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f\Iay 2 7 , 1C)04 ) TIlE FALLS CITY TRIBU1'\E
, . , . 11 Pn'oposition.- to Pave Stone Street
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1 'b , , , Last Saturday \ W.V. . Jenne
will in conversation with B. S.
' 'l o\Vle , who own a large per cent
- of . property fronting Stone street
s. . in the business part of the city ,
t. ' 1 ' and in the course of thc con vcrsa-
tion 1\11' Jennc remarked that in
, his opinion , the time wa ripe for
the paving of at least a p:1rt : of
thc main street ! : of the town. Mr.
, 'l'owle promptly agreed with him
, - and stated that hc would be willing -
ing i ; ' to beam his part of the ex-
pcnse of pang if the other property -
property
1Ir. Jenne realized that . Mr.
. 'fowlc's willingness in the matter
meant a great deal and he at
once began to push thc "mattcr.
He drew up a petition and circu-
, J tcd it among thc property own-
' ers and that petition and thc sig--
na lures secured arc as follows :
" \Y c : , thc undersign citizens
' of Falls City Richardson county ,
_ l state of Nebraska , do hereby
agree to pay thc amounts that it
i will cost to pave Stone street of
. thc said halls City from thc
Union hotel comc011 : Third street
to the Ciristian church corner on
Seventh street , including cross
streets , 'l hird , Fourth , Fifth and
Sixth , which shall be paved to
t thc alleys on thc cast side , and
also on thc west side of said Stone
street.
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'I'he said undersigned property -
ty owners arc to pay for thc paving .
iug- to thc center of said streets
adjoining their respective proper-
li . ties.
"And it is further provided that
this contract shall not bc binding
upon the undersigncd unless thc
ItI Richardson county board or sup-
ervisors shall agree that the coun-
ty of Richardson shall pay for
t tile said paving of the said
. \ Stone street to the center thereof
Ii + ; on the west side of thc Richard-
I son county court house square
f and onc-half of 'rhird and Fourth
fi streets to allcy.
'I , "And it is further agreed that
I I ' said paving shall bc done under
the supervision of the mayor and
I city council and a committec of
I 1 three property holders , subscrih-
r ers hereto of the aid Fans City.
, I state of Nebraska , which shall
f comprise a committec of thc
t whole , and that all contracts for
the porch t : . e of niaterial and la-
1 bor connected with thc said paving -
ing shall be open for thc inspec-
,
( . r I , tion of any or all of thc undcr-
t t sig'ncd
' And it is hereby understood
1 t and agreed by all parties con-
, I 4 corned , that thc said paving shall
be lone in the following manner ,
to wit : First , there shall bc four
01' live inches of broken rock ,
which shall bc evenly spread and
rolled with a heavy steel roller uf
sufticient weight to thoroughly
press said stone into thc earth.
On top of said layer of stone
there will be a layer of sand , next
a layer of paving' brick laid flat
with the two inch way laid per-
pendicular. On this ; another laver -
cr of sand , and then another layer -
er of pang brick with thc four
in way perpendicular , thc whole
to be rolled and sanded sufficiently -
ly ] to make good paving.
HAnd it is further agreed that
if property owners adjoining
Stonc street , in blocks 38 and 31)
and blocks 26 and 2-7 , will sign
this petition and contract , Stone
street will be paved to First strect.
And it is i also agreed that if prop-
crt\ owners in blocks 122 and 123
adjoining Stone street , will sign
this petition and contract , Stone
street will be paved to Big'hth
strcct.
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.It is further agreed and understood -
derstood that the city of Falls
City. Richardson county , and
state of Nebraska , shan be to all
expense in paving the squares
and crossings of cress streets as
far as the paving shall extcnd ,
and also to be to all expense in
surveying ; and grading where
streets are paved under this con-
tract. '
HIt is further agreed that said
paying shall be fully completed
before any of the undersigned
shall bc compclled to pity for any
part of said paving' .
"It is hereby understood that
the said paving shall be com-
mcnced as soon as convenient and
if possible not later than April
10 , 1)05.
"Signed : Edwin S. 'rOWl ,
Kittic L. Towle , , V. \V. Jenne ,
, V. II. Crook , P. IL Jusseti , J. E [ .
1\Iorchead . E. Dorrington , J.
I ( . Slocum , Slocum & Holland ,
John \V. Holt , ' \ . G. \Vanner ,
Sam \Vahl 1 , D. \V. ' Sowles , W. II.
ivladdox , 1\1. J. Herbst , \V. B.
Schmucker , Chas. Hein1Llan , L.
P. \Virth , P. Fredrick , Jr. , Leyda
& 'Yhetstine , J. IL Miles , A. J.
\V ea vcr , , Mrs. Ro bt. Clegg- "
It will bc seen that all thc large
property owners and most of the
smaller ones have signed this petition -
tition , and it looks very m lch as
though there would bc source pav-
ing- done in Falls City in the near
future. 1\11' Jcnne has been very
active in the mattcr and is alone
sponsiblc for the movement set
on foot andcarried out thus far.
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'fACTS AND FANCIES. A man is not essentially a
hcayy-weig-ht just because hc is
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We may Hot know just what it means , . - - .
'rhi5 drama with the changing scenes ; It is not half so hard to dehvcr
'l\his play of life whose tangled plot Ue goods as It is to collect the
Is questions that are answered 101. bLll.
Yet while the heroes strut abo\Jt ; It requires considerable skill for
And big and little actors shout , a sign-writer . to write a sign and
I ' . 1F ool's folly mock heroics dr wn-- write It nghL
Amy . 'rhe audience applauds the clown !
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' - - Contentment is the cube root
( , Pity thc man who ever has an extracted fro,111 thc stun total of
. . ( occasion to pity himsclf. human hapPIncss.
r Nothing appears more a " , kAs soon as a marriage proves a
ward than a man { tlempting' to failure , all the neighbors become
. . blow the foam from his first glass self-appointed referees in the
of.beer . casc.
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COl\'IPARISON ' VERY ESPECIALLY STRIKINC
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ttw5J11.94 " ' i : , , G'E : 'a iCat lts : ' : ? ' , : -/d ' ' ' 1 ! t.'Zmn 1 : . ( ) lt ! : f.
You never miss thc water that
you waste until thc meter is rcae1.
The trouble in fishing- for suck-
ers is that it is so hard to tell a
nibble from a bite.
\Ve wonder ii'the bosti 11
find as much interest in watching
the tadpoles in the rain barrel as
they used to.
It may bc good luck to find a
four leaf clover , but it is better
luck not to hel'C to dcpend on the
four leaf clovcr.
Sonic men feel that the world
owes thcm it living , but if pay-
mcnt were tendered in full they
would be too lazy to sign a re-
cei pt.
One touch of nature ma\ make
the whole world kin , but it has
ne\'pr succeeded in making thc
whole world acknowledge the re-
lationship.
There arc people who are too
poor to own an automobile and
arc so mean as to rejoice every
time they read of a machine run-
ning' away and killing thc owner.
On a windy ( lay ask a man from
which direction thc wind is blow-
ing' and in nine cases out of
ten he will have to look at thc
weather vane before answcring'
A man asked us to dbcount his
advertising because we omit-
ted a period at thc cnd of the
sentcnce. He claimed that wc
had not used as much ink as wc
would have used had thc period
been there and for that reason
ought to make a reduction.
A man and his wife were enter-
taming company thc other evening -
ing' when thc .hostess discovered
that she needed one more glass in
which to serve icc. Hcr husband
solved thc problcm by going out
in the street , climbing telephone
pole and screwing off an insula-
tor.
When wc went to school wc
knew a boy who was too bashful
to speak a piccc and was the most
quiet and reticent little fellow
you ever saw. Vc could hardly
believe it when wc learned thc
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other day that he is one of the
1110st successful auctioneers ; in
thc state.
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At thc Humboldt ot11mence- m
uncut exercises one of lilt' sweet
girl gracluatcswaspresentc(1 ( with
a lot of gifts and l10wers and
anion ; ; them was a'el'j' large ]
package Vhen she opened } it
she found that it con , : ' a
wash board al1CI ( a bar of laundry
soap and her mothers cn rd.
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A lie will out no Jess than a
murdcr. A certain man saw thc
assessor coining and chased thc
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dog : under thc porch and when
the schedule was wade out he de-
nied the existence of that particular -
ular can inc. As thc assessor left
flue dog ran out and hit him. The f
assessor not only ] assessed the
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clog at his full face value but
sued the owner for ( dal1Hlg- and .
had him arrested for perjury.
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\\'hcn a certain man's neighbor
bought a dozcn chickens and
turned them loose to roam at will
hc was very patient and said
nothing-j ; when thc neighbor
bough a piano and started his I
laughter to taking music lessons ,
hc bore it bravely , but when the
neighbor bought a phonograph
thc man's courage and patience
left him and hc went out into the
barn and hanged himsclf.
A. J. Helmick came down from
Stella \Vednesday.
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Staple and
Fancy Groceries
FRUIT IN SEASON
We Sell WANK'S BREAD
Cash for
BUTTER AND EGGS
First Door North
of Post Office . .
PHONE 14
A. G. HOPPOCK
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