THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 30 , 1906
THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE
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Falls City , Nebraska , post olVicc , Janu
ary 12 , l'X)4 , under the Act of Congress
of Mnrch 3 , 187' ) .
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BRIDGE BUILDING.
The Kails Cit\ Journal is still
venting its spite on the ( lilligati
company and , as usual , is making
false comparisons and utterly un
truthful statements It takes : i
small wooden bridge built utulci
the supervision of the county and
shows a saving of about 25 pet
cent over the Gilligan contract.
The truth of the matter is that
the bridge as specified in the pro
posal of the county and upon
which bids were received and
acted upon cannot be built for
the sum stated in the Journal.
The Journal knows from per
sonal experience that the CJilligan
company has given this county
better service in the way of
bridge building than it has ever
received from any other source.
Once upon a time young Frank
Martin drew the salary as county
attorney in this county. It is
true that he did not try a single
case for the county either civil or
criminal while in office , but he
did make a personal inspection of
all county bridges built by the
Gilligan company. Don't for a
minute believe that he did this
in the interest of the tax-payer ,
not he , what he did was in the
hopes of hurting the company
just as he and his crowd are try
ing to hurt it now. This exami
nation proved that every bridge
was built exactly in accordance
with the specifications of the
county. In other words it was
honest work.
The Gilligan company like all
other-business institutions expects
a profit on its | work , but the
profit on the Richardson county
work under the present contract
will not exceed ten per cent. Is
that unreasonable ?
The county spends butcompar
itivclyMittle money on wooden
bridges , and how the supervisors
will build a steel bridge and save
any money is a mystery to those
who know anything about the
business.
One county in this state tried
it lust year. It killed one man
and broke the leg of another. It
paid more than seven thousand
dollars to pay the damages. If
a contractor had done the work
he would have been responsible
for the damage.
But the Journal says that the
Gilligan company will make
seven or eight thousand dollar *
out of its contract if permitted tc
do the work. The Journal u
liable to be called as a witness it :
a law suit.
The county called for bids foi
this year's work. Several com-
panics bid and the Gilligat
company bid lowest. The con
tract was awarded to the Gilligat
company by a vote of five to two
The next day this contract wa :
signed up bv the Gilligan com
pany and the county and wai
sealed and delivered.
Now under the management o
Bill McCrav instigated by tin
Martins this contract is ignorei
even though it says that tin
company shall build and repai
all bridges lor the next year.
If the Gilligan company shouli
sue the county for damages fo
the breach of this contract it cai
prove by the Journal , if anybod ;
would believe them , that it ha
been damaged seven or cigh
thousand dollars.
The Journal says , see you
supervisor , tell him to be agains
the Gilligan company. Help u
destroy a worthy Falls City it
stitution. We have it in for th
company , for many reasons
among others it employs th
wrong attorney.
There is not a business man i
RICH M AN !
He usually gets his start through the
habit of saving. The opportunity is also
yours and we advise you to take advan
tage of it by opening an account with
this bank ,
You can start an account with ONE
DOLLAR and upwards. It will sur
prise you how the DOLLARS grow
when you save your money systemati
cally. In any event , it's worth trying.
FalU Chy State
this county who does not know
that if he makes a contract , signs
it and delivers it , he must cither
fulfill it or pay damages to the
injured party for not doing it-
There is not a business man in
this county who would refuse to
abide by his contract and suffer
loss thereby simply because the
Martins have it in for the other
party to the contract.
The Journal seems to want a
lawsuit and therefore calls upon
the tax payers to watch the su
pervisors. The Journal never
loses out when the county has a
lawsuit. It finally got in on the
Constantine caseIt will con
trive to get in on this case if one
is brought. It never loses sight
of the main chance.
The tax payers of this county
! should tell their supervisors to
obey the obligations of its con-
I tract , to keep out of law suits
I and not to encourage litigation
'simply ' because a vcnemous , ma
licious crowd are for personal
reasons seeking the destruction
of an enemy.
I There is not a fair minded man
in the county that wants anyone
to work for the county without
j receiving a fair wage. A laborer
1 is always worthy of his hire and
his hire should include a fair and
reasonable profit. This applies
to eyery character of work done
for the county. We make the
assertion now that there is not a
merchant who sells supplies to
the county who does not make a
greater profit than the Gilligan
company in building bridges.
The Falls City Journal makes
three times as much profit on the
printing it is doing for the
county than would be made under
he bridge contract. To buy the
lecessary tools , pile drivers , etc. .
hat would be necessury to build
tee ! bridges would cost the
county more than the Gilligan
company would make on the an-
uial contract. This war of the
Journal is merely a personal war.
It is indicative only of the enmity
felt by the Martins towards cer
tain individuals. They are call-
ng upon those outside towns
that are more or less antagonistic
to Kails City to assist them in
lestroying a worthy Kails City
institution , which if attempted
will get the county in a wasting
and expensive law suit and which
will surely terminate against the
county.
The railroads would stani
better with the people if thcii
political managers had an outlet
of sagacity. The idea of trying
to get the republican legislator ;
in a senatorial caucus after tin
action of the state convention hai
committed every honorable re
publican , and seeking a secre
ballot in order that the will o
the people may be overthrow !
and dishonest men shielded fron
their own wrong thereby , is otn
of those fool political moves tha
the railroad has been making
with such frequency of late
Such conduct as this tends enl ;
to embitter the people agains
railroads in politics and indicate :
the necessity of getting a fev
sensible men at the head of rail
road policies.
If the county is to build its
I own bridges why not establish a
printing plant and do its own
i printing1 ' It would save a great
I deal more proportionately under
l
i its present contract than it would
in building its own bridges. The
[ county oflicers use a large number
of books and records , why not
establish a plant to make these ?
' It buys many supplies from mer
chants to feed its poor , why not
get these from the catalogue
houses as Bill McCray suggests ?
Of course the goods will be infer
ior and the catalogue houses payne
no taxes here , but then Bill is a
reformer you know. Why not
cut and haul its own wood and
keep the profit jiway from the
poor fellow who sells the wood
burnt at the court house ? This
live and let live policy is all
wrong anyway. Why not save
the-jamtor's work ? There are a
number of ways of saving 11101103 *
if you will only look for them.
Of course such methods may
cause institutions that are valua
ble to the town and county to
seek other localities and pa } '
taxes elsewhere , but if it saves a
few dollars at the spigot what do
we care what happens to the
bung.
Certain railroad strikers are
still fighting Norris Brown. The
scheme now is to have the repub
lican legislators hold a caucus
and determine by secret ballot
who shall be elected United
States senator. It is hoped and
believed that no Richardson
county member will consent to
any such deal. We don't want
any secret ballots. Our men must
vote in the open , not alone be
cause it is right but for their own
protection. No caucus is re-
duired on senator and none should
be held. The republican party
had a caucus at the state coiiven
tion and nominated Brown. This
action the people indorsed and
gave Mr. Brown the largest vote
of any man on the ticket. No
further caucuses are necessary.
The republican members owe to
themselves and their party to
elect Mr. Brown without secret
ballots or caucus2s-
To read some of the papers
one would think the average cor
poration is worse than the pesti
lence. Because certain corporate
evils have been exposed and pun
ished the people seem to have
grown somewhat hysterical and
are pounding all corporations
simply because they are corpora
tions. The thing seems to be
carried a bit too far and will
probably re-act. The best thing
for a man in public life to have
is sanity , for if he is minus a
balance wheel he will work
things too hard and impose on
worthy institutions from an ex
aggerated idea of the desires of
the people. The American pub
lic loves fair play even towards
corporations.
Why not start the new yeat
right by subscribing for the besl
and most inexpensive paper in
the count ) ' . The Tribune at E
dollar a year is not an expense ,
it is an investment.
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OF LIFE AND LIFE',5 CHIEF BENEFIT. CAN
YOU AFFORD NOT TO BE WELL DRE-5.5ED WHEN
YOU Do MEET PEOPLE ? IT WILL DO YOU NO
HARM To COME INTO OUR -STORE AND LOOK
AROUND AT OUR WINTER WEARABLES. WE
-5HALL BE PLEADED To HAVE YOU FEEL OF OUR
BEAUTIFUL FABRICS AND TRY ON OUR READY
MADE GARMENTS. BRIN6 THE CHILDREN TOO
YOU WI-5H FOR THEM To LooK WELL AT
SCHOOL , DON'T YOU ? HERE ARE A FEW ITEM-5
TO WHICH WE WOULD ESPECIALLY DIRECT
YOU : CHILDREN CALF GLoVES FOR 25C- LADIES -
DIES WARM , ALL WOOL MITTEN-5 , 25CLA-
DIES 27 INCH JACKETS WORTH UP To $12 AT
$2.9 < 3 ; LADIES 4 < S INCH TIGHT FITTING
COAT REGULAR $20 AT $4.96. THESE ARE
SOME OF THE LEFT OVERSFRoM LASTYEARS
STOCK BUT ARE BARGAINS AT THE PRICE WE
ARE ASKING YOU FOR THEM.
RESPECTFULLY ,
SAMUEL WAHL
If you want to read the most
facinating romance about the ten
of hearts don't fail to read Hearts
and Masks soon to begin in this
paper.
Secretaries Shaw and Root in
their speeches before the Trans-
Mississippi congress called sharp
attention to the needs of a mer
chant marine. The speech of
Secretary Root was a luminous
dissertation on the possibilities of
the South American trade. .lie
showed in a convincing way the
marvelous resources of South
America that are totally unde
veloped , lie said 1,170 European
ships entered the harbor of the
largest South American city last
year while not one from the
United States entered. Because
so few ships sail from this coun
try to that , all mail from the
United States to South America
is carried by way of Liverpool.
Because we have no merchant
marine practically all of their
trade goes to Europe. Last year
the United States sold but 11 per
cent of the goods imported in
South America.
Mr. Root said further that the
trade of South America would be
greater than the trade of the en
tire orient. Yet here we are , the
natural protector of their repub
lics ) Hying closer to them than
auj- other country and getting
but 11 per cent of their trade
merely because we have no mer
chant marine to carry our goods
to them.
Tea and Bazaar.
The members of St. Martha's
Guild will give a ten cent tea at
the home of Judge Wilhite next
Wednesday , December 5th , from
5 to 8 o'clock. In connection
with the tea there will be a fancy
work.bazaar and all the articles
are hand made and inexpensive.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public.
BOKN : To Mr. and Mrs. Irvit :
Bode on Sunday , Nov. 25 , 1906 , a
ffirl.
$5.OO SEWING MACHINES
offered by Mail Order Houses arc small , low arm machines to be run by hand. For
the use o any American woman , they are not worth the money asked.
This No. 100 Ball Bearing Bartlett is the finest sewing machine you oversaw audit
does not cost any more money than many cheap
plain varnished machines offered by agents.
The head is of a pleasing design and beauti
fully finished in colors. The mechanism is made
on an entirely new and
positive principle
that all
kinds of
cloth from
the thinnest
to the thickest
can be easily sewed. Hard
ened tool steel is used
throughout so that it will
practically wear forever.
All the bright exposed parts
are heavily nickel plated over
copper , the most durable finish
known. The nickel is given a high
mirror finish.
The Bartlett makes the celebrated
lock stitch which absolutely cannot
become unraveled and will never give
away. It has positive takeup ,
disc tension , capped needle bar ,
automatic tension release , four motion
feed and automatic bobbin winder.
Tlio woodwork is of a strikinc new design
with rolled veneer cdces which tnaku it look
like a piece of parlor furniture The wood is the finest quarter s.iwcd oak and the finish is hand rub *
bed , just like is used on a Jioo piano , Tliu drawers arc completely enclosed and arc lone and roomy.
The stand has full tool steel ball buarincs which make it run like a watch. It has an automatic belt
rertacer and oil cups to prevent coilinc the carpet. Free Nickel Plated Steel Attachments as follows
arc furnished with each machine : rutfler , tucker , hinder , braider , foot sbirrinr side plate , four assorted
bemmers , ijuilter , foot heinmer anrl feller. Needles , screw driver , oil can , bobbins , etc. , are included.
Don't buy a machine until you sco tbis No , 100 Bartlett you will save money and set the finest
machine made.
Sold by J. C. TANNER
The Falls City Roller Mills
Does a general milling1 business , and manufactures the
following brands of flour
SUNFLOWER MAGNOLIA CROWN
The above brands are gunrantccd to be of the highest possible -
sible quality. We also manufacture all mill products and
conduct a general
Grain , Live Stock and Coal Business
and solicit a share of your patronage
P. S. Heacock & Son , Falls City , Neb. |
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