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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , JUNE i9 , 1908. Good Roads. Salem , Nebr. , June 12 , 1'JOS. Lmst week we rend triplicate letter , one in-each of the Falls Oily papers , from our friend , Olias. Heineman , on the subject of the disastrous trade conditions exist ing in Falls Oily because of the recent continuous floods in the Nenmlm Valley. In these letters Mr.ncineman suggests the remedy In this week's Tribune there is H reproduction of Mr. Ileineman's ideas under the caption of "Let's Get Busy. " Mr. Heineman Irtis been corresponding pending with Mr. Pollard on the subject ; which discloses the fact that you people have a hope of securing the assistance of the gov ernment in the matter , in a finan cial way. You will pardon me for suggest ing that Rule , Preston , Falls City , Snlem , Dawsou and Uumboldt are confronting the same significant problem , which must , and before long , be solved , or else something will happen. The business man who cannot see this in the light of each succeeding flood disaster , is blind. The congressman or gov ernment oflicial who secures finan cial aid for one of these towns , and not all of them if he can will hear something drop. The truth of it is he can't if he would , and wouldn't if he could. Now listen , while your humble servant tells you the facts , which cannot be controverted , as to the only three methods by which the trouble can be eliminated. 1 will take project No. 1 : the plan suggested by Mr. "Let's-get- busy'in the Tribune ; which is to secure aid from the government , to help in building mi elevated highway on etiltB. You must , un der present conditions , have con tinuous openings on all the roads , to facilitate the discharge of the congested waters , extending from bluff to blufl' across the valley. The same conditions prevail for all the other towns mentioned. The same is ridiculously absurd , because of the enormous expense for construction , and for subse quent cost of maintamance. This scheme is utterly impractical , and will not be endorsed by competent authority. Project No. 2 is to build a double submerged tunnel of steel and con crete across the valley , like the one recently built at Brooklyn and Harlem , having places of ingress and egress above the high water line. line.This This can be done ; it will not cost moie than $2,000,000 , per haps. I think it will not be done , however. _ Project No. X is practical ; has the concurrent endotsement , with out exception , of engineers who ought to know , and who , by prac tice and experience , do know where of they speak ; amongst whom might be mentioned 0. G. Elliott , expert engineer in reclamation ser vice of the government at Wash ington , who , being sent here by the government , spent several days looking over that part of the valley within the drainage district , and who , concurrently with engineer A. M. Munn , in charge of the wonk , endorsed this scheme. Not an engineer , to my knowledge , will dissent from an endorsement of the same : which is to lower the water table , by the diainage project - ject , below the surface of the road , disuniting them in this way Don't lo\ser the surface of the rood below tinater Ime , as in the ease of the biibmerged tunnel , nor elevate MI Hi , : face of the road by roadway I * fctuts , but simply put the flood phu > down to its lowest possible iiu'iimum ' height. Remember that the sin face of the road and the smftK'p of the water do not work well together ; they must bo sep arated. The drainage people propose to help you , and successfully do your wdrk for you in the only possible way that it cau be dune. The county has fifty-two miles of public roads in the drainage dis- tv t , now entirely submerged ; Borne of which cannot be forded with a horse. All the aid we ask fpr is that the county board of supervisors annu .ally pay about SSOO. "We know that you will do it , and we wont you to do it cheerfully , and not begrudgingly - grudgingly ; because it is rightand propur. The courts of the coun try , both in this and other states , have sustained the justice of aimi- lar contentions. The reduced charges to the conn ty , in the no very distant future , on account of the construction and maintenance of county bridges and county roads , and the added in creased taxable value of overflowed lands , by this i m p rove m o n t amounting , as estimated by the engineer , to more than $1,000,000 ; more than compensates the county for this insignificant investment. We have added nothing to the credit of the increased wealth in the towns enumerated , to which these lands are tributary , in the matter of better trade relations , the building of more desirable homes and in the matter of a good citizenship that will como to , and become a part of your towns be cause of the improved conditions made possible by the drainage pro ject. Now , in conclusion , you busi ness men of Falls City , give the drainage board a word of good cheer , extend the glad hand to us ; we are a little bit vain ; it does us good to know that you appreciate the work that we are , without com pensation , doing for you. Say to the hide bound knocker who feeds on sour grass , wild onions and gar- lick , "Come out into the sunshine of a brighter and better day , and , by a kind word of encouragement , help on in this good work. " Yours truly R. E. GHINRTUAU. Mrs , S. L. Bowen.of VVuyne , W. Vu , , writes : "I was ti sulTerer from kidney disease , so thut nt times I could not get out of bed , und when I did I could not stand straight. I took Foley's Kidney Remedy. One dollar bottle and part of the second cured me entirely. " Foley's Kidney Remedy works wonders where others are u total failure. Kcrrs phar macy. Raise Alfalfa. Announcement of the Omaha papers this week that the Oradell Dairy Farm Company of New Jer sey , will build a large alfalfa meal mill in lhat city , which will use some twenty care of raw material each week to start , is evidence to the growers of the alfalfa , that new uses are being found for the crop ; that the meal is a most practical food and its manufacture undoubt edly means a greater demand and better prices for alfalfa. The location of the alfalfa meal mill in Omaha was secured by the Omaha Commercial Club which is doing much to make it possible to mrnufacture in the west ae well as produce. With the opening of this mill September 1st , Omaha will have two such plants , the other being the M 0. Peters Mill Co. They will use about forty carloads of alfalfa every week and as they develop the industry will doubtless use more than one hundred cars a week three solid train loads. Besides giving the growers a nearer market for high grade al falfa'the factories located at Omaha will make it possible for those who desire to feed the meal , which is especially a food for dairy cowe , will be enabled to secure it moie promptly and cheaper than over before as the freight uites from Omaha are much less than from the east. In locating the last fac tory in Omaha it was the under standing that nothing but the best Nebraska and Colorado alfalfa would be used. To stop liny pain , anywhere In 1:0 : minutes , simply tutce just one of Dr. Sboop's Pink PttinTnblets. Puln means congestion blood pressure that Is itl. | Dr. Snoop's Ileadueho or Pink Pain TableU will quick'y coax blood pres sure away from pain centers. After that , pain is gone. Headache , Neu ralgia , painful periods with women etc. get Instant help. 20 Tablets , U.MJ. Sold by all dealers After Bird Butchers. New York , June 15 That whole regions of the Florida everglades have within the last three years been robbed of every vestige of bird life to supply the world's millinery - linery market with the plumage of the heron that formerly bred there in countless numbers waa reported here to-day. From several orni thologists , who have just com pleted a survey of this section , re ports have been sent to the headquarters - quarters of the National Associa tion of Audubon Societies declar ing that whore-America was most rich in tropical races of birds it is totally barren today. At this rate of devastation , it is asserted , the plume hunters will leave this coun try entirely stripped of all its birds of plumage within fiye years. To balk the world-wide activities of the professional plume hunters , whose forces have reached and despoiled - spoiled America's rarest resorts , England is already taking firm steps. From end to end the Bri tish Empire has been ravaged as Florida has by the market feather seekers. A bill similar to the "model law , " which the Audubon workers have succeeded in leading almost every state in this country to adopt , is to-day being pressed by Lord Avebury in the House of Lords for the prohibition of the importation of the plumage , skin or body of oil wild birds except ostriches , eider ducks and birds used as articles of diet. Acting upon the startling reports from Florida , the Audubon [ officials de clared today that laws against the sale cf the trophies of this butch ery , irrespective of where they were taken , would be urged throughout this country. Although the English bill is even more sweeping than the Audubon "mod el law" here , it is believed that with proper enforcement the latter may serve to stay the encaoach ment of the international commer cial bird slaughter. Eventually it is the purpose of the associasiou to perfect an international organiza tion to check this scouring of the globe for the adornment of the na tions at the expense of their bird life. "The esthetic reasons for check ing this universal butchery of all birds who bear the fatal charm of beauty are secondary" , said Wil liam Dutcher , president of the Na tional Association of Audubon So- ciet es at its headquarters , 1-11 Broadway , tod'iy. "The primary reasons are strictly economic. These birds , entirely aside from their wonderful delight as objects of beauty , from the basis of our nation's health as well as pros perity. What the street cleaning department is to this metropolis the sea birds are to the whole country. As their activities as scavengers are checked by unnat ural destruction , pestilence and death will surely follow. The birds stand at the foundation of all our natural resources and our very existence as well. To take up this fight against the mouied interests that are killing our country's birds we need the individual support moial and financial of every man , woman and child in the country. It is reported that we have been endowed with a million dollars ; but this is untrue , as we depend solely upon the interest of less than u third of this sum , and the annual live dollar bills of our sus taining members. Many millions are behind o.ur opponents , the business biid butchers" . Ho Humbug. No humbug claims huvu to be inuilo for Foloy's Honey and Tar , the well known remedy for coughs , colds and lunjj troubles. The fact that more bottles of Foley'r Uoiu-y and Tur are used than of any other cough remedy is the be&t testimonial of its great merit Why then risk takinjj tame unknown preparation when Foley's Honey and Tur costs you no more and is gafo und sure. Kerr's Pharmacy. Market Letter. Kansas City Stock Yards. June 7 , 1 < JOS. The waters in the Kaw river reached the highest point last week on Thursday morning at Kansas City , and had receded al most three feet up to Saturday morning , when general rain over the Kaw and Missouri water sheds started another rise which has culminated today with a stage of 2I4 } feet above low water mark in the Kaw at the stock yards , believed to be the crest of the present rise. This stage is eight feet below the big flood of The damage to the stock yards and packing houses at Kansas ! City will practically be confined to the loss account of suspension of business. As soon as the waters subside all the facilities at the stock yards now overflowed can be put in condition for use within a day or two , as but little physical damage has been done. The same conditions rules in all the packing houses. The Armour Packing- Company has succeeded in keep ing the water out of their plant completely ) even from their cel lars , and are anxious to begin killing all kinds of live stock as soon as it can be secured. An official of that company stated this morning that the packers expect a big demand for meats as soon as the flood abates , which insures a wide outlet for live stock here when business opens up again. Of course , it is impos sible to forecast the date of the resumption of business in the yards , but tt is almost certain that the rivers will begin today , and that stock can be handled here by the middle or last of this week. A portion of the quaran tine yards are on lower ground than the native yards , but the probabilities are that business can be resumed there early part of next week , None of the stock yards facilities are injured in any way , and all will be available as soon as the rivers go down , None of the connections between the yards and the various packing plants has been injured. Two strings of chutes can still be used for unloading stock , but as a rule the railroads cannot reach them. Ten cars of stock were unloaded here Saturday , four of cattle , four of horses , and then one of mixed stock was unloaded Sunday. However , the date of the general resumption of business at the stock yards depends entirely on the railroads. As soon as they are able to deliyer stock to the yards , the yard company can handle it , and the packers will be anxious to purchase it. Consumptives Made Comfortable Foley's Honey and Tar has cured many cases of incipient consumption and even in the advanced stupes ulTords comfort and relief. Refuse an/ but the genuine Foloy's Honey and Tar. Kcrr't" Pharmacy. Real Estate Transfers. Oscar Y Harlow and wf to Wm 12 Porr w d to so } net. ECC 17-1-13 S2,8oO A. J. Weaver to Paul B. Weaver , w ( i Yz interest in 413 acres in see 2S-32-33 , town 2 , range 15 515,000 Oscar Vanier and wf to Venzel Mach , wd to 120 acres in n } $ sei sec 7-1-1U S7.500 Nancy Grim and hush , to Edna A. Yatcs , w d to blk 0 , Dawson . . . . ; 955 W II Kerr and wf to Jacob Hunker jr. , wd Us21 , 22 , 23 , blk 21 , Falls City $1,200 John W. Rhoads to Minnie Klioads.w d to sei nei und c % MV # nw | ( , swt swi mvj , anil Pt s > z net tec 27-J1-17 SI John Wiltse and wf to Jas C Shafcr wd to n % MV } ncj sec 21-3-17. . .3100 J W. Wherry and wf to Chas P Krekcr wd to Us 1 , 2 , II , 4 , blk 123 , Falls City 31,700 Cooper & Dunn etal to Htiinboldt Hrick Co. , w d to 11 acres swi scj fee f-2-l.J 51,681 50 Wm A Viets and Mary R Viets to HnmbohU Brick Co , w d to 23 acres ci netf sec U-2-13 * 2f.OO.iO Arthur J Weaver lo Ruth Weaver- Dennis , wd to nw } sei s > ec 28-1-1(1 ( $3,000 John \V. Powell and wf to Peter Fred- crick sr , w d to GJ ft w end li- > 1 , 2,3 , 4 , fi bile 70 , Falls City * 1,1'.KJ ' Chus II Johnson to M 15 Gand > , w d to 15 acres invi nci sec.6-3 17 . , * 20 A J Weaver , trustee of the estate of Pcrsa Morris-Weaver , deceased , teA A J Weaver , w d to SO acn-H In 8 $ < > f swi sec 26-1-12 $ J,0 < rti M.inford I < Urniinen and Anna Bran- nan to Ros.elthi : Biggins , wd lo Its i and ' - ' , blk ! 5 , Shubert * : : .p.O Arthur II Pcltoll and wf to Okcar V Ilarlow , w tl to nl nwi sec . ' 12 1-H 80,100 Chas Porr , sr. and wf to Chas Porr , jr and Christine Porr , w d to wi sei tec 17-1-13 tj-uo Weak women should try Or Strop's 'lchtCurc. Thuao goothln ? , nulling , antiseptic suppositories KG direct to tbo scat of tliete wcukneesUo. My "Hoik No. 1 for Woman" contains many valu able hints to women , und it is free Ask Dr. Snoop. Racine , Wle. , to mail it Ask the Doctor in strict confidence , any questions you wish answered. Dr. Snoop's Night Cure is sold by all deal ers. ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty l | : Banking Business ? * * * You Have More or Less of it. f fj Possibly it is with us. Such being the f fy case you know something of our service. 4 i i But if not a patron , wouldn't it be well * * Z 4 for you to become one ? f. 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WILSON'S A I The Falls City Roller Mills 3 9 Docs a general millinghusinct > H , and manufactures the 5 following brands of flour 1 SUNFLOWER MAGNOLIA CROWN The above brands are gimrantecd to be of the highest pos sible quality. We also manufacture all mill products and conduct a general Grain , Live Stock and Coal Business o C and solicit a share of your luironagc C P. S. Heacock & Son Falls City , Nebr.o 13C ULE Fat and broke to work horn \ to 8 years old. lirin in sour stock and tint highest market piicf , at Mettz's Sale Olv Satv June 13 J. W. OWENS Most Extensive Dealer in United States.