Nebraska Newspapers

    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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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•NDLSTRICS THAT MAKE MIL
LIONS IN A FEW YEARS.
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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
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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 "
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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
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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.
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