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Vo1.lI. No. II FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , l\'IARCI-l ' 17 , 1905. \\Thole No. 63
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, The Ricn&.rdson COU1\ty
. High School ! Deba..te
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' . . ) t . .
to- ' An audience wInch taxed the 1
capacity of thc Gchling assembled -
( bled Friday night to listen to the .
, high schools of thc county debate
thc question "Rcsolvcd tInt thc
; '
. United States should own and
control thc railrQads. "
i
It was more than a large audi-
, encc , it was a very pretty audi-
e'ncc as wcl1. 'rhc high school
. girl was there from ! all parts of
the county. She was in her best
dress , there was a rose in her hair
and thc light oj youth in her , ,
crcs. In most cases hc was with
her. 'T atmosplll re was charged '
.
, " . cd with enthusiasm and romancc
, In all it rurnishcd a I g1imp.c of a
new world , or it may be , an old
" \vorld long since forgotten where
every Prospect pleases and thc
- - . passing years bring nothing but
, '
'p thc fulfillment of drcams. I
" . ' , The program opened with vocal -
r
cal selections br the girls high
school quartette and by Miss
IbbinR. 1 These \'crc so well received -
ceived as to require : an encore in
each instance.
, Thc first speaker for thc al ir-
'r inttiye ; was ' 8111111011" Batematt of
+ ! Stella who dealt with thc discrimination -
t
crimination in freight rates which
tended to build up one man's business -
s = iness by thc' destruction of his
competitor. \11' : . Bateman had a
pleasing delivery and advanced
many valid reasons , why governmental -
mental ownership would bc ant
t improvement over thc present
'systcm. 1\11' 'Veddlc of Shuhert
t replied on behalf of the negative
taking the position that the idea
of governmental owiiershiovas
impractkal. Mr \V del1c made
, t very favorable impression and
, was loudly cheered as he concluded -
ed his arg-u1I1ent.
. The next speaker was Miss ; :
Mclva Kent of Hulo who waded
into private ownership in a way
that contributed a great deal to
her - side of thc question. She re-
l hated thc cxpcricncc her own city
J' C4. and schools had suffered from
private owncrship. She ripped
thc B. & \1. : l1P the back for refusing -
fusing to pay its , taxes and turn-
jug , to Mr.\Veddlc of Shubert she
reminded him of the fact that
under private ownership thc na-
th'es of his village had ne'erseen
a daylight train. When the lady
sat down the applause was deaf-
cning. Miss Belle Bolcjack of
r
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t
Dawson replied for thc negative
in a speech of great streng-tho
'I ' hc impracticability of buying
tlm1 railroads was clearly ! set
forth. She related that thc \'aiuc
of railroad property would require
a purchase price three and a half
times glcater that the total war
debt. She also denied that gov-
crn1llcntal ownership could be had
under the constitution. Miss
Bolcjack's argu1I1ent was impres-
sh'cly de1ivcred and thc high
school cry of t11f' Dawson boys
"sec our Belle , ain't she a honer"
mct with an amrmati\ ' ( \'sponse
from every audito
Miss Caroline Cunning-ham of
crdon was the next speaker for
the aflirmat vc. Miss Cunningham -
ham possesses ' a deliberation in
delivery well suited to debating'
She had one of he l most cai'cful-
Iy prepared argunients of the cve-
ning' Her statements lS to thc
inJlul'ncc of great cotporations on
our legislative bodies made one
really wish that government ownership -
ership might be brought allOut.
Prom an argumentative stand-
point , she delivered one of thc
strongest speeches of her side ,
and thc general applause was a
well merited tributc.
.Ir. Cline uf Falls City next
spoke for hc negative and
negat \.c pro-
duced facts and figures backed up
Ly the greatest authorities on the
question , that bro tght confusion ,
to his orponcn ts. Mr. Clinc's
argtttnent showed great research
and a natural ability in the forensic -
sic ficld. In addition to a remark-
able memory , he has constructive
ability and a modest self assur-
ance'
amice.Miss
Miss Ura Nobler of Salem , the
littlest girl of all , at once won
thc sympathy of thc audience
and proceeded to advance some
new and ! telling arguments in
favor of thc affirmative side of
the proposition.
Mr. Stahlcr of Humboldt closed
for thc negative in an cxtcmpo-
rancous argument in answer to
the position of his opponcnts.
1'11' Stalder proved himself fully
equal to the emergency Mr.
Bateman of Stella replied in a
three minute pccch.
A duet by 1'1issesVcntworth
and Valentine followed while thc
judges were considcring' Prof.
Clcmmins of Fremont addressed
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thc audicnce for a few minutes.
tl'he judges reported in favor of
thc negative which wrs defended
by Falls City , Shubcrt , Dawson
and Humboldt. First place was
given to Earl Chine of l4'alls Citro
Miss Belle Bolejack of Dawson
second amid Miss l\Ieh'fl Kern of
Rube third with Miss Cunningham -
ham of Verdon a close fourth.
After which thc audience dis-
pc rsed.
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Two Caucuses lield This
Week.
AN'l'I-SAI.OON CAUCUS
Pursuant to the call issued a
number of our citizens who favor
the abolishmcnt of thc saloons
from our city mct at thc court
house Monday c\'cning. 'j'hc
Meeting was called to order by
\V. H. Maddox who stated in a I
few words thc object of thc gath-
eri ng. The convention was org-
anised by the selection of Samuel
Lichty , chairman \ , and Jacob
Schaible , secre'tary.
Upon thc chairman asking for
the pleasure of the mccting V.G.
Ldord proposal tl.at they pro-
cccd to nominate a city ticket ,
and the Maine of E. N. l\lathcrs
was presented a.s a candidate for
mayor , but ilr.Iatlmers stated
that owing to certain conditions
hc could not accept the nomina-
tion , and asked that they nominate -
ate some other man. Samuel
Lichty's name was theme put for-
ward , and whilc stated that he
would acccpt the nomination , hc
would have preferred to have had
more notice so hc could have
trade a good campatg'n.
1--1. C. Maugcr Wl ! nominated
for city treasurer by acclamatiun.
V. G. Lyford and John Uchty
wcre nominated for mcmbcrs of
thc school to succced thcmsclves.
Henry Shaw was nominated for
police judge and John Crook for
city cng-ineer.
Ed IJaeschncr was nominated
for councilman of thc first ward ,
\Y. B. Sc1uuucker , second and
Fran Breuizer for third.
Several talks were made and it
was urged that no man would be
placed on thc ticket who would
not absolutely refuse to license
liquor under any circumstance.
They also declare against Sunday
base ball and all forms of vice , and
pledged themselves if elected to
abolish it.
CI'l'I1.gNS CAUCUS. ,
A crowd that was too large for
the capacity of thc court room ,
was present at the citizens caucus
Tuesday c\'ening. The meeting
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' - selection of
was o1'g-anillcd by the
John Null as chairman 1111(1 ! C. C.
1)avis and .1. C. l\larlin as secretaries -
taries , lie chail'lllan stated the
business of the mceting and call-
cel for time nomination of canli-
hates for mayor and C. Gillespie
Iwmcd \V. S. T4cyda. which was
sccol1ded by .1. 11.Vh i ta kcl' .
'J'hcrc being no further nominations -
ations a motion was I'lladc to make
? Ir. Le'cla ) the choice hy accla-
mation. The ayes and nos were
called for and thc chair dccided
that the ayes had it. A division
of the house was called for at
this time hut thc chair refused to
give it , and ( led larc(1I r. L yda
the nomincc. Apparently ; a m large
majority of those present were
opcsed to thc nomince.
lrdn Hodc was thc unaminous
choice of the convention ascandi-
date for city treasurer , as was al-
. .
so CV. . Drowl ! for clcrk. l\1.N. °
hair. \vas namcd as candidatc for
city cngnccr. .
'l'hc chairman called for the
nomination of a candidate for po-
lice jtilge' and J. if. Lcyda nomi-
nated John C' \Viltse and he was
about to be declared tlll nomincc
when \Ir. Cleaver . , the present incumbent -
cllmbcnt informcd thcm that inasmuch -
asmuch as a police judg-c was
el'ctecl for two years and as hc
had only served one year
of his term , that hc thought it
was hardly thc proper thing for
them to Brine a canrl1tc.
V. G. Lyfon ! and ( John I--lichty
were nomiliatcd for members of
the school board.
Thc rooms were then divided
ofT into wards for the purpose of
choosing candidates for council
m cn.
cn.The
The first ward named \Varn
Hutchins , the second , FerclI. .
Harlow and the third Martin
Gehling. ,
\Ve arc informcd that \Ir. Harlow -
low refuses to make thc race as
cOllncilman in the second , but'c
have not heard who has been appointed -
pointed to fi II the vacancy caused
by his rcsig Iation.
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Surprise Party.
Fourteen of her school-girl
friends planned and executed a
farewell surprise part on Mary
Lippold , Tuesday evcning. The
girls met at thc home of D. P.
Grush wInch is close to thc Bogie
of Miss Lippold. 'PatTy-pulling
was a very interesting past timc.
The girls presented ary with
a lovely silver nut set and ' silver
souvenir spoon as a token of their
friendship.