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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1907)
Wstorlcul Society Remember the Falls City Chautauqua , July 21 to 31 inclusive. Arrange to be with us the entire Session. THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE. Vol. IV FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , JULY i2 , 1907. Whole No. 1 81 The Bond Question. The committee consisting of John Lichty , Warren Hatchings , Louis Wirth , Archie Graham and Fred Brecht recommend to the citizens of Falls City that they vote for the issuing of the bonds on the 16th of this month , be lieving that the same will be for the best interests of the city. That our water and light sys tems are in need of a great deal of improvement to meet the de mands that are made on the same. That man } ' citizens are so far from the present mains that they cannot attach to the mains , and are largely without the fire pro tection that they should have. That we believe that the money arising from the sale of these bonds will be judiciously expended for the benefit of the city. city.That That in a very few years the saving by reason of the improve ments would amount to much more than the bonds. That the growth of the city will be largely increased by rea- spn of the new improvements. The present plant appears to be loaded up to its capacity , and it should be placed in a condition to accommodate all that desires either water or light. The extra expense of furnishing double the water and light would be ex tremely small compared to the increased revenue , as soon as the plant would be put in the proper condition. We want Falls City to be able to offer better inducements to manufacturing interests , and to get manufacturies. We need cheaper water , better fire protec tion and ability to furnish elec tric power. It is now costing about thirty cents per thousand to pump water and it should be pumped for not to exceed six cents per thousand. We have too many dead ends on our city water mains , and a large portion of the money aris ing from the bonds should be ex pended upon the extention of the water mains. A complete circu lation in our water mains is badly needed. We need a better fire protec tion. Much valuable property in this city is too far away from .my fire plugs to affords them .my fire protection. Our present stand pipe is in a v jry bad condition , and is costing irom $15 to $20 every few weeks t > plug up the leaks , and some < ay soon it will be entirely use- uss , and a direct pressure will i ave to be resorted to furnish water. We are threatened with being forced to operate our pumps for direct pressure , and it would greatly increase our expenses ; it would take three times as much coal as we are now using , besides extra labor. Our present boilers do not af ford sufficient supply of steam , and we can only secure money for the purchase of additional boiler capacity by voting bonds. Our machinery for water and light should be in duplicate , and the only way that we can pur chase the same is by voting the bonds. Our present electrical machin ery is rated for 39 amperes and the same is now frequently carry ing 41 amperes. The only way that the city can get greatei capacity is by buying the neces sary machinery and the money with which to buy the same car only be secured by the issue ol bonds. At the present location of the water works we have only cleai ground for the location of twc more wells , and one of the wells that is now being used is in bad condition ) and the prospect is that a new well will soon have to be put in. We will have to raise money by voting bonds to secure an additional location. At our present location it now takes seven hours to pump about 60,000 gallons of water ; six pumps averaging about 8,000 gallons per hour , while one new pump in a big well should pump 40,000 gallons of water in an hour at one-thirtieth of the pres ent expense. We cannot put in a large well at our present loca tion because of the quicksand. We will have to vote bonds to en able us to have the money to buy a new location. At a new location with the proper facilities we would save at least $2,500 per year in the one item of coal. At our present location we have been pumping the sand out from beneath for the past nine teen years , and we are threatened by great cave in of the ground and consequent loss of machinery. If the economy is experienced that is expected by the putting in of a new plant , the saving to the city would in a very short time amount to more than the amount of bonds asked for. JOHN LICIITY. WARREN HUTCHINGS. Louis P. WIRTH. A. GRAHAM. F. BRECHT. The city council would say to the voters of the city that if the water and light bonds asked for are carried that the money de rived from the sale of the bonds would be expended for greatly needed improvements , and the following approximate estimate has been prepared to show what the money would be needed for : New million gallon pump.S 2,600 Grounds estimated at 1,200 Extension of water mains. 12,000 One large well 1,500 Building 5,000 Intake pump and valve. . . 300 Water tower or stand pipe 4,500 Dynamo 2,100 Electric extension 1,500 New boiler 2,000 New engine 2,000 Additional switchboard. . 300 It is the judgment of the maj or and members of the city conncil that all these improvements are necessary. The mayor and council pledge themselves to the economical ex penditure of the money realized from the sale of the bonds. And the mayor and council recommend the voting of the bonds. G. M. BARRETT , Mayor. I. C. MAUST. H. T. HAHN. MARTIN GEHUNG. I. B. WHITAKER. G. L. WINDLE- W. S. FAST. Old Anti-Slavery Papers. Uncle George Grinstead has in his possession two old papers published Februarys , and Febru ary 10 , 1837. The papers are copies of the Philanthropist pub lished in Cincinnati by the ex ecutive committee of the AntiSlavery - Slavery Society of Ohio. They were the property of N. W. Jones an uncle of Mr. Grinstead who lived in Glasscow , Ky. , at the time of the publication of the papers and it was not very popu lar at that time for Kentuckyan to be taking anti-slavery papers. The papers came into Mr. Grin- stead's possession a few years ago while he was on a visit to Kentucky. They are in good condition though s o m e w h a t yellow and Mr. Grinstead is verv proud of them. I. D. Hizer of Peru came down to celebrate in our city. The Celebration. If a noisy Fourth signifies a good one , then there is not a town on the map that surpassed ) Falls City this year. The noise j began early and lasted till late or early. There was an immense crowd all day large numbers coming from surrounding towns. The ball games were the principal at tractions , Ilumboldt carrying off the honors as elsewhere shown. The intense heat had no effect when it came to smothering Pa triotic enthusiasm and the crowds seemed inclined to celebrate to the fullest extent. There were few accidents considering the quanti ty of explosives used during the day and evening. After the last ball game in the afternoon the crowd came up town where the various contests were held between five and six o'clock. In the potato race young O. A. Cooper of Humboldt , won first money , $2 ; Mox Herling , second , $1G. ; Kimmel of Merrill , third Si , and L. Bockstine , fourth , 50 cents. The sack race prizes fell to the Falls City boys. Walter Stock- receiving first money , $2 ; L. Yoder , second $1 ; L. Bockstine , third , Si. and G. Sargent , fourth 50 cents. In the foot race , 100 yards , H. F. Smith won first money , $5 ; D. C. Rozelins second , $3 , and W. T. Snabely third , $2. Mox Her ling caught the greased pig with out an effort it seemed before it had gone twenty yards. He got the pig for his trouble. The balloon ascension attracted a big crowd. Everything worked well to make the ascension very successful. The parachute came down in a wheat field at the north edge of town , The band gave a fine concert in the court house park at S o'clock but the fine program was almost spoiled by the explosives on the street. There were fine fireworks following the concert then ever } * body turned loose for the carnival and the air to say nothing of the mouths , eyes ears and noses of the people were filled with confeti and such stuff till the people and the streets looked like the trimmings of a paper factory. Taking all things togather everybody seemed to have a good time and were glad they did. We are all glad they came and we appreci ate the friendly and neighborly spirit of our neighborsng town in coming to celebrate with us. We wanted everybody to have a good time and they seemed to have it. Those who had the management of the celebration in charge deserve credit tor the program and the way it was car ried out. Altogether the cele bration was a success. The National's Crow Dead. The big Snnday dinners at the National have the uncondi tional approval of the guests but seem to have a bad effect upon landlord Spence's men agery ; at any rate the pet crow could not stand such sumptuous dinner and last Monday passed in his checks. The landlord will be a little more careiul in the dinner he serves to his other pets. Gets Another Good Contract. Bohrer Bro.hers have been awarded the contract for build ing another -chool house. This building will I e at AlmenaKas. , and will cost 38,000. We con gratulate the gentlemen on the good contract they are landing and feel sure the buildings they are putting up will meet with the fullest approval of the town people they are built for. The Ball Games. The best feature of the cele bration to many was the two ball games between Ilumboldt and Mound City. Ilumboldt has an excellent team and one any city would be proud ci. In Stc'vurt and Poteet the team has one of the best batteries in 'the state and two of the best strickers in the west. Either of these young men are capable of playing in faster company , Poteet having had several west ern league offers but prefers to turn out car loads of fat cattle as a more simple and lucrative employment. Poteet Ready to Lose the Ball Roy Heacock and Clarence Heck played with Mound City and were the whole thing. Roy is the best natural pitcher the writer has ever seen. He has speed to burn and curves that break sharply. If Mound City had pitched Roy instead of the "muf that pitched in the morning game a different story would have been told. The morning game resulted 12 tO'Tin favor tot Humboldt , A large crowd assembled and divided its time enjoying the good plays and gazing upon the classic out lines of "Cupid'1 Avery the mascot of Humboldt. The Humboldt team batted the Mound City pitcher at will and made enough runs in the beginning - ginning of the game to * ettle the contest and destroy tuther in terest in the game. Heacock and Heck landed on the Hum- boldt pitcher hard. Heacock got a hit every time he was up one of them a three bagger while Heck got three hits out of four times at bat. DeLair Ready to Warm Up The afternoon game was won by Humboldt by a score of three to one and was an excellent exhibition. Humboldt's pitchei had the Missouri crowd on his staff but two hits were made off of his delivery. The run scored by Mound City was" the result of errors. One peculiar feature of the game was tin fact that all Humboldt's scores were home runs , two being made by DeLair the Humboldl pitcher and one by Poteet The truth of the matter is thes < two boys could and practicallj did win the game alone. Dupid Avery Scratching Gravel for the Ladies. If Humboldt would strengthen n two or three positions the team would be capable of giving such teams as Fremont quite an argument. m * Married. Willard Sears , who for the past several months has been em ployed in the Schaeffer cigar fac tory at Beaver City , Neb. , re turned to this city Sunday morn- inging , having accepted a posi tion here in the W. S. Leyda fac tory. He was accompanied by a very pretty young lady whom we learned he had recently wedded. The ceremony was performed at the home of Dr. Howorth of Nor ton , he being an uncle of the bride , at 10 o'clock Saturday morning , July 6th. Mr. and Mrs. Sears returned the same afternoon to Beaycr City and that evening started for this city. city.The The bride , who was Miss Nellie Stotts , is the youngest daughter of John Stotts and wife of Beaver it } ' . She was ons of the most charming and popular young ladies of that city. The groom , the youngest son of W. L. Sears and wife of this city , has made this his home nearly his entire life and is well and favorably known as a young man worthy of the highest con- finence and trust. Mr. and Mrs. Sears.will live in this city and we extend , with our congratulations ) a hearty wel come. Miles Decission Postponed. Judge Raper notified the attor neys in the Miles will case that he would not be able to reach Falls City to decide the case until next Monday morning because of court in Gage county. It had been the intention to decide the case today. An Arm Broken. Mrs. Chas. Leitzke , an old lady seventy-seven years old , had the misfortune to slip on the cement walk last Tuesday , aad in the fall one bone of her left wrist was broken and the other dislocated. She has suffered a great deal and owing to her age , it will be hard to heal but no serious results are apprehended. ' Gov. LaFollette here Tuesday. Gov. LaFollette of Wisconsin , was in town between trains on Tuesday night. He had lectured at the Tecumseh chautauqua and took an auto to Auburn in ordei to get a train for Kansas City sc jas to keep an engagement tc speak in Arkansas Wednesday , Some mishap to the machine pre vented his making connection with his train and he came on here hoping to arrange for D special to take him to Kansas City in order to get his train south , but was unsuccessful. He left on a night train for Kansas City but was unable to keep his appointment in Arkansas Wed ] nesday. A Business Proposition. A real live business institution succeeds always , by proper busi ness methods. Let us suppose that a corporation does not pos sess the facilities to meet the de mand for its product. That be cause of inadequate output it is losing trade every day , what would good business management suggest ? There is but one answer borrow money or increase the capital stock to put in enough ' machinery to meet the demand. , Palls City is a business institu tion , or it ought to be. Falls City has an electric light and water plant that i * * Yorn out and can scarsely meet present require ments. It has a demand tor double the capacity. What does good business judgement suggest ? Why , to put the plant in shape and double the capacity. Evergreen Heights has no wa ter , if the bonds carry a main will be built there. How many new water customers will be pro vided ? Mains will be laid in many portions of the city that now , have no water supply. How much more business will thus be created ? What is true of water is equal ly true of. light. With a plant of sufficient capacity , running 24 hours a day , how many people owning meters will attach elec tric fans to the circuit ? With the water system in its present deplorable condition , and consequently growing worse ( it costs 34 cents a thousand gallons o pump the water. Some small cities near here are selling water to citizens at 16 cents , less than one-half of our expense for pump- ng alone. i | The bonds will put our plant 'I ' n good shape and save the de struction which we face. The bonds will produce twice the bus- ness the plants now do. The bonds will give water to those sections of the city now denied - | nied water. The bonds will greatly reduce cost of production , The bonds will cut the water ' | | rate in half. The bonds will show our de- ,31 termination to make this city a 41 better town. * al The bonds will encourage every man who has been working for local progress. As a business proposition what do you think of it ? Witb the City Council. The council met in regular ses sion on Monday night. There was little business of importance before them , It was voted to supply the chau tauqua association with water and light , the park management to pay for the labor for laying the water mains from Chase street to the park. The report of the committee appointed some time ago to canvas the voters regard ing the bonds was taken up. The report of their investigation and .j | recommendations is given else- a where. The council adjourned to J meet Monday July 15th in the council chamber. Anderson For Judge. Roscoe Anderson of Ilumboldt is to be a candidate for county judge before the republican pri maries. Mr. Anderson is a clean , able young man and of great pop ularity among the west end people ple where he is best known. His candidacy has aroused a great deal of interest among Mr. An derson's friends who do not in tend to leave anything undone to secure him the nomination. ' J. H. Spicer was among the number from Ilumboldt who helped the Humboldt boys to play such good ball here the Fourth. . . . . . .
