THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE
Entered as second-class matter at
Falls Citv, Nebraska, post office, Janu
ary 12, 1904, under the Act of Congress
on March 3, 1879.
Published every Friday at Falls City,
Nebraska, by
The Tribune Publishing Company
E F. SMARTS. Manager
One year.., $1.7)0
Si* months. 7.ri
Three months ..40
TELEPHONE 226.
THE SITUATION
For some time past, in fact
ever since The Tribune’s birth,
the News (published by Davis
k Davis, who are thoroughly
known by all who are acquaint
ed with them) has week alter
week stolen space from its sub
scribers and donated it toward
the building up of a “cracker
jack” business for The Tribune.
“A knock is a boost” is an
old but very true saying for
week after week The Tribune’s
business and growth has been
phenomenal.
Something over four years
ago The Tribune was launched
in only part of a very smail
room. Today it occupies both
floors of its present location,and
is very much crowded at that.
Once more “a knock is a
boost. ”
Week after week The Tribune
has ignored all attacks upon it
from the source of the News, be.
mg thoroughly satisfied that
a “knock’’ was a “boost’’ es
pecially from Davis <Sc Davis.
Week alter week The Tribune
has “laughed up her sleeve’’ at
the choice “position” the week
ly advertisement in the News
received—and how careful and
• painstaking t h e proprietors
were to see that our ad would
pay us well.
With the above statements,
and with the “patient public’’
ready to testify as to their
truth, we will endeavor to en
lighten thevery fen' who are not
already familiar with the situa
tion.
There are three points we wish
to make plain:
1. The Tribune adopted a
policy of refraining from any
newspaper controversy, not that
we do not feel capable of “hold
ing our own,” but because we
do not think that the “patient
public” should pay their hard
earned money for a newspaper
and each week be cheated out of
half their reading space with
nauseating comments on “how
the other ‘feller’ runs h i s
paper.” It matters not to us
how other newspapers word
their news reports of the doings
of the past week, and we don’t
care whether Davis & Davis
like the way we word our’s
just as long as our subscription
list keeps on growing at the
present rate, we feel that our
paper must certainly please the
‘‘patient public."
2. The Tribune is a .Ye us pa per.
A newspaper's duty is to give the
NEWS the pure, unvarnished
news; to publish everything of
a news character, that is tit to
print. That’s what The Tribune
makes an effort to do, regard
less of how it would suit Davis
A Davis.
- ivU\ companv wo urc prouu to
before tue .-c.wl.o did not al
ready know the exact situation,
and with the assurance that they
will not be bothered very soon
again, we know they will all
overlook this one theft.
Watch our ad in next week's
News! Respectfully,
E. F. Shakts, Manager.
Lincoln, that ran Governor
Sheldon 1500 votes behind the
usual majority, is now prepar
ing to give him a big banquet.
Lincoln is nothing if not funny.
The ever increasing golden
pile in the cribs speaks of an
other season of plenty for the
most independent man on earth,
the Richardson county farmer.
Rumor has ii that a few of
our friends of the opposition
nominated a municipal ticket
for next spring’s election at a
secret meeting held the other
evening.
“We do not know what the
facts in the case are,” says our
excitable contemporary, sure
not you never do. if you want
all the news, all the time try
taking The Tribune.
Richardson cour can be
made republican the same as
Pawnee county or Brown coun
ty, Kansas. Competent leader
ship and earnest work on the
part of the rank and file can
and will accomplish the result.
Our new story tells of a young
man and woman wrecked on a
desert island. They live on
raw lish, find an immense cave,
fight with wild beasts and have
the devil’s own time generally.
Don’t fail to read this if you
don’t want to miss agood thing.
We have heard of the orange
groves of California and the
orchards of the Ozarks, but
when Henry Smith sells apples
from his orchard north ol Falls
City for $100 an acre as he did,
the orange groves and Ozark
orchards don’t seem so much
after all.
Ueally, The Tribune is too
busy for a newspaper row, and
then, it we had the time, we
couldn’t get mad under the cir
cumstances to save our lile, So
Brother, if you must lose your
temper and act nasty, go at it
with our full and free consent
and blessing.
Humboldt democrats have
their Falls City brothers beaten
a city block when it comes to
organization, as the recent elec
tion disclosed. Dr. Waggener,
Jack Walsh,dim Davis and some
others like them.made a team of
workers that would of delighted
Bob Clegg in the old days.
South Dakota comes forth to
announce that two of her farm
ers living near Pierre, recently
marketed 500 bu. of alfalfa seed,
the product of 50 acres, at $14
per bushel. It concludes by say
ing, “A return of $140 per acre
is a fair return, even for South
Dakota. ’’ Who is next to report?
Wm, Hayward ot Nebraska
City is slated for the position
of first assistant postmaster
general under Secretary Hitch
cock. Billy’s work as secretary
of the national committee has
won him a world of friends
among those in authority and
the future should hold many
very desirable things for him.
A bill printed by The Tribune
never requires a local notice to
make it intelligible.neither is it
necessary to correct mistakes
of our job department through
the columns of this pi per. Cor
rect printing at correct prices
1 are two of ui; ny essential-; that
' irom ten to fourteen hours o
; better than 11k other i< lov*-.
It pays to farm \ve".K To keep
: the laud iertik\ to farm the
l tu' tn utino.-d limit. Tu
, use the best seed, to give the
! crops the best attention. It
these things were done by
every farmer in the county ii
would add thousands of dollars
annually to the wealth of our
people.
THE SOUTHERN FARMER
The commission appointed by
President Roosevelt to investi
gate conditions looking to the
social and financial betterment
of the larmer, reports a serious
condition among southern farm
ers. The country school houses
of the south are unsanitary,
says the commission. The
teachers are ignorant and poor
lv paid The roads are in fear
ful condition, no effort is made
to keep them up. The houses
are old fashioned, run down
shacks that a northern farmer
would not use for a cow shed.
No crops but cotton and tobacco
have been raised for years, and
as a result the soil is impov
erished. The worst of it is that
many southern farmers resented
the advice given by the com
mission and received every
suggestion of modern methods
with scorn.
The Sterling Sun makes the
observation that the next effort
of the Lancaster county repub
licans, who it says succeeded in
defeating the republican ticket
at the last election, will be to
lay Senator Burkett on the
shelf. But the Sun should re
member that those Lincoln
“rule or ruin republicans
would have laid him on the
shelf long ago if the outside
counties of his district and state
had permitted it. They don’t
like Burkett up there because
he refuses to let them boss him.
They wanted to dictate his ap
pointments when he became
congressman and then came the
breach. Lancaster county
wants everything that comes to
the state and Burkett never
would stand for it. The first
rural route he established was
in another county. His first
effort to secure a public build
ing was for another town than
Lincoln. They want a Lancas
ter senator and because Bur.
kett insists on standing for the
entire state they don’t like him.
A new deal in politics obtains
in Washington. The President
seems determined to fill the
places with young, honest, hard
working men of the university
type. Of course, the politician
of the old school snorts his con
tempt, but so far he has had his
snorts for his pains. Hitchcock,
Garfield, Hayward and others
of like character, made a crowd
of splendid young fellows to
help carry out the plans and
purposes of the administration.
Scarcely an empty house in
Falls City. It every citizen
would realize his duty to his
town, the town where he makes
his money and his home, the
town where he is rearing his
family, is entitled to his
best words and efforte, then
would Falls City go ahead to
her proper place at the head of
the class._
Notwithstanding we have no
competition in the finer lines of
printing, we nevertheless feel
very proud of some of the work
we have done this fall among
which we mention the Elks’
memorial program and the
I Thanksgiving menu of the
| National hotel. i
When a country town news-1
i paper circulation grci\\ $ so i<irgc *
. that a mechanical folder is at> i
jMMuieiy necessary to get the I
>np " out on inn it shows a
Did vou ever stop to think
i that there may be another j
! reason why a certain Falls City
paper so frantically attacks
The Tribuei
At the banquet given in Hia
watha the other evening six
teen speeches were made. The
crowd was sick all the next day.
Hides are to go on the “free
list.’’ The papers fail to state 1
whether it is political hides or
some other kind.
The foot ball and base ball sea
son is over. That is not saying,
however, that the season for
kicks and knocks is gone.
If the holiday season doesn’t
put money in circulation, then
we’ll give it up. At least we
will all be broke, except the mer
chant.
A certain man has said that
the national democratic party is
afflicted with Brvanites and he
attributes the last defeat to that
ailment- Probably three more
defeats may prove a cure.
Frank H. Hitchcock is to be
postmaster general in Mr. Taft’s
cabinet, If he proves as efficient
a head of that department as he
was of the Kepublican National
committee; the country will be
proud of him.
A Massachusetts paper is
authority for the statement that
Chanceller Andrews, upon his re
tirement from the state univer
sity, will receive a Carnegie pen
sion of $5,000 a year. This no
doubt is pleasant news to the
chancellor. The main objection
most teachers will have is that
there are not more on Carnegie’s
list.
The latest great disaster re
ported is that of a collision of two
Japanese steam ships off the
coasts of China with the loss of
700 lives- The record of lives lost
recently by drowning and in
mines is appalling. Some effort
should be made by the proper
authorities to make human life
more secure in these lines of em
ploy ment.
There is a farmer living near
thiscity who told the writer that
he had a field of corn which
yielded more than 100 bu per
acre by weight. How is that for
an ‘‘off” corn year? At present
prices that means more than $50
per acre for that field of corn.
Yet we sometimes hear some old
moss back saying “Times are
not prosperous.’’ Verily no man
is so blind as he who will not see.
Gov. Woodruff of New York
has retired from the senatorial
race and the way seems clear for
Elihu Root as the successor of
Senator Platt. Mr. Root is re
garded by many as the greatest
living American, and New York
and the nation are to be congrat
ulated upon securing his com
manding ability in the senate.
Now if New York will succeed
Senator Depew with Geo.Hughes,
its delegation will be the greatest
in the history of the state.
Bank for
Women
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Falls City State
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JEWELRY
Is always suitable for wife, mother, father, sis
ter, brother, aunt, uncle or friend. Here are a
few suggestions:
FOR MEN
Watch
Ring
Fob
Charm
Stick Pin
Cuff Buttons
Razor Strop
Shaving Set
Fountain Pen
FOR WOMEN
Watch
Bracelets
Fancy Hat Pin
Belt Pin'
Locket and Chain
Ring
Jewel Cases
Cut Class
Silverware
These are only a few of the many useful and
beautiful things we carry that would make an
excellent present at a moderate price.
R. B. SIMPSON
JEWELER
North Window Kerr's Pharmacy
SUNNNYSIDE
GREENHOUSE
Are now among the
Largest in Nebraska
See us for Pot Plants and Cut Mowers for Christ
mas Gifts, as well as Fresh Lettuce, Holly, Mistle
toe and Green Wreathing. Also for
Party and Wedding Decorations
Flowers tastefully arranged for funeral purposes.
Telephone us your order. Prompt and satisfactory
service guaranteed at all times.
Phone 95
Simanton & Pence
Wholesale and Retail Florists
Give Him
A Waterman Fountain Pen
for Xmas- He will use it many times daily and thank you
every time he writes- It is the one pen that is no disap
pointment. You’d be surprised how much beauty is incor
porated in one of these useful pens. We have them in
Gold. Silver and Plain Rubber Holders, in a variety of
sizes and in many points to suit his particular need
PRICES $2.50 to $10
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A. E. Jaquet
“The Old Reliable”
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| Mettz" Sole Pavilion, in
Palis City, Sat., Dec. 5th
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Most Extensive Dealer in United States, j