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I Vol. II. No. 12 FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , lHARCI I 2.1 , 1905. Whole , No. 64
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, T may seem an idle thing to present a face with
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I. which every man , woman and child in Falls City
is familiar.
d It may seem unnecessary to write l name that has .
I been known tQ this people for nearly half a century.
, To write the life William E. Jorrington is to
. c tell between the lines the story of this city.
Not one person now lives in Falls City who was a
resident here when Mr. Darrington first made it his
home.
I-Ie is Falls Cit\"s oldest
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! 1 } As a child he drove into
this town one May morning
$ in 1858. There were but
' six houses in the little set-
I tlement. Prairie grass grew
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on Stone street , save where
iii' , . ' it was beaten down bv the
hoofs of horses , and cut in-
' 't to tracks by wagon wheels.
Out at rcher , a few miles
north of town , lived \Viltse
" Maddox , and on an adjacent
farm lived Jesse Crook.
All others who then : lived
d : here have sought other
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15 p homes ; some in far distant
states , many on the other
side of the dark green cur-
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' 1\ little boy jumped out
I of the wagon and looked
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with wondering eyes upon
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red with house and uncon-
ii. ned f by fence.
I-lis father , DavirJ Dor-
? ring-ton , introduced him to
, the : few hardy pioneers as
li his youngest son , \Villiam.
' ' Thus William E. Dorring-
fg ton changed his residence
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The railroad ran all of its engines from Hiawatha
to Falls City to save them from destruction.
Mr. Darrington swore in deputies and gave the
order that property must be protected.
No engines were either injured 01" destroyed.
'V"hen the water works builds were to be issued ,
the people demanded conservative , conscientious busi-
ness men on the council , and they elected \\T. E. Dor-
rington mayor , and l\'lessrs. 1-bolt , Tanner , Ryan and
\Vhitmore councilmen.
Duringhis term as mayor the first sidewalks \ were
built from the city to the depots.
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' The real story of Falls City can never be told
I ; without the names Iadclox , Crook , Miller : and Dor-
ring-lOn.
The subject of this sketch has been a part of that
story , and never during the forty-seven years he has
4 called it home has he failed in the duties of citizenship.
F He was mayor of Falls City during the Burlington
strike. Every property interest was protected and
every right of labor secured.
I-Ie was mayor of Falls City during the Missouri
_ Pacific strike where the same careful , conscientious treat
{ ; . 'I meat of the warring factions was given.
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school became IInperatlve ,
IVI r. Dorrington was made
a member of the school
board. The management of
the building was so excel-
lent and the expenditures so
closely guarded , that at the
completion of the building
there was enough surplus
money on hand to put a .c
complete heating and ven-
tilating' plant in the old
school building. In I all of
his public service his con-
duct has been above sus-
picion , and as disinterested
as his labors were zealous.
He has never been a candidate -
didate for any office. Ev-
ery official position he has
ever held has been the vol-
untary wish of the pcople.
lie I was not an aspirant
for mayor this spring , but
was nominated without so-
licitation.
During his official life
there has been neither con-
tention nor strife. No one
was ever oppressed by him ,
and authority did ! not go to
his head.
Improvements are 1111 m- i
mediate necessitv. The
expencliture of money , it
may be large sums of money ,
will be required to secure
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such improvements.
We can think of no man better fitted to serve the
people at this time than \-\T. E. 1)orrington.
Upon lVr r. Dorrington being asked for an expres-
sion of his desires and intentions , he replied :
"A clean campaign. No personalities , no mud
slinging. If I am elected , a business administration.
My best efforts for the general welfare. If there shall
be improvements to make , they will be so made that
the people will receive a hundred cents on the dollar. "
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