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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1906)
THE FALLS Cl'l Y TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 3o , 1906 $5.OO SEWING MACHINES ollercil by Mail Order Houses are small , low arm machines lo bo run by hand. Fertile tile use of any American \voman , they arc not worth the money asked. This No. 100 Ball Bearing Bartlctt is the finest sewing machine you oversaw and it ilces not cost any more money than many cheap plain varnished machines offered by agents. The head is of a. pleasing design and bcauti- Ijilly finished in colors. The mechanism is made on nn entirely new and positive principle tint all kinds of cloth from llic thinnest to the thickest cdn be easily sevrcd. Hard ened tool steel is used Inroughout so that it will uuctically wear forever. - m the bright exposed parts ate heavily nickel plated over copper , the most durable finish Known. The nickel is given a high mirror finish. The Bartlctt makes the celebrated lock Stitch which absolutely cannot become unraveled and will never give uyvay. It has positive takeup , disc tension , capped needle bar , t dutomatic tension release , four motion Jeed and automatic bobbin winder. Tlicn-oodnotliisof a sttlMne nrwdcsicn virtt rolled veneer cdccs which ninKc It look _ _ _ _ - flkn a piece of parlor furniture1. The wood is the finest rjunrtcr suveil oak and the finish Is hand rub- ! } ( ] , just like U used on a Sioo iiinno. The drawers nro completely enclosed nnd nrc lone nnd roomy. Tim flaiid lias full tool steel ball bcarlncs which make it run liku a watch. It has an automatic belt iciilaeer nnd oil cups to prevent soilinc the carpet. I'rco Nickel I'latcd Steel Attachments as follows nio furnished with each machine : miller , turkcr , liimlcr , braider , foot shlrrlncsido plate , four assorted 1'Cmmets , quilter , foot heimncrnnd feller. Needle's , screw driver , oilcan , bobbins , etc. , arc included. Don't buy a machine until jou sec this No. 100 Uartlctt jou will save money and uct the finest rcchlnc nadc. Sold by J. C. TANNER Ihninjr decided to move west , I will sell at Public Sale , onhat is known as the Ranson farm , $ V- miles west of Halls Cit\ and 3 east of Salem , commencing' at 10 o'clock .t. in. , on TUESDAY , DECEMBER 4 , the following properttowit : A -TV OF H' ' TVO Consisting- i span of black mares 8 and 9 years old , weighing 1250 pounds each , bred to a Jack ; r black mare 12 years old , weight 1200 ; i bay horse 10 years old , weight 1150 ; 2 black Percheron colts , well matched , coming year lings. They are good ones. 9 As follows : 2 cows fresh soon ; i cow fresh in the spring ; 3-year old conot bred ; 2 steers coming 2 years old ; 3 calves. These are all spring shouts weighing from 15010 200 pounds. All well bred and in good condition. Two Duroc- Fersey male pigs ready for service. One wagon , i top buggy , i single buggy harness , some iarm implements. Lunch on Ground. TERMS OF SALE : A credit of 9 months will be given ( in approved note , without interest if paid when clue , if not so paid , 8 per cent interest from date of sale. Four per cent discount for cash. C. H. MARION , Auct. J. C. MOREHEAD . . \ \ . A. GREENWALD , Clerk The Great Paper of the Great West The Kansas Citv Star Everywhere recognr/ed as the strongest nnd most reliable newspaper in the most prosperous region of the United States. Wherein It Leads. Its Unexcelled NeWS Service embraces the continuous report of the Associated Preas , with dispatches every hour : the general and special service of the New York Herald ; the Hearst transcontinental leased wire service and special correspondence from THE STAR'S own representatives in Washington , D. C ; Jefferson City , Mo ; Topeka , Ks , and Guthrle , Ok. , in addition to the largo grist of news that comes daily from several hundred other alert representatives. Its Market Reports and Comments have an authoritative value that causes them to be telegraphed to all parts of the United States the moment THE STAR comes from the press. No western man even indirectly interested in the value of food products , stocks and securities can afford to be without THE STAR'S dally record ot price * and conditions. ItS Special features include The Chaperon's column , in which are answered qaMllons pertaining to beauty aids and social customs and affairs , a department for Inquln rs on other subjects and a wide range of mlscellaneoni articles throwing side lights upon the world's most in teresting people nnd events these in addition to a vigorous editorial page , absolutely independent politically , and a Sunday Issue that ! < full of live special matter and h jrnun interest. 13 Papers Each week for 10 cents The Kansas City Star was the first nnd is still the only newspaper to deliver n complete morning paper , THE KAN SAS CITY TIMES , to its subscribers without increase in the subscription price. THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE FOR. NEWS , AT $1 PER. YEAR. NOW AND THEN The building of u town is no easy matter unless a chain "of circumstances is sufficient in itself to accomplish the result. Such cities as Chicago , New York , Seattle , Kansas City and San Francisco were great when they were born. Their location was enough of itself to insure greatness. Hut those smaller towns such as Wichita , Okla homa City , and like towns are made what they are by the active co-operation of their citi- x.ens working along intelligent lines and taking advantage of every propitious condition and circumstance. There isn't a city of thirty thousand people of which the writer knows any thing that has as many natural advantages as Falls City has right now. There are at least twelve manufactures that would give large return to the investors if they were started here. We have the raw material lor such dozen establishments for which we would not have to pay a cent for transportation to lay it down at the door. Other towns and cities about us are pushing forward along these lines while we sit idly by and doing nothing. Ilumboldt has a brick plant. Falls City has the identical clay that Ilum boldt has. Auburn has a pot tery plant and a canning fac tory. Our facilities for both these enterprises a r e better than Auburn's. Yet nothing is doing. Why ? * * * It is not the lack of resources , it is the lack of co-operation. The men who 'instituted ' the vinegar factory will nearly double their money this year. This fact has been a great dis appointment to that little coterie of knockers who are so well and unfavorably known to our people. Plattsmouth , Ne braska City and Lincoln have Federal buildings. Auburn is striving to increase her post , oflice receipts in order that she too may get a line new building. Hiawatha is nearly in the same class. What about Falls City. One of its newspapers that does a mail order business and buys many postal supplies in a year , buys all of its stamps away from Falls City because the men who run it don't like Jack Crook and are trying to cut down the postal receipts in the hopes of reducing his salary. Yet this paper appeals for local patronage every week. It should be compelled to get its business in those towns where it does its business. Take its fight on the Gilligan company. This company distributes more money in Falls City every thirty days than any other two insti tutions in the city. Yet the Journal whose ostensible proprietors * prietors do not like the men associated with the company , is publishing comparisons ut terly false and misleading and is calling upon the tax payers out in the county to talk with the members of the board and assist them in destroying a Falls City institution. We know of no other community where such narrow disloyalty would be stood for a minute. * * X ; Such knockers as these are destructive to any town. Such narrowness as this , such malic iousness will prevent any devel opment in the future. If this city is to progress , if property values are to increase or even hold their own , every worthy enterprise should be encour aged. A live town has no room for the knocker. A progressive town should stand behind every worthy enterprise whose exist ence aids in the improvement and betterment of local condi tions. The Tribune has done everything in its power to further the interest of every in stitution in the town and has never inquired whether the men behind such institutions were friendly or unfriendly to this paper or its owners. We want | Falls City to do well. We want the Journal to be a success in so far as it deserves success , but we feel that its contempti ble policy of trying to destroy every business enterprise that will not wear the collar of its owners should be rebuked by every man who desires the progress of his town. This idea of sulking in the corner , of buy ing stamps in Dawson to spite the postmaster , of keeping the Gilligan company out ol the iical contract that will not yield the company ten per cent a year , is so small , so mean , that it seems strange that men will descend to such conduct. The Gilligan company does more business in Oklahoma City every year than it ever did in the same length of time in this county. It is doing more busi ness in North Yakima and Se attle , Washington , this year than its combined business dur ing all the years it has worked in Richardson county will amount to. When the company was re organized recenfly all of these cities wanted it to locate with them , but its managers were Richardson county men and the } ' made the headquarters in Falls City and spend SI200 a month in salaries in this town. The encouragement it receives is the opposition of a newspaper that calls upon those unfriendly to Falls Citv to help it in pre venting the execution of a con tract that was signed and de livered. * * And that is another thing that is the matter with Falls City. There isn't enough co operation between the city and the farmers. There is more or less of an antagonism between the country and the city. Falls City has always done its nharc towards the improvement of the farmer's condition. It has been a little slow at tunes in doing so , but it has always landed right in the end. Not a man lives in Falls City that doesn't rejoice in the prosperity of the farming community. Not a Palls City man that doesn't hope that your crops will be good and the price big. We are willing to pay more for our Jlour , our chickens , our butler and our eggs for we know that it means more to those upon whom we arc dependent. There should be the most cordial co operation between the farmer and the merchant , the doctor and the lawyer. Each of us has trouble enough to get our share from the other fellow without wasting our time and energies fighting each other. We are glad to have you visit with us on Saturday. We are glad when one of our boys runs oft" with one of your girls and when one ol your girls runs off with one of our boys. You can't make too much money to suit us. Your homes can't be too line and comfortable , your stock cant be too fat and valuable , your crops can't be too big. We have nothing but the best wishes for you and yours and are always willing to contribute to your welfare whenever it is possible. We want to make the Institute a success. We will contribute premiums for everything , far more than Sears-Roebuck , Montgomery. Ward and like institutions do. We want to live and let live and we want a friendly feeling to grow up between the farmer and the city man. Quite An Improvement. The Verdon Telephone Ex change has added a fine new Warner Pole Changer to their equipment and now is consid ered one of the most improved stations in this district. The n e w machine is commonly known as a power generator and does away with hand ring , ing entirely and otherwise facil itates the service. The opera tors are very proud of it.Ver don Vedette. "Dope Fiends" Unchecked , unnoticed , almost unknown , a vice flourishes in Lincoln more destructive to health , morals and happiness than the nun traffic. i Two hundred chronic users of "dope" or narcotics were in the city in 1903. Statistics compiled by police experts place the pres ent number at fiOO. Most of the ' 'fiends , " as they are termed , use cocaine. A con siderable number eat raw opium. Others take morphine. Hut the majority are victims of cocaine and morphine administered with a hypodermic sy'ringe. Within a short time the "dope" changes the texture of the brain cells and degenerates the nervous system. Frenzy follows each in dulgence in vice. More than half the pitiable wrecks are con tinually walking about the streets and lurking in the alleys , their dcpraycd minds picturing the wildest fancies , their nervous lingers fretfully clutching at the ragged edge of murder. I'KOIMT KOK TIII { AVARICIOUS. Avaricious men profit by the ruin of their fellows and sell the Irtigs for which the wretches beg , secure in the knowledge that punishment is remote and in fact impossible. Envious for gain , confederates of the "dope1' victims smuggle the drugs into the penitentiary and into the dipsomaniac ward of the Lincoln insane asylum. Warden Uecmer , of the peni tentiary , has insisted of legisla tion to punish the persons who ire caught smuggling opium and cocaine into the institution. So far there is a defect in the statutes and punishment is only * provided in case the guilty person is connected with the prison. Dr. J. T. Ilziy , superintendent of the insane hospital , has a simi lar struggle. Legislation is de manded and there is an urgent call for a penalty' which will re strain the reckless and unlawful sale. Reputable druggists will not sell narcotics except on pre scription. However , there are some who welcome a chance for gain and take advantage of the defects in the laws. "Something must be done about this dope matter , " said Chief of Police Cooper. "It is one of the serious questions , and the evil is rapidly increasing. " - Star. Celebrate Seventy-Ninth Birth day. Saturday evening while visit ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ward , west of town. Uncle John Scott was greatly surprised when a number of friends and relatives appeared at the home to celebrate the anni versary of his seventy-ninth birthday. Mr. Scott has been a resident of Nebraska between forty-five and fifty years and has many interesting incidents to re late of pioneer life. Until about three years ago he resided on a farm about a mile west of town , when he retired from farm life and moved to Table Rock. The occasion was spent in a quiet sociable way. a nice supper added to the pleasures of the evening. It was not until a. late hour that the guests departed for their homes wishing Mr. Scott many more such birthdays. Ilumboldt Standard. Mangled Under Cars. A young man from Seneca by the name of Williams fell under the car wheels as he was board ing the evening passenger on the G. I. in Hiawatha Sunday even ing and died from his injuries. It is reported that his parents were on the train , and knew noth ing of the awful fate of their son until they reached Seneca. Merrill - rill News. The New Pure Food and Urutf LAW. \Vu arc pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs , colds and lung troubles Is not alluded by the National Pure Peed and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other barrnlul drugs , and wo recommend it as u safe remedy for children and adults. For sale by all druggists. Cold Storage. A short time ago The Tribune had something to say regarding the establishing of a cold storage plant at this point. We note that Ucatricc has just completed an enterprise of this kind ami here area few pointers regarding its working in that city as seen by a reporter for the Express : This morning the Express man began at the business oflice nnd visited the entire poultry depart ment , and he was given the sur prise of his life. Three floors are occupied in this department the upper floor is used as a fatten ing room for poultry. Here 5,009 head of chickens were being fed this morning. This one room is ; i regular poultry show in itself. There are layer upon layer of crates all filled with poultry awaiting slaughter. On the ground floor is the re ceiving , weighing and storage room , where 10,000 chickens were said to be on hand this morning , ind more were coming in steadily. The basement is divided into compartments for the handling butter and eggs , a killing room ind cooling room. In the killing room from fifteen to twenty men were at work killing and picking chickens. The pickers employed ire very expert at their work and nuke all the way from $2.50 to § 4,25 per day. To a visitor , it ippcnrs , the chicken so unfortu nate as to enter this room rarely lias time enough to die , , before the feathers arc off and its body on the way to 'the cooling room. Poultry is received from all over the country. The b a d weather of the past three days has had a tendency to flood the market and two car loads were received last night , besides the loxens of chickens which were brought in yesterday and today by farmers. A department at this plant , SO by 80 , is also used as an office , egg candling department , and storage room for egg cases , bar rels and lumber for the making of crates. All in all , this institution is a credit to the city of IJcatrice , and our citizens generally will be pleased to learn that it is receiv ing the patronage it deserves. Supplementing Corn. The will be millions of dollars' worth of pork marketed from the farms of the central west during the next few months , and most of this will be made from corn. In the making there will be much loss , because here and there in every community men will feed corn too heavily , throw their hogs out of order , thereby' invit ing disease to finish up the hog business on that farm for the year. Hy-products are high in price. Nevertheless , it should be remem bered by every man who pretends to feed hogs that corn is not a perfect food in itself. Unless there is at hand pumpkins and pasture to last late in the season , there is considerable risk to run when one aims to finish a hog during the last four or five months of his life on straight corn. In our opinion there is not enough use made of ordinary cereals like oats and barley. Until the weather gets very colel oats may be used to excellent ad vantage for hogs by soaking them for a period of twenty-four dours before feeding. So much the better if a little flax or oil meal is added to the oats previ ous to soaking in order to make the mixture most palatable. If fattening hogs have access to a mixture of this kind they can , with a reasonable degree of safety , be turned in and allowed to husk their own corn. We know of a number of instances where this is being done , thereby cutting down the labor item ami the hogs are making excellent gains and appear to be in perfect health. Farm Cassette. Pneumonia Follows A Cold but never follows the use of Foloy's Honey and Tar. It stops the cougb , heals and strengthens the lungs and prevents pneumonia. For sale by all druggists.