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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1910)
THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Consolidations Falls City Tribune, Humboldt Enterprise, Rulo Record, Crocker's Educational Journal and i Dawson Outlook. Entered as second-class matter at Falls City. Nebraska, jmisi office, Janu ary 12. l‘*04, under the Act of Congress on March 3,187'v. Published every Friday at Falls City. Nebraska, by Tht Tribune Publishing Company W. H. WYLER, Editor and Manager. One year .- — -— $1.50 Si* months -- Three months •4(l TELEPHONE226. BEHIND THE CURTAINS. When some weeks ago we had the temerity to call attention to the facts, that “wet good ' were being freely sold to minors over Falls City burs; that gambling was going on unchallenged under the very eyes of the authorities, and that panderer: to lust unltlushlngly offered their wares in open market, we were mildly taken to task by our astute mnyoi for representing the city un favorably to outside Interests. Since then every point protc-ied 1 >n« been openly and fully verified A weak woman rounded tip a gang of gamb lers who were convicted on their own i otifesslon. Hoys have again and again bought whiskey and other drinks in Falls City saloons, on sov ernl occasions getting beastly drunk. Men and women have been In mix ups too ugly and dirty to speak about. And what has our mayor done? Ab solutely nothing so far as dealing with the conditions which are responsible for these ugly spots upon our city. The abuses are committed so openly and brazenly as to compel the con clusion of collusion between the may or and the vicious elements of Falls City. We have tried to be forbearing We did look for some relief, ’but only to lie disappointed. Let Mayen Keeling deals with existing abuses and deal with them promptly I*t him enforce the laws impartially or <|iiii the pretense of trying to gov orn Falls City. Let him do something In the Interest of common decency or show cause why lie should not be removed, * * * THE NEWSPAPER. Of all men. the local newspaper man needs to he wise and judicious It is largely left lo him lo select thoj community reading matter. To be fair and Impartial he must lay aside his dislikes and dear himself of all malice. If the paper you read is to decide the quality of your reading for you. is it not important also that you lie careful in choosing the paper which you and your children read? The mind grows upon what It feeds. If your paper caters to the mean and vicious your prejudices will tie developed along low and course lines 1 It makes a difference in time upon the character of your household, if you admit into your home a paper j that sneers at tilings dean and de cent.and makes mockery or righteous ness and truth. To the newspaper! is largely committed the task of de veloping the public consciousness. It is a responsible task, and not all papers measure up to the vequin inonts. it is therefore important that the reader use judgment ami dis crimination in choosing ids reading matter by being careful in the choice of his paper. To subscribe for a paper is in a measure to support its policy, and recommend its principles. Tliis places a serious responsibility upon the shoulders of every subscrib er and challenges every man of prin elple and moral accountability to select liis papers with n view to what they stand for and teach. » * * JUST ORDINANCE. The city fathers of Morristown, 11!.. have just passed an ordinance com pell ing saloon keepers to take care of their drunks. They are obliged to put cots in their places and if a man gets drunk he must be cjuar tered until sober and capabel of going about bis business again. Tile jus tice of this ordinance will appeal to every fair minded person. Let the saloon take care of its own wasi like any other industry. When a railroad or a manufactory injures an employee by its own negligence it is held liable. Applying the same prin ciple to the saloon, would make the saloon responsible not only for the care of drunks while in that condi tion but also for the support of the indigent and orphaned and widowed because of the effects of the traffic. That the courts are beginning to' take account, of this fact and are in sisting that the saloon bear its share of the evils that grow out of the business, is seen in the recent1 decisions holding the saloon liable for rtrmages in suits growing out of such cases. i- _ n % THE BOY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. Parents and educators have been much wrought up over the problem of the boy and the high school For years there has been a marked dis parity between the number of boys and the number of girls attending high school. In almost every case the number of girls attending being very much greater than the number of boys. It is therefore refreshing to note that in the class of 1910 at Broken Bow, Nob., there were twelve boys and only seven girls. It Is argued and with good reason that the iact of Broken How having been a temperance city for a long time has given the boys a better opportunity and that the result is seen in the greater number of boys finishing their high school course. This much is certain, that saloon prosperity, sa loon morals, and saloon sentiment do not savor of etilightment or culture. And on the same basis that we find a saloon cursed community lacking in these refinements, we should look to find “dry" communities advanced in mat I < rs of education and morality. The saloon can no more do busi ness without boys than a saw mill rati run without logs, The saloon struck boy does not graduate from our high, schools. Ills sister does, however. The money he ‘’blows in" helps pay I In- expense of the higfi school from wwlih h she is graduated. As is the way in life, the saloon warped young men. with Ills coarse habits and limited culture, marries the high school graduate, and then whal, Is it worth while? ♦ * * MOVING PICTURE SHOW MENACE. The moving picture show ns a form of popular amusement lias no doubt ■nine to stay. AS a means for sat isfying the public craving for some thing new and diverting the moving picture show lias few competitors. And if decently conducted is not only freeer from objectionable features than most other similar institutions, but it may also become the means of ministering to the culture and refine ment of those who attend. Unfortu nately however, public caterers are rarely in the business but from the most selfish motives and instead of making their presentations serve to instruct and edify the public, they in* constantly tempted to lower the tone of their pictures. We are heart ily sorry to learn that our own show here in Palls Oily is catering more in more to the depravity of those who attend rather than to their vir tues. The show is becoming a pub lic menace and citizens who have any concern for the ideals and morals of their children, will do well to put it stop to their attending. There is absolutely no excuse for the manage ments using any but wholesome views except It he to deliberately degrade md debauch our youths. In any event we protest against permitting the presentation in public of pic tures that are coarse, suggestive, un moral and indecent. It is the busi ness of the authorities to look into this matter and see that the show is so conducted its to be unobjectionable or i lose the doors. JOHN ROBINSON’S SHOWS. They Will Give an Immense Free Street Parade. A distinguished feature of the John Robinson Shows is the monster, free open den street earavan. Who does not like to see (the cirrus parade? An eventful moment in every small town, and large one. too. for that matter, is this early one, the arrival of the eirens train. Long before the long train pulls in on the sidetrack near the depot ttie crowd is there. There is an army of juvenile volun teers, who are willing to carry water for the elephant just to get a free pasteboard entitling them to admis sion to the show later in the day Men are there- to see that their hoys, who have passed a sleepless night do nott get hurt. Even wom en find some excuse for going down to the railroad yeards tire taking a olng look at the canvas-covered cars. Hoys, who have gathered and sold enough old iron, rags and hones to gel :>n cents, enjoy it memorable day. and the streets leading from the farming district to town are covered with every imaginable kind of ve hicle. As soon as the sun is out there is bustle and activity everyplace. The circus does a land office business, and. ns the crowd is pouring into the circus tent from tthe menagerie sit the night performance, the army of employes of tlte show start to take down the canvas which shelters the cages and the work of loading the outfit onto the train begins. Thous ands of tired boys and girls retire after having seen the show, peace ful and contented. Tlte following morning the antics of the clown cause merriment at the breakfast table, and some youths who reside near the cir.us lot hurry through their morn i ■abolutiems In order to ge m ar the ring and see if any change has he< u dropped by the spectators of the previous night. The John Robin son Shows will lie here Thursday June 9, 11*10. Marriage Licenses. Edward Wisdom, Salem.. ■>! Alice O'Mara, Falls City.->0 1 Jeremiah J. Kean, Dawson.| Florence Armbuster, Sluibert.. .201 William C. Margrave, Preston . :,2 | Ida E. Pribbeno, Preston.24 Carl C. Schaer, Superior.2Sl Anna Elizabeth Sanford, Falls City, 27J How Equal Suffrage Has Helped Paper read by Anna Kovanda. of Table Rock. Nebraska. When iii 1 S9t> the women of Utah were granted their right of suffrage, they at once banded together and secured the following laws: A curfew bell at 9:00 p. in. 10 keep children under fourteen years off the streets. A law that women teachers in the public schools shall receive equal pay with men for equal work, when hold ing certificates of the same grade. A law raising the age or protec tion for girls to eighteen years. A law making it a misdemeanor for any minor under eighteen years to buy, accept, or have in las pos session cigarettes, tobacco, opium or any oilier narcotics. A law providing for the protection Of dependent, neglected or ill-treated boys under fourteen and girls under sltrteen and for the punishent of persons responsible for their care, who neglect or ill-treat them. The women of Utah have been active in securing laws relating lo municipal house cleaning and* free public libraries in cities and towns. In the places of trust they are punc tual and faithful. The caucuses and primary meetings are conducted with due regard to decorum, the conven tions are more deliberative, and the kindly consideration which the American man lias always shown to woman lias induced even the rougher type to consider that political gather ings in which women take part must he conducted in a decent and orderly manner. Here women have proved themselves a reserve moral power. The women of Idaho being en franchised the same year as the women of Utah began to he active in laying restrictions on all the pre-. dominating vices. (>iu> particular feature of their early activity is worthy of mention, that occurred in the city of Caldwell. Immediately after tin* possession of their rights tin* women of Idaho se cured of their legislature a stringent law against gambling. It was one thing to get a law passed, and quite another thing to enforce it. Tin* men who prospered through the vic tims in their gambling hells sent up a mighty wail “that their bread was being taken out of their mouth" by the unprincipled and shortsighted band (d women. Tin* women in tin* city of Caldwell, foreseeing such a situation, had secured the election of a mayor sound on moral questions, and one woman as a member of the council. An ordinance prohibiting gambling within the city limits was duly passed and published and through the vigi lance of the good marshal the pro fessional gamblers were reduced to sore straits, and up went their cry, “Our living is gone." The women and especially the mothers were an xious to have tin* ordinance retained and enforced. A secret meeting was held by the women making arrangements to have representatives from each ward in the city and interview the council men in regard to their wishes. But the saloon men had by no means fallen asleep, they prepared a mon strous petition, signed by promi nent professional and btiisness men and were ready to present il at the next meeting of the city hoard. The women caught wind of this and hurridly held another meeting and prepared a remonstrance. Arrange ments were made to secure the signature of every woman voter in the city. Alsa having been informed that the saloon men had planned to fill, with their friends, every avail able seat in the council room, the women were on hand in great num bers long before the appointed time for the meeting and as the doors were opened they filed in and occu pied all tht> spectators’ chairs before their opponents arrived. The gamb ling men and their friends upon ar rival finding themselves outwitted by the women were forced to crowd about the entrance. .lust before the meeting opened, the proprietor of the largest saloon in the city entered and handed the petition to the city clerk, it was worded in due legal form, ending with the clause ‘and we will ever pray." At the close of its reading ihe eouncilwomau handed to the clerk the remonstrance. In clear exeisive terms it "demanded” that the ordinance be kept upon the statue books of the city and enforced. Then followed the names of a few good men. Often a husband's name ap peared on the petition and his wife's name was found upon the remon strance. As the names jof quiet, wo men seldom seen beyond their own door yards were read out in that assembly, the faces of men grew grave, and it seemed as if they realized for the first, time the effect of a wornari’s voice on a mor al issue. One of the council men,' an old gentleman who had been of the opinion that a woman would vote as her lord dictated, arose and in clear tones repeated the last clause of the petition, "and we will ever pray." and the first clause of the remonstrance we demand,” at'd he exclaimed—when before _ did ever gamblers ‘pray," and mothers "de mand." On motion of tl.is gentleman, and without a dessenting voice, the vote was indefinitely postponed. A cheer went up from the women, and the saloon m ‘ii and their friends passed silently from the door. The law. making gambling illegal was established and placed upon the stat ute books of the state three years later The women of Wyoming have al ways voted since territorial days,and we find that all the laws established for tlie betterment of mankind ami esp (ially those concerning the child ren and women. Are largely due to their efforts, that the members of the legislature were brought to realize that a condition exists that made the passage of certain laws necessary The vote of the women in this state is usually cast against a candidate for office vho is known to be either Incoinpetent.lminoral or otherwise un fit fot the place, and as a result the tendency Is to nominate bettei men for office, Political r<*forms are nearly always brought about by individuals am', sel dom by party organizations. The women usually vote for progressive candidates and for the correction of abu-ies in politics, irrespective of party affiliations. After two years experience of woman suffrage there was a strong movement among some of the prominent men of the legisla ture to repeal the act of granting suf frage to women. They claimed that it was evident that women were too meddlesome and it must be stopped. Several caucuses were held to de termine the course of action and overt nine (he opposition. These cau cuses were held in one of the largest, saloons in Cheyenne and all the pow* r of whiskey was brought to bear on the members to secure a repeal of the woman's suffrage r.ct. It. required considerable time and a large amount of whiskey, and at leas' tile opposition was stifled, the bill was introduced and carried by a strict party vote, and sent to the council where it met with the same result. It then went to the governor for approval. He promptly returned the bill with bis veto, with the following message: "In Ibis territory women have mani fested for its higher interests a de votion strong, ardent, and intelligent. They have brought to public affairs a clearness of understanding ami a soundness of judgment, which are worthy of the greatest admiration and above all, praise. The .conscience of women is in all tilings more discrim inating and sensative than that of men; their sense of justice, not com promising or time-serving, but pure and exacting; their love of order not spasmodic or sensational merely, but springing from the heart; all these —the better conscience, the exalted sens" of justice, and the abiding love of order, have been made by the efranchisement and well being of our territory. To the plain teachings of these two years’ experience I can not close my eyes. I cannot forget ilu> benefits that have already result ed to our territory from woman sttf largo nor can i permit myself even to seem to do so by approving this bill. Judge Lindesy lias antagonized the telegraph and telephone companies by refusing to lot little messenger hoys be sent with telegrams to houses of ill fame; he had antagonized the liq uor interests by punishing saloon keepers who allowed children to en ter their premises: by so doing he had incurred enmity of the great corporations by his fearless exposure of political corruption for which they were responsible and as a result neither one of the political parties re-nominated him, and Judge Lindsey was left without a “party, without a “ring" with all* "interests" against him- a man who had been forgot ten and forsaken. The woman see ing the stand both parties had taken launched an independent ticket of their own and began to canvas for votes for the judge. Tlie result of the election rolled up a majority for Judge Lindsey al most equal to the democratic and republican candidates combined. Was not this a splendid *demonstration of the power of the woman’s ballot on on a moral issue? Will any one still doubt that a woman's vote will help to build moral character? Tie most we assert is that if we pour a dear stream into a muddy one, wo shall have a “moving of waters" for the betterment of all mankind. ANNA KOVANDA. Table Rock, Neb. FALLS CITY THURSDAY NOT IN THE CIRCUS TRUST! America’s Oldest Circus. A Modernized, Stupendous Realization of atl That is great in The Circus World! Four Rings, Three Combined Menag eris, Hippodrome And Great Wild West, all United in One Greatest Show On Earth! Copyrighted. TC9, by The 1/ S. l.ithoEta 1,000 Men and Women! 400 Horses, 555 Rare Animal Exhibits, 15 Male Riders, 15 Female Riders, 10 Menage Acts, 50 Aerial Artists, 50 Gym nasts. 20 Great Ground Acts, 50 Clowns, 6 Big Aerial Thrillers, and 15 Feature Acts! Three Famous Herds of Performing Elephants—Glascock's —McCammon's and Sidney Rink's Hippotamus, Rhinoseros, Enormous Zoological Exhibit larasimBasnBsgsnPMi Copyrighted. W't. fc Tl.c Li. S. I.itl.osrap!. COMPLETE WILD WEST—50 Cowboys, 30 Cowgirls, 50 Real Blanket In dians, Mexican Horsemen, Vaqueros, Russian Cossacks and Japanese Scouts. Singalese Dancers And Magicians. Company of U. S. Cavalry in All Kinds of Fancy Drills. Lowanda’s 8 Brazilian [Riders The World’s Greatest Horsemen Warren Travis, Strongest Man Living! Dare Devil Dart! Grand Camp of The Nations, Comprising Hundreds of Strange People From the Dark Corners of The Earth. $500,000 Free Street Parade Two Performaces Daily. Doors Open at 1:00 and 7:00 p. m., The Only Big Show Not in The Circus Trust, Consequently There Will be No Advance In Prices For Seats or Otherwise. Falls City, Thursday, June 9th
