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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Entered as second-class matter at Falls City. Nebraska, post office. Janu ary 12. 1904, under tiie Act of Congress 1 on March 3,1879. Published every Friday at Falls City, Nebraska, by The Tribune Publishing Company I One year. . . .SI.50 Six months . _ ,75 Three months _. _ .40 , TELEPHONE 226. 1 —: THINK IT OVER. It may be old teaching but it is eternally true, nevertheless, that, “if the blind lead the blind both shall i fall into the ditch.” Not only the sinner but his support ter and abbet or must suffer for his wrongs, .lust now a test case is being tried in court tit Auburn. A woman lias sued jointly a saloon keeper and the citi zens who signed In. petition, for $20.0t)(i damages for lnu- husband, who while drunk committed suicide or was killed. The woman is like ly to win out and the petitioners are getting worried. The point to be es tablished is this: A man when lie signs such a pi tit ion makes himself morally and financially reliable for all the damage done in the commu nity by and through the influence of the saloon. Wo venture the assertion that just now a number of men whose names are on the Falls City petitions are heartily wishing they were off. A saloon petition is no reputable place ! to have one’s name, and it is getting | to be it dangerous place. A study of the Falls City petitions reveals some strange things. There are names that, strike one as being in the wrong crowd. One would ex pect to see them in better company. Why then are they there? One is led to infer that at least some of the signers did so without fully real izing what they were subscribing to. No careful and self-respecting man will wish to have his name publish ed in such a list. „ * * s.H Some years ago the so-called Osier theory was the sensation of the hour. The idea suggested was that all persons grown old and useless should be chloroformed in order to relieve society of the ir care. Now comes a j Kansas physician of some repute arguing in favor of killing off all worthless idiots. Both ideas are characteristically modern and strictly up-to-date. One of the peculiar traits jot* present day life is the disposition 1 io shirk responsibility lor ils sins. ! To destroy all our idiots would be to 1 move from our sight one of the strongest protests against the great est crime of theage—liquor traffic. Statistics prove that T.*> to 90 per cent of all idiots are directly or indirectly the product of the saloon. We can't afford to lose them. We need them to grin their gastly protest against the imbecility of our much vaunted civilization. * * * Although himself a total abstainer, nevertheless, Mr. Bryan lias always been tenderly thoughtful of the li quor interests. That is why his re cent declaration for county option has set the world of politics all agog. Long-headed as he was Mr. Bryan : had a thing or two to learn. He ; has been a long while over his les sen, but we may feel assured that he has learned it well. It is the hand-writing on the wall, which spells defeat for the open saloon in Nebraska. Tile big majority of unsubsidized papers have only fav orable comment to offer, when re ferring to Mr. Bryan’s change of base. They have their fingers on the public pulse. A straw may indi cate tlie wind's direction, but when giant minds bend to the popular storm, even fools might lie ex pected to sit up and take notice. * * * Recently Mayor Jim Dahlman of Omaha remarked,that he could count on good majorities in the south eastern corner of Nebraska, mean ing thereby of course Falls City and Richardson county. 11 is political friends have since been ringing the changes on this utterance of liis all over the state, and in no sense to the credit or advantage of Falls City, Fnfortunately for Falls City, I what Mayor Dahlman said was not ! without foundation in fact. The 1 question now is, do we want to con : tin lie patterning after the Omaha stripe? And Omaha is body and soul ; for Dahlman? Is Falls City pre pared'to stand before the people of | Nebraska its a supporter of tiie anti 1 quated. unprogressive and odious pol icies of Jim Dahlman and bis ilk? If not, then it is time for Falls City to vindicate herself and this can only be done at the ballot box. Brother, are you for a greater Falls City, or for Mayor Jim and Omaha0 * * » The city election is close at hand. It is a crisis time in the history of UJ-’alls City. We are growing out wurdlv lint outward growth to In normal and healthy is contingenl mi inner devi'lojmu lit and normal ad vaneoment. We are challenged ti lake a step forward. We ran only i do this as a municipality by all tin | friends of progressive city got I eminent falling into line and hanging ! together. It is not a question ol polities, neither is it ultimately a question of wot or dry, but it is a | question of "The Best That Can lJi Had For Falls City." We need men. i Men of progressive ideas; men ot j tlte largest business capacity and ! experienc e; men of character who have the confidence of the public; men of strenuous mold who know what is best for tin- town and art' not afraid to go after it. The Tribune will In' glad lo hear from voters as to Hu practicability of putting a "Progressive Ticket" in the field. HERE AND THERE. Items of Much Interest To All Put In a Nutshell. The new roundhouse being built at Table Rock by the Burlington will have eight stalls. Dawson will have* a new nurean lile company. It will be a branch of a Humboldt concern. Reports from over the county in dicate growing interest and enthusi asm in tin' Laymen's movement. The Federal grand jury has return ed indictments against .the members of the meat packers’ association.' Ar rests will follow at once. Tlie Salem Index lias apparently stepped out of its winter duds mid dawned its spring attire. Evidently a new man is at the helm. Congratu lations. Bethany held a big dairy feature last Saturday. Specialists on butter making, milk production and cattle diseases were on hand to instruct the crowds. Tuesday, April 20, Fairbury will vote upon the proposition to bond tht> town for $135,000.00 with1 which to install a modern electric light and water system. Dr. Condra of the State Geological Survey, in an address to the citizens of Tecumseh, Iasi week, on the sub ject of Sanitation, said that tlit- sani tary conditions in Tecuniseli were vi ry bad. The mat him ry for the dredge boat for tlie North fork of the Nemaha is on tln> ground and tlie work of con st nut ion lias already begun. The dredge will begin digging just east of tin' bridge south of Dawson. Tlie Plattsmouth Commercial Club urges the local papers to exercise discretion in the matter of home news, which might reflect unfavor ably upon the city's welfare and in terests, when read by non-resident parties. Cheap Lands in Norton County, Kas. 320 acres, six miles from town, on • half in cultivation, fair improvements, 20 acres in alfalfa, 60 acres in wheat, rttaral route and telephone. Price $7,000. 320 acres, good as the above, un improved, one half in cultivation, $20 per acre. 160 acres fair improvements, 120 acres in cultivation. Price $20 per acre. Write for long list of improved and unimproved lands. We have good improved farms close in to Norton at, from $40 to $50 per acre. If you want possession and a share of this years wheat crop you will have buy soon. Our lands v, ill dottld in value in a short time. CHAPPELL A- BRUNER, Norton, Kas. Sheriff Fenton returned from Fifing ham. Kas., Tuesday and left that night for Kearney, where he hoped to nab the wayward knight who in his thoughtlessness tapped the till of the Park hotel at Humboldt, likewise the cigar case. William Kuhlman left Wednesday for New York, from where he will soon sail for Germany to look up the matter of an estate which he is sup posed to inherit. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Ankney left Wednesday for a visit to their old home isi Pennsylvania. They will visit in Indiana on their way east. Mr. and Mrs. George Kleckner of Manley, Neb., were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Green the first, of the week. A ten pound baby girl put in an appearance at the home of Oliver Wells and wife, March 8. Francis Knisley came homo from Alma, Neb , Saturday to visit, home : folks. Alex Snow of the Park hotel in Humboldt, was in the city Wednes day. Miss Frankie Shields went to Reserve Tuesday for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wahl were in Omaha Tuesday. lARMaGS are vast —_— •NDLSTRICS THAT MAKE MIL LIONS IN A FEW YEARS. | Absolutely Authentic Figures That Truly May Be Said to Stagger Imagination—The Result of American Enterprise. The other day I was glancing over the condensed statistics of the earn ings of a number o the largest indus tries In America. These figures told such a i arvelous story of fortune and success that one is almost startled to rt^ad them. Ten or twenty years ago the electri i cal Industry, the photograph industry. ( i and even the locomotive and car , building industries were obscure and unimooi'laut. But within a space of lime that is within (he memory, probably, of every one who reads this u tide, these indus tries nave uevelope ' fo such propor ! fIons that every year they are creating | enormous fortunes. A few years ago George Westing house was unknown Then ho started t he WestirghmiKo Idedric Company. \s more uses were found for the elec tric current and means for employing I it were perfected.'the business of the Wostinghouse company increased so last and Its profits became so enor mous that actually within only a little I more than a decade it has paid to Mr. 1 W'estinghouse and the men who be came associated with him the great fortune of $26,000,000 in dividends. Kven greater have been the net earnings of another large electrical manufacturing concern, the Cieneral Llectrlc I’ompany. Already these earn ings amount to $47,000,000 The great railroad expansion In the 1'nited States lias taken place largely within recent years, and this expan sion lias created two mammoth indus tries—those devoted to building en gines and those which build cars. Mere, again, figures tell the remark able story. The American Locomotive Company ir only six years has made the Immense sum of $22,000,000 for Its stockholders. The American Car Foundry Com pany in the same length of time has paid out $20,000,000 in dividends. Cndoubtedly you appreciate that the kodak business in America la a large one; but did you know that the Last man Kodak Company of Rochester, N. Y., has paid dividends on its common stock alone of $20,000,000 in only four ! years? Think of it! I venture to say that $100 Invested in any of these industries when they were in the earlier stages of their de velopment Is worth $10,000 to-day. The facts w hich l have given you are undeniably interesting in themselves. The growth of American enterprise and business lv astonished the world. From an article by John Mathews in Leslie's Weekly. Breakfasts Then and Now. Mush, we used to cal! It, and each child, bowl and spoon in hand, a big pitcher of milk bard by, awaited the cooking process as mother stirred and stirred and the mass bubbled and bubbled The cornmeal that went into it was taken from a big bin in a tin scoop and slowly shaken into the boiling water until the experienced eye sinewed that the mush was thick enough, and when done to the queen’s taste it was ladled Into the waiting bowls, the milk pitcher was brought into requisition, and the meal was over In short, order. Breakfast food we call it now. It is gingerly shaken by a kitchen maid from a highly-orna mented pasteboard box. simmered un til by dint of calling and ringing the breakfast bell the children come fret fully to the table, when it is duly served, smothered in sugar and cream, sniffed at and left as a con tribution to the slop can. Yes, it costs more this way, but we have got to have it. And so, of course, we h:mi | to pay the bill. Whiskerless Oregon. \ dozen years ago Oregon was the hig whiskered state of the nation. Sen ators Mitfthell and Dolph and Cori gressmen Hermann and Kills wore j whiskers which made them look like I the “rare old plainsman” of the dime ! novel. Oregon whiskers in the halls I of the national congress were famous. I But all this glory is gone. Oregon is [ a whiskerless state, so far as Its rep ! resentatlon in congress goes. Senator Jonathan Bourne is of smooth face, and a slight mustache only adorns Senator Chamberlain's upper lip. Big Willie Hawley came from Oregon without whiskers. Kills, of areat whisker fame of years ago, held on to his until this session of congress, when he showed up without the beard that had caused consternation among the bar bers for so many years. No one knew hint and he had to go about introduc ing himself. The dlsapearance of Ore gon whiskers really is a notable event I in the affairs of the capital.—Washing | ton correspondence St. Louis Star. Invitation Plates. Women who are fond of souvenir-, and what women are not, are now having various articles which will serve as mementoes made of the cop per plates which are used for engrav ing cards for teas, dinners, receptions, etc. The plates are procured from the engraver, who has on show various small articles which can he evolved from them. Small trays which show the entire block nre a favorite sou venir of this sort. These are made by bending up the edges of the plate so as to form a shallow rim. The en- i graved portion is left flat to form the bottom of the tray. MADEIRA WITH A HISTORY Wecretary Elaine's Gcod Joke on Roo ocnliad Conncl four In ths Msttar of Wlnae. I cannot refrain from unmitlnu nn Incident of that dinner When Mr. lllttlno Went home from the eapllol ho told Min Itluliio ho hud I ml tod ml nddltlonul number of gentlemen, among them tin.' aocretHiy of the navy, George M. Robeson, and that she muat ho sure to cerre aoine mmhdra, n« that wna the secretary’* favorite wine, to which *ho replied that there j was not n bottle In the house. Well," j ho mild, send to the grocery and got some, us we must have It." The speak er was In his beat humor that evening, and :ih he looked down the t- tie when the madeira was being served he saw j the secretary testing Its aroma, where- j upon he arrested the conversation of 1 the guests by Addressing tie1 sccre- ! tary In a voice which attracted general 1 attention: Robeson, 1 hope you will like that mail dra, for It has a Ills- 1 tory;" and then lie proceeded to in vent a story of how it belonged to a ■ cask of a choice vintage which had j made a trip around the world in a sail- j lug cor el to temper Its ouallty, and ! had been brought to Washington by a Kurope n diplomat, had bci n bought, at the sale of Ills effects when he left the country, by a retired commodore of the navy, and lain in his cellar in , Philadelphia for years, and that he, \ Hlaine, had received from bis friend j the commodore a few bottles and that ! this they were now drinking was the' last of it Secretary Robeson, who was a great connoisseur of wine, listened with marked attention, and responded that he knew from its de licious aroma and delicious taste it must have a history, and proceeded to praise It in extravagant terms. Mr. , Hlaine never omitted an opportunity w hen lie found Ills friend in congenial ■ompany to tell the story on him. I W Poster's "Diplomatic Memoirs.” Has Felt the Charm of Paris. A resilient of Washington who trav >ls a great deal was commenting, just i day or so ago on llie conditions Is j Paris brought about by the greatest Hood since 1615, "I will wager," said he, "i hat every person who lias ever been to Paris, If :mly tor a flying trip of a day or two, Is reading every line that is being printed about the French capital just sow For myself, I feel as badly, when 1 read of the flood and its rav ages, as though I were in the normal Paris now, reading of just the same sort of trouble in Washington, the na tional capital, and my own home. "There is a charm about the French capital that to one who tins ever been there Is never dissipated. And when I think of the city as last 1 saw it, happy, gay, warm, brightly lighted. Its streets thronged, iis shops open and inviting, and then compare tt with the picture that forms in m.v mind now, as I rend the newspaper reports, It makes me absolutely unhappy. If I were a woman f should weep and lie glad of j It. I am hoping that the permanent inmage will not lie as bad as Is an ticipnted. Hut not for worlds will I go back there utilil every trace1 of the flood has been removed." The Dingnoris. The disastrous results of interfer ence by relations in the course of courtships was well exemplified in the case of a young Hnltimore couple not long ago. They had been engaged for some time, when it became generally known that the affair was at an end. "What was die trouble. Jack?” an Intimate friend asked the youth, who. 11v the wav. is a recent medical grad * I mile. "Well, ns it was nothing relating to Man personally, 1 don't know why I j shouldn't tell you,” lie replied, with a sigh. “I suppose it was some outside In Alienee you seemed to fairly dote on her,” the friend commented. “I did," the dejected lover replied "She is the sweetest little girFin the i world, but terribly fond of her rela- ' tions. Her old maid aunt front Kan sas came along the other day, and an nounced that she was going to live with us after we were married, and well she proved nil antidote. Sun day Magazine of the Cleveland Leader. Domestic Diplomacy. "Did you read that article In the paper the other day about the age at which a woman is most lovely?” asked Mrs. Illngleham. Mr. Illngleham had been out. very late the night before, and these were the first words Mrs Dinglehnm had spoken to him since she had declared (hat the explanation which lie had at tempted to give was wholly inade quate. '‘Yes,” lie replied, "I read It." "What Is your idea about it?” "I think,” lie said very gravely nnd very earnestly, "that a woman is love liest when she is just your ago.” For a moment all was still in the I Pingleham household. Then Mrs. | Pingleham put, her arms around her j husband’s neck and said: "ITenry, will you please forgive me i for what 1 said last night—or this morning—when you came home? it I was foolish of me, but I lovi^you so that I am often unreasonably jealous and suspicious." His Business. “The man you employed to clean your grounds is a sharper." “Why. I heard he was a very honest sort of fellow." "So he is.” "Then, how on earth can he be a j sharper?” "Kaslly. Hv trade he Is a sciasors grlnder " t Mamma's Business. I.llllo Minna was saying her pray er- \\ lien she had finished her usual petition her mother said: "You have lorgotten, dear, 'Make Minna a good girl,' you know." "Oh, mother," she an swered reproachfully, "don't let's oother Ood about that, that's your lookout." Harper's Magazine, sanctum Conf deuces. "Itrooks," mill Hi it.-, .nil you giva aie a synonym lor utility" I've useu that word twice already." • | suppose I can." growled Itrooks, ‘but what’s the use?" ••Use? Use? Thanks; that'll do." Thereupon the rattle oi the type writer began again. I THIS AND THAT IllfHERE one man gets rich through hazardous speculation, a hundred get poor lAfHERE one man stays ■■ poor through the slow/ methods of saving, a hund red get rich. I The wise, man saves a part of his earnings and places his mon ey in the bank to use when needed Start an account now no matter how small or how large: it will get bigger after while « Falls City State Bank i___j j HOLD YOUR STOCK FOR OWENS. Me AlwaVs Pays More than Other Buyers HORSES MARES and MULES Fat ami broke to work from | to S years old. Bring in your stock and get the highest market price, at Falls City, Sat., Mar, i 2 1 J. W. OWENS Most Extensive Dealer in United States. Back to the Farm! The greatest advertisement ever {jived to western farm lands is :ontained in the present discussion regarding the hijjb cost ot liv ing. Our population and its demands has increased beyond the ratio ol incr< as. d soil products- The man who owns a farm is surer today than ever b< fore of its future value and worth to him Nearly a million immigrants come annually to this country. The west is increasing in population at the rate of half a million a year The man who o % ns a 30 or 40-acre worn-out farm in Europe is con sidered indep ndent. yet the west offers you 320-acre tracts of Mondell lands or 80-acre tracts of Government Irrigated land, at a price that comes near being a gift With the absolute certainty that these lands will be beyond the reach of the homesteader in a f >w years, it Will pay YOU tO get hold [if a Western farm for yourself or your sun before it is too late (let in touch with me. 1). CLEM I)EA\ KK, (Ii.ni.kai, Aokni . Land S.'i'ltcrs Information Bureau Room 6, "Q Building, Omaha, Nebraska. JOHN W. POWELL Real Estate and Loans MORTGAGES BOUGHT AND SOLD Monty to Loan cil 5 and <> per tent interest on good real estate security. Also money lo loan on good chattel security. w«teo'.nt»S?.dH»u^fl falls Citv, Nebraska Passenger Trains Burlington Route West Bound South Bound No. 1'! Denver Exp.1:10 a. m Tr. Louis Mail and Ex- No. 15 Denver Exp. (Local). 1:40 p. m i,r‘" '' " 1U No- 43- Portland Exp.10:17 p. ni Tr. lot. Kansas ( ,ty Exp.. 4:41 a. m. No , ,,ortlaud E.2:23 Tr. Ix K. C.local leave, a. m. N(> l2I_Ivil)Colll Loc. via Nc. Tr. Ms x Falls City arrives 0:00 p. in. braska City.5:00 a. ni v [tailv except >unday North Bound East Beund Tr 10 . Nebraska Mail and Ex- No’ 14 ‘ St- J > K- C st- L -T:38 a- ra press. .1:50 p m , No. 44 st. J., K. C . & St. L . Tr. 105 Omaha Express. ,1:4S a. m No. 10—St. J., K C. & St, L. .4:22 p. m Tr. I.'i7 x Omaha lovui h aves 7:00 a m. (Local) Tr. Ml x Fails Citv local ar- No. .js-St. J., K. C. dv St. L. .0:52 p. ni rives.8:4.) p.m XT„ ,, , . ... . , 1 No 122—rrom Lincoln, via x Dally exeunt Sunday v . . . ..... ’ Nebraska City. 10:4o p. m Local rrt. I rains Carrying Passengers k. t.. wmtfold. ai-. nt. North Bound Tr. 192x—To Atchison .... 11:10 a in. Invention of Spectacles. South Bound The Urst pair of spectacles was Tr. 101 x — To Auburn.1:22 | m cuude by an Italian In 1299.