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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1910)
A Sunday Afternoon What a splendid feeling ol buoy ancy, of satisfaction, of hopefulness pervades little old I'alls City! We have hoped for the things that “ought to bo" so long, that now our dreams art* t tuning true It makes one feel like sitting down anti feeling good. I si hor never before was so fully nnd remuneratively employed; the merchant goe>- to his home at night tired, hut contented, as the result of a very busy day; the property owner look upon his houses all full with satisfied and paying tenants; the lumbermen and contractors point to new buildings springing up In every part of the city; the base ball fan looks at the new grand stand and says, "something doing this year;" the booster points to lie* round house, the track layers, the new poultry plant, the vinegar fac tory, and says, "watch us grow Oh, I guess tills is a poor town. NOT! On Sunday afternoon, in order to keep, or become, acquainted with the town I started on a walk that took me into corners of the city where I had not been for years, 1 walked all through the additions to the north and saw the hundreds of beautifully kepi homes. Ten years ago or so this section was a grassy hillside, list'd for pasturage or st raw berrying, or kid base hall games. Now it is probably the most sightly and beau if ii 1 part of ‘In* city. Pho town looks like a forest from this location Trees are everywhere And*beyond the trees lies the glorious valley of the Nemaha, warm and green till it blonds into tin* great purple hills be yond, l)o you know, I thought Sunday af noon, as I looked upon this glorious panorama spread before me, that probably it was just as well that his Satanic Majesty did not Invite the laird to this hillside to tempt him, for surely no place in all Mils world is more beautiful than the Beetles from the hillside on the north to tile hills beyond the valley of the ohl river. In Uu' changed order of tilings the Third ward lias come into its own, tis well. The vinegar i n lory, owned entirely by local capital. is « mighty iiiviling sight to a Falls City man. The men behind Ibis are not great advertisers; thej haven’t been tooting their horns from Hie house-tops Hut, nevertheless, they are doing a Uno thing for the eit.y. Do you realize that this company lias invested Fifty thousand dollars in this plant? That there is more than an acre of floor space in the building? That, its present capacity is five hundred thousand gallons, and is shortly to be increased to a mil lion? .Iitsi (insider for a moment what tbf institution means to this city. The cull apples that for years have rotted in Rich trdson county orchards, a total loss, are now hauled into the city and sold at profitable prices. Falls City labor turns these apples! into vinegar. The vinegar is bought all over the United States. In Its; last analysis this means that the United States is buying the waste apples from the Richardson county farmer. Hut it means more than that, it means that for every barrel of vinegar sold by the company so much new money is added to the wealth of Falls City. The local capitalist who lends his money and gets bis Interest doesn't add a dollar of wealth to the town. If The Tribune earns $L’.r> on sub scription and pays it to the meat market, and the meat market buys dry goods with it of the merchant, and the merchant buys advertising space of The Tribune, the commun ity is not a dollar better off than it was before. But, when the vinegar company sells a barrel of vinegar to parties in St. Louis it means that so much St. Louie money, now money if you please, has been added to the wealth of our city. The new money from the Klon dike has made Seattle, the now money for stee1 has made Pittsburgh, the new money from the southwest is making Kansas City, and if other Falls City men would invest their capital in productive enterprises, such as the vinegar plani, Falls City's future would he even more glorious than is now promised. The new poultry plant now near ing completion is such an institution. Its product Will be sold abroad and the money from the other fellow will be brought in to pay the farmer, to employ local labor, to be expended with local merchants and p>t in lo cal circulation. And every collar, so brought in will add so much to our local wealth. This poultry plant is soon to add a ten thousand dollar cold storage plant, it is said, and the grounds will soon In* firepan d lor that purpose. The only thing that now seems in the way of the poultry plant is the unreasonable altitude of Mayor Keel ing. It Is essential that the plant have day lights. The city lights dose down ai midnight. Sehmelzel Ai Crush are willing to expend the! money to run a line to the plant and furnish ii with such lights as it needs until 'lie city adopts a day! system. The mayor, however, fori reasons best known to himself, for j bids K. him I/el AI- Crush lo furnish the lights. Thts is so petty as to lie; ridiculous if it were not that it is aj a■ itons inconvenience and an obstacle to tie- poultry plant which has come into our city seeking ibis investment.! Then there is the round-house, that great structure about which is elus tered so many of our hopes. Have you seen this lately? If not, go down Sunday and look it over. The work is progressing rapidly and very soon now the building will In* filled with engines, tlie yards will he filled with ears and the city will he filled wilh employees who have come to make their homes with us It is gratifying to the l>’.ills City muii to ride upon a train an-’ watch the people gaze from the windows at Hu* Improvem 'ills, and then turn to the conductor and say, "conductor, what place is this?" Wo have them all silling up and taking notice, for little old Kails City is on the map of progressive cities, and it is en there to stay. And so from dinner until evening I wandered about gelling acquainted with the new Kails City. I strolled from the railroad yards up on "hungry hill" in the southeast part of town. I saw the little homes of the laboring limn, one with a new porch, another with a new root, still another with a new fence, but. all with the atmosphere of prosper ity about them. For the masters of thesi homes are busy now, and the wages they earn are ample for them to share in the new order of things. In the yards .lie families ware gath ered, for the day of rest was wav ing its close. The hoy and the girl, (for in this there is no new order of things, nor wt’.I he while tin world lasts), were seated in the secluded corner of the porch. Far off I could hear distinctly the voices of children at play, as one who stand;- on the short of a lake and hears the far off voices on the water as a night settles upon them. The vesper hells of tie* convent tinkled In tlr.* distance, and the shadows of evening deepen e Into night. It was a good day. It was a goon walk. It was, it Is a good town, little old Falls City. ** MARKET LETTER. Letter From our Regular Correspond ent at Kansas City. Kansas City Stock Yards, May 2. 1910. Tim cattle market underwent a gradual softening last week, and closing prices were off 20 to 35 emits on most all kinds, with heifers showing even a greater decline some limes. Feeders did not lose quite, ns miiclt, as there is a good demand in the country for young cattle to feed, and bulls also held up almost steady. Calves fluctuated a good deal. hut closed in a rut, with all their ad vance wiped out. The run today is Id,ooo head, quite an increase over a week ago, and with other market sup plies in proportion, the natural re sults is lower prices today, steers 5 to 15 lower, cows and heifers steady to a shade lower. As usual on Mon day stockers and feeders are in good demand ami prices are firm to day. The top on heavy steers today is $7.00, in the native division, and a drove of 1,100 pound steers in the | quarantine division also brought I $i,90, Oklahoma corn fed steers. Medium class steers bring $6.50 to $7.6.i, and cake fed cattle from the south sell at $6.00 to $6.65 mostly and.some tncai fed steers today at $7.25. I log receipts were at minimum fig I ur,'a nil of last week and although prices advanced 15 cents, it was a devoid of the buying impulse for ten days, as they claim demand for fresh meats is slack, anil thnt they do not need the hogs. The run today is 7,000 head, market 10 to 20 lower, hoary hogs at $9.20 to $9.35. medi um weights $9.10 to $9.25, and light hogs up to $9.20. The extraordinary slim receipts last week were ab normal, and unless a much wider oullet develops in the fresh meat trade, increased supplies will meet some hard knocks. J- A. RICKART, Live Stock Cor. Ladies. Save Mcney! Make finest of perfumes at home for one fifth what you are noyv paying. Ten guaranteed recipes for 50c. Home Supply Co., Trinceton, Indiana. MAJE. Story Awarded Second Prize in April Contest cf Our Dumb Animals. / A group of firemen was gathered around the stove in the engine house, smoking and recalling the glories of, "Hose Company, Number One” for' the benefit of a chance visitor. The' perils of fire-fighting and the heroic deeds of different fin men had all been discussed. “Well, I’ll tell you who’s got as much sense at a fire as anyone in the company,” drawled the engineer, "and that's Maje.” He jerk'd ids thumb toward one of the stalls in the rear of the engines where the head of a meguifieent bay horse could be seen, nosing over the hay, and pausing now and then to glance sociably toward the group around the stove. “I can remember when he was nothing but a green country horse, filled to tlie brim with skittishness and deviltry," continued the engineer, "but it didn’t take him long to get onto the ropes. Do you remember that fire down at the ear shops, Hill? Well, sir, Maje had only been in training six months when we had that call. The flames had such a start that we needed every man and there wasn’t a soul io stay with the horses. 'Twas an awful winter's night most as had as this one,’’ he added, as the wind howled around the corner. "Yet that horse stood out there in the snow till after midnight. Trains would go roaring by and he would just tremble with fright, but lie never moved an inch from his tracks till he came to hitch on again. Since then he’s been our standby. We never bother to look after the team lie's til. They're (had sure to be right where we left them, every time. That horse hasn't missed a fire in three years! You can't keep him in. lie's so-” The brazen clamor of the fire gong broke in upon bis speech. Instantly every man was on Ins feet. Before the signal had finished striking.each one was flying to hi;: place, struggling into ids hoots and < oat and on tin way. As tin- locks on the stall doors were thrown back the horses sprang out. ‘'Maje” was first, his neck arch ed^high and his nostrils distended with excitement. He crashed down the hall and wheeled into his place in front of the engine, where in stood fairly shivering with impatience till the harness was buckled on. Thou they whirled out into the night. A driving blast of snow and wind struck them, and the pavement was a glare of ice beneath the eager hoofs The grizzled driver tight -ned his hold on the Digging reins. “Hope nothin’ happens,” he muttered. Before them lay a long down grade, at the end of which a burn ing factory threw its glowing flames dully through tin- flying snow. The horses were going at full gallop, their mighty bodies thrilling with eager ness. They were almost there. Suddenly Maje slipped, struggled in vain to keep his footing, and f ii with a sickening thud. The other horse was dragged down with him. Instantly the men were beside the struggling team. The other horse got to liis feet, blit Maje half arose, only to fall baejj again. After a mighty effort lie scrambled to his feet, lie started forward, but one leg bang limp and broken. Before tiie men could stop him lie .strug gled ahead, almost groaning with pain, yet with his eyes fixed on the blazing fire beyond. Hobbling and slipping, he battled on for a few paces and then fell for the last time. Nothing could be done save to put him out of his misery, yet, as he lay on the pavement, his last feeble struggle was toward the fire —that goal he had striven so brave ly to reach. Soon everything was over. The ; fire was checked. The half-dozen men were back in the engine house. Hut they were strangely silent. The usual rejoicing over a well-fought bat tle was lacking. One by one they crept up to bod, and as they passed, each man cast a lonely glance at the empty stall that had once held the most loyal soldier of them all— Maje of "Hose Company Number One.” THE COY AND THE CARPET And the Gentle Springtime That De coy* Us All From the Stern Paths of Duty. When the spring housecleaning j comes wild the carpet Is hung on the line the boy of the family Is ordered to beat out the dust. He spends 20 minutes looking for a stick. He spends ten more wondering If it 1 is the right stick. When lie has finally decided he ad- I vances to the carpet and hauls off— { Yes. he hauls off and looks to see If | there are any boys on the alley fence I watching him. Then lie wonders why liis father didn't beat the carpet and let him go Ashing Then lie spits on liis hands and won ders what time it is. Then lie thinks lie hears another boy in the* alley and he goes to the fence to see. When lie returns lie wonders why carpets have to be beaten, blit seeing liis mother in the back door he picks up the stick and gives a whack that would surely break the leg of a fly. It tires him. Whack! Whack! Whack! His wrist aches. His shoulder aches lie lias certainly sprained his bnek. Two more feeble whacks and then he drops his slick and sits down with his head ill liis hands. "What’s the matter, Jimmie?” asks the mother, as she comes out. "it's my—my heart!” “Why. you poor boy! I’d forgotten all about your weak heart. Run away and play shinny and climb trees and kick football and I'll beat the carpet myself! ” FATAL FLAW IN HIS THEORY Dr. Gulick's Arguments for Matrimo nial Felicity Overturned by Ap plication of Logic. When Dr. Luther H. Gulick, of cer tain honorable connection with the Itursf II Sage foundation, allows him self to speculate fondly on the pos sible domestic felicities which might .result from the adoption of a mascu line style of dress buttoning up the back instead of the front, he forgets an important particular. That relates j to the time when it required more j than the services of what is known j now to wives as a “kind hooker” to get die head of the family into his j togs when a couple of squires, an | armorer, n tinsmith and a blacksmith or two were needed to equip the busi ness man for his day's work, with the J fair wife on the side to get the helmet i on straight and to strap the loved one's sword about his manly waist. Dr. Gulick will lie sensible of his own confusion when lie recalls that this co-operation did not make for the perfect domestic tranquillity so much to be desired in perfectly respectable communities. He will admit lie was in error in his theory that if the hus band were as dependent on the wife in the matter of honks as the wife is dependent on him or maid or neigh bor—-there would be fewer divorces. Birthplace of a Great Musician. Seven cities contend for the honor of lining tile birthplace of Homer, and several towns in Italy claim the right i from his association with them of commemorating Guido Monieo, or Guido d'Arezzo, as he is more com monly known. The little town of. Talla, near Carentino, lias set up a monument to mark his birthplace, but it. is doubtful if the claim can be sub stantiated against the claim of Arezzo. It is generally conceded that Guido was a llenedictine monk, and that he was a great writer on music of the eleventh Century. The claim is set up that he was born near Paris, and migrated to Arezzo. He wrote the,. “Micrologus,” but Grove discards many j of the pretensions which have been formulated concerning Guido's achieve ments. It appears, says Grove, that Guido invented the principle upon which the construction of the stave is based and the F and 0 clefs, but that, he did not invent the complcto lour lined stanza Itself. Ancient Superstition. Parat, an apothecary of Paris, jeab , ous of bis wife, compelled her under fear of death to run needles through a; wax image of t lie suspected lover. Thus was there a continuance of an old practice known to Sicilians in the days of Theocritus. Thus are we'; reminded of Rossetti's “Sister Helen”, j and a tragic scene in “The Return of (he Native.” We read not long ago that this spell of the wax image was; still practised in counties of England. I Was it ever practiced in New' Eng land? Are such doils now made in this country, and melted so that with it a rival or an enemy may waste away? Time’s Sad Changes. "I met a gentle but entirely unre constructed native during a recent trip through North Carolina,” said a north ern tourist, according to Browning’s Magazine, "and he was in constant la mentation over what he regarded the deterioration of things down there from what they were in ante-bellum' days. His regretful comparisons of things then with their condition now,' to the disadvantage of the latter, were striking. One evening, admiring a brilliant and beautiful setting of the' tun, I exclaimed enthusiastically: Whnt a magnificent sunset—splendid! gorgeous!’ The unreconstructed na tive, gazing at it a moment, said, in. melancholy tone and with a deep sigh;i 'Yes; but, ah! you should have seen it before the war!’ ” St. Anthony A High Grade Percheron Foaled April, 1903. Has a seal brown color; wt. 1700 lbs. Is a perfect individual with a good dispos ition and has proven himself a sire of size, quality, disposition and style, his colts always selling high. Will stand during the season of 1910 at the Weaver farm, seven miles southwest of Falls City, five and one half miles southeast of Salem, six miles north of Morrill. Jay Caffery Is a large, heavy boned trotter with extra style and action, showing a clean, rapid gait; a strawberry col or; 16/z hands high; wt. 1300 lbs; , has a good disposition. Was sired by Glaser; he by Jaybird, who stood for $500 service fee. Dan by Charles Caffery; he by General Knox. Further breeding given on application Will stand during the season of 1910, Mondays and Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at Weaver Farm; Wednesdays and Thursdays at Sa Salem. TERMS $13.00, payable when colt stands up and sucks. If mare changes own ers, or is removed from the communi ty, fee becomes due at once. Mare and colt to guarantee service. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. No service on Sunday. J. W. CROOK —Every family ami especially thos who reside in the country should he provided at all times with a bot tle of Chamberlain’s Liniment. Thor is no telling when it may he wanted in case of an accident or emergency. It is most excellent in all cases of rheumatism, sprains and bruises. Sol by all druggists. Uncle Ezra Says: ’’Stick to the farm, but don’t neces sarily. when yon are away frum home, let the farm stick »o you.” HARNESS Best Harness on earth is made at Wachtel's. Saddles. Whips. Etc. Everything for the horse. Repair ing and Oiling Phone 384. WACHTEL ♦ I M 14 v*-•■*• - i <4> :: D. S. HcCarthy ■■ :: dray and :: TRANSf t-\F? :: :: i, Prompt attention ?ive- lt ! ‘ to the removal of bno-e- !! ;. \ ;; hold sroods. i. :: PHONE no. 2ii :: |[[| ... r DR C. N. ALLISON DENTTS 'T Phone 24^ Over Richardson Couuty Bank. FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA DR. H. S. ANDREWS General Practioneer Calls Answered Day Or Nlirht In Town or Country. TELEPHONE No. A BARADA. - NEBRASKA CLEAVER & SEBOLD INSURANCE REAL ESTATE AND LOANS NOTARY IN OFFICE WHITAKER The Auctioneer Before arranging date write, tele phone or telegraph, my expense J. G. WHITAKER Phones 168-131-2161 Falls City, Neb awwmmg^jr-waaasaigaBMiwii'i mi'' ; imwiihi f—mhmmii- ijh ihuhwi -:r T»-«. • . fuaaa»■■%>’ A Broad Choice of Vacation Tours To the Pacific Coast -From June 1st only $60 00 round trip, direct route, and, on special dates in May, June and July, only $50 00; $15.00 additional via Shasta Route. To the East— Ask nearest agent about the various special rates to be in effect, commencing May, to principal eastern cities. Yellowstone Park - -All kinds of tourist rates to this wonderland, including diverse tours through scenic Colorado, Yellowstone and Gardiner entrances; also to Cody, (eastern entrance), in connection with Holm’s personally conducted camping tours through the Park, July 29, Aug. 19 and Sept. 9 Apply early. Mountain Tours T>> Denver, Estes Park, Salt Lake. Hot Spring' S. D.. Sheridan and Ranchester, Wyo., (for the Big Horn re gion), and Thennopolis, Wvo., the coming wonderful sanita rium IS million gallons of hot water daily at 130 degrees Call or Write describing your proposed trip and let us advise you fully. L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Ageni OMAHA. NEBRASKA E. G. WHITFORD, Ticket Agent, Falls City, Neb JOHN W. POWELL I ; Real Estate and Loans MORTGAGES BOUGHT AND SOLD Monev to Loan at 5 and 6 per cent interest on flood real estate security. Also monev to loan on flood chattel security. WesYofYourt House' Palls Citv, Nebraska j Passenger Trains !^P South Bound Tr. 104—St. Louis Mail and Ex press .1:50 p. in Tr. 106—Kansas City Exp., 3:41 a. m. Tr. 132 x—K-C.local leaves..7:30 a. m. Tr. 13* x -Falls City arrives 9:00 p. m. x—Daily except Sunday North Bound Tr 103—Nebraska Mail and Ex press . 1:50 p m Tr. ion— Omaha Express. . .1:48 a. m. Tr. 137 x—Omaha local leaves 7:00 a m. Tr. 131 x—Falls City local ar rives.8:45 p m x—Daily exceDt Sunday Local Frt. Trains Carrying Passengers North Bound Tr. 192x—To Atchison.11:10 a. m. South Bound Tr. 101 x—To Auburn.1:23 r> m Burlington Route West Bound No. 13—Denver Exp.1:10 a. m. No. 15—Denver Exp. (Local). 1:40 p. m. No- 43—Portland Exp_10:17 p. ni. No. 41 —Portland Exp.2:25 p. rri No. 121—Lincoln Loc. via Ne braska City.5:00 a. m. East Bound No. 14—St. J., K. C. & St. L. .7:38 a. m. No. 44—St. J.. K. C. & St. L .4:11 a. ni No. 10—St. J., K. C. & St. L. .4:22 u, m. (Local) No. 42—St. J., K. C. & St. L. .6:52 p. n> No. 122—From Lincoln, via Nebraska City. 8:45 p m E. G. Whitford. A^ent. —We have some fresh Red Seal flour in now. Come and get a sack. —C. A. Heck.