Historical
THE FALLS CITY
Vol. IV FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , OCTOBER 4 , 1907. Whole No193
Inheritance Tax.
The inheritance tax assessed
against the estate of the late
W. A. Margrave was spread on
the record this week and
amounts on Nebraska land after
all exemptions and indebtedness
was allowed to SGOl.uS. A part
of this tax will go to Cherry and
Sheridan counties but about$550.
belongs to Richardson. Under
the law this money can only be
used for road purposes.
A Bi Law Suit.
Ishatn Reavis has been before
the United States court in
Omaha for the past week en
gaged in one of the most im
portant suits that has occupied
the attention of that court for
some tune. Between his federal
court business and his large
practice in the state and
supreme courts the Judge is
leading a strenuous life.
County Board of Directors Meet
The school officers of Richard
son County met in business ses
sion Saturday , Sept. 28 , 1907.
Thos. Wilkinson was elected
president for the coming year.
The chief object of this meet
ing , however , was the discussion
of the Constitutionality of the
Free High School law.
The following committee of five
was appointed to investigate the
law and to prosecute the case :
Thos. Wilkinson , Chr'm.
J. F Snethen.
E. Powell.
Chas. Martin.
Dave Steadman.
At The Gehling
A good house greeted the "Are
You Crazy" Company Tuesday
evening. Not only was the at
tendance good but it was certain
ly an appreciative audience and
each specialty received its portion
of a hearty encore. Every mem
ber of the company w.ere artists
in their line and presented the
play in a very pleasing manner.
The attendance Tuesday evening
proved beyond question that the
public generally want vaudeville
entertainment with plenty o f
specialties features on the side
and would more willing pay the
price for an hour's laugh than for
three hour's spent in tears and
long faces while watching would-
be artists render a tragedy. Frank
Damsel is all right and carries
with him a worthy company of
ladies and gentlemen.
Falls City Lecture Course
The following talent has been
engaged for the Falls City lecture
course : Dr. Arthur E. Gringel ,
lecturer ; Capt- Jack Crawfordthe
Poet Scout ; Anna Delong Martin
Co.Parsifal and MoyingPictures ;
Clara Vaughn Wales Concert Co ,
and Earl R. Drake , violinist , and
company. This course is equal
to any course that ever appeared
in Falls City. The flat price of
the course is $475. Season tick
ets will be sold for Si ; reserved
seats 15 cents extra. Nontransferable
ferable season tickets , including
reserved seats , will be sold tc
pupils of the public schools foi
$1. This is strictly a Falls City
course and no society or organi
zation receives any profit. Should
there be any profit it will remain
in the treasury of the Lecture
Association to be used anothei
year in promoting a similai
course. Give your order f o i
tickets. . .
.I i ii m-m " ' i
Sheriff Takes in Crazy Alan.
Mr. Nole living in the soutl
east part of the county became
insane Tuesday evening at tin
Poor Farm west of the city. The
Sheriff being called took him it
custody. While the sheriff wai
bringing him to Falls City he be
came very violent and was sen
early Wednesday morning to tin
Asylum at Lincoln.
J. D. Spragins Returns
J. D. Spragins of Falls City ,
who spent several days in
Scullin getting the work started
311 his two-story stone .building ,
eft on Monday for his Nebraska
liome. He expects to return to
icullin before the opening. Mr.
Spragins has made a number of
: rips to Scullin and likes it better
very time he comes. He lias
raveled extensively over the
: iorth , south and west , and it is
no small compliment to Scullin to
liave him locate with us. Scull-
n , L T. , Advocate.
Farmers Institute
There will be a business mcet-
ng of the Richardson County
Partners Institute in the office of
he county clerk o n Saturday ,
Oct. 12 , at 2 p. m. All members
are urgently requested to be pres
ent as there "is a hen on.1 Come
n and have your say. The man-
igement is working for the best
nstitute ever held'in the county
ind the people are enthusiastic
ally aiding them in their efforts ,
.et . us all work together and suc
cess is assured.
D. R. Crush , President.
M. P. Long , Sec'y.
Grand Concert.
Louis and Barbara Tremmel
of Syracuse , N. Y. , blind brother
and sister , will give a concert
Monday evening Oct. 7th , at the
German Hall.
This concert consists of clas
sical , comic and varied selections.
The program is generously
engthy and flute , zither , piano
and voice all go together to make
.ip a very interesting program.
Mr. and Miss Tremmel have
been blind from birth and take
this means of gaining a liveli-
lood , having been especially
ndapted for the work by nature.
omc and appreciate their
; nusical talent and ability. Ad
mission 25cts. children lOcents.
Library Repairs.
The Falls City Library which
las been closed for the past three
weeks undergoing repairs will
again be open to the public Fri
day Oct. llth , at 2 o'clock. The
library will then be in excellent
condition and beautifully decorat
ed. The floors , walls and
furnishings have under gone a
thorough change and all is now
artistically arranged to meet the
public eye.
There will be no fines'for books
which fell due during the close
of the library if brought in the
first day , fines will be charged
for them if brought in after the
first day.
There have been placed-in the
library 85 volumes of rebound
books for the benefit of the
public. This will be gratifying
news to those who haye been
waiting for them.
Miss Lois Spencer , librarian ,
will leave for Omaha next Tues
day to attend the State Library
Association to be held there next
week. Nebraska and Io\\a ,
libraries are to meet together in
this Association. A place on the
program has been assigned to
Miss Spencer. She will read a
paper entitled , "Traveling
Libraries. "
Many people well versed in
this subject are to appear on the
program and we esteem it nc
small honor that Falls City will
be represented there , too , by Miss
Spencer.
Powell Sells Out.
Lyford and Johnson boughl
the Powell grocery stock the firsi
of the week. The stock was in
voiced Monday and Tuesday
afternoon moved into the Lyfon
& Johnson store.
Died.
YOCAM.
Josephine Yocam. died in this
city Sept. 29 , 1907 after an ill
ness of six years. She was a stif-
crer of consumption.
Mrs. Yocam was born May 6-
879 in. Mason City , 111. , moved
o Kulo while very young and
ifteen years ago moved to Falls
City where she has made her
ionic ever since. She was mar-
ied June 25 th. 1899 to Node
Yocam at Omaha. Nebraska.
Early in life Mrs. Yocam was
baptized and taken into the
Methodist Church and has tried
o live a consistent Christian life
those who knew her best can
esfify.
She leaves a husband , a son ,
; evcn years of age , father ,
nether and three sisters , Mrs.
Jenry Gagnon of this city , Mrs.
linnick and Miss DeMoss of
Omaha.
The funeral services were held
rom the residence on South
: hasc St. Oct. 1st. at 8:30 : a. m.
Rev. Dunklcberger of the Christ-
an Church officiating. Im-
nediately afterwards the re-
nains were taken to Rule for
11 torment.
Taft or Roosevelt ?
A prominent Nebraskan who is
an intimate friend of Secretary
Taft told the writer one day last
, veek that Mr.Taft does not want
he Presidency but is a candidate
solely through the suggestion of
resident Roosevelt's friends who
: lesirere the President's policies
naintained and his purposes ac
complished. It was further said
luring the conversation that Mr.
Taft's real ambition was to be-
become a member of the United
States Supreme court. T h i s
iriew has been partially corrobor
ated by Taft's old mother who
said to a newspaper reporter a few
rtayssince that her son had but one
ambition and that was to go on
he Supreme bench.
The NcbrasUan with whom
this conversation was held is a
reliable man and has visited with
the Secretary within the past
three months. lie further said
that if it became apparent that
h e next national convention
would not nominate Taft. Roosevelt
velt would accept the nomination
rather than see his policies de
feated by an unfriendly President.
It is quite apparent that Roosevelt
velt does not desire another term ;
it is equally apparent that he does
desire Taft nominated. There
are many things inaugurated by
him that will not be accomplish
ed during his term and the im
pression is general that his desire
for Taft's nomination is inspired
by his confidence that the Secre
tary will carry out and finish
those things which remain un
done at the expiration of his term.
It may be that his resolution to
decline another term is not as
strong as his desire to accomplish
certain ends , and if the party
should show any inclination to
nominate one who is not in sympa
thy with the President a change
may come over the spirit of his
dreams and his repeated refusals
of another term be withdrawn.
Republican Caucus.
Notice is hereby given a
that a caucus of the Republican
voters of Liberty 'township
will be held in the Village of
Verdon on Saturday October 12 ,
at 2 oclock , p. m. to nominate n
township ticket and to tran
sact any other business thai
may legally come before said
caucus , by order of the chair
"an.
G. A. JOHN.
Win. Boose , went to Kansa !
City last week 'where lie boughl
a carload of cattle ,
Is It Worth While.
We don't want to be consider
ed 'as kickers , nor as chronic
objectors , but there is some
thing about the course of study
n our schools that needs at
tention. Take for instance the
seventh grade. The scholars
n this room are about. .12 years
of age on an average , and chil
dren ol that age require a good
: leal of exercise and out door
ife. Their physical well being
s fully as important as their
ncntal training. If you doubt
this just look about you and see
the degrees of success attained
) y the well innn as compared
with the one wh'ose health is
not good. The seventh grade
s given more work than it can
Jo during school hours. They
lave no study hour for arith
metic and this lesson must be
earned out of school. These
ittle fellows are in school from
nine until four and every one of
them must fill his arms with
books and seek some time out
of school in which to prepare
lis lessons for the next day.
[ have in mind a nervous little
'ellow who goes from the super -
) er table every evening and
pours over his arithmetic un
til eleven o'clock at night. He
las no time for his Youths Com.
panion nor his St. Nicholas.
He has no time to romp about
the yard with his playmates in
the evening. He must work ,
work , work. His little mind
must be crammed without re-
jard to his body. What dif
ference does it make that he
mutters his numbers in his
sleep ! What difference does it
nake that one little girl not
long since while delirious from
fever kept wailing , "I can't do
that problem , and I must get
ny lesson ! ' ' These children
: iave a whole life time before
them. There is time enough'to
: lo their work without pushing
them beyond their endurance
and to the detriment of their
health. Too many sacred
Irawers where the keepsakes
are stored have the odor of the
tuberose and heliotrope. There
must be time for recreation.
There must be time to make the
body as well as the mind. A
child should have some hour
free from his work From nine
until four is time enough and we
would better lengthen the
course oi study rather tlmn ruin
the health of our children in an
effort to push and grind them
out into the world in the short
est possible period.
Society News.
The members oi the St. Agnes
Guild were pleasantly entertain
ed at the Rectory Monday even
ing. This was the regular
monthly meeting of that or
ganization.
Mrs. J. R. Wilhitc entertained
a number of friends at her home
Thursday in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Ramsey of Lawton ,
Okla. , who are visiting relatives
and friends in this city. A very
pleasant social time and elegant
repast is reported.
The ladies of the Episcopal
church will serve a chicken pie
supper at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Wilhite on Wednesday
evening Oct. 9th. All are
cordially invited. Supper from
5:30 : to S , o'clock. ,
The Woman's Club m e t
with Miss Cade on Tuesday after
noon and a very instructive and
entertaining program rendered ,
Roll call was -responded to by
quotations from Nebraska
Authors. This was followed by
the lesson. "The Symphony
before Haydn1 with papers or
this symphony by Miss Lillian
Banks and Mrs. A. G. Wanner.
Misses Cade and Gertrude Lyford
then rendered Haydn's E. Hat
Symphony duct on the piano in
a very pleasing and creditable
manner.
The married ladies Kensington
met at the home of Mrs. Lyda
Hinton Thursday after noon. A
very enjoyable afternoon was
spent and dainty refreshments
were served.
Mrs. Ncitxcl , Mrs. Parchen ,
Mrs. Kceler and Mrs. Boycr will
entertain the Presbyterian Ken
sington Friday , Oct. 4 , at the
home of Mrs. Boycr.
R. S. Malony returned from
Hmnboldt Monday.
J. P. King has our thanks for
renewed subscription this week.
We regret to learn that Geo.
Fallstcad is on the sick list this
week.
Simon Davics came in Sunday
to visit among old friends and
relatives.
Miss Verna Story left Monday
iftcrnoon for Onaga , Ivans. , for awe
wo weeks visit with relatives.
Lloyd Crush who lives south
west of this city has been very
11 with typhoid the past week.
Bayard Grcenwald left Tues-
: lay morning for Lincoln where
: ie will attend the University.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gist return
ed from Lincoln Saturday where
hey spent the week seeing the
ights at the capital.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Marion and
daughter xVudrcy drove to Mor ?
rill , Kans. , Friday afternoon re
turning Sunday evening.
J. E. Wilson and family 'stop
ped in Falls City on their way to
Missouri to visit with Mr. Wil
son's brother , Chas. Wilson.
Mrs. Cora Minnick who was
called here by the death of her
sister Mrs. Yocam , returned to
icr home in Omaha Wednesday.
Adam Vogle came up from
Kansas Ciiy this week and is
low a partner with Mrs. McPherson -
son in the Union House business.
MrsM. . L. Wilson is the re
cipient of an invitation to act as
Maid of Honor for the Carnation
Ball of the Ak-Sar-Ben at Omaha
next Friday evening.
Mrs. M. C. Stoughton left
Saturday for Kansas City to
visit her daughters. While there
she will also take in the festivit
ies of the week in that place.
Mrs. Glenn returned from
Pawnee City Thursday where
she has been visiting for several
days. Mrs. Glenn is making an
extended visit in this city with
her sister , Miss 'Evans.
Mrs. Kerr and daughter. Mrs.
Bruno Hanson came dowh from
Omaha Monday. Mrs. Kerr has
been in Omaha for some time
taking care of her daughter who
had been scriotily ill. Mrs.
Hansen is now convalescent and
will soon enjoy her usual good
health.
Rev. Mastin of Nebraska City
has been choben as pastor of the
Methodist Church of this city by
the Methodist Conference. Rev.
Mastin will preach his first ser
mon at this church Sunday morn
ing Oct. , 13th Rev. Mastin comes
highly recommended to this
field of work and we wish foi
him much encouragement and
success in his work in Falls City.
Notice.
There will be a Box Supper
Friday evening Oct. 18th , at
Lakeside school Di'st. 55 3 miles
south east of Falls City. Every
one cordially invited and ladies
YI please bring boxes. 193-2t
LUCY LKMMON , TKACHKK.
Hugh O'Grady , sr. was i n
from Dawsou Saturday. . .
, Mr. Shrimpton was down from
Salem on Saturday last.
lOrvin Mnnshardt is at home
visiting with his parents.
Elias Peck has our thanks for
cash subscription last week.
John Spccrs renewed his sub
scription to this paper last week.
Mrs. Sam Stewart of Reserve
was shopping here last Saturday.
Mrs. C. Hoffman joined the
army of Tribune readers last
week. _
Mrs. Frank Stump and baby
arc up from Kansas City visiting
witli relatives.
r Seff moved Tuesday into
the Burchard house on North
Stone street.
Miss Gladys Hoffman left bat-
unlay for Kansas City where she
will visit relatives.
E. L. Sandusky who has been
quite sick the past week is now
improving slowly.
II. C. Wittrock made us a
pleasant call this week and gave
us his subscription.
Mrs. Elliot who lias been car
ing for the sick in Verdon retur
ned to this city Sunday.
Ed Hammond and family of
Stella spent Friday in this city
visiting Mrs.IIaminond's parents.
W. A. Grcenwald and wife
spent Saturday and Sunday at
the home , of Mr. Butler near
Barada. _
Dave Lchmcr is up from
Eflingham , Kansas this week
visiting old time friends in this
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vicinity. '
Mrs. E."F. Sharts left'Satur- '
day for a two weeks visit in Kan
sas City with li cr son Chas.
Sharts and her sister Mrs. W. D.
Easley. _ _ _ _ _ _
Miss Stella Shock left Thurs
day for Chicago where she will
attend the Educational Depart
ment of the Chicago University
for the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Minnick
came down from Omaha Sunday
ofternoon called here by the
serious illness of Mrs. Minnick 's
sister , Mrs. Yocam.
J. P. King of Shubert was a
pleasant caller in this office Tues-
lay. He has just returned from
Texas where he has invested in
land which has nearly doubled
its value the past year.-
The Ladies of the Christian
church entertained at five o'clock
tea at the home of Mrs. Beau-
champ on Thursday of last week.
Although the weather was un
favorable a goodly number were
present.
Miss Grace Maddox , former
news gatherer of The Tribune
left Saturday night for Missoula ,
Montana , where a n excellent
position awaits her. Miss Mad
dox has been associated with this
office for some time and we are
sorry to lose her.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dorring-
ton will leave for North
Yakima. Wash. , the first of next
week. Mr. Dorrington is en
gaged in constructing the big
trunk sewer at North Yakima
for the Gilligan company.
This is one ol the biggest con
tracts on the coast and has al
ready occupied the attention of
the company tor nearly two
years. Most of the system is
laid in rock and the difliculties
encountered have been many ,
However , it is believed that the
work will be completed by
1 January , 1st , which is six
i months earlier than the city
'
thought it could be constructed.