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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1910)
THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Entered as second5®!ass matter at Falls City. Nebraska. post office. Jame »ry 12, 1R04, under the Act of Congress on March .5, 1ST1*. Published every Friday at Falls City, Nebraska, bv The Tribune Publishing Company W. H. WYLER. Editor and Manager. One year f 1. 41 Six mouths .75 Three months .40 TELEPHONE 2*26. THE PROBLEM OF THE CITY 'I'lc U! m cl i lii '.Viii- i m .iii ■ n has been and still is mal administ ra lion The \nmrican city is known tin* world ovei for its utter failure to make good in this particular The fault lies in the Incapacity of tie great mass of city officers, and of t ours** really in tin* t uiiditions by 'which they are elevat'd to office This has come to such a pass, that j docout men regard ti as useless to make atiy effort fur tin* correction of existing aliust s, and men of prin j tuple and real ability absolutely n j fuse lo lie used as slool pigeons, to bo set up only to In1 knocked down by the rlngsteis It amounts lo the confession on tin* part id' the better class of citizens, that they are helpless lo provide relief, and that conditions, had as they are,must continue to grow worse. Tlu> real source of Hie difficulty! is to be sou gilt for in tile itleu that politics are essentially Imd and that clean and decent men dare not mix in mailers of a political nature for fear of becoming contaminated and corrupted. It Is unfortunately true, though not necessarily so, that the average politician is one of a had lot. And because of tils odlotiV doings lie lias brought the whole system of municipal politics Into disrepute, so that most really desirable and other wise available men for public office absolutely refuse to submit to Hie unavoidable associations Hint run ning for office would necessitate This Is a sad commentary upon our idea of citizenship utul miinlei pal loyally and duty (fur banks and all other Institutions of < rinse ((lienee have sense enough to place their best men in the Important ol'fi ces. And the men tints honored consider it a compliment to lie so elevated and recognized Why should not a city with its larger and more diversified interests require Hie leadership of its very ablest citizens? The town does need its strongest -Ui(1 best men at the head of its affairs. Good horse-sense demands that only men of character. Intelli gence and business foresight, ought to be considered for the city's offices. Hut good men will not serve. How do you know ? Where is (here a really capable and conscientious man In Kails City, who, if made to feel by the better class of citizens that they wanted him and that his services and ability wen* actually needed, would finally refuse? It is true that good men have refused, and others will continue to hesitate. And, why? Chiefly bivau: they are not impressed bv the sincerity of their supporters. They realize the uselessness of accepting a notn ination if not hacked by fighters and voters, ami they are unwilling to He rein a race, the end of which they already know means oulv humilia tion and defeat. Kalis City can have what she wants, is lie will get what she goes in for. Cities, like individuals, have their opportunities, and upon their choices and decisions hang the great issues Kalis City lias the privilege offered her of stepping up into tin* line, with the more successful ami progressive cities of the state. Will she measure up to her possibilities or will she permit partyism and pre judice to block her advance? * • * THE CITY WATER. A strictly desirable water supply is one of the commodities which a city is not always able to obtain. Water is a necessity, and when real ly good water is not to he had the consumers will find it advisable to content themselves with the next best or rather with the water that is available. Falls City water as it is at present being S' rved up to the consumers, leaves much to be desired Never theless it must be adtuittd that this much condemned and so called “slough water” might be verj much worse. It occurs to us in our rather slow way of thinking that we ought not be ungrateful for the good that comes to us through tin j use of our city water, while at the same time we may well < ast about for ways and means of improving both the source of supply and the water itself. in 6pite of its many shortcom ings, Falls City water has a vari ety and dash about it that chal lenges our admiration. There are occasions when it spurts from tile fam i t with all the sparkle anil si ;• y. I e of a freshly combined glass of brnmo seltzer. Then again it assum s a suifare aspect of having been to Intimate with the Junk man And at other times one not accustom ed to its vagaries might mistake it for the aerated pnxlurt nf an eastern dairy. Hut when all lias been said it remains us a fact to he justly weighed, that while Falls t'lty water Is at times hard to stomach, it is not "it record that Ms use has as vet seriously injured anyone. There fore while it does not appear to I.specially palatable, nevcrl hetess, it eaunol lie shown that it is harmful It may not be desirable city water, but ii is very convenient and im mensely superior to none at all * * * SLUMS DEGRADE BUSINESS. The worst enemy of business la tin slum \boui 85 per cent of the peo ple of this country are elasuad by the sociological experts as poor or very poor. Whatever tends to inert ase litis sit in of poverty strikes in two ways at tIn* heart of business, It Interferes with consumption and it Interferes with production Nothing could he W orse ii ill" last-twenty five years Kng land and G *rmaiiy have entered upon a desperate duel for ttie Common ill 1 kingdom of ttie world At the begin ning Kngland was everything in in ternal tonal commerce, and (iennany was next to nothing. Now, to speak quite plainly, Germany, fighting with skill and tenacity, is the assured vic tor in the buttle, and Kngland is go ing down to defeat. I low did Ger many manage to make such a mar velous showing in this tremendous conflict ? The secret of Germany's success is no secret at all to those who know the relative condition of her working population and Kiiglami’ti. Kngland has allowed the slum lo lake care of Itself and the slum lias turned upon her and eaten out the heart of her strength The real strength of a nation is not her banks, palaces, riili men, armaments, guns, hut lie ships, splendors, park lanes, royal slate pomp and circumstance; tin real strriiglh is her men that work with their hands. That is her only asset worth talking about; tier physi cal condition depends upon their phy sleul condition Kngland has allowed her working population to deloriorn [to in slums; Germany has labored lo abolish thn slum and to rear her Working populations In the full meas ure of health and vigor When the two working populations clash in the commercial ImtGe, down goes the Kngllidi iiii" Hiawatha New .; i mo < ra t. * * * The point made by the "Journal" last week, that the moral standard id' lahm on the I! & M , Is higher than on the M. I’, was well taken It is true that the It. a. M. lays greater stress upon the efficiency of its employees and looks more close ly after their manner of living and their habits than does the M. I’., as a consequence the It. fi M . is able to and as everyone knows does give better service than does (lit! M IV li is only another verification of the truth that morality and efficien cy go hand in hand. A clean, sober man, other things being equal. is always more dependable and more capable than the man given to irreg ularities and an urn lean life. This however does not do full justice lo tile characters of tile men employed by the M 1*. It must not for a moment be inferred that the M. I*. Railroad Co,, is indifferent as to tiie habits of its employees. The writer recalls a particular case which happened in Kalis City within the new year. A mail in the employ of the M 1 ’ fui some twenty five years or more was asked to resign be cause of his "booze fighting" pro clivities and lie dhl resign in pref erence to being uiiceremonlusly fir ed. The M, I’ has no use for drunks, nor graduates from the Street Corner school. » * * It appears to us that the Kansas City papers are not telling all they know about the ugly Cudahy-Ullis serape. They are quite free with such details as offer diversion and excitement for the sensation loving reader, hut that the incident might point a moral does not appear to have occurred to them. Possibly they do not regard it as within their province to preach to their readers. Tin* tendency on the part of news pipers to sink to the level of mere j entertainers is constantly growing. These papers no doubt understand their business; in a coarse phrase, "they know on which side their! bread is buttered." But is the read-; ing public growing so morbidly cur-j ious. (hat they will no longer abide] instruction? Must the newspaper of the day,in order to make dividends, degenerate into a mere sensation monger? Bare it never lift a proph-l et's voice in beha’f of homo and purity and justice? Will the Kansas) City brethren kindly tell us where there is any differenc between the] nigger who jostles a school girl, and I tin bishop’s brother who insinuates hintsi if into another man's bed. The gentleman of color accomplishes his end by physical violence, your gen tleman of cloth, achieves the same end by arts too conti tnpllbb" to men tion What is the difference be tween (hi two? And* yet the ^ hole city is up in arms against the one, and the other will not lie prosecuted. * * * The Daily lotinial is authority for the statement that Prof. Oerano after making his harvest has left town Accepting the statement as representing the facts, it is only another vindication of tin* old prov erb, “A fool and ids money are soon parted " If the professor took any money from Falls City it was not because (tie people who patronised hint hud any intelligent inti rest in the betterment either of their own situation or the ct millions that pre vail in Fall • City. II is only another ease of I lie blind seeking Tile help of the blind, of tnoi.il stinks going to a man whose whole success de pend. itjifIlls ability to exaggerate and deceive, for relief from the obli gations of life The Tribune turned down (lie professor's "ad." We did not consider it In keeping with in telligence ami ilei i ncy to boost it profession so entirely based upon deception and misrepresentation as is tluit of the practicing clairvoyant. * * * Change is the price we must pay to progress for the privilege of go ing forward Chang's always come hard, because they hurt. Changes Involve the necessity of readjust ments This means Inconvenience, struggle and loss The man In the rut htm comparatively easy traveling. Hut In Is limited to his rut. His court e is fixed for him. To get out of tin' rut requires a special effort It is also likely to severely wr< m h his machinery. And travel over tiie unbeaten road beyond the rut may be hazardous. Therefore it challenges men of heroic souls to pioneer to insurgei ?i • * * Nothing worth while was ever achieved without it struggle, livery advance has been made at the point of the sword. Kails City is no ex cept ion If we would have better government, and enjoy relief front misting abuses, we must fight for the changes. And not in any halting, 1 time serving way; hut keep eternal ly ;tl it and nil along the line. It is no disgrace to he beaten, but it may he a crime to submit. It is not right that we supinely yield the field to I lie enemy this spring. We cannot afford M» indifferently surrender the ground already won by hardest cam paigning We must maintain our organization intact and keep our people interest! d and active. The bri'ihri n who advise against con •ontestirtg th<< field this sitring will j Jo wi ll to revise their manual of tac tics, We must meet the issue. We must fight to the finish. The right will win in the end. Line up, breth ren, line up! Our cause is right and for tin1 right a man can suffer. * * * If. as now seems probable, Lin coln will assist in retiring Mr. Bur kett from the public service, wliat is the matter with drafting Chief Jus tice M. It. Reese to represent the state in the gnat office of senator? | lie could illy be spared from (lie j Supreme bench where In* lias so ably land justly served his people and state in other years and is still do ing so Inn we know of no good reas I on why his great, abilities may not 11c utilized, to the manifest advan I tage of i he country, in a wider field of u efuiness, Nebraska, like other j siat'-s. is entitled to he represented in the highest deliberative body of I lie nation by her very best talent. | and Judge Reese stands among the | very first. He is an old fashioned j republican, strong in the faith of its founders himself b< ing one of them —and too great to consent to injtts-i lice in any shape, either In the frant-j | ing of tlie laws or their enforcement. j We nominate Judge Reese for semi-, tor, * * * It lias been openly declared in Falls City that the cause for the gen • tul lack of interest this spring on tlie part of the Christian people, is because Several denominations arc interested in building. We sincerely trust that the insinuation is utterly mifomidt d. Nevertheless, we recall the prophets warning—"The heart is deceitful above all things and 'desperately wicked.” How easy for self interest to squelch one's zeal for common good, Wliat if if should appear Unit the present lukewarm condition was only a mild form of building graft? * % * —Something new, Favorite Pruning Saw. Trim your trees from the ground. Six reasons why it is the oest in the market. Write J. A. Schroer & Co., Fruit Packers and dealers for circulars and prices, St. Joseph, Mo. 10 -5t. rThe great Baking Powder of the country— |u used in millions of 11 homes-—never | p # ore:am f Baking Powder Received the highest award at Chicago World’s Fair J THIS AND THAT \fkl HERE one man gets rich ■■ through hazardous speculation, a hundred get poor. WHERE one man stays poor through the slow methods of saving, a hund red get rich. 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. Fads City State Bank ex? GOOD NEWS TO ALL NOW READY FOR BUS\NESS We take pleasure in announcing to the people of Falls Citv and vicinitv the formal opening date of the new Shoe Store— Saturday, March 19th at 8:oo o'clock a. m. ( hi that day and at that hour we will swing open the doors for vour inspection of the finest, most complete and l ’P-TO-T! IE-HOFR SHOE ESTABLISHMENT IX THIS SECTION. \o such shoe stock; no such shoe values; no such assortment ever before found lodgment in this town at the low prices at which we are going to sell them. Our intention is to get the confidence of the people. We would rather gain the confidence of ten persons a day than to make liftv sales by employing methods that would destroy the customers' confidence in us. ' >ne customer satisfied is of greatest value to us, and we want the good-w ill of the people. W e will study your requirements and try in every way to meet them. No doubt there is room for one more shoe store in Falls City, and we have decided to take advantage of this opportunity. Being a tanner by trade, we went through the shoe factories and selected the leather ami had shot s made in accordance with own specifications. A showing in our window of distinctive patterns and lasts forms a display that will more than meet vour expectations. Slices for everybody in any step of life. If you fail CT r\g>r i ^ ^ ?■ f £!> S'" to see our snappy styles before doing your shoe pur I ■ vi chasing, you will do yourself an injustice. Our 9 As a special offer for our Opening Week. stock embraces almost every conceivable stvle and | to start the bail rolling, we will make a yo„ may be sure of being up to the last minute in 25c Reduction style if you buy shoes at the Home Shoe Stoie. j ON EVERY PAIR OF SHOES FROM Remember, that we guarantee all our SHOES. AND I Si.50 UP for opening week only. MAKE ONE PRICE TO ALL A CHILD CAN BUY S,IIH mill |Br-- HERE WITH PERFECT SAFETY 3 Doors S. Richardson Co. Bank FALLS CITY. NEBRASKA
