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\ \ THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE. Vol. V FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , JUNE 19 , 1908. Number 22 Fine Gooseberries. We never were lovers of goose berries until this week when Mrs Win. Sears brought us a liberal sample , which for size , quality and flavor are the best ever. They are larger than the average cherry and about as sweet. Mrs. Sears considers herself fortunate in being the possessor of such a rare variety. A Correction. In our report last week of the contract for the foundation of the water and light plants , we stated , \ that the price was $7.50 per cubic P /oot when it should have read per cubic yard. We make this correction in justice to the coun cil before the charge of extrava gance is laid at their door , WillTe7chln Rulo. A. H. Voegelein. who for the past year has been employed as assistant for Prof. Hoff in the Humboldt schools , has been elected as superintendent of the Eulo schools for the coming year Prol. Voegelein is a Falls City product of whom we are all justly proud , and while yet a young man , he is steadily working to the front , and we predict for him a glorious future. Store Robbed , . When Win. Sears went to his second hand storeMonday morning it was to find that some one had been there before him and helped themselves to whatever pleased their fancy. Their taste seemed to run along the line of cutlery and firearms as they took knives , razors , revolvers etc. , to the amount of about $20. Up to date no clew has been found as to the thief. Memorial Services. Sunday was memorial day for thu Odd Fellows and A. O. U. W. lodges and was properly observed in this city. At 11 a. m. Rev. Mastin deliv ered the address to the A. OU. . W. at the Methodist church and at 2:30 : p. m. Rev. R. Cooper Bailey , Ph. D addressed the I. O. O. F's and Rebekahs at the Pres byterian church. Both services were well attended and the ser mons by these eminent speakers were of the best and greatly en joyed by all. After the church services the members of the orders went to the cemetery where they placed flowers on the graves of friends gone before. Marts Was There , Saturday evening a man was taken in charge by Officer Marts on the advice handed in by Win. Sears. The man went to the second hand store of Mr. Sears to , dispose of a pair of shoes and carelessly dropped the tag off of the same ; which Mr. Sea-rs se cured aftenhis customer left the store. Sears immediately hand ed the tag over to Marts who later found that it belonged toM. Seff , the man having stolen the shoes from his store. Mr. Marts then began his hunt for the thief and later found him in front of Cleveland & Sons' store and when arrested by Marts was found to have hidden under his coat an umbrella taken from Cleveland's. He was placed in jail and Mon day morning was taken to police court and plead guilty to the charge of petit larceny. He was fined $19.60 and is now laying it out in jail eating three square ' meals a day. The man gives his name as James Moran and his home at St. Joe , but it is the opinion of Officer Marts that he has no home other than jails , and he has every appearance of being a full fledged thief and possibly anothei of the gang working between { Wymore and St. Joe. Remembered the Printer , . Knowing that luxuries are rare to the printer , Sam Bncher on Monday morning gladdened our hearts by bringing in a box of the finest cherries it has ever been our privilege to sample. Sam doesn't know the variety , but he does know that it is the best ever , lie has only two trees , and for the benefit of those who might be tempted to stroll in that neighborhood some eve ning , we will say that Sam camps under the tree every night with a shot gun. Receives Much Material. C. H. Ilcineman is about the busiest man we know of , getting things in shape for his rush in sidewalk work , when this rain sees fit to cease. On Tuesday he received five carloads of sidewalk material , consisting of sand , crushed rock , etc. Aside from this Mr. Heineman is fixing up the rear of his busi ness building , to be used as a warehouse , where he will store the large amount of cement re cently purchased. Mr. Heineman has been keeping his eyes open , and when the cement combine was broken got in on the ground floor , catching a low market and handled twenty cars of cement. With this supply of material on hand Charley is prepared to meet all comers when it comes to his kind of work. Great Improvements. Few of our people realize the magnitude of the Sunnyside Greenhouse of this city , and to those who have not been out there recently we would say it is worth your time to make the trip and what you see will surprise you. At present Simanton & Pence are busy making substan tial improvements. Three new houses each 22x100 feet are being added , thus 'doubling their pres ent capacity , the same to be heated by steam throughout. When completed the Sunnyside green house will be one of the best in the state and amply equip ped to take care of their eyer in creasing trade. The proprietors inform us that their shipping trade is growing to be quite a business , and a day never passes without them shipping large orders to our neighboring towns. They are expending about $2,500 on improvements this spring and our people are justly proud of this institution. Home From Philippines. O. A. Cooper came down from Humboldt Tuesday to meet his daughter , Miss Eva , who was returning from a ) three year's stay in the Philippines , where she has been employed as a teacher. Miss Eva has had a delightful experience and trip , having made a complete tour around the world When she landed in New York City she was met by Miss Clema Rousek , one of her Humboldt friends , and together they com. pleted the journey home. They spent some time in the big city , where they were entertained by college friends. They also made a week's stay in Chicago with a sister of Miss Eva's. When they arrived at the depot in this city they were welcomed by their "frat" friends who reside here , and their short stay made most pleasant. Upon their arrival in Hum- boldt there was a grand wel come awaiting them , all express , ing their joy at Miss Eva's safe arrival from her perilous trip. Chas. Hargrave went to Wy- more , Sunday , and spent a few days with his wife and son , who are visiting in that place , Another Good One. Our ball boys gave an exhibi tion Monday of how they can pull a game out of the hole. The Indians were right aftei them all through the game , and played mighty good ball. The first redskin up landed on the sphere for a safe one and got tc first , stealing second and third without an effort. For a time it looked like he would die there , but was brought in by the fourth man up. Then the fun began. Our boys , however , were unable to score in the first , even aftei Green made a clean little singlei and the score stood 1 to 0 with the Indians to the good. In the second inning , however the visitors were eaby and received a goose egg. Our boys then got busy , Sears hitting the ball for a one-base hit and was forced home by a two-bagger by Heck. Cor nell was the next man up , but didn't get very far , when Myers made a two-bagger and landed on third on an error , and was assist ed across the plate on a safe hi ! by Greenanda great deal of cheering ingon the part of the crowd , the score now standing 2 to 1 with the Italians trailing. The third inning the score was evened up , and in the fourth the visitors succeeded in making one. But our boys wouldn't have it that way , and the first men up , Heck and Cornell , got off on the right foot , each making a safe. . Myers , the next one , couldn't help them a bit , and then Ilea- cock fanned. Here was the criti cal moment , with two men or bases and two out and the Indian * one ahead it was an awful mo ment , but Green and Foehlingci did their duty by bringing Heck and Cornell home , placing the home team one in the lead. Noth ing more was doing until the eighth , when on an error the visitors made one and another in the ninth. This was different with 5 to 4 for the visitors. Things looked pretty blue about this time , and when oui boys went to bat for their lasl chance the rooters were rathei tame. But right here is when the boys did the work of thcii lives. Myers , the first man up , was caught at first , but HeacocV got to first on a safe one , ther Green did his best , but failed By this time the suspense was awful , with two men out , one or base with only one chance to win , but that chance came when Foch' linger swatted the ball for a honu run , winning the game , whicl was one of the best witnessed or the home grounds. Following i ; the game by innings : Oklahoma. .1 0110001 1 Falls City..0 202000 0 * 2 < NOTKS. Neither side had a cinch on the game at any time. A number of Indians from the surrounding towns witnessed tin game. The visitors were a nice buncl of fellows and took their defeai like men. Sears is always on deck am gets anything within a radius o half a mile. It was not an errorless game but was far above the avcragt and everybody enjoyed it. Lynn Glines' stentorian voice advised the people as to his ver dict as umpire. Lynn always gives satisfaction. That home run by Foehlingcr was certainly a grand finale. He knocked the ball so far that even "Kagle Eye" could not find it. A big crowd was in attendance , the gate receipts being sufficient to get our boys out of the hole. What would a ball game in Falls City amount to without Sam. lie keeps every one in a good humor. Plcacock pitched the first four innings , fanning four and allow ing but three hits , while two men were given bases on balls. Jar- rott entered the box in the fifth and did some fine work. Died. WII/TSK. Mary 13. , daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. James Wiltse. died at the home of her parents in Rule , Neb. , on Monday evening , June 15 , aged ( > years , 6 months and 21 days. The little one was a suiTcrer from an ailment which required a surgical operation , but she was too frail and never rallied from the shock. She was the only child , and the fond parents have the sincere sympathy of many friends in their loss. loss.The The funeral was held from the home on Wednesday , June 17 , at 2 p. m. , conducted by Rev. James C. Shafer. N12DUOW. Leyi Nedrow died at his home in this city Wednesday evening , June 17 , 1 < J08 , aged 82 years , o months and 9 days , after a ling ering illness. Deceased was born in SommersefcCunty , Pa. , where he grew to manhood. He was married in 1840 to Catherine Meyers. To this union eleven children were born , eight of whom are still living. In 1851 Mr. Nedrow and family moved to Carroll , 111. , where ' they remained until 'the fall ol 18G9 , when they bought and lo cated on a farm north of town , remaining there until old age forced him to give up active farm life and move to town. Uncle Levi , as every one knew him , wasone ol our pioneers and was loved by all who knew him , as he was a friend to all , and looked upon all as his friend. Heyas a good Christian man , leading a life consistent with his belief , one of his many virtues being Charity , always ready to give aid to the needy. He was a leading member and senior warden of the Brethren church. Besides his children he leaves a widow , who has been his taith- ful companion , sharing his joys and sorrows for more than half a century , are left to mourn the loss of a kind and indulgent hus band and lather. To these the sympathy of our entire commun ity is extended. The funeral will be held from the Brethren church tomorrow afternoon and it is expected that all the children will be present to asssist in these lastsad rites. Worthy of Mention. Among other enterprises in our city worthy of especial mention is our Candy Kitchen , which is growing in popularity every day. Mr. IBacakos and wife came to Falls City a little more than two years and started in business on a modest scale , in fact , with practi cally nothing , but through their kind and courteous treatment have built up a business second to none. Their ice cream has become so well known that the demand has compelled Mr. Bacakos to add a new engine , a ten-gallon freezer and power ice crusher , in order to be able to fill his wholesale orders. By these labor-saving devices he is now able to give to the public the very best ice cream at 25 cents per quart , a saving of 15 cents oyer old prices. As to his candy kitchen , the product of that is so well known it is unnecessary to mention it , otherwise than to say it is perfect and is presided over by Mr. Bacakos himself , who knows candy from start to finish. All in all the Falls City Candy Kitchen would be hard to improve upon. Society. Miss Minnie Ruegge entertain ed the kensington club of tin German Lutheran church at hei home Wednssday afternoon am all report a pleasant session. Mrs. Mary Fircbaugh enter taincd the members of theW.R.d Kensington at her home Monday afternoon All present spent a very pleasant afternoon. Nice refreshments were served. The ladies of the Christian church will serve a 15 cent tea at the home of Mrs. W. L. White next Thursday evening from five to eight o'clock. A most cordial invitation is extended to all. A very pleosant surprise was given Miss Haxel Prater on Sat urday evening. Only a few favored ones were present but all enjoyed themselves. The usual games were played and nice re freshments served. Mr. and Mrs. Spears very pleas antly entertained the members of the K. K. club at whist Friday evening at their home in the east part of town. Nice refreshments were served. Sixteen members of the club were present. Miss Margaret Horrocks was hostess to a few of her young lady friends on Monday afternoon the occasion being her birthday. An elegant four course six o'clock dinner was served. Those pres ent were Misses Mary and Jessie Paxton ( Oddie Lapp. Meeker Cain and Ruth Medley of Shcl- bina , Mo. The Book Worm club met at the librarv Friday morning and enjoyed one of the most delight ful sessions since its organisation The lesson was "Manners and Customs of Japan" with Lucilc Leyda and Florence Parclion a a lenders. To make the' lesson more realistic and interesting some of the guests were dressed in Japanese costumes and the theme was carried out in the decorations. After the program the fun began when the guests were compelled to sit on the lloor and eat their rice with choji sticks. It was indeed a pleasant session. The club meets again this morning , when the study of Japan will be continued. A Lively Runaway. As Quimby Beaver and Will Flowers were driving to town Saturday evening , when neai Judge Gagnons residence the } met Chester Fisher driving a cow. The horse which belonged tc Frank Wilson became frightened and overturned the buggy throw , ing the occupants out , he then started for home on a hard run , reaching the Wilson home safely On his homeward journey he came near running into several buggies , only missing Mabh Wilsons buggy by a few inches and would have run into the buggy driven by Frank Schaibh and wife had they not waved their lap robe thereby changing his course. Aside from a fev slight bruises sustained by Mr Beaver no damage was done. Two Atore Games. Highland's ball team will b < here lor two games next week on Wednesday and Tuesday. W < all know the reputation of tin visitors and our boys will have t ( play ball to maintain their pres ent record. However , there willbi two good games , and we feel sun our boys will make it interestint for the visitors. In the meantinn spread the news that we play bal Monday and Tuesday , and le everybody swell the crowd b' attending the game himself Games will be called at 2:30 : a Poteet's ball park. School Board Alcetinp. The school board mot on Tues day evening and disposed of much important business. The contract was let to C. II. Ileincman for a concrete walk on the south side of the High school. This move is a wise one and will b c appreciated b y everyone. Much complaint lias been made by pedertrians on Stone street who arc compelled to meet the vast throng of students as they come from school and arc very careless about blockading the walks , often compelling others to either assert their rights or give the entire walk. The proposed walk will eliminate tins trouble to some extent , as it will provide good walks for students living east and west of schoolwho here tofore were compelled to travel some and come south on Stone street until they could reach walks leading , in their direction. A contract was also given to B. Si- monton to paint the halls and one room of the High school. The school board gave their consent to the city to locate the new stand pipe north ot the High school. After discussing otherjmporl- ant questions the board adjourned. Sold Light Bonds. At a meeting of the city couii ; cil Saturday morning , called for the purpose of disposing of the electric light bonds , it was de cided to accept the proposition of the First National and Richard son County banks each to take an equal share of $12,500 , at par and now it is only a matter of a very short time until Falls City will rank with the best of them tn the way of light. The site has been : lccidcd upon which will be in the city park. After due consid eration this was deemed the best possible location in more ways than one. One of the principal reasons is the fact that the M. P. lias consented to build a switch from the main track to the plant , which means a saving of about $500 a year in the way of hituling coal and su : > plius which is quite an item. Jubt as soon as t'u ' : weather permits and the matt-rial . ' .raves this work will be pushed as rap idly as.postible. . For a long time our light plant as been overloaded rimning'far beyond its capacity , and the result was a poorly light ed city and dissatisfied patrons. With our new light plant all this will be changed. Our council have realized this condition for a long time , and while many have been prone to condemn them for their seeming slowness they will find that each act l as been thoroughly discussed and that everything is being done for the welfare of the city , every member of the council having the city at heart. After' the bond question had been disposed of the council adjourned subject to call by the mayor. Last evening the mayor called another special meeting for the purpose of considering a proposi tion made the city by Mr. Dor- rington. It will be remembered that some time ago a well was sunk on Mr. Dorrington's land just south of town. The water supply found there was even beyond their expectations , and since that time this has been considered the proper place for the water works , the only draw back being the price asked for the land. Mr. Dorrington makes them an offer of about five acres of ground and a pipe and pole right of way to the park , making in all about six acres lor $1,750. These two questions were dis cussed last evening but we go to press too early to learn the de cision , but whatever it may be , we feel confident the council acted in every way for tlie best interest of our city and we earnestly hope they will have the hearty cooperation eration of our citizens in pushing to a successful end these weighty propositions now before them ,