THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Entered as second-class matter at Falls City, Nebraska, ysist office, Janu ary 12. 1904, under the Act of Congress pr, March 3,1879. Published every Friday at Falls City, Nebraska, by The Tribune Publishing Company E F SHARTS. Manager One year. .fl.oO 8ix months .'j* TELEPHONE 226. One thousand and thirty-eight per sons were condemned to death throughout European Russia during the first nine months of the present year. and 147 of them were executed The New York court of appeals has j dismissed Marry Thaw's appeal and he must remain in the asylum. The almighty dollar probably doesn't in spire quite as much confidence in Marry as it did once upon a time The Indiana branch of the Stand ard oil company has lost Its charter In Texas and been fined $(‘>0,000,while other subsidiary branches have also been hard hit in that state. Texas seems to be a poor roosting place for tome monopolies The colored race is certainly get ting its share of the eagle feathers of late. Now comes Calvin Bowdry. a young colored porter of Hlsmark. N !»., and plucks the richest prize in 1he land drawing at Aberdeen, S l>. making him practically wealthy President Taft has Invited the go\ - ernors of all the states to lie Ills guests each year of his administration to discuss the improvements of the waterways. “I can not assure them of any action by congress," he said, “but the latch string of the White House will be hanging oil the out side.” John R. Walsh is said In have sold his railroad proportion to the steel trust for $27,000,000 and tints pulled himself out of the financial hole at the last minute of liis grace. Now if Mr. Walsh only had that little five year prison term off his mind lie might prepare to thoroughly enjoy Ids Thanksgiving turkey. Announcements conte from New York that John l>. Rockefeller lias made a gift of $1,000,000 to tie used by a commission of scientists in fight ing the "hook worm," the supposed germ of laziness and with which two million people of the United States are said to tie uffltetcd Of course it's a mere chance coincidence that this comes right on tup of the word from Texas that Standard oil lias had the “hooks thrown into It" there again. SAVE THE MISSISSIPPI. The trip down the Mississippi the first time a president has made the entire journey from Si Louis to New Orleans by water has meant much for improved waterways. It lias giv en far beyond anything anticipated an example of the great need for im provements, and it lias indelibly im pressed tills need on congressmen and public men from all parts of the nation who were trying to make the* trii>. That the opening of the Pana ma canal will mean the building of a great and growing commerce for the Gulf of Mexico and its feeder, the Mississippi, America's •■Father of Wa ters,” is a foregone conclusion, and it is not right that this mighty re-, source of nature should remain in a condition that will not permit it to meet the demands that are to he made upon it. To the interior states, at least, from the commercial standpoint the advancement of the Panama ca nal and the Mississippi river and its tributaries must go hand in hand, for the value of each will he determined by its ability to sustain the other. They ure inseparably linked through geographical conditions, and insepara bly the nations must sustain them. LIFE'S MIXTURES. It was one of fate's coincidences that Prince Ito should be shot down for tyranny just when he was on one of his greatest missions of peace. It seemed rather odd the other day , when a man in New York who waA just successfully recovering from the1 removal of a portion of his spine up and died of a cold. It looks rather hard that many men should fight booze for years, then reform and die just when they are becoming of some ise In the community and their fam ilies. It looks pretty tough that when families have struggled along in pov erty for decades and at last gain some affluence, sickness and death and sorrow should suddenly pounce upon them to rob them of the happi ness and rest from troubles that seemed within their grasp. Yet thou sands of just such instances do oc cur every year, and will continue to occur. They probably are not more numerous than rasps of the opposite. 1 j bill to our Blinds they stand out more i prominently, and so \vi are contin ually reminded that on tit'- busy frag ile stage of lire it is futile to resell i into the Incubator and count our fu ture good fortunes before the hatch 1 ing comes off. OUR TOWN—A PULL TOGETHER. Tln ic is no room for doubt but tint ! our town, with the united efforts of its enterprising citizens, cun greatly increase its business and enhance (lie value of property. Everything in dicates a forward movement. The high standard of business acumen that exists is Inducing many to look this way with a view of Uniting Our excellent schools is a feature greatly appreciated by tile best people of tills section, and are proving attract ive features As a trading and ship ping point our town is already ahead of any place in the county or this section of country No place of its size in tin* country receives greater shipments of merchandise or sends out more live stock and grain Our business houses are being transform ed into busy marts, our residences into modern dwellings and cottages. Now as many are thinking and talk iug of coming (hither to locate, let all give them words of encouragement and hearty welcome to this goodly land of peace and abundance, En courage those who are worthy wheth er thoy have capital or not. Labor is worth money. Those who have money will buy lots, build houses or remodel old ones. Let us work and stimulate enterprise by giving il all the friendly encouragement we can, and unite our industry, intelligence and capital in a common cause for the good of our town. Let us culti vate a public spirit and talk less and work more. Encourage our local au thorities in making improvements.1 Speak up, speak well, talk cnoofuag- ! Ingly of our town and its bright pros j peels. It is these many little eonsid-1 eralions that makes a town grow > Nature has showered upon us her! choicest blessings, and with perfect I unity and effort for tin* good of our| common cause, great will be the result. Evangelical Church. On next Sunday morning at 11:00 the Woman's Missionary Society will give their annual program at the Kvangelical church; and in the even ing at 7: !tt) the mission hand will ren der their program. These programs are carefully prepared and will he of interest to all that will come and I hear. A cordial invitation is ex-1 tended to all. Most A.tractive. Old Maid- Mu . so heaven has seven women to ier; man. and hell the reverse? I won't patronize you. St. Peter tit loringlv)—Yes, but you couldn’t stain, ii down there, they use profanity, incorrect Knglish, and— Old Maid Splendid' At last I can teach in a man's college! Brooklyn Life. A POLITICAL POST-MORTEM HOW DID IT HAPPEN? VARIOUS CAUSES ASSIGNED The Liquor Vote Gut a Figure Democratic Candidates Pop ular Men and Efficient. These political post-mortems are growing a little monotonous as an oc cupation. The analysis of disaster is profitable in that it discloses causes which may be prevented in future conduct, but it is about as cheerful business as putting your head in ice water tlie morning after and trying to figure out the occurrences of the night before. How did It happen? Huh! How old is Ann? Why should you ask me to write about it? I'm not it! J didn’t do it. It doesn't improve iny>teniper, just because I'm used to it, to tell the story of democratic success in a republican county, and to respond to an encore each succeeding year. I c;ui give you one reason if you j want it, viz: ".Josh" Lord was here and Judge Tucker was not here. Just think that over and see if it means anything to you, This isn't meant as a knock, for there is a wide dif-1 ference between a knock and a fact.! During a political campaign Tucker wasted no time on who discovered tli north poh He was on the political works twenty-five hours the day. He had a poll of the county together I with a full pedigree of every voter, lie knew the political predelictions of John Jones and his collateral rela tives as far down the line as his sister-in-law's "steady;" and he was not tongue-tied so as to be noticed. The republican organization this year was about as effective as a motion for the previous question wool have been in a session of the daugh ters of the revolution. Oliver Avers look :t poll of Nemaha precinct Hooray! What do you think of an organization in which this is an achievement? If any i oilier committeeman took a poll it ! was the kind the late (lover Cleve-1 land used one decoration day. Come] to think of it maybe most of ’em did go fishing election day. It was very warm almost hot, as we remember it. And the fish were biting — es pecially suckers. Don't blame Rob Cain; lie tried to arouse some interest, lint got dis couraged ami quit. In the meantime "Josh ' Lord perfected an organiz ation that would eat out of his hand. Tile result was that the vote was 1.200 short mostly republicans. Another thing that hurt was the] liquor vote. The word front Omaha reached the county by wireless that it was worth 100 votes to the liquor cause to keep ail temperance men out of the court house. Now, Brother Oliver, what do you think of that? Well, the boys with the white aprons got busy with a line of "persona! liberty" talk. The floaters got the ii ! bellies up to the improvised bars and | talked of the time w hen George | Rieehers ran for councilman on the prohibition tick'd, and waxed warm on the inalienable right to get •'soused.” Ii is r> lated of one of these patriots that, while not drunk, ite was so full of personal rights that he grew tear I ful and wanted to kiss the bartender | good-bye. The republican party has nothing to expect from the liquor element. This traffic, at least so long as Jim Dnb’rnan leads our friends, the enemy is a democratic auxilliary. It is the only business that seeks to control the government of the people. Church uk ‘ era and Christians—you 1 see I differentiate—have parties. Sure, Mike! They may be opposed to saloons and whiskey 364 days in toe year but they are republicans or jd mocrats on election day. The sa loon men have no party. They may think they have, but they're saloon liter always. To them party prin ciple is of small consequence, i Tltelr .d'jiboleth is "whether demo cratic, republican or what not, tills luttst lie a saloon government.” Many men of all parties deprecate this attitude; and the very arrogance of this traffic spells its ultimate down fall. There is at least one way of putting the saloons out of politics, and that is to put them out of business. The rank and file of the republican party is looking to the next state convention to take an advanced and determined stand for county option; not only because the principle is right, but as well because the liquor interest has made such action essen tial to party success. Then the democratic candidates were all popular men, the younger fellows especially so. (Billy Fenton must be a mionr). Their adminis tration of the county's affairs had been careful and conservative. It was hoped, and believed, that the fact that tlie ticket was made up of third-termers would off set their per sonal popularity. This, however, did not prove true. As the precedent, now stands it Is that two terms are enough for republicans, but the only demo cratic limit is that imposed by mor tality -and they qre all long livers. Funny, isn't it. that republicans will not vote for third-termers on their own ticket, hut will readily swallow democratic third-term bait, hook sinker and all. But what's the use? The party1 locally looks like it hail been run through u separator. We are sorry, that is, tome of ns are. I saw so many farmer republicans shaking hands with and congatulating demo cratic candidates Saturday, and doing it with such joyful sincerity that I can't believe that the entire party is in sack-cloth and ashes. What will happen next year no one knows. It' it is another case of sudden and unexpected death, however, some one else must write the cause t.f the de mise, for this is my las; appearance. We might, in the interest of party harmony, spend the next year cussing _ Jt’annon, Aldrich and the principle ofj protective tariff. That might help some Or. we might send for Tucker. *»* P. s. -John Hinton, republican can didate for supervisor, was elected. Misplaced. A real good story was told recently about a well known Lexington. Neb., man’s experience while sojourning in the hamlet of Hiawatha, over in the slate of Kansas. The story fol lows: The scene of the incident was the Central hotel of that place and Ihe principle actors a well known Lexing ton man, an over load of John Barley corn and a cork leg. It seems the Lexington man had joined several friends In "killing soldiers" during the afternoon, and along about bed time had gained the distinction of ab sorbing the contents of a majority of said soldiers and was feeling “his oats” freely. When bed-time arrived he was as^Tfcted by kind and will ing friends up the stairs to his room door where they left him to his sim ple task of retirement. The remain ing chapter is told by his bed-partner, another well known Lexington man. After his friends had left him the first mentioned Lexington man pro ceeded to “make it” into bed. lie went about the usual routine in pre paring himself for bed. having re moved his cork leg. etc. But—here is where he got his wires crossed. Instead of placing his cork leg in its usual place in the corner, he gently placed it in bed along side liis part ner and went to the corner and stood there until discovered asleep by his partner who was awakened by loud snoring from the distant corner. The next morning tin' other Lexington man wore a broad smile; next the story leaked out, which was stoutly denied; however, the cigars were passed out to the knowing ones by the owner of the cork leg with this remark—“Don't mention it." City Water. Notice to Water Consumers: Wa ter rents (flat rate) are due semi annually in advance, May 1st ami No vember 1st. By meter, within ten days after notice of amount due. Ten per cent shall he added to bill if not paid when due, as provided by Sec. 2 of Ordinance No. 183, and wa ter shall be cut off and the sum of $1 will be charged for turning on again. The city council has, by resolution, instructed the water commissioner to [hereafter strictly enforce the above provisions of the law, beginning on December 1st, 1909. Water and light rents can be paid at the city office, four doors south of tlie Richardson County bank, dur ing business days from 9 till 12 a. in, and from 1 to 4 p. m. By order of the city council. N. T. VAN WINKLE, Water Commissioner. Dated Nov, Stti, 1909, 4,Vtf. All Cf. The Heiress—Have \0n ,een pamT The Duke—Yes it's all off. The Heiress—You don’t mean to say that lie ret used o give his consent':’ The Duke- tilt r.o. He said iie'd give his consent.—but not anther cent.—Stray Stories. Magnetic Healing Miss Lizzie lieitland, a gradu ate of the Weltmer School ot Magnetic Healing, of Nevada, Mo. I am prepared to treat dis eases of all kinds. Phone 27‘*. Located at Mrs. Burris residence south of the convent. -t , S3 BiPorwr; ■ __ ^ A4rcm«iM Co.. Qb$t Nov. 12, 190“. Dear Friend: Last summer I Won dered what they did with all the grapes. I know now they took them and dried them and made them into rasins. Rasins are mighty nice to go in a cake, and rasins and nuts are mighty nice to hand round when you want to spend a Ion time at the table talking. Your friend, Jacob. P. S. You don't know what nice rasins, currants and dried fruits and things they have at Schmitt’s The Official Vote of Richardson County, November, 1909. A ® s ^ 'v j -3 | a I 5 S Q r C ; > i sc r £ 3 I 3 ® - £ ® 5 * £ §. | 3 g j £ 2 3 jr 2 3 1 2 2 - - ~ - 3- 3 2 -r £. 5 ? - a 3 I 3!= 2 - a ; : o ? | - * ' “ ' * I | | ; I §. cc a c ^ 1 5' 2 ?; 3; ^ • : ; I 5 - -• 2 ; j® ~ ~ CANDIDATES 3 3 a g; : : “ ~ ~ ! ! ; • : ; f *** '* "= '*5 I 1 | S. ? $ : : H Sf g ; : : • : ; -a £ j? £ : : • • : : | : | • : ? 3 3 I : : : : '• : i Z < < : : : : : j : : ; : : : : B | • : • : '* * B | 2 : : : : : For Judges of the Supreme Court I James R. Dean, Dem. Peo. Ind.. i 69 , 89 63 85 64 65 84 85 65 109 137 92 89 108 63 84 116 113 106 110 j 53 65 1018 212 Benjamin F. Good, Dem, Peo.Ind.. 67 89 64 86 62 63 j 85 | 84 61 105 136 93 94 110 61 84 116 112 103 111 53 70 1909 203 John .1. Sullivan, Dem, Peo. Ind...' 67 90 62 83 65 j 67 83 ' 83 62 110 137 92 93 107 61 85 118 110 | 104 101 53 69 1911 205 John It. Barnes. R6p. 59 69 89 91 1 55 , 61 57 j 75 61 J 104 96 71 76 93 65 59 128 111 64 104 73 33 1694 Jacob Fawcett, Rep. 59 71 89 91 , 54 62 54 74 60 , 126 96 71 72 94 62 58 125 107 72 104 72 33 1706 Samuel 11. Sedgwick, Rep. 67 70 89 89 56 66 60 77 59 104 95 73 77 94 62 57 126 104 71 103 71 35 1698 For Regents of University i 1 | j | Charles T Knapp, Dem 61 84 56 73 54 51 . 68 , 72 59 , 97 1 115 85 82 96 | 49 78 96 95 92 95 j 47 i 56 ; 1659 Charles S Ulen, Rep. 71 71 88 100 63 75 j 74 83 66 119*1 113 80 84 101 71 66 135 121 85 j 113 ! 77 j 48 ! 1907 ; \V. (I. Whitmore, Rep. 69 74 86 95 63 78 71 78 ■ 64 116 109 76 84 99 68 64 136 113 81 I 110 ! 76 45 j 1856 D. C. Cole, Peo. Ind. 6 | 7 15 j 9 48 10 12 7 IS 25 4 10 12 3 5 j 13 15 13 : 17 6 , 3 j 259 Frank E. lunch, Prohib. 3 I 4 * ;> 1 1 I 8 | 10 13 ; 2 > J < 4 4 1 10 | 9 a i 7 t> | :i» John II Von Steen, Prohib. 5 , 5 | 16 9 11 2 1 6 | 3 3 10 10 3 i 6 3 S4 Albert T. Hunt, Soc. 2 | 1 I 5 5 1 1 1 1 5 1,1 3 5 1 3 36 Wm. Wemmer, Soc. 2 1 j 4 4 t ; 1 1 1 l 12 , 5 1125 For Ucg. of Uni. (Fill Vacancy) Harvey 10. New branch, Dem. Peo. 1 68 87 60 7S 1 64 60 I 77 , 74 56 116 132 90 84 108 62 85 : 115 107 111 ; 109 57 59 j 1859 91 Frank L. Haller, Hep. 02 76 88 95 1 55 65 66 | 78 61 107 101 '74 82 99 65 59 125 116 77 , 103 72 42 I 1768 A. L. A. Schiermeyer, Soc. 1 2 5 4 1 1 ' 3 1 1 3 2 23 For County Treasurer John II. Hutchings, Dem. 73 88 70 93 68 69 , 75 j 81 j 59 126 145 1 98 97 118 j 74 I 90 132 137 128 132 57 , 72 1 2082 | 421 George Riechers, Rep. 59 | 75 82 89 53 61 71 ! 82 1 68 102 95 67 74 93 1 55 1 57 118 95 68 92 73 32 ! 1661 j For County Clerk George W. Morris, Dem.. 67 91 77 134 68 63 75 87 , 67 71 138 : 93 91 114 j 62 j 90 169 | 132 128 I 68 21 { 61 I 1967 ! 214 R. W. Daggett, Rep. 63 73 74 44 55 62 69 77 1 57 159 104 72 78 96 64 57 81 | 96 66 | 154 110 42 j 1753 For County Judge John Gagnon, Dem. 71 i 95 71 100 65 62 84 90 67 148 146 100 105 121 81 | 97 119 124 126 1 121 57 I 66 | 2116 1 496 A. H. Scott, Rep. 59 : 70 SO 83 57 62 63 76 67 81 91 65 67 78 46 54 134 108 78 100 74 37 1620 For County Sheriff W. T. Fenton, Dem. 82 | 106 100 139 84 71 107 114 | 92 189 165 105 110 , 127 79 1 99 178 . 154 139 145 75 73 2533 ! 1299 W. P. Fergus, Rep. 49 62 55 44 39 55 38 53 | 37 41 79 60 61 84 53 50 74 76 61 77 56 30 1 1234 For Register of Deeds L. C. Edwards, Dem.•. 66 I 88 66 98 68 St! 73 105 ! 79 122 123 ; 101 92 113 | 70 1 90 163 148 119 118 62 58 2128 | 533 F. M. Boss, Hep. 64 75 82 78 50 41 73 62 47 102 99 65 78 94 57 58 89 | 84 79 104 69 43 1595 1, For Supt. of Public Instruction T. J. Oliver, Dem. 73 I 94 69 104 67 41 78 74 I 68 146 148 I 94 87 ; 113 65 j 89 145 [ 137 116 115 70 j 60 2053 ! 367 A. 1). Sargent, Hep. 60 | 70 85 78 53 88 66 92 58 83 95 ! 71 82 96 65 57 108 91 79 108 60 I 43 1 1686 For County Coroner Dr. M. L. Wilson, Dem. 57 | 86 62 90 72 65 84 103 ! 84 116 133 88 S3 103 64 89 136 132 120 116 55 j 60 1998 j 300 Dr. G. \V. Heneker, Rep. 74 ! 79 90 87 48 1 63 66 58 1 39 108 105 77 85 • 101 63 56 114 98 72 108 73 : 40 ! 1698 For County Surveyor R. E. Grinstead, Rep. 81 ] 82 96 101 63 I 28 78 89 65 125 113 76 90 : 117 75 65 147 130 108 121 89 ' 46 1985 For the Payment of County Bounty on Wild Animals . 36 41 : 55 63 42 43. 62 42 36 72 74 50 71 55 42 26 64 49 52 76 45 1 42 1138 518 Against the Payment of County Boun ty on Wild Animals . 1 13 j 13 20 40 16 13 15 33 24 50 38 IS 17 : 25 20 41 71 51 20 49 15 18 620 Fo Supervisor Dist. No. 2 Weddle, Dem. j 99 93 69 j ' 261 71 Harris, Rep. 05 91 52 For Supervisor Dist. No. 4 790 Fritz, Dem. 129 152 1 119 400 164 Smith, Rep. " 1 97 91 48 236 For County Supervisor Dist No 6 Warren Hutchins, Dem.1 it 1 i j . 108 . 102 j S3 J 293 John Hinton, Rep.| ] J_ | [ [ |j 1|_ 1 1 142 1 129 I 122 j | | j 393 100