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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Entered as second-class matter at Falls City, Nebraska, post office, Janu ary 12. 1*104, under the Act of Congress on March 3,187,:». Published every Friday at Falls Ci v. Nebraska, by The Tribune Publishing Company E F SMARTS Manager One year $1 4) Si* months Three months -40 TELEPHONE 226. Ottess that man I’aulhan isn't a bird! "'Woodman, spare ’hat tree" until Mr l’inchot has Ills say Thirty-two thousand men are now on (lie Isthmian canal pay roll E"p> continue to sour. Ihlter put on jiur old .at. run.umber that all that goes up come down. Pity poor Chicago, where the na tives have the big feet, an therefore ho mtu lt more of them to get cold Sugar trust directors deny they are trying to sh.eld anyone. Probably trtn ; they're :oo busy shielding them selves. The Intense cold weather Is said to have had little or no effect in in creasing Uncle Joe Cannon's love for the insurgents. It is said census reports will show many wives support their husbands. Marriage may not be a failure, after all for the men. uncle Joe Cannon Isn't saying much, Inti no one doubts that what he thinks, if put in print, would make mighty warm reading. it is said friend (Jiff Pinehot's name is properly pronounced "Pin show," hilt under President Taft’s pronunciation it sounds more like "ml.” Of course It was a rabid partisan sheet that mentioned the fact that just when Wil'iam Jennings Mryan landed in Panama an earthquake was pulp'd nil' at Yucatan. Louis Paulhnn, the Pleach aviator, is said to have ascended almost a wde in his aeroplane at Los \nge|es Sort of reached the height of his ambition, figuratively speaking. Mrs. Kuuna Kennedy leads the ' i.t of New York's heaviest taxpay ers, paying on $6,000,000 personal property. And even then th" poor woman can't vote. Word conies that J. l'ierpolnt .Mor gan is in a New York wine eMin bine. He is probably getting ready to hold communion with .1 fresh hunch of dollars. In spitt* of drastic liquor laws, i( is said saloons are on the Increase in Texas. Which means that the lame Star state is still wetting its whistle as well ns its arid lands. All that. Is needed now to com plete the Roman arena scene in Washington is for the gallant Teddy Roosevelt to sit p into the circle and knock a chip off somebody's shoul der. Kansas is to have a special session of the legislature to enact a new bank guarantee law. Wonder if that's what Carrie Nation went to Wash ingtou recently to see about And now the paper makers are be ing indicted 1\ r trust d<*als. When ever a corporation sees a department <>f justice official coming these days it tries to hurridly liidc iis “trust” in God and keep its powder dry ■***• „ * T% 11i •» , 4 lit., .itttliil tV Ul) while temporarily filling his father's place as watchman killed two safe blowers, he can now prop his ears open and get ready to hear the < all from the wild to the stage. The revenue officers are making it hot for oleomargarine dealers who fail to pay th tax. After awhile, we presume, it will he actually risky for a man to attempt to wear an ole an der on his coat lapel. President Madriz of Nicaragua, of fers to step down and out if he can do it in the way that suits him best. That's the way with most of us; we’ll do nearly any old thing if we are only allowed to do it at our own sweet will. Horace 11. Powell, who has been postmaster at Sinope, La., twenty seven years, is seeking a wife. lie is forty-seven years old. A man who has been reading postal cards two n ty-seven years and hasn’t obtained a tip on a matrimonial alliance e, pretty slow. If it is true that ‘‘Charity covi rs a multitude of sins,” this must he a ■wicked old world. Those that •‘char ity” covers of course are hid from iew, and when these are added to the sins that are open and known to ail there must be an alarming lot of | them. It's no wonder some preach j era get dlsrotiraged. The story that, comes from Santa l‘V, N. M . of lose Valdez, who start ! ml a fire In a cave and sliot thirteen hears, one at a time as they came out. is mighty trying on our faith in veracity The story could have been made a little livelier, wo believe, by letting the thirteen bears all eonte out 'at once, with the vnl’ant Jose to engnu- them in morn I rotulmt The Ihie railroad inis been fitted j $1,000 In Jersey City as a nuisance ; for using soft coal and tooting its I whistle too much. As a result we | may presume that the mottoes, I "Watch Our Smoke." and "Ulow Your Own Horn," are at present wearing their faces towards the wall in the 10tie offices, It is stated ihtit Uncle Joe Cannon professes to be endowed with the blessings of Christian grace and piety. It Is indeed fortunate that Untie Joe has himself made known ibis fact, for a cold and unfeeling world would never have been guilty of accusing him of it. If Uncle Joe is the good pious brother, lie says lie is, he lias certainly been highly successful so far in "keeping his light hid under a bushel." There are yet to he found those who have not in the least lost faith in Dr. Frederick A. Cook. That it is a very strange ease no one can deny, yet In the face of till the seeming odds against the doctor, it lias not been proven that lie dill not reach the pole Meanwhile a wondering pub lic would especially like to know two tilings Who furnished all the money that Inis been used in hound ing Cook; and why Commander I Vary is unwilling to submit his proofs to the same tribunal tlint turned down the Cook claims. Boston's new commission plan of election docs not seem to have pan ned out exceptionally well in its first, test, though probably mil because of the parlyless phut itself The names appear on ihe ticket without any party name or emblem, and the voter simply easts his ballot for the man. It. is said dial the election of Fitzger ald as mayor means that a man whose previous administration of the office was shady, has triumphed .over a man who is known to he politically clean. Both men are democrats. The fact that a pnitv stands hack of a man usually means that man lias some strong points or the party would not have risked its chances of success op hint. With every man running on his own hook, and with no party responsibility, it is possible that more undesirables will find their way into public office than through the party channels. A DRFAM OF COLD. An old story comes from New York City, wlu rc after a large force had been digging for thirty-six hours the crushed body of Isaac Finkelstoin was found buried under the middle of (he street, having been caught In the col lapse of a nidi tunnel headed to wards the vaults of a bank in which were $ia,ooo,OO0 and the safe of it jewelry store in which there was $00,(ton worth of diamonds. The lusl for wealth had claimed a supposed honest man, who kept his guilty sec ret even from his wife. For weeks Finkelstein lias been digging the lit tle tunnel, starting from the cellar of the tenement house in which lie lived, and carrying the dirt out in burlap sacks, lie was only an ordi nary house-painter; he had not oven made arrangements for tapping (he I concrete and stone walls of the vault ! wlc a he reached them, lie dreamed l only that by the little tunnel he could reach the wealth that would make him i i. It beyond all otliei possibilities. The other morning he went down in i’u>- i t'ltiu , pi t'Mimabi \ to get nrewooil He did not return. A lirothcr-in-law went down to look for him, saw the opening in the cellar wall and evi dence of tHe tunnel and its collapse. He notified the authorities and the digging commenced, but it was not until nearly two days later that the crushed body was reached What crazy, fruitb . s dreams has gold not inspired? H9ME-MADE "RORY-BORIElS." | Do you know wlmt causes the au rora borealis, or northern lights? It's neon. Dr. W. J,. Dudley, of Vander | blit University, says so and he ought to know. He claims to have the only j sample in the country at present, but later on, of course we may all be able to get samples along with our government seeds. Dr. Dudley says the friction of neon | against mercury produces a yellow light. However to get the best effects it is better to take your pack age of neon to the north pole, where the newly discovered gas brought to high pressure by the cold is acted upon by the magnetic currents, and the “rory-bory" is produced. There is said to be no immedi ate danger, however, of neon quart shops being opened to any large ex tent for awhile, as Mr. Dudley as sures us that it requir s tons of air to produce oat pint of the rory-bory, dope, and he intimates that its rather hard work. Under the cireumstan I ees, we shall at present refrain from indulging in any of the new pole-es srene, and if it becomes absolutely neeesitiuy that we have an aurora bor (•alls on short notice, we shall place our rebanen in Dr. Cook to bring ,11s a nice, fresh one of life-size dim ensions. Besides, we doubt very much whether these neon rory-borfes can pass the pure food inspection law. Meantime, let there bo no worry over a shortR|t< of one of tie' lioino made mini borealis ingredients -fric tion. They’re working day and night shifts up at Washington to turn out a sufficient supply to keep the de mand in good humor. MARKET LETTER. Letter From our Regular Correspond ent at Kansas City. * Kansas City, January 17. DUO.— Early last week, when cattle receipts were large, buyers tiit the market, a hard blow, and broke1 prices sharp ly, but the situation (hanged Wed nesday, with the arrival of a small run of cattle, and light runs balance of tile week enabled salesmen to re cover all of the loss of the first of tile week. Stock and feeding cattle, which usually close the week at lower prices, reversed the usual order last week, and finished 15 to 25 higher for the week. The cattle supply today is 16,000 head, market steady lo a shade lower, on all kinds lull llie demand is broad, and nearly everything is selling steady. Aver age quality of fed steers is below par, and continues to show the an xiety of owners to get in the dear at any cost,and this tendency would con firm Hie prediction of most dealers that later prices will be higher lie cause of scarcity. From the present outlook, it seems that the reward this year will go to those who stick, to the professional feeders, as it lias for the last two or three years. The best feeders here today sold ;tt although prime steers would bring $7.00 to $7.40, as they did the first of last week, and bulk of steers sell at $5,75 to $6.30, some medium light Steers around $5.25. Demand for finished steers finds difficulty in being filled, and there is a big d< maud among consumers for the cheaper meats, making competition about equal for all kinds of steers. llog sellers took the buyers into i eauip early last week, and dictated prices each day thereafter, except for a moderate decline at the end of the week, net gain for the week 15 to 25 cents. Heavy hogs showed an increase in premium over others for the week. The rim today' is 11,000, falling two thousand below first esti mates. Railroad service is crippled and cuts some figure in the latest bulge in the market. The market is strong to 5 higher today, closing at the best point, account of the steady dwindling of the actual receipts to day from tin* blackboard estimate, top $8.65, hulk of sales $8.30 to $8.60. Sheep and lambs closed the week strong, and back up to the high point of tile winter. Run is 9,000 to day, market steady to 10 lower, lambs at $8,25 to $8.60, yearlings $6.80 to $7.50, wethers $5.00 to $5.90, ewes $4.75 to $5.60. Quality is the main desideratum, as plenty of half finished stuff is available, account of forced marketing ahead of time from some snow covered sections of tin pea feeding country in Colorado. .1. A RICKART, Live Stock Correspondent. Means Much To the level-headed young man. a bank account, added to the dc termination to make it larger, means much. The names of I many such are on our books Young man. young woman, if your name is not on the list would it not be wise to open an account at once and keep adding to it? It’s the right thing to do. The amount may be small at first — but all things must have a be ginning. THE Falls City State Bank And commence the sa>ing habit now SFEhiDJ MILLIONS GN tiGRSES Germany Leads the World In Impor tation—Chiefly for Draught Purposes. From some statistics published re cently by M. Kuan, the German min ister of agriculture, the lan.I of the kaiser leads the ivofid in the matter of importing horses. In ease of war the Germans are bflund that they will be In possession of a liberal supply of horses. For the last three years there lias been a slight decrease, the cause being that home breeders are doing well. Iu 1909 Germany im ported 119,000 horses at a cost of $20, 000,000. Most of the Imports were made for draught purposes; light draught horses numbered 43,500 and were of the value of $4,500,000. The heavy draught horses numbered IS, 500 and were of the value of $10,000.. 000. Supplies of the former class were drawn principally from Russia, which sent 30,225 head; then came the Netherlands, with 9,024. Austria and Hungary accounted for 2.625, Den mark for 407, and the rest were drawn from France and Delgtum. The heav iest of the draught horses were main ly supplied from Helghim, 20,000 be ing imported at an average price of $310. Denmark delivered 16,309, France 5,847, Austria and Hungary, 3,369, Russia 2,051, the Netherlands 644 and England only 125. In 1908 Germany imported 267 half-bred sires at an average cost of $1,020, most of them being from Uelgiun). Saddle horses are put down as numbering 6,562, of which Austria supplied 2,946, against 1,227 from England. These latter figures include the thorough breds The favorite market for cheap horses for Germany has been Russia, which country supplied 16.88S at an average cost of $75. LEFT AND RIGHT TELEPHONES "Hello" Girl’s Little Hint May Prove of Value to You in the Future. "Right-handed people invariably put a telephone receiver up to their left ear and left-handed people to their right." Haiti one of the telephone "hello" girls.” "We girls get to be psychologists in a small way by talk ing over the telephone every day. It is impossible to keep from sizing up and classifying the people on the oth er < nd of the wire, simply on a basis of what they say and how they say it. There are almost as many ways of talking into a telephone as there are kinds of people wiia use the tele phone But it is, nevertheless, rather easy to classify them. One thing l have noticed is that the vast majority of people, being right-lmnded, hold the receiver in their left hand. The left ear, by long practice, thus becomes more acute and well trained. Conse quently, when for any reason, a man or woman takeB the receiver in his or her right hand, it is comparatively easy to sense it at my end. The man is apt to speak nervously and dis jointed!}’, to talk too loud and to ask me to frequently repeat, showing that his ear his wrong ear—is not serv ing him with sucli fidelity and accu racy as his more accustomed left. I had great difficulty in hearing a wom an once, and so I asked: You are left handed, aren't you?' ‘Yes,’ site gasped Then don’t hold the tele phone quite so close to your mouth and put the net iver against your other ear.' She did, and we were able to hear each other perfectly." Title of "Esquire.” Esquire dated back to the days when the Greeks and Romans were in the heydey of their existence. The armor hi urers who served as attend ants of the knights by way of body guard were called esquires. Eater, in England the king created esquires by placing collars about their uecks and bestowing upon them pairs of silver spurs. The title has never lapsed in that country. There are now legally esquires by heritage, by creation, or by virtue of the holding of some of fice. In this country the title has come into general use simply by courtesy, but it must lie admitted (hat it is a very flimsy excuse for its adoption, m England there is a disposition to use it as applying to men not engaged in trade. Fancy Grapes Tied by Baby Ribbon. The eastern shipments or “cluster ettes,” the new grape pack sent out tills year by tho California Fruit Ex change, utilized $3,(100 worth of fancy baby ribbon, which if stretched in one piece would cover a distance of 25 miles The experiment proved a success, and the growers sending grapes east packed with fancy ribbon received much larger prices than those whose consignments went in the ordinary manner. Clusterettes go in the natur al form In large bunches as picked from the vine, packed in specially con structed crates so the berries will not bruise.—Sacramento correspondence San Francisco Chronicle. A Case of "Laboratory Cholera.” The Russian medical journal the Yratch published in July last the fol lowing interesting details of a case of cholera contracted in the course of laboratory work. A lady student work ing in a laboratory in St. Petersburg was investigating the agglutination characters of a cholera vibrio isolat-, ed from a sample of water taken from a manufactory in the city. By acci dent some of the contents of a pipette entered her mouth. In spite of imme diate efforts to dis'nfect the mouth a typical attack of cholera followed. J Fortunately the i . l it recovered. - “ Highest Award in High Class Dinner Sets Hither Plain or Decorated from j $10 to $40 per set \Ve carry the stock and can sell you your breakage. Our stock of Cut Glassware and Fancy Chinaware, the largest and best we have ever handled. See it tor ioio. Our Grocery Stock Is As Good as the Best and our Coffees are bought for their drinking <|ualities. Try them. Chas. M. Wilson's ■ .. Off to Summer Climes No need to bear the discomforts of a northern winter. At a low cost von can enjoy the sunshine, (lowers and summer life of Southern California, Cuba, the Bahamas, Florida and the Gulf Country. Take a winter vacation and see the historic Southland. Write me for descriptive literature about our personally con ducted excursions to Southern California, about Florida and all the other far-famed winter resorts, berths, rates, train service, etc. all CLEM HEAVER. General Agent, Land .Sukers Information Bureau Room 6, “Q" Building, Omaha, Nebraska it’s the man with money ( saved in the bank who makes a success. Will you have money in the bank to take advantage of the opportunity when it comes? * Your home bank should get your deposits, thereby being able to accommodate you should you need a loan.' ® Do unto others as you w ould have others do unto you. By patronizing vour home bank, you are helping your neighbor and fulfilling the scriptures. The Farmers’ State Ffanl^ PRESTON, NEBRASKA This i- Hot n one man hank, hut ashier invit. -. ::ml .epives the hearty ..ini intelligent support of tin- Hoard of ..tors, dm < Mtieers nml I >i .tors arc not engaged in any business undertakings ..fit s|.cculnt i nature and no loans arc made to the customers of tin- hark to he used in .piestiomibl.i bysiness ventures. A Graceful Endorsement (Gering, Scotts Bluff County,Courier) •■There is a paper printed at Lincoln called THE NEBRASKA STA r CAPITAL. This writer never fails to read it through and through, al though it simply contains the personal opinions of Frank A. Harrison We don't love Harrison, never did, and do not know why, but we do eniov this paper and we pronounce it a little *i-r ***<- Hdwilk fJktioC Ol Nebraska than any other single publication in the state. He is devoting much of his ammunition just now to anti-saloon doctrines, and to his ef forts may be attributed much of the progress toward county option. Some papers which carry an editorial column have a string of sloppy slush which is well nigh meaningless, and the Courier is constitutionally afraid to try it, but the man who can get up a weekly bunch of editorials such as Harrison prints is no less than a genius. Ten years ago this paper carried an editorial column,but the mad rush of business has been responsible for its absence since then. A course of reading THE CAPITAL has produced the desire to say our own say again, hence this column, which we are inclined to make permanent." Are you a subscriber to THE CAPITAL? Try it. If you pay $1.00 before January 1, you can include the name of some friend, and get credit for one year on each name. A Word With You Blankets and Robes At a Great Reduction Finest Line in the City tlf A <■» i i -y f i Call and See Us U. W A G M I LL