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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1905)
THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 22 , 1905. .1 LOOK We carry the best stock of Lumber in southeastern Nebraska and our stock is com plete and up-to-date. We want you to call and examine our stock and get our prices be fore buying elsewhere. Our motto is to give you what you call for. { would like to see all of my old customers come back and talk old times. We carry instockaSI kinds of building material , posts , poles , sewer pipes , drain tile , brick , cement , ladders of all kinds , shingles and everything necessary to build a house , r barn , fence or corn crib. We also carry a complete stock of coal' both domestic and steam coals at the lowest market price. * Come in and take a look , also shake hands with us and renew our ok ! acquaintance and make new purchases. And re = member that C. H. Rick = ards , theold lumber deal = er of Richardson county is doing ; business for the Chicao Lumber & Coal Co. Merchants and Business Men With hard accounts to collect , should place them with John L. Cleaver JUSTICE of the PEACE FALLS CITY , NEB For Collection or for Suit Small Coin's on Collections No Attorney Fees on Suits. Defendant pays costs of suit. McNALLS' GROCERY Fancy and Staple Groceries Fruit in Season Satisfaction Guaran teed Free City Delivery Phone 40 Storage for Household And other Goods. . II. PARSELLM. D. GEO. Telephone No. 88 Office at Residence Office Hours : 8 to 10 a. m. ; i to 3 p. m. A. E. Wolfe D. 0. Osteopathic Physician Olllce over Lyford's store. Residence at National Hotel FALLS CITY NEBRASKA Olllce Phone 207 Residence Phone 20 ! ) WILL R. BOOSE M. D. Olllco in Richardson County Hunk Building. General prac tice of niedicluo and surgery. Special attention plven to Ear , Nose and Throat. Culls an swered day or night FALLS CITY NEBHASKA FOK SAI.K. A first class Jersey milk cow. Inquire of G. J. Crook. tf. C. H. flARION AUCTIONEER , \ Sales conducted in | scientific and businesslike - " . nesslike m a n n e r i C. H. MARION Falls City , Nebraska ] { Wall Paper ! ! / : " 'I : . . * : 5 . ' * I I $ We en i make yon good ; | ; prices on wall paper , as : * we want to close ont this j ! % years stock to make room I ; v * lor new. - * * ? We have a house and ! $ barn paint that isas oed j I CITY PHARMACY 4 Dr. McMillen , Prop. | Falls City , - Neb. * * * % * * * * * * * * * * * * % * % * * * * * * * * * * * * ' * % ' * * * * * * * * * * ' * * * ! J * N * ! Legal Notice , flutzuu-r , 1'lnliitlll Vb r.minu , ) . ( Itiuim'r , Uulumlitiit. Tliu abo\o nuiiit'd dofwidiitit will Ink notice tlml ( IcorKiJiil.inri tlio iilulntli tiled on tlio lutli diiy of Aujniit. liwi. In th Itlclmrdt-oii omnty ilHtrlot court u petition atfiilrist bnlil duli'iiduiit tin- object awl piujc lo iilitnlnii dlvoicu 11 oin said UutrmJiuil < i tlio Ground- , mid tor tin-misou Unit Mild di fciiiliuil Imd iM-en Kiillly of Mois and rxtmn crueltj tuuimls philntflllthoiit Just c user or piovociillou ion urn ruijiitrod to plead to hiild potltlo on 01 buloru October It. HUB or tlio ullfini tloimot bald petition will | > o tiikim us tru mm tlio prayer of suld petition THE TRIBUNE . . . . $1.00 a Year. . . Erducationcit Department Conducted by County Jfapf , Cracker NOTICH TO TKAC'HKUS. A special teachers' examina tion will be held in the county superintendent's ofllce , Satur day , September JlOth. What are yon oinjjf to do this year in regard to special day programs , spelling matches , Washington's birthday and Ar bor day ? Do something : not too much , but do it well. It is quite certain that under the new law for certitication of teachers , all teachers now hold hifj cei tilicates will , when their present certilicates expire , be required to take tlie examina tion in at least the following .subjects : Reading , Arithmetic. Geography , Grammar and His tory. We have just received a copy of "The Guide Rock Signal. " Frot. Unsell has charge of the Guide liock schools The total enrollment is 124. Ten grades , four teachers. Prof. Unsell is well pleased with his work and the people are well pleased with him. Dist. 74 , Edna Brown teacher. Our enrollment is 20. Each grade is represented. We shall soon have new first and second readers. Lester Prater , Fannie Heaver ami Sophia Renter , eighth grade graduate ? from our district , are attending the Falls City high school. We have three in the eighth grade class this year and four bc in. ners Ralph Waldo Emerson de clared that he learned some thing from ever'man to when he talked , because there wa : some one thing that that mai knew better than anyone else When a man reaches the poin where he can be taught nothing futher in his vocation , he ha ; reached his "dead line. " Tin Winner. A certain teacher always talked against idleness , u-in < many familiar maxims such ai "An idle brain is the devil's workshop. " One day when OIK of the boys was idle , ho said "What , John , idle again ? Don' you know that Satan finds ivorl for idle hands ? Come to th < desk and I will lintl something for you to do. " Educationa Review. Although I am an optimist . realize that some of our school ! can be greatly improved ii many respects. Notice if yoi have a perfect school in regan to the following : Neatness sunlight , government , reports care of books , ventilation , ex animations , manners , schoo yard , punctuality , preparation deportment , outbuildings , at tendance , classification , recren tion. About twenty-live count } superintendents met at the state superintendent's oih'ce , Septem ber (5 ( and 7 , to discuss the nev law in regard to the certilicalioi of teachers and the work of tin state examining board.V * could gi"e an outline of the dis cussimis now , but this migh cause confusion. The rules ant regulations will soon be com pleted and a copy sent to eacl teacher. There will be SOUK surprises. My young school-teache friends especially those of yoi who are going to teach for tlu first time , if yon have a modi cum of common sense , a good six.ed bump of patience , a secoiu grade certificate , and will pu with them similar forethought the chances are all in you i favor. You will succeed , am j some who hold first grade cer tificates , but fail because the ; [ have the never-do-today-what y ou-can-put-o ff-till-tomorro > habit , will wonder how it couh have happened. Alfred Baylis State Supt. of 111. \ The Richard sou county ex hibit of native grasses at the state fair won a diploma. - * u- The Stella high school pupils attended the republican county convention held in Stella last \veelc. It was a splendid lesson forthem. . The Uarada schools are doing good work , the enrollment is 57. At present the canning laclory is keeping quite a member out of school. Ada Allen resigned her posi tion as teacher in ( list. No. 8on account of the sickness ofMier mother. Lena Ailccn wns elected to take her place. The Shubert school * , opened Monday , September II , with the following enrollment : Hitfh school , IJO ; Grammar , lf ! > ; Inter mediate , 30 ; Primary , ! Jf > . Dist. i ) " , Kloront'i' I lowland teacher. Unr school opened September with an enrollment of 8. We shall have some new books next week. We enjoy ' our work very much. Dist. Ill , Roy Rockwell teach er. School opened last Monday morning with an enrollment of 10. We have no pupils above the lifth grade. The Slodel pro gram , our daily program and the rules and regulations arc pinned up in tlie school room. We look forward to a pleasant and profitable j ear's work. The county superintendent has about 1200 copies of the littk book entitled , "Dictionary Wrinkles. " It contains a tesl in pronunciation called "An Or thoepic Melange" guide to pro minciatinn , other very helpfu articles. These are for tin schools of Richardson count } ' The } ' can be usud nicely in Hit grammar or high school grades Teachers who wish these book ; for their higher classes wil please either call or send foi them. Please send postage. I costs cents to send eighteen o them. . n b. Salem School Notes. Our enrollment is lf > r > . Tin attendance is better than it was lasi year , though not as large The ninth grade numbers ten and the tenth grade fourteen The pupils are especially inter ested in the physics work. Tin boys are busy making appara Ins We shall soon begin k tench penmanship and spelling in the high school. Ura Mabley a member of last year's gradu ating class , is doing review work in the high school. Tin rooniH are all nicely decorated County Superintendent Crockei visited n- last Friday. The in tere t in all departments i Stella School Notes. Our attendance : is MO. Tin course approved by P. More } ilodgman , inspector of accred ited high school and adopted bi " our board for our llth grad" iCicero : 0 books , prose com position one lesson per week plane Geomety J year , solid Gc ometry J year ; Xoology A year Botany year ; Rhetoric ful year : We have six boys and tsu girls in this class. 1 he boy ; are organizing for athletics , ant are conlident that they will wit some points at least at the coin ing meet. Miss Ilulda Peterson , our ne\\ teacher , has made an excellent beginning. She is one of the teachers who prepares her les sons before entering the schoo room. For the past two years we havi had delegates at the count } ' con ventions. However most of 0111 boys are democrats Any of th < neighboring high .schools migh be able to arrange a game o base ball by corresponding will Emile Nombalais , captain o our team. Better Teachers and Efficient Service. HY .IAM1CS M. ( WKUNWOOl ) , KAN- HAS CITY. The tirst time I crossed the Missouri river was in company with four other persons ; one of these and I started on foot ahead of the team. After walk ing some three miles , we met two boys riding a very big mule and so we stopped and talked with the boys a few minutes , They were barefooted and in shirt sleeves , and the mule was barebacked. Among other ( pies- tions , I asked the older boy : "How old is your m u 1 e ? " Promptly came an answer : "Four last spring ! " "Will he ever be any bigger ? ' 1 next in quired. "No , sir ; he is as big now as he ever will be , and a blamed sight bigger. " 'Phis in cident will serve to illustrate what 1 mean by efficient service in public school work. A large per cent of persons , who 'inten tionally or accidentally slip into or drop into the schoolroom as teachers , get their full growth in three or four years , and never render any bettor service there after. They stand still after that , and then their services be gin to depreciate. After thi * period sets in , their best ener gies are devoted to trying to get their salaries raised without ; i corresponding increase in UK quality of their work. Had J the means I would even pay al such as L have described wel for their faithful , but not highl } efficient , service , but 1 woult base an increase in salary 01 the improvement by pursuing , new lines of study. Such an more deserving of public recog nition than the non-progressivi class , who may be clnsset slightly above the "late corner ! and the early goers , " who art continually 'wanting shor hours , big pay and abuudan holidays. All t h \ s u thing ! seem to go together. Then should be a distinction made ii the salaries of the constantly growing teachersthose who an enlarging and multiplying thei powers against the stationar ; ones , even after due allowano for ill health and other such in lluences. The teachers win reach out each year into ne\ lines of thought , 'vlio take hol < of new studies each year am bring richer treasures to thei work , are the ones whose sala ries should be gradually in creased because of meritoriou and successful teaching , i scale lixed upon such a founda lion is a just and proper one. Rule School Notes. The Rule schools opened Ser ; tember1th , with an enrollmen of 148. The building had bee well cleaned and the Jloor newly oiled. In ordering the new book the "Approved List" was fol lo\\ed as nearly as possibli Tlie Rule Teachers' Readin Circle was organized Septembe Ifith , with Mrs. Bnnegar leadt for the present and Julia Croni secretary. The work was planned for th year and the first regular mee ingvill be held September 20tl All neighboring teachers core ially invited. Prof. P. l < \ Stevens , of Meat ow Grove , has been electe principal of the Rule schools. The enrollment in the hig school is 22. D. D. IIoutK , teacher in Dist 77 , reports an enrollment of L'H * - Dist. 20 , Myrtle Pittock teach er. School opened on Monday | Sept. 11 , with an enrollment o | -10. Three more enrolled Tues day and there will be more af te the fall work is over. With nev I books , new furniture , a nev school house and a generou school board we expect to ge ! along nicely throughout th term. Dr. R. P.Roberts.clentis over King's Pharmacy. WIRELESS A\ESSAGES. Breathes there a man with soul so dead that he does not wish he vere a boy again when first omul of the school bell roaches lis ears on a soft September norning. The democratic county eonven- ion was forced to adjourn on ac count of the rain ami high water. ) emocriils and water positively vill not mix. Life laughs in the face of death > nt death neither laughs at the evity of life , nor frowns at the gravity of death. If you can eat three meals a. ay and enjoy them , no doctor H likely to find anything serious- y wrong with you. We received a long communi- ation this week from some mreau located some place back ast. The communication dwelt t length on the beauties and KMielits of irrigatio u and the mreau respectfully requested hat we publish it. We decline o do so ; we can consent to lly in he face of Providence in no such iiauncr. "Pass up the pass , " is to be he slogan in the coming state campaign. A certain poet wails , "the sun of hope has sunk to rest , and light's grim fears are haunting. " The poet should cheer up. Per- liapsit is only an eclipse. A Falls City man who is away from home on business had occa sion to send a telegram to his wife. The message was llcliver- ed at night and when the mes senger rang the bell , the woman : ame to the door , took the yellow envelope , tore it open and read the message without even scream ing or fainting and the messenger says that he was never so sur prised in his life. A certain young man from Hiawatha was in town yesterday making a personal investigation of conditions with reference to the liquor traffic in Nebraska. After he had satisfied his curios ity , he stopped on a street corner and stood looking at the long line of red. white and blue telephone poles that stretched away in the dim distance. By and by he ac costed a Tribune reporter with the question ; "For heaven's sake how many barber shops arc there in this town , anyway ? If we could invent a breakfast food that would become as popul- all throughout the United States as John Hossack is in Richardson county , we would get rich. The critical moment had come ; the doctor's hand firmly gripped the handle of the long , sharp knife ; the others who were , pre sent stood aside , with eyes riveted upon the place where tlie incision was to be made. What was to be revealed ? When the knife should descend what conditions would be found to exist. Witli a quick movement of his trained arm the doctor pressed the glittering blade downward. A moment of terrible suspense passed and then from the anxious watchers came exclamations of delight the melon was dead ripe. Many hen roosts have been robbed in this vicinity recently. We sincerely hope that nothing of that kind will happen this week because the conference is in session and the wicked and un godly would be sure to make ex ceedingly odious inferences. We have resolved to never again use the e.\pression , "It beats thunder. " There was some thunder last Friday night that could be beaten by nothing. The fat man is generally too fat and the lean man is too lean , but it is seldom that either really envies the other. Cured of l.a-me Hack after 15 Years of Suffering. 'I hail been troubluJ With lama buck for fifteen yt-ura utul I found ft eompletu reeovory in the usu of Chain- berlutn's 1'atn B.ilm , " snys John G. HUlier , Gilliiin , Inil. ThU liniment is , also without an equal for suruins und bruises. It 1& for sale at Kerr's store.