The Falls City Tribune
Vol. VI FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1909. Number 38
“The THIRD TERM at public office is WRONG and a DANGEROUS POLICY.’’-Falls City News, Nov. 3, 1905.
THE WEEK'S SOCIAL EVENTS
AS TWAS TOLD TO OUR SO
CIETY EDITOR
Various Kinds of Entertainment by
Individuals, Lodges, Clubs,
Churches, Etc.
Misses Viola Lippold and Hose
Houch planned and executed a genu
ine surprise upon their friend, Miss
Emma Leltzke last Thursday* evening
at her home on North Morton street.
Although taken completely by sur
pise. Miss Emma was equal to the
occasion and assisted In making the
evening a memorable one for its
many pleasures. Lovely refreshments
were served during the evening. The
surprise was planned in honor of her
birthday anniversary.
The tea given by St. Martha’s
Guild at the rectory last Friday was
a success, both socially and financi
ally, the ladies clearing nearly $21.
Mrs. Jule Ruegge entertained
friends for three tables of whist last
Thursday evening. Many closely
contested games weere played and
the interest was very pronounced. At
eleven o'clock lovely refreshments
weere served, Miss Ida Ituegge as
sisting the hostess. The affair w*as
planned to celebrate Mrs. Ruegge’s
wedding anniversary, a fact un
known to most of her friends at the
time, but all wished tier many more
happy anniversaries as they de
parted at a late hour for their homes.
Last Thursday afternoon from two
until five o’clock, Mrs John Gilligan
held a reception which was attended
by over one-hundred ladies. The
entire first flopr of the Gilligan home
was beautifully decorated, each room
portraying a different idea. In the
reception hall sun-flowers and ferns
produced a most pleasing effect.while
in the parlors many bowls of beau
tiful LaFrance roses were used to
gether with graceful palms and ferns.
In the living room potted plants bank
ed the fireplace and a bower made
Of palms and ferns concealed the
orchestra which furnished splendid
music during the afternoon; car
nations were ' here used In abun
dance. The dining room was beauti
fully and artistically decorated with
American Beauty roses, smilax and
silk shaded candles. In the receiv
ing line with Mrs. Gilligan were her
three sisters, Mrs. Waggoner of Hum
boldt, Mrs. Himes of Spokane,Wash.,
and Miss Floy Grinstead of this
city. Dainty refreshments were ser
ved in the dining room, which was
presided over by Misses Graham,
Heacock and Morsman, while Miss
Lulu Glasser of Humboldt presided
at the punch bowl in the living room.
The ideal weather tended to make
the afternoon a success and in
every way the reception was one of
the most pleasant held in Falls City
recently.
The Sunny Slope kensiugton met
with Mrs. Elmer Coon Wednesday.
Not a very large crowd was present
on account of the German day fes
tivities at Falls City. Those present
had a splendid time, as Mrs. Coon is
a delightful entertainer. Nice re
freshments were served. The next
meeting will be with Misses Daisy
and Molly Stewart, on Wednesday,
September 29, 1909.
The Knights of Columbus and the
Daughters of Isabella held their
joint social session last Friday night
in the K. of C. hall in the Wahl build
ing. Almost the entire membership
was present,including the out of town
members. There was a splendid pro
gram in which Father Laughran and
Father Bex both made fine ad
dresses. After the program came
dancing, which was enjoyed until a
late hour.
Ballou Wanner was host to about
a dozen members of the senoir class
of the High school. An elaborate five
course dinner was served, and amid
social conversation,toasts,and friend
ly jests, the dinner hour and evening
passed all too quickly. The occasion
was a very enjoyable -one.
Miss Clara Tanner is entertaining
a few friends at a Som’erset party
this evening.
Dr. and Mrs. Roberts will entertain
Fiday evening for Mr.and Mrs. Simon
Davies, who leave soon for Dakota.
Sorosis held their first meeting of
the season at the home of Mrs. J. H.
Moehead, Wednesday of this week,
and it was a meeting of unusual
pleasure and benefit. The session,
which was a busy one was presided
over by the president, Miss Margaret
Steele. Mrs. T. L. Himmelreich was
appointed secretary pro tem, in the
absence of Mrs. P. H. Jussen. After
roll call, which was responded to
with current events, the ladies listen
ed to a delightful address of greet
ing from the president. Mrs. Banks
then read a splendid paper on "Hy
genic Value of Out-door Life.” She
impessed upon the club the idea that
it is a religious duty we owe in car
ing for the body. This is the first of
a series of papers on “Public Health"
that is taken up at the request of
the General Federation. Mrs. Banks
will lead the discussion of the subject
at the meeting of November 17th.
Mrs. Morsman will lead the round
table discussion of "Public and Pri
vate Hygiene,” December 1st. Mrs.
Morsman read an article announcing
that the O. F. VV. C. would present
a scholarship to an American woman
either to Oxford, Cambridge or Lon
don. There was no other business,
but helpful discussions and many
pofitable suggestions. After ad
journment Mrs. Morehead served ele
gant. refreshments. She was assist
ed in serving by her daughter, Miss
Dorothy.
The Friends in Council nict. in the
Club rooms last Friday evening. The
vice-president, Miss Josephine Gehl
ing, presided. Roll call was respond
ed to with current events. Mrs. Will
Boose was leader for the evening and
conducted the class througli the first
and second scenes of act four of
“Romeo and Juliet.” The study
was interesting and well conducted,
the discussions very profitable and
the evening a pleasure and benefit
to the entire club.
Mrs. Charles Birdsley entertained a
feew lady friends yesterday after
noon at a luncheon in honor of Mrs.
Sam Hafley of Bluffton, lnd., and her
sister, Mrs. Hayden Bowers of Ver
don. Covers were laid for twelve,
and a lovely lunch was served in
courses.
RALLY DAY.
Falls City Christian Church Sunday
School In Lead.
Sunday was an ideal day and
proved one for the Christian church
also. The Rally Day exercises were
In every way a success.
At the Bible school in the morning
185 were in attendance, which puts
Falls City far above Pawnee City,
Table Rock and Brownville, with
whom a contest for increase in mem
bership is on. Falls City held the
lead by forty points, and will now go
still further ahead.
After the morning service a bounte
ful dinner was served in Wahl's hall,
where three tables the full length of
the hall could hardly accommodate
the crowd.
A sacred concert was given at 2:30
by the band, after which Prof Wood
gave a splendid talk on the "Rela
tion of the Church to the Public
School."
Mrs. Minnie Grinstead Himes of
Spokane, Wash., followed with an in
interesting account of the Pittsburg
convention. At the close of this ad
dress a short business session was
held.
The evening session was in charge
of the young people, and opened with
a half hour song service. A stereo
ptican lecture by W. A. Baldwin of
Lincoln, and was particularly inter
esting. All are gratified with the re
sults of the day's efforts, which were
greatly enjoyed.
GOT ANY OLD CLOTHES?
Humane Officer Hershey Can Place
a Great Many.
Humane Officer Hershey is desir
ous of the names of those who have
and old clothes, especially underwear
for women, to give away. He has
several deserving poor families on
I:is list and can place your discard
ed garments where they will do lots
of good.
PROF. DARNER HONORED.
His Penmanship Specimens Wanted
in Kentucky.
Prof. Darner of the Falls City bus
iness college, this week received an
order for a specimen letter, from
the Bowling Green Business Univer
sity, in Kentucky. The letter is to
be framed and hung on the wall of
the penmanship department for in
struction use.
Burglarized?
It was reported upon the street
Tuesday tHat the Mauger home had
been burglarized early Tuesday morn
ing. This was hardly the rase, how
ever. A few days previous Mrs. Mau
ger had put away $17 of church mon
ey. She had no occasion to use the
money so did no go to get it until
Tuesday morning, when she thought
she had better put it in the safe be.
cause she would be away from home
most of the day. When she reached
for the money it was gone, with no
trace of it. The contents of the
drawer was not disturbed and it
seems as though whoever got away
with the money knew where to get it.
To Lose Rev, Mastin.
Rev. Mastin returned Tuesday from
the Methodist conference at Lincoln.
He will be stationeed at Seward this
year, and he and his family are get
ting ready to move at once. In the
two years they have called Falls City
home, they have drawn around them
a large circle of true friends, who re
gret their departure from our city,
but. wish them all happiness and pros
perity in their new home.
A Baby Boy.
A nine pound baby boy arrived
Monday to live with Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Nicholson. That is a mighty
proud household, and every patron
that goes to, the barber shop is greet
ed with a smile a yard long and the
best ten-centers in the town.
Lots of New Goods.
The Matthews-Little Co., were so
busy unpacking their new fall goods
that they couldn't write a large ad
this week. Only a partial list of the
many bargains they are offering ap
pears on the last page of this paper.
THE COMERS AND COERS
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TO
YOU AND ME.
What Your Friends and Their
Friends Have Been Doing the
Past Week.
Miss I.uctle Mettz returned from
St. Joe Thursday, where sho visited
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Sowles for two
weeks.
Mrs. Gifford of Omaha spent sev
eral days in Falls City, preparing a
class for the Rally Day of the Royal
Neighbors.
Miss Mena Tiehon of Dawson vis
ited Miss McKlever the latter part
of last weeek and attended the K.
of C. dnnce.
Mrs Lenthurst of Johnson, Col.,
who has visited her niece, Mrs. Kate
Steele, returned to her home the lat
ert part of the week.
Martin Zook of Aboline, Kas., was
shaking hands with numerous friends
in this city Monday. We acknow
ledge a pleasant call.
Ms. .1. R. Wilhite returned Thurs
day from Paopia, Col., where she
visited her daughter, Mrs. Abner
McKee, for about six weeks.
W. H. Putnam was called to
Stewart, 111., Sunday by a telegram
announcing the death of his brother
in-law. Mrs. Putnam was with her
brother the past week.
Ralph Jenne and Keith McMillan
Mrs. T. c. Palmer and little son
left for their home In Shlekley last
Thursday, after u month's visit with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. It. Hor
roeks.
K. A. Oberst returned from Texas
Monday, where lie had been looking
nfter liis land interests. He reports
crops good in that part of the coun
try.
Guy Greenwald left Tuesday for
Mexico,to be gone about three weeks.
He is looking over the country and
may invest in Mexico land.
Mrs. G. C. Molntrye of Aledo, 111.,
was the guest of her cousin, Mrs.
Helen A. Martin, a few days the lat
ter part of last week.
E. L. Sandusky took Mrs. Sandus
ky and her sister, Mrs. Mosley, to
Hasson with him Monday. They
drove across country.
Mrs. George Ooddington was down
from Auburn during the week visit
ing her sisters, Mrs. A1 Burch art! and
Mrs. Emery Fry.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will hold a IB cent tea this
Friday evening at the home of Mrs.
Charles Lorcc.
Mrs. George Spain- of Indianapolis,
lad., is the guest of Mrs. Guy Greon
wald. She arrived from Halt l.ake
last Friday.
Bert Wright was up from Kansas
City to spend Sunday with his wife
and son at the home ofMrs. Mattie
Stoughton.
Mrs. Gillian Edwards of Detroit,
Mich., is visiting her sisters, Mrs.
Emery Fry and Mrs. A1 Bure hard.
J. W. Powell went to Arappahoe,
Wednesday on a business trip and
will remain for several days.
A BOOMERANG
Four years ago the Falls City News was loud in its disap
proval of third term candidates. For the convenience of the
voters and general public, who might enjoy them, we here re
produce a few of their BRIGHT sayings along this line:
FROM THE FALLS CITY NEWS
BEFORE ELECTION.
“What do you think of the above
ticket?” (meaning the republican
nominees).
“It’s the same old thing, isn’t it?"
“Young aspirants have no place in
a g. o. p. convention as controlled
by the ring.”
“Once an office holder, ALWAYS
an office holder, is the policy they
seek to force down the throats of
the people. The gang don’t want to
take chances on new timber."
“Shall it always be so? Shall the
court house crowd ALWAYS hold
office? Shall the salary list of the
county ALWAYS go to the same
crowd of men?”
“While these candidates are per
sonally very pleasant gentlemen,
can you afford to sustain them In
the false and hoggish position they
have assumed? What assurance
have you that a fifth, a sixth, a
seventh and eighth term will not be
the aim of those now in control?
DO YOUR DUTY as a citizen and
in so doing you will prove to be the
best partisan.”
“When a few men have control of
political affairs, their attitude to
ward the masses is apt to become
repugnant and inimical to the gen
eral welfare of the people.”
“The American policy holds the
THIRD TERM proposition as DAN
GEROUS TO GOOD GOVERNMENT."
“The American idea and party pre
cedent which has always held that
the THIRD TERM at public office
IS WRONG and a DANGEROUS
policy, has been ignored.”
“Do you see anything that is re
publican or democratic in the ground
upon which these candidates now
stand ?”
“At times HOUSE CLEANING is
a remedy that needs to be applied to
every party which has controlled pub
lic offices. Without the house
cleaning process EVERY PARTY
OF POWER DEGENERATES and the
acts of the politicians become more
brazen and less considerate.”
FROM THE FALLS CITY NEWS
AFTER ELECTION.
'fliis is what the same paper said
after election:
“We are satisfied that the PEO
PLE have won a victory which will
teach the politicians and ringsters a
leston which will prove everlasting.
The American policy holds the
THIRD TERM PROPOSITION IS
DANGEROUS to good government.”
“The success of the ticket demon
strated, too, that the people of Rich
ardson county WILL NOT TOLER
ATE the THIRD TERMER.”
The News further said in announc
ing the election of Gagnon. Fenton,
Oliver, Hutchings and the others:
“It can be counted upon, also,
that NONE OF THEM will aspire to
the third term, and on the other hand
that they will KEEP SACRED the
American policy, which holds the
THIRD TERM poposition is dan
gerous to good government.”
Hutchings seeking third term.
Reichers NEVER has held office.
Morris has been in the court house
six years.
Daggett NEVER has held office.
Gagnon seeking fifth term.
Scott has NOT HELD OFFICE in
twenty years.
Fenton seeking third term.
Fergus has NOT HELD OFFICE in
sixteen years.
Edwards has held office for four
years.
Boss has NEVER held an elective
office.
Oliver seeking third term.
Sargent has NEVER held office.
went to Nebraska City Friday to
bring down Ralph’s new whiz wagon.
It's a Velie, four-passenger four
cylinder. and is a dandy. It caught
the eye of investigation of all the
enthusiasts Saturday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. John Crook and Mr.
John Crook and Mr. and Mrs. Jayne
of Enid, Okla., went to Coin, la., on
Friday to visit Mrs. Crook's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dalbey.
Mrs. Katherine Wylie went to Ot
tawa, Kas., last Friday to visit a
few days with her daughter, Mrs. Ev
erett Peckingpaugh. She returned on
Wednesday of this week.
W. L. White and family moved
this week into their property at
the coroner of Chase and Steele
streets. They have been having the
house somewhat remodeled and re
decorated, and now have a very pleas
ant home.
Mrs. Millie Frank moved Thursday
into the Eversole property which she
purchased last spring. The small
house she is leaving will be occu
pied by the family of Mr. Nothorf,
who takes charge of the grocery de
partment at V. G. Lyford’s.
Rev. R. R. Teeter, D. D., gave two
of his popular lectures at the Craig,
Mo., celebration last week. which
were so well received by the people,
that the committee asked him to give
them a return date on their regular
winter lecture course. Dr. Teeter
has a goodly number of winter lec
ture engagements booked by the
Porter Lyceum Bureau of Des Moines
Iowa.
Mrs. A1 Shaffer and Mrs. Maybelle
Earley visited friends and attended
tlollrnar Bros.’ circus Tuesday.
Miss Lulu Glasser was down from
Humboldt Thursday to attend Mrs.
John Gilligan’s reception.
Fred Sebold and Miss Bucher went
to Preston Saturday evening to the
silver medal contest.
Mrs. E. Wheeler was down from
Stella to spend Tuesday with Mrs.
Harry Jenne.
Mrs. Emmet McIntosh and daughter
came down from Humboldt and took
in the circus.
Mrs. Harry Wallace was down
from Lincoln over Sunday with Miss
Campbell.
Mrs. Clarence Heck returned Sun
day from St. Joe, where she visited
relatives.
Norris Aylor and family of Hum
boldt attended the circus here Tues
day.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Rob King, Saturday, September
18th.
Arthur Zook was up from Baker,
Kas., for a few days the last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Liclity were
over from Morrill trading Friday.
Miss Sadie Curran of Dawson vis
ited over Sunday in this city.
Neal Thornton went to Wagner,
Okla., on business Monday.
Miss Vera Lord visited over Sun
day with Salem relatives.
Clyde Stumbo is now working in
Dr. Kerr’s drug store.
Miss -Margaret Steele was a St
Joe visitor Thursday.
A RAILROAD MAN'S VIEWS
WHAT THE MISSOURI PACIFIC
CONTEMPLATES DOING
The Meaning of the Great Amount
of Trackage Here Falls City
An Important Point.
Here Is (he way a prominent rail
way offielal put It lo a Kails City
mail mi Hie train last, week:
“You Kails City folks don’t know
What Is coming to you,” lie said
“You evidently don’t realize the
magnitude of the improvements the
Pacific lias in contemplation."
“What's tlie answer?” asked the
Falls City man. “I don't know," was
the reply. “1 wish I did. But,” lie
continued, “do you think the com
pany needs thirty acres of trackage
in addition to Its already large switch
ing facilities to accommodate a divis
ion point ? That is four times sa
much as it needed at Hiawatha when
the division was there. The rail
road isn't spending the money to
level tills groul’id for fun; there is an
object, a motive far greater than the
division.
“A twenty stall round house too,”
he said. “Why Atchison, the pres
ent, division point, the terminus of the
Central Brain h us well, does nice
ly with an eighteen-stall round house.
Why do yor knew that thesj ex
teneilve improvements for a division
is absurd to a railroad man, it may
seem necessary to you, hut the truth
of the matter is, if the Pacific had
in contemplation only the division It
could prepare for it witli half the
expense.” “Well, what’s doing?”
asked the Fulls City man. "Give me
your guess.”
"This is my guess, stated brief
ly,” was the reply. “Gould lias learn
ed something about the railroad bus
iness lately, and he learned it from
Harriman. This man llarriman is a
wizard because lie's full of common
sense. He took the Union Pacific
when its stock was very low and a
drug on the market. He fought Wall
street, even his own associates,when
he insisted on pulling every dollar
if earnings hack Into improvements.
He borrowed millions of dollars in
Liit- midst of a panic to straighten
curves, put In steel bridges, lay heav
ier rails and build ’feeder’ lines.
Today, because of its splendid equip
ment the Union Pacific is hauling
the heaviest freight trains at the min
imum expense. It's time lo the Pa
cific coast is nearly a day shorter
I ban its competitors. It's feeder
lines tap the great wheat countries
of the northwest and great coal and
ore mines of the mountains, and It
is paying dividends every three mon
ths because the manager would be
satisfied with nothing but the best.
“For years," he continued, “the
Missouri Pacific lias been neglected.
It’s track is poor and it's equipment
worse. When llarriman was paying
big dividends in the panic of 1!)07,
Gould was sitting up nights trying to
keep his road out. of the bankruptcy
courts. Now what do you see? The
directors of the Missouri Pacific
system are following Harrlman’s lead
and have made provision to spend
one hundred and forty million dol
lars in improvements in the next
ten years, or fourteen million a
year. 1 saw this in the railway
news a few weeks ago and I aiso
saw that a ‘feeder’ line (another
llarriman idea) was to be built
from Falls City south. When I saw
that I began to understand where
the 30 acres of additional trackage
and a twenty-stall round house came
In.”
“You moan”—began the Falls City
man. “I mean that with Falls City
the terminus of the stub trains, the
division between Kansas City and
Omaha and the terminus of a new
line to the south, that you will need
your big round house and your thirty
acres of tracks, and I mean that you
don’t need them for a division any
more than Hiawatha or Atchison
needed them.”
And there you are for a railroad
man’s guess.
Chautauqua Meeting.
There will be a meeting in Judge
Gagnon’s office in tin* county court
house next Friday evening at eight
o'clock, to which all people, who are
interested in a Chautauqua for next
year are urged to come.
It should be understood that there
will be no Chautauqua next year, un
less there is a demand for the same
and an interest shown commensurate
with the demand.
Ladies are especially invited.
R. It. TEETER,
Secretary.
CHI RHO BANQUET.
September 27 the Fraternity Will
Make Its Maiden Bow.
At Union House next Monday ev
ening will occur the first banquet of
the Uhl Rho Fraternity. V. G. Ly
ford will be the toast master of the
evening. The committee in charge is
Dr. Ralph P. Roberts, Dr. It. Cooper
Bailey and T. ,J. Gist and a number of
others. A number of the national of
ficers of the fraternity will be pres
ent. Besides being a social occasion,
the Ideas and plans of the fraternity
will be set forth.
As reported by Mr. Harter, the
grand field superintendent, who was
in Falls ('tty for a couple of weeks
last month, this Institution Is unique
In its work and purpose. The frater
nity plans not only to assist their
members when they are down or in
distress, but it lays special emphasis
upon boosting them when they ure
up. This Is accomplished primarily
by the degree studies, which are call
ed, ‘‘The Building of a Masterful
Man, and Training for Life Power.”
A large number of the young men
of the town have become Cbl Itlios.
as well as quite a number of the
business and professional men, who
nre endorsing and supporting the
wok as “Founders Members.”
It is a part of the plan of the Chi
Rho Fraternity to have a fraternity
room, where the members can con
gregate on winter evenings for social
Intercourse as well as for the de
gree work and drill.
Mr. Harter leaves today for Bea
trice, where there will ho a Chi Rho
banquet of 200 men nt. the Paddock
hotel this evening. I)r. W. M. David
son, superintendent of public Instruc
tion of Omaha, Is the speaker of the
evening. The fraternity Is spreading
Its work rapidly to towns all over Ne
braska. The headquarters are la
Omaha.
GOLLMAR BROS.’ CIRCUS.
The Steet Parade at Ten O’clock At
tracted Big Crowd.
Tuesday was circus day. Gollmar
Bros.’ big circus was here. The us
ual tone of the street fakir could be
heard very early In the day, the
country people were In town early,
and the city people laid aside their
work to celebrate the occasion.
All who attended the afternoon
performance were well pleased with
It, while those who watted until the
evening performance were doomed t«
disappointment. The rain and wind
In the early evening put the circus
out of business. They immediately
commenced to load and “move on”
when they saw the storm coming.
The usual amount of animals and
horses were carried. They had elev
en elephants and as many camels.
SPLENDID SHOW.
The Roping Contest Was As Real
As Life.
The Hoping Contest, put on at. the
Electric Theater on last Thursday
and Friday nights, was a splendid
show. .1. Ellison Carroll, champion
roper of the world, is reported to
have been at Ids best when the films
for this picture were taken. The
pictures were as real as life.
TRIPLETS AT RULO.
Mrs. Frank Snyder Gave Birth T#
Two Boys and One Girl.
Special from Rulo.
Triplets were born to Frank Sny
der and wife Friday—two boys and
one girl. Tile combined weight of
the three wus sixteen pounds. The
boys are living and doing nicely, hut
the girl died. The mother is very
ill.
Telescoping of Bowel.
Dr. Boose, assisted by Drs. Miner
and Green, performed an operatioa
upon Mrs. Deun. living in the south
part ot town, the first, or the wees.
The lady was suffering from teles
coping of the bowel and necessiated
the taking of about ten inches of
the bowel out. The patient is get
ting along nicely.
Aged Woman Died.
Mrs. Rebecca Clark died at the
home of her son-in-law, L. C. Beas
ley, in this city Wednesday, Septem
ber 15, 1909. She was 90 years, 8
months and 14 days old.
Funeral services were held from the
residence at two o’clock the follow
ing Friday.
The Star’s Cup Race.
The Kansas City Star's Cup race
is expected to go through here to
day, (Thursday). The local auto
owners were instrumental in securing
the few decorations the town afford
ed to welcome the visitors.
Some Fine Apples.
H. C. Smith placed a fine box of
this year’s apples in the window of
Charles Wilson’s store this week.
They are a specimen of the kind
gown cm his farm—the product of
scientific apple growing.
Tonsils and Adenoids Cut.
l)r. Miner removed the tonsils and
adenoids from little Helen McCarthy
the first of the week. While the op
eation caused considerable incon
venience to the little one, she is get
ting along nicely.
Frank Brown eatne up from Rule
to find the elephant Tuesday.