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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE.
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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 § 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.
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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.
