f' I. U'storlcnl Society * * THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE. . , , , , . Whole No. Vol. IV FALLS CITY NEBRASKA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20 1907. 191 Proceedings of the County Cen tral Committee. On the first Saturday afte Ihe primary eleclion , in accord ance with the new law , the re publican nominees for the count offices met in this city and se lected the following gentleme as the republican committeemei for the next year : CHAS. MAHTIN W. K. SMITH N , llara.la Olil ; .w. i > uiunuT LOUIS SUUSSA S. Itaraila A raw J.T1MMT.RMAX CLIM DAVIS K. Mmlily Kill KLMT.R KAY J. 1) . McCOMllKK W. Muddy Jcfforso VKANK WITIITX J. W. CHOOK 1'oreer I'alls City. 1' ' V L. II. 11OWT. 1 . It. WUAVUK Tratikllti Tails City 1 W A. K. STALDKK 11. A. 1'UNCT. HutnlMldt 1'r. Tails CUy 2 W 11. K , IIOYI ) H. T. HA1IN HumlHililt 1 Wil Tails Cltv 3 W L. C. WILLIAMSON Me. C. HOOVKKSalei Salei M.RILKY j. e ; . Mvi'.iNNis ( .rant Ncttiah I. A. JOHN AL. IJKUTLT.K Lllwrty siici-tt On last Saturday the riem bers of the central committei met in this city. There was ; large attendance at this meet ing , including the republicai candidates , Messrs. Holt , Scott Arnold , Coons and Reneker and several other republican ! who believe a vigorous cam paign should be made this fal and that our ticket should b elected : The committeemen elected tin following officers : JOHN WILTSi : , Chairman TRKl ) SUllODD. Si-cretary J. K. LUYDA. Treasurer They also selected P. B Weaver as the delegate fron this county to the state conven tion to be held at Lincoln 01 September 24th , at which time the state committee will be or ganized and the platform of the republican party promulgated The central committee alsi selected the following com mittees : Executive Committee JOHN wii/rsi : p. 11. WUAVKR < ; . J. CROOK d. W. HOLLAND c. p. RIAVIS j. K. LIYDA KRID sinioLi ) j. L. CLKAVKR Advisory Committee AL. TANNKR R. ANDKRSON c. K. COOIMK I. SHIRLHY O.L. UAXTZ ! The republicans have ionnee a good organization which indi cates that a vigorous effort wil be made to elect the ticket which is composed of strong men who , when elected , will til the offices to our entire satislac tion. George B. Holt , our candidat for county clerk , is a son o John W. Holt , ex-president o the First National bank of tin city. George has lived in ou midst many years and is wel known and has a host of warn and influential friends who in tend he shall be elected our nex county clerk. A. R. Scott , more familiar ! ; known as Judge Scott , our can didate for county judge , con ducted the office of county judgi several years ago in a most sat isfactory manner and he will during his next term as count ; judge , be found the same accom modating , polite and eflicien official as he was when formerl ; county judge. Vincent Arnold , our candi date for county assessor , come before us very highly recom mended by the citizens of Lib erty precinct , where he has re sided during the past thirt ; years and where he has beei assessor for the past sevei years. The experience he hu thus gained about assessment will be a valuable help to hin when he is the county nssesso and has charge of the assess mynts for the whole county. II is a genial , good natured. warr hearted man that every on likes. P. SV. Coons , our candidat for county superintendent , i | thoroughly equipped for the of tice as he is a graduate of UK state university and has hac several yuars experience as ' teacher. His home being ii Ilumboldt he is not very wel acquainted in the east purl o the county , but Mr. Coons in tends to make a good campaigt and he will see as many of the voters as possible before tlu campaign is over. We have a strong ticket tha calls for the best support tha can be given by the republican.1 of the county. Killed in B. & M. Yards A man by the name of Johr Summers who was with Malon' ; grading outfit going from For tescue , Mo. , to Dawson. thi : county , fell from the top of r box car in the B. & M. yard ? here about 8 a. m. Tuesday morning. He was taken at once to Goolsby's Hotel where he dice about 9 a. in. The man was in toxicated at the time and it was known he had been drinking steadily for several days. Nc blame could be attached to the railroad company for the acci dent as it was shown at the in. quest that thpy were in no waj responsible. After th e inquest held by Dr. Reneker Tuesday al 4:30 p. m. the body was giver , over to Contractor Malon whc says it is their custom to take their employees to Lincoln foi burial , who hnve no relatives near and meet death while work ing for them. Summers is from New York state but it is not known that he has any relatives in this parl of the country. The following is the report oi the coronerDr.George W. Rene- ker. VEUDICT The State of Nebraska , Richardson - ardson County , ss. At an in. quest holden at Reavis & Abbeys undertaking rooms Palls City , Nebraska , in Richardson Conn ty , on the 17th day of Sept. A , D. 1907 , before me , Dr. George W. Reneker , coroner of said county , upon the body of John Summers lying dead , by the jurors whose names are hereto : subscribed , the said jurors upon their oath do say that deceased came to his death as the result of falling from the top oi a boj car in the yards of the C. B. S Q. Ry. Co. at Palls City , Neb. , at about 8 o'clock a. m. on the 10th day of Sept. 1907. J. E. Leyda , \V. H. Keelinsr , P. P. Shields , A. R. Scott , N. T. Van Winkle , D. D. Reavis. In testimony whereof the said jurors have hereunto set theii hands the day and year afore said. said.Attest Attest : Dr.Geo.W. Reneker. Coroner , Another Good Contract. M. J. Bohrer came home Sun day morning from Almena , Kans. where Bohrer Bros , have beer building an opera house and school building. They have secured the contract for a S14.00C school building at Merna , Neb. , and M. J. left toda ; to make the initial preparations for beginin the work. Bohrer Bros , arc getting a wide reputation as contractors and their work al ways gives satisfaction. Prof. W. R. Oliver and wife , who took such an active part ir the Oliver meetings last summon passed through here Wednesday on their way home in Marion Kans. , from Mound , Min , when they spent the summer. The Economy of William. Bill AlcCray is busily ongagce in telling the people of his dis trict what a great and good mai he is. 10 very other member o : the board i. ; dishonest but him is the talc William is telling. The truth is , and is generally recognized and acknowledged b those familiar with the historj of the board of supervisors , that Bill is about the most expensive proposition this county has evei been inflicted with. It would take this entire page to enumer ate Bill's costly mistakes , but as a fair , sample take the following : Bill was chairman of the bridge committee when the Constantine accident occurred , Chas. Santo , a member of the board , repeatedly asked Bill tc repair the Schulcnberg bridge. But William neglected it ane\ \ the bridge went down. Mrs. Constantine stantino was so crippled that she is ruined for life. Several othei persons were injured. Suit was brought against the county and , after some negotia tions , an offer was made to settle for $1200. Every member of the board wanted to settle , but Wil liam said nay. So William employed his friend Martin tc help and the case was tried. The county paid $3200 to settle the judgement , court costs and the fee of William's lawyer. William's economy in this in stance cost the county $2060. Bill , you know , was the fellow that located the Rule bridge ofl the road and never found it out until after the bridge was com pleted. Then William had the bridge removed to its propel place at a cost of $800. to the county. As a money saver William it the whole cheese. Bill went into the bridge busi ness last summer , and ordered the steel for a bridge across a creek south of Humboldt. There was a steel bridge over the same creek within half a mile from where Bill had located this one but Bill wanted to build a steel bridge. He was forced tt : acknowledge before the board that the new bridge would be used by but two and possibly three families , but William wanted to show his ability tc build a steel bridge better and cheaper than anybody. But this bridge was worse thai ] unnecessary as is shown by the following facts. Bill bought this bridge of one Jack Sparks who was there and is now under indictment ir , Beatrice because of acts done ir selling Gage County its bridges Bill paid a good price for new steel and induced the board tc pay more than $800. for the metal. When the bridge committee went to see the material it was found to be old and rust eaten , It was the worst kind of ; i second hand bridge that had been used some where else and then torn out , repainted , and dumped onto this county by the great money saver. The present bridge committee has tried to sell or trade the junk but has found nobody whc wants it. It lies today in the court house yard as a monument to Bill McCray's economy. But why consume more space on William ? lie has n e v e t hesitated to get even with an enemy at the expense of the tax payer , or help a friend in the same cause' lie is about the limit when it comes to spending money. His claim to re-election is the product of a fertile im agination. The necessity foi his defeat is shown by the ex penditures of the county made through McCray's procurement Society News. A anting party composed o Misses Gertrude and Grac Lyford and Messers Fred Grahan and Lloyd Shaffer spent las Saturday in the Bluffs. Tin day was ideal and they wen with well filled lunch basket target guns and ( ibhing tackle infact everything to make -11 enjoyable day. They report : line time. Mrs. Al Spear entertained th , Married Ladies Kensingtoi Thursday of last week at he home on N. Morton street. Thi was the first meeting since Jul : when the club meetings weri postponed until cooler weather On Thursday almost the cntin membership was present and tin afternoon was a delightful one Mrs. Spear searvcd delicious re fresh incuts assisted by her siste Mrs. W. K. Holt. Great interes was manifest in this meeting ant it was with regret that the guest : met the hour of departure fo their homes. The Woman's Club held it : first meeting of the year witl Miss Cleaver and a very large at tendance was present. A verj interesting program had beci prepared and aside from thii there was the usual planing am discussion of the work and socia side of club affairs for this year The papers and discussion wen interesting , helphil and a source of pleasure to all assembled. Dur ing the social half hour refresh incuts were served after whicl the club adjourned to meet Octo bfcr first with Miss Cade , when ; full attendance is expected. A reception was given to tin new teachers and the junors 03 the sophomores in the assembly room of the highschool last Satur < day and a rousing time is repo'rt cd. The juniors were given the names of animals they were te represent and the representations were very humorous , and caused great laughter. There was an unusually large number , both new teachers am' juniors to be innitiatcd and the evening was one continual ex citement from beginning to end , Refreshments were served b } the Sophs and a royal good time was the result of the evenings entertainment. Miss Emma Leitzke was stir prised by a large party of friends on Monday evening Sept. 16th that day being her birthdaj anniversary.- The time wa ! passed playing all kind of game : and in social conversation Miss Emma received m a n 3 beautiful remembrances as tokens of esteem from her friends. Dur ing the cjveningdeliciousre fresh- ments were served. The occ.asior will be long remembered by those present for its many pleasures , E. L. Fulton Elected. The returns from the Okla homa election show that 13. L Fulton was elected to congresi over Ex-Territorial Governoi Fergerson. Mr. Fulton over came a republican majority ii his destrict of 3000. Mr. Fultoi will be remembered as tin Pawnee county lawyer who rat against Frank Martin for the senate a few years ago. If : democrat had to be sent to congress gross , wo are glad Fulton is it Married. Houck-Fisher Judge II a n married Miss Eithic Ilouck am Lester Fisher o f Falls City Thursday afternoon. Iliawath ; World. These young people were rath cr quiet about their marriage fo a time and not many of thei friends knew of it until througl the Hiawatha papers. We wisl them health , wealth and happi A Lie Nailed The personal malice of th Falls City Journal against tin membe'r.s of this company ha prompted so many vicious am untruthful attacks upon our bus 'mess that we feel justified ii asking space in your paper tha we may answer the Journal' ; statements concern ing the bridgi known as the Blake bridge. The Journal says that llugl Pritchard ordered 8-14 foot pile ! for tins bridge. This is untrue Mr. Pritchard ordered nothing lie had no authority in the mat ter and did not attempt to as sume any. The bridge commit lee made the order and it wa ! for 8-10 foot piles instead of 1- foot as stated by the Journal. The Journal says that t h i company sawed off all of thes < piles ami charged the county for the waste. This slate-mem is partially true and partially untrue , but in the inference sought to be drawn it is malici ously false. The Blake bridge is on a mail traveleel road and on a mai route. The hard storm of sev. eral months ago that took ou so many bridges , left this bridge in a deplorable condition. Be ing on a main road and on r mail route made it imparative that the bridge be put in shape at once. There were not enougl 10 foot piles available to buile the bridge , so the company tool as many 10 foot piles as it had and made up the difference will 18 fool piles of which there was a sufficient supply. This was thought preferable to clohiujj the road for the three weeks i would require to get the 10 fee piles here. The Journal lirstsaid the lum ber in this bridge could be pur chased for $80.50 and then chun ged the price lo $92.80. It gives Mr. A. Graham as its authority for thisstatement. Forinstance , in the Journal's itemized account it says that the 4 2x4-5(5 ( foot lii can be bought for $1.10 , this is at the rate of $25 per thousand lor tir lumber. It says agaii that the 2-2x4-24 foot tir can be bought for 89 centt > which is al the rate of $2fi per thou.sand Tliis company hereby offers te buy of Mr. Graham all this lii we use at these figures. This lumber costs wholesale laid down in Falls City more lhan $ iJO per thousand , to whicl must be added the cost of un loading , hauling to the yard ; and piling. Wecannol believe Mr.Grahan said this as on January 2nd 1907 , he had u lumber claim al lowed by the county for Hr luin ber at the rate of $ 'J5 per thous and , since which time tir lumbei has materially advanced. On August 1st , 1907 , after thi advance , the Chicago Lumbe : Co. , had a bill for fir lumber al lowed at the rate of $ < J7.50 pei thousand , which you will line upon inquiry is the prevaling re tail price on lir lumber. The Journal states what 1- foot piles are worth. Its pric < is wrong , but that cuts no ligun for the reason that no 14 fee piles were used in the brieig < and none were ordered. The Towle lumber companj was in June , 1907allowed a bil by the county for 8-10 foot pile ! at the rate of 20 cents per foot the prevailing retail price. Tin John Gilligan company was en tilled to 22 cents per foot for it : 18 foot piles , which is the pre vailing retail price. At the retail price the lumbe and piles used by the compan ; in this bridge was worth $115.GJ ( i The Journal says that th ; hardware in the bridge wa $2.2S. This statement is untrue. The company bought this hard , ware of W. II. Crook Co. , and paid SI.00 for it , a statement that this firm will verify. This brings the total material bill for this bridge to Ihe sum ol $120.2(5. ( The Journal says Ihe labor and hauling was worth $110. This statement is likewise mis leading , but accepting this figure as true it cost the company SlfiO.20 for the bridge , leaving a profit of less than-15 percent , out of which to pay salaries , office rent and the many details of expense connected with our business in Palls City. The Journal has never lost an opportunily of misrepresenting us. it has even had its repre sentative ) in foreign counties to prevent , it possible , our getting work lodo. Tt is making a stu died effort to destroy our busi ness and to ruin an institution that pays taxes on $40,000 in this county and pays ยง 1,200 monthly to Falls City office and laboring men. Long before the present com pany was organized F.E.Martin as county attorney rode the en tire county measuring Ji d in specting bridges in hopes of making trouble for some one , but I omul nothing wrong. This company , composed as it is , of some of Ihe best and most honorable men i n Palls City , asks Ihe privilege of doing bus- inebs in this town. We have never willingly wronged Rich ardson county uor any other county. 'We have never asked more than a legitimate profit. We are doing work in nine stales ane\ every dollar ol our profit is spent in Palls City : We may be wrong about it , but it seems to us that paying out more money to Palls City people than any other local institution - stitution would entitle us to fair treatment rather than to the constant assaults o f a local newspaper that owes its exist ence to the very merchants who receive their full share of our monthly pay roll. Tin. JOHN GII-UGAN COMPANY. ' I. 0. 0. . to Rulo. About twenty-two members of the I. O. O. F. of this city paid a visit to the ; Rule lodge last Wed nesday night. They were elc- lighted with the flourishing con dition of the order jn our neigh bor town , the membership having doubled the past year. There was no special work on but the work of the regular session was transacted with Falls City officers In the various stations. After the adjournment an oyster sup per was served at the hotel. All who were so fortunate as to be members of the party that accept ed the hospitality of the Rule lodge speak in highest terms of the fellowship and courtesy shown them. _ _ _ City Council. The Council met in regular session on Monday night but there was little doing. It was decided to push the sale of the bonds and it is believed this will be accomplished by Sept. 23rd. the time orignally set as the limit. It was thought at one time the bonds had better be held over till Spring but the idea was reconsidered and they are now likely to be sold. The council adjourned after taking up the bond matter to meet Monday night , Sept. 23rd. Dr. M. L. Wilson went to St. Joe Thursday afternoon in com pany with E. S. Cooper of Ilum boldt whose eye is to be operated upon. Dr.Wilsort will assist Dr. Kenny , the St. Joe specialist in the operation.