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    The Falls City Tribune
FIVE CONSOLIDATIONS: FALLS CITY TRIBUNE, HUMBOLDT ENTERPRISE, RULO RECORD, CROCKER'S EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL AND DAWSON OUTLOOK.
Vol. VII FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, mo. Number 18
SALEM SWEPT BY FLAMES
DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION
VISITS SISTER CITY.
Thirty-five Building Wiped Out By
the Fire Business Section
Suffers To Rebuild.
i he calamity which hit Salem so
terribly last Saturday has passed.
Th<. plucky little village is last re
covering from the shock of her mis
fortune and is beginning <o adjust
herself to the altered conditions. The
Sahinites are not minded to wrap
themselves in sackcloth and go la
'HM'htiug amonk the ashes of their
nuns. Instead, with heroic fortitude
and good sens ' they are laying plans
and devising means for replacing their
losses with better and mor« stable
buddings.
tne of the first acts of the city
miatdl since the fire was to declare
fo- only brick structures, properly
:j i proofed, for the main street. Al
v ;uly at least four large business
onms are planned and their erection
u. 'di d tor. They are M. D. Dowell,
genera! merchandise; the Salem
Flank, Shlldheek Pros., hardware and
furniture, and Malone Pearson, res
ia mint.
"lie work of clearing the ruins will
’ begun at once and the construc
ts work pushed with all possible
i ■ rgy to tlic early completion.
'tiler buildings will be contracted
it . as fast as the necessary plans
» an preparations can be made. The
insurance people are on band adjust
ing claims and settling up.
t< lephone exchanges have
joated forces and ‘ connect.* 1 their
lines to the one station; all wires are
i t >>eicd up and communication with
at I,point s established.
The loss lias been variously esti
<1 at from $75,000 to $250,000.
$1(10.000 will probably cover the actu
al t'.-s as the burned property was on
ly partially insured. The lox; will be
set< rely felt, especially Dy those hav
inp small holding, representing all
(h< t living.
;i- all thirty-five buildings are
sa*»; to have burned, representing
some of the best business rooms in
town, as well as some old and tjrne
w< n structures. The fire originat
ed -li a small wood dwelling during
the noon hour and while the occu
pants were at dinner. Through a
ibfeetive or overheated flue the roof
caught fire, and when first noticed
wa.*- all abla/.i . The wind was blow
ing a iiuricane gale and made all
atUjnpts to stay the fire abortive.
s'aleni lias good reasons to be
gr; l.i ful that the fire area i.' not
la - g.« r. Any change in the wind and
otb* r buildings adojining would have
hem fired and the extent of the
probable damage in that case cannot
ht approximated. \ Many buildings
w< e fired from sparks falling ifpon
i hi pi and from the great neat, but
by heroic efforts on the part of the
fighters, the fire area was restricted
lo ts present proportions.
A dozen or more families arc home
P-- 1 lowever.noiie are without shel
ter as there is sufficient room in Sa
1 n; for their accommodation
Tne only thing that saved i 1 *- post
er? , block from destruction was
ihe fact that the roofs were of slieet
irr The fire raged on three sides
but Iv'ft the block almost unharmed.
Kin proof roof • should be ihe only
one tolerated in town. Ttiey cost
little more than shingles, and pro
vide a large degree of security
against the fire find.
K~*jeiki. has no means for fighting
fin This is a serious problem for
every small town to face. Without
any apparatus they are absolutely at
the mercy of wind and flame. Some
provision ought to be mad" to meet
a visitation of this kind.
As Seen By An Eye-Witaess.
•What resulted in a very disastrous
fire started in Salem Saturday short
ly after noon, when W. \V. Spurlock
came running to the home of Mrs. C.
t'iaus, an elderly lady living on
m;. n street just opposite the drug
sioie and informed the family, who
were eating dinner, that their house
was on fire.
Fire alarms were sent out and
crowds soon gathered on the street,
bm with no fire facilities. Flames
soon gained great headway, a.ul soon
the two-story frame building just east
of it was in flames. At the same time
the two story frame building across
the street south, owned and occupied
by J. Ct. Ranger, for a harness shop,
caught fire in several places and
frot there the blaze on south side of
/
the street swept the, restaurant,owned
by C. A. Lord of Ltneoln. tt. then
leaped to the eoal house owned by!
Hiram Shildneek, next to a residence
owned and occupied by J. W. Hall. It
then swept across the street east
and burned the residence of Mrs.Han-1
nah Vandervort, then south to the
house owned by C. .11 Emmert and
occupied by B. C. Parish, then south-j
oast and took the two owned by Mrs.
Ray of Denver. While all of those
were burning, the blaze on the north
side of the street went from the
two-story frame building t.o the brick
restaurant owned by Malone Pear
son. It next demolished the bank
which was a brick structure; made
Its way to the two-story brick gen
eral merchandise store owned by M.
L. Dowell. Next in line was the two
store brick owned by Hiram Sliild
neck and occupied as a hardware on
the first floor and furniture on second
floor. The flames then crossed the
Street east, and demolished the Kails
City Telephone Co. building, 'hen the
two residenceseast owned by Hiram
Ttehen. In all there were thirty-five
buildings destroyed. The wind was
•errlfic and at times the faithful
workers were almost dismayed, as
all around them blazes were starting.
Heroic efforts were made by many of
the men and every one did all they
mild. J. G. Ranger, M. L. Dowell
nd Hiram Shildneek all suffered
in avy losses, while Snyder & Parish’s
drug store, Houck's meat market and
Karsh’s genew> merchandise store
Mid postoffice were severely damaged,
hue residences mostly carried small
insurances.
Married.
A very pretty, but quiet wedding
occurred Sunday morning at six
o’clock at the home of Mrs. Margaret
Cade, when her daughter, Miss Kthel,
was united in marriage to Mr. Ralph
B. Simpson. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. M. C. Brooks of
tin' Methodist church in the presence
of the close relatives and a few
friends. Following the ceremony a
delicious wedding breakfast was serv
ed, after which tbo. bride and groom
were driven to. 1 lie. Burlington station
and went to St.,Joe for a short wed
ding trip. They will go to Wahoo
to visit Mr. Simpson’s parents before
returning home.
Mrs. Simpson has grown to woman
hood in this city and is the renter
of a large and admiring circle of
friends. Mr. Simpson came from
Wahoo, Xeb., to our city about three
years ago and has been engaged in
the jewelry business. He is a young
man of estimable character and
stands high in business and social cir
cles here. While he is to be congrat
ulated upon his good fortune, he is
entirely worthy of the prize he lias
won.
We are glad to know that Mr. and
Mrs. Simpson will make this c'ty thei
home, and on their life’s ojurney they
take with them the sincerest congrat
ulations and best wishes of all their
friends.
Surprise.
Tiie neighbors and friend - of Rev.
Matill pulled off a pleasant surprise
on the Matill family Tuesday cv< ning.
Before anyone in the parsonage sus
pected that anything out of the ordi
nary was doing, the neighborhood had
lim'd up in the front yard. After an
evening of social intercourse and the
partaking of refreshments, all return
ed to their homes. The occasion trill
not quickly be forgotten.
Medical Society Meets.
The Richardson County Medical
society met in the Elk’s club room
Tuesday afternoon. Officers elected
for 1910 are. Dr. C. T. Burch ard, pres
ident; Dr. Morris, Humboldt, vice
president; Dr. Andrews, Stella, ^ee
rotaryand treasurer; Dr. Keller, cen
sor. New members received into the
society were Drs.Trotter.Thomas and
Brink.
Those present were Dr. Andrews of
Stella, Dr. Shook, Shubert^ Dr.
Thomas. Verdon; Dr. Morris, Hum
boldt; Dr. Watson, Dr. C. T. Burch
ard, Dr. Trotter, Dr. Brink, Foils City.
The next meeting of the society will
be held the second Tuesday In July.
Boy6 Paroled.
Guy and Donald McDaniels, the
two kids, eleven and nipe years old, |
who started to go out west in tlio|
Wheeler rig last Friday had their,
trial in Judge Gagnon's court. Wed
nesday and Thursday. Prosecutor
Gantt repesenting the state and At
toneyr Falloon the boys. \ strong
effort was made to send the two chil
dren to the refom school. The Judge
however; wisely and in line with pres ;
cut day juvenile methods paroled the
boys on good behavior, giving them
in charge of their step-father and At
torney Falloon.
HAYWARD FOR CONGRESS
Taken From Any Angle lie is the
Most Logical Candidate.
CHARACTER ABOVE REPROACH
. '' ’ ' 7
Hayward in Private Life Has Always Supported
the Republicanism As Exemplified By
Roosevelt Could lie Easily Elected.
Though surface indications are i
not always dependable, still we would
be safe in guessing that the contest
to succeed Congressman McGuire
would soon be an issue.
For fear that you may have for
gotten about, it. we will state that
Congressman McGuire is the repre
sentative from the First Nebraska dis
trict. We received a package of let
tuce seeds from Mac the other day.!
which indicates that the government
at Washington still lives and that
McGuire is on the job. We hadn't
heard from him since hist planting
time and were growing somewhat un
easy for fear that ‘“Uncle Joe” had
devoured him, but the lettuce seeds
allayed all fear, and the game may
go on.
Of course, McGuire will be nomin
ated by the democrats, but he will
not. be elected by the people unless
the republicans again make the mis*
taken seriously across the district
and Lincoln people are clamoring for
a candidate who lias some chance of
nomination. Judge Frost lias been
mentioned but lie will not get in un
less Toliey gels out, and Tolley seems
to have lost tlie way out.
Kx Congressman Pollard, against
whom McGuire overcame a majority
of nearly five thousand and defeat
ed two years ago, will get in the race
against the almost unanimous advice
of liis friends. Pollard lias a cer
tain following Hint will vole for him,
lint liis record as congressman, the
$12U0 incident, and liis fearful defeat
two years ago would make liis nom
ination nothing short of a political
disaster. Pollard lias always lieen a
Cannon man. lie was one of the
speaker’s (rusted lieutenants while
in congress. Kfforls were made to
get him to oppose the speaker two
years ago tint were fruitless. With
take of nominating a weak man as
his opponent. The republicans are
not as united as they might be, and
the prospects of success are not as
rose colored as they were two years I
ago. To achieve success next fall
will require the exercise of good
judgment in the primaries in select
ing a candidate.
George Tobey of Lincoln is one of
tlie republican aspirants. Tobey is
a negative proposition. He was sec
retary to Congressman Burkett and
was admittedly a good secretary.
While holding such position he be
came enamored of Washington and
lias been trimming ids congressional
sails ever since, liis best friends do
not claim that he is superior con
gressional timber, but content them
selves with statements, all of which
are true, to the effect that he is a
man of good habits and excellent
morals. The great majority of T.in
coln republicans would be giad if lie
would get out of the race, and some
effort lias been made to accomplish
lids result. liis candidacy is not
tlit> present feeling against "Uncle
Joe," Pollard will undoubtedly an
nounce that he is against him. for
Pollard is not troubled with ties of
friendship when his personal ito rests
are concerned.
The Tribune feels that Will liny
war of Nebraska City, whose picture
appears on this page is the logical
candidate. Hayward, from any angle,
is the superior of all candidates
whose names are suggested. He is
a Nebraska product of whom the
state may be proud. Ilis father, the
late Senator M. II. Hayward, was a
veteran of the war of the rebellion.
Ho was one of Nebraska’s first set
tlers and his labors not only con
tributed largely to the development
of the commonwealth, hut as well
helped write the history of Nebraska
republicanism. He was elected Unit
ed States senator in a contest against
I). E. Thompson of Lincoln of such
bitterness and intensity that it cost
his life before he took his seat. Will
Hayward, his sen, learned his politics
from this source, and, to the person
nl knowledge of the writer, the ton
has always ndhored to the progres
sive principles advocated by the
father.
Hayward in private life lias always
supported the republicanism exempli
fied by the life and works of Theo
dore Roosevelt. Such support on his
part lias been militant, and the pro
gross!ve principles so popular with
the present rank and file, are
the principles whose popularity
is greatly Indebted to such men as
Will Hayward. Mo 1h ti graduate of
the state university, is a veteran of
the Spantph-Amcricnn war and a law
yer of commanding ubility. lie is
at present secretary of the National
committee, and the youngest man
who ever held tills exalted position.
His relations with Theodore Roose
-<lt. President Taft and the iidinitiis
11 at ion are Intimate, and lie is in u
position to accomplish more for his
district than any other man in it.
His habits and private life are
above reproach. Mis personality is
till that could lie desired, and his
election, if nominated, is conceded
hy (he most ardent democrats.
Hayward Is opposed (o (’amion and
his methods, not as political cxpedl
ettcy but on principle. With Hay
ward in congress, the first district
will again lie on the political map.
and Ills constituents may reasonably
expect a representation such as lias
been wholly lacking in late years.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Wymore Will Represent Sout icastern
Nebraska In State Debate.
The contest for the champion de
hiitcrship in Southeastern Nebraska
was founght nut Monday night si I the
court house between VVyinor and
Kalis City. Until sides put up a
strong fight for the honors ind when
the smoke of many words had clear
ed away It was admitted that the
ground lmd been aldy contested I>v
both sides. The judges gave the de
cision to Wymon .
Tin question was. “Resoiv d. tluii
Labor Unions Are On the Whole
Beneficial.•’ Wymore was ropiasent
ed by Miss Floy Lewis. Miss Doro
thy Kauffman and Donald lJoemer,
and they upheld the affirmative side
of the argument. Falls City, wtth
•lean Cain, Camille Leyda aii'1 dames
Kalloon argued the negative side.
The judges were Prof. Persingi r of
tin* Stale University, Prof. Wells of
Wesleyan, and Prof. Maze of the
Lincoln high school. II is admitted
that the contest was exceedingly
close, Wymore winning by close
margin.
The Fruit Situation.
During tiie Iasi persistent cold wav®
the thermometer lias repeatedly hit
lli<* danger point hard. The exceed
ingly dry condition of the atmosphere
has no doubt saved the fruit in this
section from annihilation. Cherries
and all the tender varieties have gone
the way of till tilings. Peaches will
have suffered severely, though there
are reasons for believing that Rich
ardson county will have peaches in
season. There are fanciers who argue
that the frost only advantaged the ap
ple prospects. The thought is that
the frost only culled the excess of
fruit, from the trees. Be that as it
may, tin apple erop does not appear
to hi seriously damaged. The con
tinued cold somewhat injured the
fruit so that it was less susceptible
when tlie weather was severest.
Initiation of Royal Arch Masons.
Last Friday evening a very fine
meeting was held by the Koyal Arch
Masons. Three candidates were ini
tiated, (lie work being done unusual
ly well. Tho>v was a large attond
anee from the surrounding country
and neighboring towns, among them
t were Judge S I’. Davison and Key.
Liddell of Tecumseh. Following the
business session, a 'banquet was
servfd in the banquet room of the
Masonic temple. There were sev
eral delightful speeches during the
evening. Among the speakers were
Judge Davison and Rev. Liddell of
: Tecum sell, .1. R Cain, Jr., of Stella.
Rev. Day, Rev. Brooks, and Rev. Bail
ey of this city. The addresses were
all very interesting and held the
profound attention of all. Tin ses
sion was a benefit and a pleasure to
all who were present.
Celebrated Anniversary.
Tlic Degree of Honor celebrated
i heir anniversary at their ball Thurs
day evening. At the close of lodge
a number of visitors wero admitted
to the lodge room and a splendid
program rendered. Ice cream and
cake were served a' ten o'clock
[HE WEEK’S SOCIAL EVENTS
AS TWAS TOLD TO OUR SO
CIETY EDITOR
Various Kinds of Entertainment by
Individuals, Lodges, Clubs,
Churches, Etc.
A miscellaneous shower was given
Friday evening by Miss Leah Poteet
for Miss Kthel Cade, whose marriage
to It. It. Hirnpson was to take, place
on Sunday. The guest list included
the Five VV's and a few friends out
side tire club. (lames and music
made up the evening's entertainment.
Refreshments In three courses wore
served by Miss Leah and her sister,
Miss Mahle. Many beautiful giftH
were bestowed upon Miss Cade, show
ing tile high regard in which she
was held by her friends. The even
ing was nost dcfightful.
The Woodman Circle gave a most
enjoyable entertainment last Satur
day evening in their lodge room In
the form of a necktie party. Neck
ties of all colors, kinds and shapes
were made by tin* ladles and sold, tlio
partners for supper being found by
matching neckties. A pleasant even
ing was enjoyed by those present.
Refreshments consisting of ice cream,
cake and coffin? were served, and a
goodly sum was realized from the ef
fort and will lie added to the lodge
fund.
The Shakespeare club mot. with Mrs
John OilliKun Friday afternoon. Ow
ing to the fact that Saturday was tlie
anniversary of the poet's birth,there
were several departures from tha
regular plan and custom of tlie club.
The regular lesson finished Act IV.
of a "Winter's Tale," and there was
also a biography of Shakespeare giv
en by Mrs. lsham Iteavis. A short
talk on his plays was given by Mrs.
T. J. Gist. lOneh member present was
presented with n. <cry pretty souvenir
card, being Reproductions of a por
trait of Shakespeare by a famous
painter. Another departure from the
rule of the cluh, was the serving of
refreshments. Miss Grlnstead as
sisted the hostess in serving, and al
together the session was one of
lite most enojyable held during tho
club season.
Mrs. 1». M. Davies was hostess to
the A. I!. Whist club Monday after
noon Quite a number of friends
were invited ns guests of the club,
and all enjoyed the fascinating game
which stands in high favor with those
who were present. Miss Sarah Mors
m:in, one of the guests of the club,
carried off tlie honors for winning
the greatest number of games. A
nice lunch was served by Mrs. Davies
at five o’clock, and according to the
custom of the club, she was pre
sented with a sterling silver fork.
The members of K. L. of S. No.
tiiu, planned a very clever surprise
for Mrs. S. li. Marts Tuesday even
ing. in honor of the anniversary .of
in>r birth Games and social conver
sation furnished onteretaintrent for
tile guests and at ten o'clock ice
cream and cake were served. Dur
ing tlie evening Mrs. Marts was giv
en a post, card chower.
Mrs. O. 1' Hock was tin victim of
n band of plotters from her church
so: ietv, the (’. W. 11. M., and many
neighbors, who gave her a ojlly sur
prise last Monday evening. It was
known that the day was the anni
versary of her birth and with baskets
filled with good things, about forty
friends took the Heck home complet
ly by storm, the victim being great
ly surprised. All kinds of games
were played, and the refreshments,
which were elegant, were served at
a suitable hour. A beautiful chafing
dish wits presented to Mrs. Heck by
her friends.
The Thursday Bridge club was en
tertained by Mrs. Charles Hargrave
at their session of last week. Two
tables were placed for the game,
which was played with unusual in
terest. Refreshments were served
at"five o’clock, after which the ladles
llng< red for a half hour of pleasant
conversation.
The Kaffee Klatch was entertain
ed by Miss Maude Graham on Tues
day afternoon. There was a largo
membership present. A portion of
the afternoon was given to discuss
ing new rules which were adopted by
the club Music and games helped
to pass the afternoon. Refreshments
were served at five o'clock.