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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1909)
THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Entered as second-class matter at Falls City, Nebraska, jrost office. .Tano sry 12, 1004. under the Act of Congress on March 3, lHTd. Published every Friday at Falls City, Nebraska, by Th« Tribun* Publishing Company E F SMARTS Manager One year Si* mouths Three months TELEPHONE 226. The Tribune continues to do the advertising and Trioune ads continue to do the work. That position in the state oil inspection department might have saved Clark sotne trouble. The answer made by Clark to its brutal assault should show our esteemed c o n t e m porary something ol the regard that people hold lor it and its say ing's. _ “Johnny and 1 want to play store," said a little Miss to her father, a leading merchant. “All right, but be very quiet,1’ lie replied, “We will." said the little lady, “We will pretend we don‘1 advertise.11 The Tribune is highly com plimented at the interest being shown the pioneer articles run ning in this paper. The Statej Historical Society <»f Lincoln has added its name to our list and is preserving the series. The rescue of the passengers on the ocean liners “Republic’" i and “Florida" through the in struinentality of w ireless teleg- j raphy was one ol the most dra matic incidents in all history 8ome master of literature will! one day write the story, for it | should not be lost. ————— We have received many inqui ries as to the location of the first Sunday school building referred to in the pioneer article of last week. The building stands on the north west corner of Tenth and Chase streets. In as much as it is the oldest house in Falls City and bas so much of the ai mosphere of early associations clinging to it there seem* a growing' feeling in favor of pur chasing it and removing it to the park. The house has but little intrinsic value and could probably be purchased very cheaply. The legislature is split be tween Gov. Shalienbarger and Mr. Bryan Both of thesegentle men have senatorial aspirations and are laying the wires for the contest. The great majority of the legislature seems to believe that Mr. Bryan has been tiie whole hog long enough and that some other and less seltish dem ocrat be given a chance once in a while. The general impres sion at Lincoln seems to be that the Governor will beat the dis appearless one a mile in a prim ary election. At any rate lie ran way ahead last fall. Soule of llie so-called republi cans of Lincoln, who were doing their utmost to give Mr. Bryan the state last fall, are now hatch ing a scheme under the instruc tions oi the peerless one to de feat Senator Burkett. The idea is to have as many republican candidates on the primary ticket as possible so as to divide the republican vote and to permit Mr. Bryan to be the only demo cratic candidate. This, under the Oregon primary law would doubtless result in Bryan’s el ection. Under such circumstan ces the republican legislation candidates should refuse to pledge themselves for the prim ary choice for senator. Just how well the scheme will ■work, remains to be seen. (Jov. Shellenbarger is being pushed in opposition to Mr. Bryan and his friends are insisting that the democratic party has been the property of the thrice defeated candidate long enough. In the meantime the medicine mixers are busy and the politi cians are working over time. GROUNDLESS CHARGES We do not remember of having relerred to Henry Gerdes un kindly. We know that Mr. Ger des has never been abused in tiie^e coludiin. The statement made to the contrary by a local paper is a very patent and silly falsehood. The field of abuse is so well tilled by one of our newspapers that even had wi the desire to enter it we would know there was no room for us. We did say that the committee appointments given to Ralph] :Clark exceeded those given toj Gerdes and Kotouc by the ratio of lb to 1. This is a mere state-1 ment of fact and, as we read it. j contains nothing abusive. That! Mr. Clark is recognized as the house leader is known to every | one who is acquainted with the condition. Any reference we have made was merely in recog nition of Mr. Clark's position We did not intend to wound any one's feelings, in fact, we did not know that there was any feeling in the matter until we read the assault upon Clark printed by a local newspaper and were told the inspiration of the publication. If any one re sents Clark's rapid advancement to leadership, if any one feels that we have rubbed salt in their wounds we are sorry and a polo-1 gize. If any one desires to hinder a young man’s progress by abuse and groundless charges, we know of no way we can pre vent it We resent any intimations of j anuse on our part towards one for whom we entertain the high est regard, and volunteer the suggestion that Mr. Gerdes be saved from his friends, whose attitude, peculiar at least, has led to what we believe is a false impression as to his feelings. OREGON PRIMARY SYSTEM The legislature will probably J enact the Oregon primary sys-j tern under which a republican legislature elected a democratic senator. Under this law each legislative candidate is request ed to pledge his vote to the prim- j ary choice without regard to party. If he does so his name will appear on the ballot as fol lows John Jones, pledged to vote for people's choice for senator. If the candidate declines to so pledge himself, this fact will be stated on the ballot. Mr. Bryan believes that under ! this law he could be elected United States Senator without regard to the politics of the ma-i jority of the legislature. Christian Church d:45 a. m-. Bible school. 11 a. m., Preaching service. 3 p. m., Junior Endeavor. 6:30 p. in-, Y P. S- C. K. 7 30 p. in.. Preaching Service. K. Ellsworth Day, Pastor. A Good Father STARTS HIS CHILDREN ON THE RIGHT ROAD by opening a bank account for j them. It’s a little thing to do. DEPOSIT ONE DOLLAR for your child today. Ask for one of our pocket banks, give it to your child and WATCH THE RESULTS Do something definite. A lit tle siart is all they will ever need. Give them a chance they will do the rest. THE Falls City State Bank Capital andiSurplua, $70,000 00 THE LOCAL LORE < r>-ndnJ iff ili<- rr*a:*r L«ral Pa*— J. D. Griffith was down from Verdon Wednesday Richard Bachstein has been granted a plumber - license J. A. Fritz and wife were here from Stella during the week. Miss Belle Jones of KansasCitv is in the city vi-iting her sister-. Mrs. Nation and Mrs Clarence Heck. Mrs. K F. Shart- returned Tuesday from Table Rock where she spent several days with her -ister. Mrs. Butler. The city counci met Monday night and allowed a number of claims. They then adjourned to meet Thursday night. Mrs- August Deuchler returned from St- Joe where she has been visiting her husband, who is in a hospital at that place. Stella Knickerbocker spent a few day- at her home in the coun try this week. Mr-. Meeker Nei tzel helped in the county judges office during her absence. Mr Kauffman of the Sycamore Soring- -pent a short time in the city this week. He was here in the interest of the proposed Elec tric line between here and the Springs. He informs us he has one half of the right of way se* cured. Three Indian boys applied toi Night Watch Camblin for a place to sleep Saturday night On Sum day morning after Martz let them out of the cooler, lie questioned them and found out they ran away from the Indian school at Geneva. J. W. Gorden. the man ager. was notified ana on Tues day came to this city and took; the boys back to school. Dennis McCarty and daughters went to Rulo W ednesdav evening to attend the funeral of James Murphy. Mrs-McCarty has been1 in Rulo most of the time for thei oa>t few weeks helping care tor her father Wanted —A young man would like a situation on a farm. Can give good reference, has had ex' perier.ce. He is married and is a steady hand. Address Albert Frev, 141s S. loth. St. Joseph. Mo.' Dr. H- E. Foster is packing his I household goods and will leave in a few days for Seward, where they will make their home. Mrs. Foster will not go for some time. Jack McKiever has been quite ill at his home in this city during the week. He has been suffering from a severe attack of appendi citis. Herman Wulf returned trom Lincoln Saturday where he was attending a horse sale. J A- Heim and wife of Dawson spent yesterday in our city A pure grape cream of tartar powder. Its fame is world-wide. No alum, no phosphatic acid. There is never a ques= tion as to the absolute purity and healthful ness of the food it raises. Having rented my farm and decided to move to Hiawatha, I will sell at Public Sale to the highest bidder without reserve, two and one-half miles south of Preston, two and one-fourth east and thre-i* fourths miles north of Reserve; nine and one-half miles north and one-fourth mile east of Hiawatha, on AT TEN O’CLOCK A. M., THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY : 38 Head Cattle 14 head of milch cows, some with calves by side, others will be fresh soon. Some good milkers. 3 yearling steers. 3 yearling heifers. 12 calves, 9 months old. Five fall calves. I pedigreed Shorthorn bull. 2 years old, good. 13 Mules and Horses 1 span horse mules, bay and black, weight 2600 lbs. I span dun mules, weight 2500 lbs. 1 span mare mules, brown and black, weight 2100. I span mare mules, bay, weight 2500 lbs. These are an extra fine lot of mules. 1 bay brood mare, weight 1100 lbs. I black brood mare, weight 1000 lbs. I good brood mare in foal, 6 yrs. old, wt. 13°° lbs. (food single driver, nine months old, wt. iooo lbs. Horse colt, 9 months olct. Hogs Forty head of good stock hogs, from 50 to 200 lbs. Implements Deering binder, new, 8-ft. truck. Disc wheat drill. Deering hay rake, 10 1-2 foot, self dump. Sixteen=inch Satley plow. One i=inch Satley gang. One Satley Riding cultivator. Five New Departure cultivators. Two riding listers. Three walking listers. Two single drills. Two kirlin corn cultivators. One three-section harrow, new'. One small harrow One Deering corn binder. Four lumber wagons. One low wagon, One hay rack. One spring w agon One side-saddle. Household goods. Ear corn elevator and horse power. Hand sheller Kettle. Ten barrel tank. Tools. Three stands bees. Four tons No. 1 baled prairie hay. 200 bushels seed oats. Five sets of work harness. Two sets single harness. TERMS All sums of $10 and under, cash. On sums over $ 10 a credit of nine months will be given on bankable notes, without interest if paid when due; if not paid when due to draw ten percent interest from date of sale. A discount of four per cent straight off for cash on all sums over $10. No goods to be removed until satisfactorily settled for. LUNCH SERVED ON THE GROUNDS BY THE LADIES OF THE M. E. CHURCH OF RESERVE Martha A. Herman COL. C. H. MARION, Auctioneer C. O. DIMMOCK, Clerk