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i Vol. II. No. 5 FALLS . CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 3 , 1905. Whole No. 57
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t Largest and Most Successful
: ' . Farmers Institute Ever Held
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The farmers institute so long I
i expected was held at thc court :
. - house . In this city . Friday and Sat-
urday of last wcck. 'ro speak of
it as succcssful is to do scant jus-
ticc to the . most succcssful insti-
tutc ever held in Falls City. Dur-
ing most of the sessions thc large
court room was inadequate to ac-
comodatc thc crowd of farmers
present and an adjournmcn to
thc large auditorium of the Methodist -
odist church was ncccssary to
1 provide room for thc many who
desired to attend thc Saturday
evening mccting.
Friday afternoon session was
1 - introduced with choice musical
selections rendered by Ethel Cade
i1 ' of thc audi-
. , much to the delight -
-.4. . . . . cnce. V. G. Lyford expressed
thc pleasure halls City felt in cn-
.r't/ , t rtaining- thc institute and gave
I'a very hearty welcome in his usu-
! , . _ al good taste fo which speech . H.
' . m. Lemon and R. E. Grinstead
responded.
! _ After Rev. E. E. Haskins had
pronounced thc invocation C. M.
Lewclling of Bea\'cr City , Nchr. ,
gave a masterly and exhaustive '
address on "Economic Pork Pro-
tluction. " 1'11' Lcwc11ing made
the Sur or rather thc bristles ill'
It i5 greatly to 'rcg-retted that
every farmer in Richardson
county did not 1.car this splendid
addre5s. The speaker neglected
110 feature of his subject and gave
his auditors thc benefit of thc
knowledge and experience which
he had acquired in thc hard school
W
f ; of his lifers work. Hc demonstrated -
- trated that success in any branch
5 of human endeavor can bc purL -
. , chased only by correct thinking
L and practice.
r.- . After an interesting talk by
1 ' ' ' ' \ . - Mrs. C. E. Welton of li'airbun *
on bread and yeast making which
, was greatly enjoyed by the ladies
present , Mr. welling was again
thc speaker : on the subject "the
' care of seed corn. " Thc subject
s - was so fully and biy covered
yl . . , , - _ _ _ _ . _ .ihatuthc query box was not called
- - into play , in fact there was noth-
ing- left to bc answered. !
. At the opening of thc after- '
noon session Anna Dorring-ton delighted - .
lighted audience with a charm
jug vocal selection , her accompa-
" Miss Shocn-
ment being played by -
heit.
Household hints was thc topic
to which Mrs. C. E. Shelton spoke
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intcrestini Mr. Lewd Ii rig
again demonstrated thc care and
study he had given to agriculture
by an exhaustive address on thc
a
, : are and management of poultry
and as before thc question box
was not used.
, Vm. Mohler thc successful
nurseryman greatly interested an
attractive audience on horticult-
urc. Mr. \Iohlcr has spent the
bcst part of his life in thc study
of trees and his talk was not only
practical but very cntertaining-as
well. R g. Grinstcad discussed
thc important question of reduc-
cd freight rates to thc world's
market for all horticultural prod-
ucts in South Eastern Ncbraska.
Mr. Grinstcad made the statement -
mcnt that at least fifty thousand
bushels of fruit went to waste
last year in each of the five south
cast counties Nebraska because
of exorbitant freight ratcs. These
rates 1'1r. Grinstcad thought
could bc reduced if thc subject
was properly brought to thc attention -
tentIon of thc railroad coin panvs.
Miss Cadc enlivened thc m.et-
ing with musical selcctions.
Saturday afternoon's session
was begun with Mr. O. Hull's ad-
dress on soil ti11age. Mr. Huil
also delivered ' treatise on alfalfa
culture and handled each subject
in a masterly man tier and greatly
to the interest of thc large crowd
of farmers in attendancc. It is
but due Mr. Hull that \\e state
that Mr. Lewclling in his talk
'I thc day before on the pig and a
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Mr HuH's alfalfa field in a way
that left a fear that there would
be slim picking when hc got out
but he arose to the occasion and
fairly bloated with alfalfa before
he had finished.
1'he question 01 good roads was :
postponed until 1 om' ' : ' inlehnitc i i
future time ,
Supt. Crocker had well planned
\rrang-e for the closing : cxcr-
vises to be blended with the educational -
cational interest of the count A
joint debate between two mCl11bcr : !
of thc Humboldt schools and two
members of thc halls City school
was the feature of the - e\'cnitg
which attracted r' I-rowd : so large
that an adjournnf.hntto ; ' the M. E ,
church was made nccessary. 'l'hc
subject was "Country life is it1
every respect preferable to city
lifc. " The atlirmatiye was tal\cl1 :
bIi' . G. Arnold and Miss Jessie (
J ; . Draper of I-Iumboldt. Ear
Cline amid James Coupe took the /
'negative. The crowd in attendance .
ancc felt like standing up for Ne
braska as it listened to times !
young : people acq u i tin : , ! thernselve
so proudly. The finest of all fin (
Nebraska products is the frcsl
faced young met : and worn en a hare (
arc so soon to become the responsible
sible head of our great common
wealth. The respective mcri t
of thc debaters was a more seri
ous problem than the IIAgc 0
Ann. " If the writer had possessed
cd thc wealth of Andy Carncgj
those young men and women
would have received a present of
a thousand 1 dollars each as a reward -
ward of mcrit. l\r. Arnold malt
one of the happy hits when hc
said that thc farl11e1's never moved -
cd to town until he was worn out
and no good , cross , rabid and of
a bilious temperament , then he
moved to town to find congenial
company.
Humboldt won the debate but
Earl Cline was declared the best
individual debater and was award .
'd a gold mcdal.
? Iiss Draper had a moment
confusion ; in her address but it
wa : only a moment , for she gath '
ereei hcrself and with a little
smile of confidence : on her fact
she , conscious of her own strength :
continued her argument in a wcl
modulated voice that rcached I
c'cncar in the crowd , until the
crowd broke forth into applause
over thc pluck and ability of one
of Nebnlska's little daug-hters.
Miss Grace Minor charmed thc
audience with a reading as she
always docs. Dept state super
intendent E. C. Bishop dcl'cred
an able address on " 'l'hc 20th
century farmer. " after which the
crowd dispersed and thc most
helpful and successful farmcrs in-
stitutc ever held in Falls Cit\ '
was brvug-11 to a close. Thi
'I'ribure joins the citizens of Falls ;
City in inviting all of you to
collie again as the latch string ;
hans : out always to the farmers ;
01 Richardson Count
The best one dozen cars of si.e (
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corn was e : - . llibited by A. Aikin
for which Ha11 & Greenwahl ga\'c /
a pair of tine shoes.
Mrs. ? hike : Schaiblc got a doz-
cn of Knig-ht's photo's IS a re -
ward for thc best loaf of bread
? lrs. Noah Peck had thc bcst
pound of hotter and receive ] a
set of silver spoons at 'Virth and
\ ii terbottoln.
Miss Cully ] ] a fine rug : from V.
G. Lyford for thc heaviest : dozer
cggs.
A City's Charity.
If a stranger had visited thi
, office Monday , he would h.I\'C h in
I ferred that wc were abo'ut t (
launch in the mercantile business ,
Package after package of cloth
ing , caps , hoods , ill ittens , shoe ;
and stockings for thc poor child
ren of our city were Drought u :
I for distribution amid through l1 !
, reached those who needed them
I most. Last weck's issue of 'I'h <
Tribune was scarcely in thc pos
office before Mayor George Holt
whose heart is as big as his bed )
. carne in search of such inform.1
. Lion as wc hal as to thc true con
dition , and learning it plOceed (
to get busy. Time result wa
that fully a dray load of warn ;
clothing and other ncccssaric
were dish ibutcd among the little
- unfortunatcs. It is a pleasure tl
- speak of thc open heartedness 0
s such firms as V.G. Ly fonl , Georg
- Cleveland , Johnston & Sons , Bodl
& Sons , Hall & Green 'ald , Chins
- Hargra\'c , Dr. Roberts and th
c many mcn and women who hay
assisted in this charity. Miss
Minnie lcDonald of thc lundcr-
gartcn department of our schools
, was especially active and The
1'ribunc extends its thanks to her
for tier helpful co-ocratioil. Alto-
g-ether l ' alls City has a good many
mcn and women that God madc ,
and all that \t \ rcquircs to demon-
I stratc this fact is to let it be t
knowlI that some one is in need of
assistance. The Tribune has
been very happy in doing its part
and will gladly lend its assistance
at any time in the future , but it
occurs to us that there should be
a board of charity in this ! town
whose duty it is te ascertain any
suffering and -to relieve it in thc
most practical wa\ ' . With such
I an organization such sul/cring as
I occurcd last week would be obviated -
viated and a public appeal by the
press tendered un necessa ry. .
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Charlie Cain Dead.
The sad and unexpected news
or the death of Charlie Cain , son
of ? Ir. and ? Irs. Fred Cain reac'h-
ed this city l\IoJ'.day c\'enin :
fi'or about two weeks Charlic
has been very ill at Billings ,
? Ion t " with small pox. From
the news received daily from his
bedside there wa every hope of r
his ultimate recovery ) as hc had
safely passed thc clanger Ijoint
and"Lo all appearances on thc
rd.td to rccovery. The news of
his death which occu red Monda
afternoon at four o'clock was a
great shock to the entire com-
munity.
Chas. Cain was about twenty-
three years of age and was it
young man of splendid habits and
great : prom ise. From a position
I as clerk in the store of Donavan
& McCormick he hall in a few
years risen to thc position of
general manager in charge of all
the buying at a salary of $1200
a \'car.
Thc world cannot afford to lose
) voting men like him. 'he loss
to his ! paiemits is pcculwrly sad ,
. for though his father , Fred Cain ,
went to Billings at once hc was
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never permitted to see his son ' '
and : could learn of his condition
I only through telephone mcssagcs.
1'hc body was buried within
two hours of leath. 'l'herc is
, nothing to be said that can lessen
thc grief of thc stricken father
- and mother who were denied even
the sad pleasure of ministering
tu thc wants of their dying boy.
The great heart of halls City
however , goes out to them in
their anguish and thc many
friends : of thc family offer their
e tcndcrest sympa th , ' .
'l'hough it i bc a mystery now ,
c somctimc-stimcwhere. we shall
e understand.
