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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1910)
VHi; FALLS CITY TR1UUNE Entered as second i lass matte r a» Falls City, Nebraska, jn ~t oflie.e, J.mu srv ;2, under tin (• i <•: t'origrvs z n March 3, lST'i ■‘nbHaherl ever; r re,. , it 1 .*11;, v ny, Nebraska, by The Tribune Publishing Company One year Sl.-’h St* months .75 Three months .4(1 TELEPHONE 220. It is mu of the duties of every w ,i egulaled muiiteipaltty to provide re wunerative employment for its work ing people * * * II. is it ptllilie benefaitm wlm pro ubs employment for two, where lie hire only one person could make a livelihood * * * There it a hold up-mnn whose op rations ari more detestable than ■hose of the high way man We re *i ■ to tie holders of real estate who emand three prices for propel 1" reded for publte ,i 11 i11 < * * * Thi American Muua/im declares hat slavery exists al l it mom u( in Mi tit o, that the eonnt ry la rife with • arb,irons po'itleal pers'-eulloi. , and lint f.’ettjoin of speech and personal her)v are np| re;. ,.-d l> #r * tie litparlmout of Agriculture is nveidigiding I lie raising of edible • naih as a in w ■ ingll-fiirm iieliisijy. Some hoys v. i know «p jusi about •to t enough 'Pi foot to he n ' tni in •trlving iiii th slock on such a ranch. Mayor (Jnhlninn of oninhn has mtldiely parted eompany with Win, • llryun, bitnit< Mr Itrynn hie* oh •mttso d the eaten of limp*anu<e Mayor Duhltuan, i> a In Hen r In personal llbetfy It.y personal lib rty he undermands, llutl every man • hniihl have tin fim and unhlndep'd ■Ight to tuaki spoil of his follow, <i eat, drink, slugger in tin ditch nd dh a blessed freodoin * * * A new institution has limn started I linrluiin, \ C lulled tile National '{eliglmn Training School am! Cbau lauqito to tin Colored lime A liasic principle of tin now institution is Change tin* man and the environ ment;; will !m changed by tin* man." The head, tin heart, the hr d. it declan Innild on i Ittca'd l«’i tig ’on. ludu. trv and lti tun make tin omplete, well ruundt d >aii * • e Dr John I (ion in r, found* i rad sow p ; lit i 111<■ 1 .* in' li- V, i m *»n's t' 'I* a, l all i mote, mainialti* for twenl; fn years a silent id' • Illage seliiH i in tin* Norlhwivt i i iv 'Peer ef India insulting in (lie odm i ’ion ami Cr ri.d.ianh.aiion of tnoro than '.O.tMio Indian . many of whom have '.econo leiidep of tin |i opl** \ll 'his was ditto ai a total n i of it* 00.00. Much mud i - tlirowi at the church a in i aun i f tin; lack of harmony uni Co-op* ;ai ion a mong t ltcnjsolvos. Hi at tiicr* only too good ground *or ta* ai "proaiji w* id mil. lint -ire in mud It. ; * : :• always quite onsi; i• to. ti. d do tin y in civic and HitiBieij.ai aliaii. always practice '- lint tin y to . I.; it so why should hid loath . I in'me,-, men turn o.ei • tnanag ... ut ■ t uk* * h i .-*' affa r. in- quest amp. ie ehc.lu ■ » ol poll - u '* (efliug logetla I tile) 1* -• *n men of tinquoa Dor,* <! , • *.. ' . • *.it in ti* cities' *. nti. U . V» Ui'k .. .' **n iiio side of I eal op in-vertholcsH *< i.ro net >ii Millin ’ to abide by fin incision id iln> majority in the nattei of wet or dry We are, kiwi \it. opposed to making ttie t,a ioon issue the only issue We insist Him good representative men should be elected to the city offices irrespec tive of tin ir political affiliations and nnnffecti d by the "wet or dry" issue. Kor once let politics and scutum nt be relegated to the secondary place win n they lightly belong, and let ■ very man who at a is for a “llretit i Kali; (Mt tome out for the strong si and most capable men who (;in be found in our midst. s * * Stand-pat-ism in Uku •'lections has brought reproach uiion city govern ment because of the incompotency of many of tie officers elected As the situation how stand?, it is extremely difficult and frequently impossible to get men of character and self respect to run for office. They have learned by bitter experience that the ring will throw them, and that the aver age man when at the polls “votes ner-stniight," no matter though tin • eriest incompetents he put in office The time has come for the intelligent < itlzens of Kalis City to wake up to the important fad, that the interest.’ of our towu are paramount. Kalla City is now entering upon a in w and larger career. Shall it be marred by increased incompetent'?. vice and corruption or shall the spirit of a (’ a.i and lir I'liigiMil piOgremdveneaH prev all ? * • * INSURGENCY. Hiiin vi ry earnest and sincere peo |.ii find ii <1 iffivult to adjust them 1% . ii.ii lllgc nily with rolation to tin ii.aur, i id movement in Congress rin prc.si hi i eliism eau lie easiest eompi’i iii tided if looked tit from the 1 j.'.t ottrnnhii al slant) point. For it is in distinctly a western movement sis ovet the secession was a soutli rn. , It is t. pleai ot wt stern Ideals and of 1 v. I ill life. | I or several years the ‘ ast has re ' "full d tile west largely as a wild, eratic child. There was a time in the history of the west when there was good grounds for tills notion. Hut.the child has been growing some, it h.ts reached a man's estate, and Is i touting into its own. The Insurgent movement Is a mild expression of tii" western eonseioiienesH. It Is true that men of "I'nele doe's' find are tumble to appreciate such it thing us a western type of American, citizen ;!i If t onft ssetl "it is hard to learn an old dog new tricks." Xev : tin less the young dog learns them,’ tied learns them well lOvIdotitl.v we have many otherwise intelligent and loyal western people who have not •it awak' rn d to the fact that the • >.i hits heroine a mighty people, rich la material tilings, ardently p'o '1 dvr, anti z.t iilout for the right of the individual The imuirgi nt inovemt lit In not primarily a political movement, hut a poople'n movement. It is tile linin ', of mighty an i milch abused p ople, agaliu t tli■ • opprt slon of special n li re t . and < '.ms loghdulIon and t he n rule, li is tin challenge of the pro duce:- for a lightful division of the product of labor. H is the advance skirmish of nu industrial revolution. * * m PARCELS POST. While the agiLition against trans portation companies ami the excessive rates which they charge, is up again before I lie public,let the farmers urge upon their representatives the dosira-i 1 > 111 ’of a parcels post. Rural free delivery with till its ex cellent servlet• to tin1 farmer, is only j hall what it might and should be to him As an intelligence department it Is all that could be desired, hut i ron i In standpoint of pure econotm . Ics if offers him little enough. With the addition lo the service of the tar rying of express at a nominal rate tin funner could have Ida goods tie liven d at his door, every day, with tin same regularity and dispatch as he now gels It is mail. Naturally the express companies \ II fight the passage of such a hill. • v.ierii sec lias shown that local ■i :... is also are largely opposed to It i- novation. In (Ids they un til i i,i'-c I .net L post will 1 t all} ad van! i, • tl; lucal merchants. lust a - d has bi.i-ii found that the postal’s1 sting I ,.nL in (treat Ibittbin and Germany bin been of direct advan tage to 'in banks, although bitterly opposed at first by the banking ip i •rest:-. ■ • only p who will ttly injured by the passage of a tumors post net. will lie the tiaas portntioa companies, ami in purlieu Hr the i \pren companies, itiil as these lire at present mercilessly <>n aged in looting the public pocket it' is needle, s to consider even for a moment any po.;,dblc**hui'dship the act n i; it work on them. the: place to begin saving. very ;uoil citli. n should hold I p ti e hands ct President Taft in Lis avowed intention to cut down the. expenses of the government, and no good litiieu will object merely be cause file retrenchment liifs his own inf .‘rests. Most of us feel that the | recommendations of a presidential me . sage are so far off that we need not bother about them and usually there is ground for tile feeling. But Presi dent Taft in his last message strikes a blow at an « xpenditure in which ev ery reader of this is interested. He recommends the abolition of the pos tal law that makes it possible for Karin and Fireside and other period* j ieals to be carried to their subscrib ers ; I (lie low prices which now pre vail lie says thiii the great loss of the post-office department is in the carriage of second-class mail master. And because they are heavier and are on the average carried further than newspapers. In : aye that the mnga ziu and periodicals are the publica tions that create the deficit So lie recommends the withdrawal of the second-class mail privileges front the magazines and such weeklies as this, i'ho adoption of his recommendations will enforce a revolution in the busi ness of publishing such papers and magazines, and will drive hundreds of them out of business, it will double tin cost of this paper to its readers. It will probably double the cost of periodical literature all along the line. He shall be g’ad to hear from our readers as to whether or not they think this the place to begin to econ omize. The farmers of the country want the parcels post. Every other im portant civilized nation lias it. lt is I ii re prone li to tin that we haven’t it I The lack of it places us In a class with the backward peoples. The par eels post woul i make money for the government It would have been giv ■n ns long ago if it had not been for tic moneyed interest; mgaged in the ! 'Xpress business Uon.lt you think it would be better to make up the postal deficit by ex pansion Into the parcels post than by going backward to the extent of up •< it mg tit* maga/lre relations of the people? Tliei'u, is a loss to the government in unfair and extravagant rentals for timihears sufficient to wipe out the deficit if it v, re remedied. The gov ernment lias long paid nearly enough rental per year for these ears to build them. la other words, it pays the railways for its ears every year, and never owns them. And after paying for them, it pays again to have the mail hauled in them. For a genera tion this has been a reproach to our postal system almost amounting to a scandal. It has often been called the nug<- t graft in our government. It would have lain wiped out years ago bad it not hen for the Influence of the railways, its beneficiaries. Would it not have been more statesmanlike for President Taft to ! e! thi abuse t utlrer than ;P the cheap dissemination of reading matter, education, iat •lligence? What do you think? It is unfortunate that at the mo rn tit of this presidential threat it is tl ■ magaxim which are criticising tim admini. nation, excoriating Mr. Aldrich and lampooning Mr. Cannon. With .to many greater abuses in plain sight and d -mnmling cure, how will Mr I'aft explain his recommendation against the charge of spite and n de sire to imi/.zl the press? Write your congressman about it? Write your . > mitor about it. —Farm and Fireside. THE WIDER WORLD. The house of representatives voted to destroy 1,000 tons of "worthless” public documents which have been accumulating for several yiars. The largest park in the world, ex tending for fifty miles along the hank of the river Hudson, is to he provided for New York Destruction lit the Putted Slat by fire in on - year, 1007. amounted to u-'nrly one-half of the new building construction m the whole country for yea r. Tli diricteis of the Pennsylvania Company operating Pennsylvania ra;l load lines w si of Pittsburg, today declared a dividend of $16.67 per share, payable In stock. I«ee Mi-Clung, the new treasurer of the Pulled States nave Charier. H. Treat, the retiring treasurer, a tidy n-. el pi f $1,360,1.34,904 "S lard month. Tin- motor "bus” hat; invaded Pal •tine and with the completion of u carriage read between Jerusalem and Nablus, it is tow possible to travel comfortably n- two hours from laffa '•> tin- ancient Hhooheni The oftVrll p of ITe t i ait Chrk.t cudom for fo eign missions in 19(10 out:i d to >34,61;!,000, ,i gain of 1 ,T«>T.0-00 over I90S. Seventy-one' P r ci nt of this gain was in Cnited Stat.-s and Canada. J’it'tix u th,eti.-ai.d more p« irons were at work in the factories of, Rhode Island at the close of the year 1909 tliou were at work at the close of 1908 Sir Charles Buxton once said: “The struggle of the school, the library, and the church, all united against the j beer house and the gin palace, is' hut one development of war between heaven mid hell." On la«t Thanksgiving day Warden J. K.. Codding of the Kansas state penitentiary iiitioduecd the custom of offering thanks at iho prisoners’ dining table before partaking of the fooil in those counties in Ohio which 1 have abolished the saloon there lias been a remarkable increase in sav ings bank deposits. Over fifty banks limb'd in reporting an increase,which is definitely traceable to the spread of temperance. James J. Hill, the famous rail road magnate, sent this order to the heads of all the branches in the vast railroad system which he con trols: "Do not employ drinking men. If the men vho are working under you drink, tel* them they must stop or make way for men who will not drink," This order is the result1 ef tlie investigation of a number of) accidents on the railroads, almost all of which \vt rc caused by employees indulging in drink. At Los Angelos a man has just gained a verdict of $3,000 against a dentist who let a tooth slip down] his throat. The victim had been suffering two years from supposed tuberculosis, but finally coughed a tooth from his lungs and recovered Notice to Public. Having sold my interest iu the firm of Wirth & Winterbottom, I wish to thank the public for the liberal patronage extended and ask a con tinuance of the same to Mr. Wirth. THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM. SYMPOSIUM. 3y Prominent Men On The Prevail ing High Prices of Meat. Archbishop Ireland says there is ueadful waste resulting from ignor es •• of house k -eping, and that Ainer '■an women do not know how to avo in cooking. 'i'li Spokane Spokesman 10 view republican, has an explanation for tin increased tost of living It says: -ionic part of tin* increased cost, of living is due to higher prices of nec essaries, hut personal indulgence and xt.ravagaiit. desires are the chief factors." James J. Hill says that if Lhc house keeper, instead of standing in front of the telephrne to order the family supplies, would go to the market and learn which foods are cheap and just as good as the expensive kinds she lias been ordering there would be less talk abou high prices. Slow handling of live stock by the railroads results in the loss af 100,000 head annually, according to witnesses before the house committee an inter state commerce. A bill is before the committee fixing a minimum rate of Hi miles an hour ai which railroads may transport live stock shipments. The next effort of the government will he to prove that in the matter of meat prices for a given territory the jointly owned National Hacking com pany sol the pace for Armour A Co., Hwlft A Co., and Morris A Co., and that tins was the result of an agree ment made in violation of the anti trust law. The Falls City Daily Journal says: 'The people seem to be unreason able in making complaints of the high price of the cost, of food pro ducts that appear on their tables. How do they expect the army of traveling men that fill our hotels and railroad trains to get their pay if it is not added to the price of what the grocer sells them?" John JJarrett, director ol the bureau of American republics said: “Tae whole problem of lowering the price of meat might, be solved iti tnirty days if congress would lower tariff duties on beef and cattle, so an.! when there was a scarcity here Huy could he shipped from Latin America. Without in any way seri ously dlsari augilig the beef and cattle business of this country beyond re ducing the price to a living basis, the lowering of the duty would suddenly develop an interesting situation. In less than a week a fleet of steamers loaded with high class rofrigemtoi bev f cf Southern Smith America | would leave I'aieims Ayers and Monte-1 vkb o for N't i % ork and New Or-! 1 ans.'1 Philadelphia North American says: A farmer killed two bogs and a .Sa lem. N J,. butcher agreed to buy them, the price being satisfactory. The farmer said that he'd like to have- the hams and shoulders, and again the butcher agreed. After the fanner put tin hams and shoulders | on his wagon lie remarked: ‘Well, what’s the balance coming to me?’ The butcher figured a moment and replied: ‘There s nothing coming to you. you owe me $2.85.' and the farm er was obligt d to pay it. The butch- i 1 r's figures wen correct the farm er’s were correct. The butcher! bought the entiri hugs at a wholesale price and the farmer was charged at retail prices for the hams and shoul ders- although tlmt was not und >r stood when he made the bargain. MARKET LETTER. Letter From our Regular Correspond ent at Kansas City. Kansas City Stock Yards. Feruary 14th, 1910. -Cattle receipts tast week were a disappointment to buyers ev ery day except Tuesday, the prices either higher or were firm each day except Tuesday, with a net advance of 10 to 25 certs for the week. The outlet is broader than a week ago, and the market has added capacity account of recent forced small buy ing of killers. Prime steers have been scarce, hut one lot sold at $7.40 here today, highest price in several weeks, top each of the two last weeks $7.15. Cows of Quality: sell up to $5.50, and a few heifers at $0.00 or better. Hog receipts have been running l very light, and prices made a net I gain of IS cents last week, closing) at the highest point reached pre- j viously this winter. The run is 9,000 head today, and the market is) 5 to 10 higher, top standing at $8.90: today, highest ever recorded at this market, and hogs are selling at war prices today for the first time in more than forty years. All weights come in for the strong prices, and seldom is the bulk of scales within as nar row a range as now $8.55 to $S.35 here today. J. A. K1CKAHT. Live Stock Correspondent Washington News Letter. Washington, February lfith. 1910 "Economy" is an administration slo gan at present. The appropriations bills are beginning to come over to the senate from the house, and the retrenchment idea in noticeable in ‘the reductions in ing made. Legislation passed the senate last week which will call for the expen diture of a few thousands out of lln United States treasury for a fish cul ture station in Nebraska. If it passes the house, $25,000 will he expend' d in Nebraska by Unde Sam in breed ing and growing fish to stock the streams. Already, however, the economical program of President Tart has pre sented an obstacle to the enactment of legislation dear to the hearts of the Nebraska delegation. It lias given raise to a curious situation with reference to a bill which Mr. Taft very strongly endorsed when he was secretary of war, that of increas ing the size of the signal corps and making a regular arm of the service. Tlte Nebraska men are interested because the headquarters of the sig nal corps are in Nebraska. To in crease the size of the signal corps would, therefore make Nebraska the base of operations in experiments vvilit aerplanea and other flying ma chines which the war department is trying out. Last year iu a letter to Senator Burkett, who introduced the bill. Secretary Taft set forth tit lengtli the importance of inert using this branch of the service, and urged -T -imiwu-Wc ipiJt-MfWM -umm* xm i . ww that the bill be passed As president, lowever. he is put in the position of being slow to endorse hills calling for new appropriations, and his precise! attitude cannot lie- determined. He leas not jet indicated just how ho feels about the hill now, but within a few days lie will probably be cull ed upon to de, so. Cheap and Safe. The small sunt of $- will buy a $5,000 policy, good for fix > free* tin ltichardson County Farm Mutual Insurance Co., provided the building has good lightning rods. Them these polic ies can be rene.wed another fire years for the still smalle r fee of fifty c ents. Smaller policies cos! I he same amount. The last 22 years this company leas bee n thoroughly tried,and found re liable. We have- over two inillios insurance in force, and constantly gaining new members All the fans property of the county ought to be insured with us. It is folly to ho p on sending money out of t lit- county foi good safe protection. School boards and country churche s can save money by insuring wilb us. Call, write or phone to me, over Dittmnr's store. Falls City. Nebraska. SAMUEL LIUI1TV Sec y. —Ladies. Save Mcut-y! Make finest of perfumes at home for one fifth what, you are now paying. T ■ guaranteed recipes for 50c. Howe Supply Co , Frinceton, Indian, SS THE BEST STRENGTHENING TGXSC for Feeble Old People, Delicate Children, Weak, Run-down Persons, and to Counteract Chronic Coughs, Colds and Bronchitis, is because it combines the two most v < irld-famed tonics — the medii inal, strengthening, b.idy-biulding element i g of Cod Liver Oil and Tonic Iron, without oil or grease, g tastes good, and agrees with every one. 1 We return your money without question If Vino' P docs not accomp 'n rre ck i.Ti for it. t A. C. WANNER, ,1st, Falls City. j February Bulletin of Special Komescekers' Excursions, Iibruary ! ml ;:uh, autl the lost and third Tuesda s of each subsequent month, to tin West, Northw st and Southwest, n « farm lai d regions. A chance for a splendid tour of the West at very low rates. Winter Tour Rates: Daily through February and March t •> al: Southern. Gulf, Cuban and California resort-, Verv Cheap One Wav Rates To Puget Sound and Pacific Coast Only $25.00 from eastern and central Nebras a tu Seattle, Portland, Spo aue, Butte, Helena, San Francisco, Los . western destinations. 'Pickets sold from March 1st to April lath. Through Service: These tieke - lionui d in < fair > ars and tourist sleepers: daily through tourist sleepers via Northern l’ai t fi e Kx press, through upper Northwest: daily through tourist sleepers to < alifornia, via Denver, scenic Colorado. Salt Lake City and Southern Pacific. Get in touch with me, and let me give you descriptive literature, ar range for your berths and assist you in every wav. -i E. G. WHITFORD, Ticket Agent. Fails City. Neb. , . V s »v ; L. M. WAKELEY, G. P A., Omaha, Neb. 2TWi - -■.—. Jjf MTfTTOMnI Ml ITT FltTiTlTl mniiT itwti ir rs 11 r i m~inriri-t HECK A WAMSLEY WHOLESALE Flour, Feed and Oil Meal All Kinds of Salt, Stoneware Climaq ( hick Feed All Kinds of Storage facilities Warehouse on B a m. r. r. FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA JOHN W. POWELL Rea! Estate and Loans MORTGAGES BOUGHT AND SOLD Money to Loan at 5 and ft per tent interest on good real estate security. Also money to loan on good chattel security. Polls City, Nebraska