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\ . 11 i y The Falls City Tribune Vol. VI FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1909. Number 1 DEATH’S RECORD ^ ANY POPULAR RICHARDSON COUNTY PEOPLE GONE I uring the Past Week the Angel of Death Has Reaped a Great Harvest Among Us BAKNES L- K. llarnes one of Richard son county's most highly respect ed pioneers died at his home in •Salem on Friday at the advanced age of seventy-two years- For many weeks he had suffered trom dropsy and from that dreaded dis ease he could get no relief. He leaves a wife, two sons and two daughters to mourn his loss. The funeral services were held tn Salem Sunday, and the re mains were laid to rest in the Prairie Union cemetery near Stella. JONES Falls City relatives and friends were notified this week of the death of Mrs. Mildred Whipple 'ones of Omaha, who died in that city the first of the week after a long and lingering illness. Mr. tones lived in this city for a number of years and has many friends who regret to learn the sad news. She :s a sister of Mrs. John Gagnon of this city who was with her at the time of tier death She leaves a husband to mourn he loss of a loving wife. The emaiiis were taken to Rulo for nterrnent WITTWKK Fred Wittwer, a pioneer of this < ounty and one highly respected try all who knew him. died very suddenly of heart failure at his home near Salem Friday after noon. He was busily engaged helping some men with repair work at a spring near his house, when he fell to the ground dead without a moments warnings. He has been very popular in the Drainage Ditch movement and was a member of the board at the the time of his death. Mr. Witt wer was past seventy years old. Funeral services were held Sun day. . WELLS The many friends of S. B. Wells were shocked on Tuesday . fternoon to learn of the sudden and unexpected death of one of Richardson county's most highly respected pioneers, who dropped lead from heart failure, at his home about one miles west of Humboldt. The deceased had >een in Humboldt a short time prior to his death and was apparently in the best of health, n the early days he located at their present home where he built a mill, which lie opeiated ery successfully for many years. He is survived by a wife, two laughters and two sons. HUTCHINGS John Hutchings, a veteran of :ae civil war, died Sunday at his tome at 401 Glen avenue, in Council Bluffs, from Bright's dis ease after an illness of three months. He had just passed his eightieth birthday, having been born in December, 1S2S, at Mor :;>n, Devonshire England. He came to America at an early ge and enlisted at the outbreak f the w’ar between the states in ompany E.28th Illinois infantry, n September, 1861. He served n the command for three years. He was wounded in the battle of PChiloh and was in the hospital or six months. He was finally mistered out of the service at Atlanta, Ga-, Sept. 10, 1864. He came to this county in • Kt,.' and settled on a farm near Falls City, where he made his home until 1002 when he remov-j eil to Council Bluffs. He was married in lst>7 to Miss Kmma Minsliell. who with one daughter, Mrs. Alice Walker of Council Bluffs, survive him. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home in Council Bluffs, conducted by Rev. Rice. The G. A. R's. also held a short service. The re mains were brought to this city Wednesday and taken to the G. A. R. hall where Mrs. Hattie Mauger conducted a most impres sive service. The remains were interred in Steele cemetery. SMITH. Ktnorv Smith, an old pioneer, of this county, died at his home near Verdon Wednesday night. He had suffered for the past four weeks with blood-poison and all that most loving hands could do was done to relieve, but he found no relief until death claimed him. He leaves an aged wife and six sons and one daughter to mourn the loss of a loving father- Three of the children, William R- Smith, Charles Smith ami Mrs. Mary Holderman, live in this county. The funeral was held from the home Saturday and the remains laid to rest in Maple Grove ceme tery. I.KACIIMAN J. C. Leachman was born near this city forty-eight years ago and this county has been his home since then. He died January 1, 1WJ. Mr. Leach man has been in poor health for some time, but bis last sickness only covered a period of one week. His death was due to a stroke of paralysis. He has been classed among our most suc cessful farmers for years. The three Lcachman boys have lived on the old home farm alone since the death of their mother about ten years ago. To the two brothers, Thomas and Frank, who mourn the loss ol one so near and dear to them, we express our heartfelt sympathy. The funeral services were held from the home Sunday at eleven o’clock, with interment in Maple Grove cemetery. PICKETT. On Saturday afternoon the in fant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Pickett died in this city. The little one* was only a few days old. Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon with interment in Steele cemetery. To these young parents we extend our sympathy. Fire at Verdon On Wednesday afternoon tire broke out in a suit of upstairs rooms in the Webster building at Verdon. Dr. Philips and family occupied the rooms and the tire was caused by tbe explosion of a gasoline stovt^. Mrs. Philips' little daughter, Lila Goolsby, was badly burned and the contents of the living rooms were a total loss, being both damaged by fire and water. Family Reunion Mr. and Mrs. C, L. Marts and son (fieri, Mr.and Mrs. Earl Marls and two sons and Mr. and Mrs. R. P, Marts all of Wyrnore returned home after spending the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Marts. All-the children were home except S. E. Marts and fam ily of (foodland, Kans. They were unable to come on account of their little daughter having pneumonia. County Board in Session The county board met in the county clerks ottice on Tuesday forenoon. They then adjourned until Wednesday morning that they might attend (food Roads meeting. On Wednesday and Thursday their time was devot ed to the al^pwing of the county claims. KEEP OPEN HOUSE THE ODD FELLOWS AND RE BECKAHS ENTERTAIN Several Hundred People Visit I. O. O F. Hall During Afternoon And Evening Session -- For a number of years the Odd Fellows and liebecka’s have held an open house on New Years, from two to five in the afternoon and then an evening session. This \ear the affair was more elaborate than ever before. The hall was beautifully decorated with cut llowers, ground pine, holly and bells and was beauti fully lighted with candles and red and green electric lights. During the afternoon the guests were received by a com mittee composed of Mesdames J. C. Tanner, .Ino. Morehead, Catherine Wylie and W. S, Fast. The 1. O. O. F. orchestra fur nished line music during that session. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith also rendered several in strumental selections. Mrs. Chas. Davis and Mrs. Will Uhlig had charge ot a booth at one end of the hall and served coM'ee and wafers, while Misses Ducher and Downs and Mrs. Cla rence Smith had charge of a chocolate booth at the other end, where chocolate and wafers were served. During this session about 200 were present and a fine time was reported. In the evening a large crowd gathered at the I. O. (). P. head quarters and spent an evening which will long be remembered by all who were fortunate enough to be present. The fol lowing' program was rendered: Music .I 0.0. orchestra Address .Geo. Fall stead Music..Junior orchestra Recitation.Kay Loucks Recitation.Ray Gantt Vocal Solo.Helen Wliitford Piano Solo.Frieda Pruesse Recitation.Teddy Pence Reading.Josephine Graves Violin Solo. Alice Cleaver Address. ... .Rev. R. C. Bailey Music.:.Junior orchestra At the close of the program a lap supper, consisting of coffee, cake, sandwich, fruit, nuts and candy was served. Cigars were passed to the gentlemen. The evening was spent in a social way. and those desiring to par ticipate in dancing did so and nice music was furnished by the orchestra. W S. Korner Sells Out On Tuesday of this week Rich ard Backstein purchased the hard ware store on the east side of Stone street, owned for many years by W. S. Korner. They have finished invoicing and the new management has complete charge. He will take his son Krnest into the business with him. For several years Mr. Backstein has been identified with the hardware stores of this city and we are sure he will make good. We understand Mr. Korner will be identified with the manage ment of the telephone system of this city. He has been in busi ness in this city for many years and will be missed by his many patrons. Appreciates Employees (»n New Year's evening, S- A. Little invited the force at T. 1\ Matthews’ department store to accompany him to the National Hotel to partake of a seven o’clock dinner. The dining room had been beautifully decorated and on the tables occupied by this company, were found a lovely display of cut flowers. The affair was most elaborate and the dinner was served in twelve courses. As a toastmaster Mr. Little proved to be one among the best SOCIETY NOTES AS TWAS TOLD TO OUR SO CIETY EDITOR I Various Kinds of Entertainment by Individuals, Lodges. Clubs, Churches. Etc. The Presby terian Dorcas soci ety met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. R. Cooper Dailey. The ladies of the Episcopal church will hold a food exchange at the Electric Theater Saturday afternoon. A good place to se cure vour Sunday dinner. A large crowd of young people enjoyed a New Years ball at Wahl s hall. The affair was in the form of a masquerade and all thor ough enjoyed themselves. The Bachelor club met with the Wolf girls in the form of a ken* sington at their home on south Stone street Thursday evening. Nice refreshments were served Mrs. R. R. Rule very pleasantly entertained the members of her Sunday school class in the base ment of the Methodist church Monday evening. A nice lunch was served. The young people of the Pres byterian church held a watch party at the home of Dr. Allison and wile Thursday evening. A large crowd were present and a nice lunch was served. The German Lutheran Aid So ciety elected the following offi cers during the past week: Mrs. Chas- Ruegge, president; Mrs. Gus Duerleldt, secretary, and Mrs. Chas. Lorenz, treasurer. On New Year's eve a number of the friends of Clarence Heck and wife gave them a very pleas* ant surprise. The evening was spent in various games and at a late hour oysters were served. On Saturday evening Mrs. K. L. Sandusky gave a six o'clock dinner to a numiter of her friends at her home on South Chase street. The affair was most elab orate and all present feel indebted to Mrs. Sandusky for so pleas ant an evening. Mrs. Margaret Maddox and daughter, Miss May, entertained at six o'clock dinner at their home Monday evening, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harner, who are visiting here from Indiana. Cov ers were laid for eight and an ex cellent dinner was served. On New Years day Jake Bloom and wife entertained a company of relatives from Verdon at din ner. Those present were Clias. Weaver and wife. Josh Bloom, wife and children, Norm Weaver, wife and little girl. Geo. Paul and wife, Mrs. Mary Conover, Nellie Weaver and Frank Paul. The Friends in Council met Tuesday evening with GoisSpen* cer at her home in the east part of town. The evening was spent in the form of a Mother Goose party. Kach member in vited one or more to accompany them. All enjoyed an old fashioned taffy pull. At the home of Mrs. Win Schmelzel Wednesday afternoon the M. E. kensington was most royally entertained. A number of musical selections and a gen eral good time was enjoyed by all. Durinfi the afternoon a nice lunch was served. The hostess was asssisted in entertaining by Mrs. Wm. Carico and Miss Stella Patzman. GOOD ROADS MEETING A Large Crowd Attended the Meet ing Tuesday Afternoon Notwithstanding the severe cold of Tuesday a large crowd of farmers attended the good road meeting held at the court house. Prof. Spillman of the agricul tural department at Washington gave a most interesting and in. Istructing address on corn and I potatoes, lie gave the results I of many experiments in corn raising that will prove of great value to his hearers. < >ne thing lie said came as a great surprise to his audience, lie told of 22 experiments tried in 12 states in soil tillage. The experiment consisted of taking three fields of corn, in one of which the weeds were permitted to grow unmolested, in one the weeds were cut off without stirring the soil and in the third the soil was well cultivated. In t li e weedy tield the corn grew about 7 bushels to the acre, in the well cultivated tield the corn grew about 7o bushels and in the tield where the weeds were just scraped oil' and the soil not stir red, in every one of the 22 ex periments, the yield was larger than in the other tields. i’rol Warner gave a very in structive talk on alfalfa. lie spoke of the futility of trying to raise alfalfa on soil that was in noculated. II e advised that every one contemplating sowing alfalfa should spread about 200 pounds of earth taken Irora a succeessful alfalfa field to the acre. The good roads expert was confined in his remarks to a few minutes time as he was com. pel led to take the 4 o’clock train. Mis talk was interesting and contained much that will prove beneficial. SHAKESPEARE DINNER Its Annual Event Celebrated With Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Reavis The Shakesperian dub gave its annual New Years dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. F.Keavis last. Friday evening. Every effort had been made by the members for the complete enjoyment of the guests and this ambition was fully realized. The house decoratipus were elaborate. In the front hall and library, holiday decorations in evergreens, bells and ribbon were effectively used against the red walls and daik wood work. In the three rooms where the 40 guests were seated at the long tables, the club colors of violet and white were carried out in the center piece in white carnations, ferns and srnilax graced each table, while a bunch of violets was found with each place card. After assembling in couples, in file upper hall, the party marched down the stairway to the strains of a march, and the feast began. The following menu was served. Olives Celery Blue Points on half shell Sill ted Wafers Roast Turkey Oyster Dressing Creamed Potatoes Cranberry Jelly Crape Fruit Salad Apricot Ice Chocolate Cake Nut Cake Coffee After the dinner was over Dr.H. K.Miner who served most accepta bly ah toast master introduced George W. Holland who respond ed to tiie toast, “The Old Year, a fulfillment,” in his usual happy style. Mrs. Heacock responded to the toast, “The New N ear, a prom ise,” with a most excellent address which we are privileged to pub lish and which will be found in another column of this issue. V. (i. Ly ford in a scholarly manner spoke to the subject,“Good Litera ture a Business essential, ' after which Dr. Miner spoke feelingly concerning the ladies without which nothing in life from a ban quet to the Garden of Eden is quite complete. The remainder of the evening was given over to guessing games founded oq ! Shakesperian plays. DRAINAGE NEWS DRAINAGE BOARD MET IN THIS CITY WEDNESDAY Dredges Arc Being Built And The Work Pushed as Rapidly As Possible At a meeting of the Drainage board held in this city during the week Elzy Coffey was chosen to (ill the vacancy caused by the I death of Fred Wittwcr. The drainage board have under advisement the proposition of eliminating 2000 acres from the district at the month of the river and releasing the same from as sessments because of pending liti gation over the matter. This will stop the improvements at a noint three miles up from the mouth of the Nemaha river. Contractors are now busy haul ing material to the Miles bridge on Sontli Fork, where they will erect a large dredge with a two and one lialf yard dipper. The purpose of this is to proceed down stream to the Coon bridge on the Salem and Falls City township lines, at which place this dredge will he dismantled and carried to Dawson, where it will be re built to do the work on North Fork. A large dredge is being built at the Coon bridge for the purpose of proceeding down stream to the lower end of the district. A smaller dredge with a one-yard dipper is being built one-halt mile north of the Salem depot, which is almost ready to be mount ed with machinery, for the pur* pose of building the latterals about one and one-half miles in. length. This will afterward be dismantled and used in the con structionof all otherlatteral work. It will be brought to this place first providing the right of way can be secured. Basket Ball The local alumni of the high school thought that the under graduates who compose the bas bet ball team were getting en tirely too chesty, so they chal lenged the youngsters to a game which was played Saturday af ternoon. The alumni team was composed of old basket ball players and a good game was anticipated. At the conclusion of the contest the aluinni team was stacked up in the corners of the gym gasping for breath, while the kids with bored ex pressions on their laces counted the score of HO to 11 in their favor. To Our Correspondents We wish to make public ac knowledgement of our apprecia tion of the loyalty and good work o I our correspondents. That the Tribune has achieved its remarkable success is in large measure due to your efforts. We feel personally that the Tribune excels in its correspondence feature more than in any other one department, and feeling so we desire to express our high a ppreciation. Harry McMannus Hurt Harry McMannus. while play* ing on a ladder that was placed against a building, slipped and fell to the ground and was badly hurt. A doctor was immediately called and found he had broken both an arm and a limb. The in jured boy lives in the east part of towm and is the son of one of the Missouri Pacific trainmen. Session of Congress On the evening of January lt>, the members of the high school will hold a session of congress as near like the national legislative bodies as possible. Prof. Hurst and scholars are working hard to make this a great success
