learn ing. ing.The The poor and rich receive the same treatment here and many worthy , poor , young man can testify that but for the kindly aid of Prof. Barrett he wou Id never have been able to reach out into the business world. j Through this source many a I girl and boy have finished the course and found employment that could not have entered an other school for want of tunds. None are turned down who are worthy and want an education and not a year has passed that he has not furnished text books and other necessities to advance \ pupils who were cramped for means. "While helping others he has also won an enviable reputa tion as an educator and the college has swelled in numbers > from year to year until it now yields a handsome profit to its" founder. As a public spirited citizen lie is second to none. Aside from his handsome home he , has erected two modern cottages - tages on the half block and has beautified the grounds with every convenience possible , lay ing more concrete walk than any other citizen the past year. He is public spirited in every sense and gives due' < credit to Palls City and vicinity for the liberal patronage he has received - ' ceived at the college. This is not the first time Prof. Barrett has been before the good people as a candidate ; having made the race twice for assessor against one of our most popular citizens ; winning the first time by 110 majority and second by 132 votes to his good. Married. Charlie L. Frakes and Mrs. Eva L. Gentry were married on last Thursday evening , cere mony being performed by Judge Gagnon. The wedding Tvas witnessed by a very few. Mr. and Mrs. Frakes left Saturday for a few days visit in Nebraska City. At the residence of Mr. Kent in Crook and Towe's addition , , by L. A. Lindenmeyer , Minister of the First Christian church , on Febr. , 28th 1906 at 4:00 : o'clock p. m. Mr. Oliver Heikes ( of St. Joseph , Mo. , and Miss Iva JeJhson of near Salem. It was a very quiet wedding wit nessed only by a few intimate friends. The bride has lived with her parents on a farm about 10 miles southwest of this city and is well liked by all her associates. The groom former ly of this city , is now engaged in the grocery business in St. Joseph , and is a fine young man. Mr. and Mrs. Heikes left for St. Joseph their future place of residence. On Thursday evening at eight o'clock occurred the wedding of Olive Belle Stewart to Ralph W. Moore , at the home of the bride's parents in SalemIn the pres ence of about 100 guests the sol emn ceremony was performed which bound together this popu lar young couple The bride is a daughter of C. A. Stewart and is a social favorite. The green ; is a fine young man possessing y an excellent character and habits r Their extensive circle of friends wish Mr. and Mrs. Moore success in their new life. The Republican Ticket. Pursuant to call the republi cans met at the court house Monday evening for the purpose of placing in nomination candi dates for the various city offices to be filled at the city election April 3rd. At the appointed hour a large and enthusiastic crowd had gathered and after reading the call , Dr. Yut/.y was chosen chairman of the convention and announced that nominations for the office of Mayor were no\v in order. George Holland in a fitting speech presented the name of Prof. Barrett which motion was seconded by a dozen voices. No other names were proposed for the head of the ticket and on motion Prof. Barrett was nomi nated by acclamation. A city clerk was then chosen in the person of Bert Baker , who on motion \vasnominated in the same manner. For city treasurer , Irvin Bode was the unaminous choice of the convention J. L. Cleaver received the same treatment for the office of Police Judge. For members of the school board Dave Reavis and Dr. Mathers in lieu of their faithful services , were re-nominated. The First , Second and Third wards then presented their choice for councilman of their respective wards as follows ; First , J. A. Hill ; second , R. Horracks ; third James Cornell. On motions these nominations yere confirmed by the conven- ion and declared the choice ot hat body. Moved that a com. mittee of three be chosen to fill acancies should any occur and : he chair named the following gentlemen as such committee ; George Holland , Fred Sebolt and Joseph Gulp. In the above selection as a representative - presentative republican body we feel sure that no one doubts That each individual , if elected public servants , will do their whole duty as they see it. none ll question. That these gen tlemen are cotnpetant and above reproach no one dare hint. As the republican majority in this city is close to one hundred and these gentlemen are justly en titled to their party support , there is certainly some thing wrong with the party and not the candidates if the ticket is defeated. F. W. Wittrock's Red Hogs. Among the leading Duroc Jer sey breeders of this county P. W. Wittrock is classed among the successful ones. His late sale proved that his judgment has not only been good along blood lines but he is an expert at culling his herd. His late offering consisted of twenty-five beauties and while there was not a breeder from a distance present , they averaged $29.80 and all were sold within a radius of ten miles of this city. Bert Veach knows a good one when he sees it and is al ways willing to pay the price consequently he topped the sale on a fall yearling at $75. When we take in consideration that there , were but three of the bunch yearlings or better , the average price is a very good showing for the herd and Mr.V5ttrock can feel a just pride in his success as a breeder. Foley's Honey and Tar Cures coughs and colds Cures bronchitis itnd iiathinit. Cures croup and whooping cough. Cures hoarseness and bronchial troubles. Cures pneumonia and la grippe. Foley's Kidney Cure makes the kid. nejs and bladder right. Contain ! nothing Injurious. Forale atMoore'f Pharmacy. * : * , High School Debate. I The preliminary debate of our I high school was held at the ] Methodist church last Friday evening , preparatory for the contest between the eight prin cipal high schools of Richard son County to be held at the Gehhng Theatre , March ith. ) The opening number was a well rendered selection by the High school chorus composed of eight young ladies. Prof. Tobie in : i few well chosen remarks gave the purpose of the evening pro gram. Each spring of the year the eight principal High schools of the county meet for a debat ing contest. Of the six debaters taking part Friday evening , one was to be chosen as a representative of the Falls City High School in the county debate. Twelve minutes was allowed each participant. Question was : Resolved' That all pro perty of deceased person ex ceeding 8100,000 should revert to the state. Lloyd Shafer the first speaker on the affirmative has aconvinc- ing manner in delivering his ideas , good logic in his debate , and will , if he continues , be among the foremost of debaters. Myrtle Yycani , first speaker on the negative , has a good clear voice and with her natural ability as a speaker made a good record. James .laquet , second speaker on the alh'mative had some of the most1 convinc. arguments of the evening Alice Yoder second on the nega tive delivered a splendid argu ment replete with facts and figures. Blaine Yoder third on the affirmative , held the earnest attention of audience with a orceful article and cited some jood. modern examples. Guy versole the last speaker on the negative , closed their side of he question with some saving statistics , Lloyd Shafer closing the debate in a manner deserv- ng especial commendation. The judges , V. G. Lyford , D. D. Reavis and R. C. Ja.me- re tired to an adjoining room to compare notes. During this time Rev. Cline gave a very interesting extemporaneous speech. The .judges returned and V. G. Lyford in a tew well chosen remarks , announced their decision as follows ; Question decided in favor of the Affirmative. Individual de baters stood in the following order ; 1st , Alice Yoder ; 2nd , Lloyd Shafer ; 3rd Blaine Yoder. The announcement was re ceived with tremendous ap plause. Miss Alice Yoder will represent the Falls City High School at the County Debate March 9th with Mr. Loyd Shaf er as substitute. On account of the threatening weather there was not such a large attendance at the debate Friday evening , but it was fair. There is not enough outside in terest taken as might be , in the school work , and wo are sure your time could not be more profitably or pleasantly spent than in attending their affairs whenever the opportunity is of fered. Our High School ranks very high in Nebraska and we should be justly proud of it. Just bear this in mind the next time you see a school poster. Anti-Saloon Campaign. Anti-saloon campaign will be gin promptly at 8 p. m. , March 13,1906. Darnell will start the saloon after the ice man. W. II. MADDOX , Chairman anti-saloon league. Citizens Causus. A number of the citizens of Falls City met at the .lenne Opersj house on Monday eve ning for the purpose of nomi nating a city ticket to be voted on at the spring election. The event it seems , turned out to be an oratorical contest between a favored few. who did full justice to the occasion. Democrats were very much in evidence. George Fallstead acted as temporary chairman and called the meeting to order. W. M. Crook'was then elected permanent chairman and upon taking the chair told the as sembled citizens ol the object of the meeting. Among other things he said that he thought politics should be eliminated from the city's government. Judge Gillispie in an old time democratic oration placed in nomination for mayor , the pre sent officer , \V. S. Leyda. The nomination as seconded by J. \\hitaker in another rousing address , telling of the efficiency of the nominee as mayor. No other nominations being made Mr. Leyda was declared nomi nee for mayor. He was called upon for a speech and responded - ed , thanking the people for the favor shown him. Among other things he ex plained the reason of the raise in the fiat rate for the electric light in this city , to his entire satisfaction , and promised an all night service. J. M. Jellison placed in nomi nation for City Clerk , Fred BeauHeu , who was nominated by acclamation. J. W. Spraginswasnominated for Police Judge. There were two nominees for City Engineer , M. N. Bair and John W. Crook. It was decided by ballot of 120 to 29 in favor of Mr. Crook. Irvin Bode was nominated for re-election as City Treasurer. The nominations for members of the school board were then called for and J. H. Morehoad and Geo. Holt were nominated for these position. Mr. Whit- aker moved that the caucus nominate , or the chair appoint , a City Central Committee for the purpose of handling the campaign- Motion carried and the committee elected were ; J. M. Whitaker , 1st ward ; E. E. Burris , 2nd ward ; Thos. Jenkins , 3rd ward. The chair appointed a com mittee to fill "acancies compos ed of H C. Davis , J. M. Whit aker , and J. E. Leyda , The caucus was then divided into their respective wards for the purpose of making the nomi nations lor the city council. "Con"Horanin the "bloody third" created all the excite ment in that event in his nomi nating speech wherein Ed Me- Kiever was make the recipient of that office. Councilman nomi nated "were ; John W. Powell , 1st ward ; Grant Windle , 2nd ward ; Ed McKiever. A Broken Rib. Will Hoffman met with a very painful accident the first of the week. He fell against a crib , on his farm , thus breaking one of his ribs and sustaining sever al bad bruises. r New Engine at B. & M. The engine has been installed in the new wind mill tower in the Burlington yards. The wheel on the tower is an nn. usually large one and will cer. tainlygive good service. The engine is a daisy. R. M. Howard was over froir Merrill , Kan. , Saturday. Society News. Winifred Taylor entertained a number of her friends at a whist party on Monday evening. Mrs. Bellman proved to be the best player of the evening and cap tured first prize. Delightful re freshments were served. Council No 1312 K. & L. of S. enjoyed an interesting meeting on Tuesday night. After the business had been disposed of , the evening was given over to dancing. The Women's Relief Corps served one of their far famed suppers on Thursday from 5 to 7 o'clock in the G. A. R. head quarters. The ministers and their wives and the newspaper men and their wives were extend ed an invitation to this most pleasant affair. As is usual with their entertainments , no pleasures were omitted and those present were very fortunate. The chicken pie supper given by the ladies of the M. E. church last Thursday evening was very successful. These suppers arc all eagerly watched for and a large crowd is generally in at tendance. Council No. 610 K. & L. of S. held an exceedingly pleasant ses sion last night. This order is growing rapidly in numbers and popularity. On Saturday evening the local , popular order of Royal High landers held forth at a masque rade ball in the Bode hall. It was given to the members only , and fifty-four were masked. Dancing formed the evening's pleasure and it was very reluc tantly that the guests dispersed. Lemonade was the order on moist goods. Altogether it was a success which goes to show what an excellent membership the Highlanders enjoy. Last Thursday evening the young ladies Kensington society of the Presbyterian church was ntortained by Mrs. Geo. Inskeep. The guests were gowned in the : ypical Martha Washington style and were busy with various fancy work patterns. At ten o'clock the hostess assisted by Mines , leister and Loree served an elab orate two course luncheon. This was one of the most pleasant af fairs in the club's history. Ethel Cade was hostess to the members of the D. D. and II. S. M. C. clubs and a few guests on Saturday evening at her home in the east part of town. The evening was a delightful one and every guest thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Refreshments added to the many other pleasures. O. P. Heck was completely taken by surprise on Monday evening by about thirty-five of his friends and neighbors. He celebrated his 48th birthday on Sunday , and Monday evening's affair was in honor of the event. Mr. Heck attended the caucus meeting and when he and Mr. Werner , a neighbor , arrived at his home , his friends had gath ered there to remember his anni versary. After an evening of games and pleasantries an ele gant oyster supper was served. The guests presented Mr. Heck with a fine rocking chair which he treasures most highly. The ladies of the Episcopal church gave a mid-winter picnic to the parish and friends in the Wahl hall on Tuesday evening. Drop-thc-haiulkerchief. r i n g-a round-a-rosey and other garnet afforded much merriment. Eacli one took their basket of luncheon which was enjoyed in true picnic style. Dancing and cards assisted in making the event complete ir pleasures. ! The Shakespeare club in e t Tuesday afternoon , Feb. 27th , with Mrs. IS. S. Towle. The lesson was most interesting , as it gave the orations of Brutus and Antony. The discussion follow ing was on the dramatic power of the past. The Friends in Council enjoyed a most pleasant evening Satur day with Miss Harry , as hostess , at her millinery parlors. Roll call was responded to with cur rent events , An excellent paper o n "Oliver Wendell Holmes , " American poet and prose writer , was read by Miss Wilson. Miss Keim gave in a charming manner "Selections from Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. " "The life and writings of Edward Everett Hale" was equally interesting by Miss Morton. This most popular club alwavs has very pleasant meetings and this one was among the first. Mrs. Fred Ureclit and Mrs. Geo. Jcnning entertained about forty of their lady friends at the home of the former last Friday ifternoon. Moth ladies are charming hostess and made the occasion a very delightful one. On last Monday evening Sallie Schoenheit gave a six o'clock linncr to a number of her friends n honor of Miss Mamie Eustice of Auburn. Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Cline cn- ertained the members of the choir of the M. 10. church on Tuesday evening at the parson- ige. About thirty were present. The ladies Kensington of the Presbyterian church spent an en- oyable afternoon yesterda } ' with Mrs. D. M. Davies. ' The ladies of the Woodmen circle entertained the grove in W. O. W. hall Feb. 24th. A nest enjoyable evening was spent n playing games and a two course supper was served. The ladies Guild of the Episco pal church enjoyed a very pleas ant afternoon at the home of Mrs Hargrave on Monday. The young married ladies Ken sington club met Thursday after noon with Mrs. Bert Simanton. It was an enjoyable meeting. Ruth Wilson entertained a number of her girl friends on Wednesday evening in honor of her 14th birthday. Various games and refreshments made the evening a most pleasant one. Ex-Treasurer Gone. Martin Zook 'and family shipped their household effects Wednesday evening to their new home at Hope , Kansas. The family will go Friday morn ing from Verdon where they are now visiting. Mr. Zook served for two terms as treasurer of Richardson County and was always - ways faithful and pleasant in the discharge of his duties. He is a model citizen and we are sorry to lose both he and his ex cellent family , who made a large circle oi friends during their residence in Falls City- They will reside on a farm near Hope , and will keep posted on events here by The Tribune. We wish them a pleasant and prosperous future. With The ports. If you could have seen the hunter's carryall on Tuesday morning you would have known there was something doin' from the size of the bos located in the center of the bed. It was hunt ers rations and .Tim Powell , Tom Frank , Peter Frederick and Jake Norris were the poss essors. The boys went on a four days hunting trip out north of St. Deroin , where the "big game 1 runs wild , " in the hopes of bringing home a "good old bear. "