Falls City Chautauqua Assembly
| It is Bigger and Better this Year
Than it Has Ever Been
August 6th to 14th, 1910
LOOK THESE OVER
Gov, Gearhart.
Geo. R. Stewart.
Otterbein Male Quar
tette, Aug. 6 and 7.
Geo. R. Stuart,
August 7.
Mrs. Jennie C. Bar
low, Aug. 8 to 13.
Dr. J. S. Meyers,
August 6 to 14.
Maupin’s Band and
Orchestra, Aug. 8 13
Tyrolean Alpine Sin
gers, Aug. 8 and 9.
Gov. R. B. Glenn,
August 8.
Bob Seeds,
August 8.
I: I s wo rt h 1> I u m stead,
August 10.
Col. G. A. Gearhart,
August 10.
GOV. GLENN.
Excelsior Entertain*
ers, August 11 & 12.
Clinton N. Howard.
August 11.
John Temple Graves,
August 13.
H. W. (Taffy) Sears,
August 12.
RenoB. Welbourn,
Aug. 12.
Columbian Tennes
seeans, Aug. 13 & 14.
Mascot, the Educated
Horse, Aug. 13.
Prof. J. L. Gillan
August 14.
Dr. Edw. A. Steiner,
August 14.
Dr. Henry Clay Ris=
ner, August 14.
Dr. H. C. Risner.
John Temple Graves.
The Humboldt Orchestra, one of the best orchestras in the State, will give a program each Sunday ]
afternoon following lecture and will also furnish music for morning program, Aug. 14. !
H. W. Sears.
Mascot, the Educated Horse. *
August
6th
to 14th
August
8th
to I4th
Clinton B. Howard.
MAUPIN'S BAND AND ORCHESTRA.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM A CARD TO THE SECRETARY WILL BRING YOU ONE
Address E. K. HURST, Secretary*
T
NATIONS TO SHIELD BIRDS
United Powers May Stop Plume
T raffic
Uncle Sam is Asked to Lead Bird
Butchery is World wide.
New York, July:- TO array four
teen of th * world powers against the
butchery of the birds of the globe for
millinery ornamentation is the object
of an Internationa' movement which
has been formally called to the atten
tion of the United States government
from this city today. Recommenda
tions for the prohibition of this feath
er traffic by non-export and non-impoi
laws in Great Brittain, Germany,
France, Italy, Russia, Norway, Swede
Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Hunga
ry, \ustrls and this country have
just been filed with the Secretary of
Stat■» Knox at Washington by Will
iam Dutcher, president of the Nation
al Association of Audubon Societies,
who represented the United States
at ‘he recent International Ornitho
logical congress in Berlin where they
were framed and unanimously end
orsed by delegates from every part
of the world. Though England and
seveial other foreign nations are al
readj considering this urgent call
of the world’s ornithologists, it is
expected that Uncle Sam will take
the lead ir practical cooperation to
save the wild birds that save the
crops and health of every people.
For the first time in history the
ornithological authorities in the in
ternational conclave are reported to
have been able to unite upon some
sdmple course of action that would
best check the economic loss of bil
lions of dollars each year that has
been shown to result from the kill
ing of the post destroying and plagti"
provt ntlng wiltf birds of land and
water, lly the ornithologists of tlit*
nations it is generally conceded that
bird slaughter and sale for millinery
purposes is the chief cause for the
threatened extinction of the valuable
bird life, according to Mr. Butcher,
who devoted his entire energies in
Berlin to the paramount question of
getting rational shooting laws, ac
quainting the public with the value
of birds, the members of this con
gress have made their plea to
the world powers for the prohibition
of export, import purchase or sale
of the plumes of wild birds for mil
linery purposes.
Acting as an "International Comm
ittee for the Protection of Birds",
a score of ornithological experts se
lected from the nobility and scient
ists of fourteen of the leading na
tions are to-day placing before their
governments the proposition of co
operation to ! reak up the destruc
tion of bird life by the world-wide traf
fic in feathers. Though the people
of this country have come to extend
reasonable protection to their birds
in many states, the destruction of
American bird life must go on as
long as any foreign country contin
ues to offer a mraket for the sale
of the scalps of the birds of the Unit
ed States, it is pointed out by Mr.
Dutcher, who with Dr T. S. Palmer
of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington represents this country
on the international committee.
•'Americans need the help of the
great world powers - as every other
people need our help - to check the
destruction of the birds who work for
our common prosperity and health,”
Said Mr. Dutcher at the beadquart
ers of the National Association of
to-day. “Owing to the high prices
offered for the plumes of White Her
ons. Birds of Paradise, Humming
birds. Albatrosses and similar species
in the European markets, these birds
have been slaughtered almost to the
point of extinction. On the other hand
thousands of the valuable Insectiv
orous wild birds and game birds of
Europe are shipped here as cage bird
and to make choice tidbits in our
restaurants. Only by putting a stop
to the export and import of birds
can the nations of the earth hope to
retain their valuable bird resources.
It remains for the American people
to *ake the first step in this very
vital movement for the international
protection of our birds”.
A Prayer for Newspaper Men
0 thou groat source of truth and
knowledge, we remember before thee
the writers of books, the newspaper
men. and all whose calling it is to
gatber and winnow facts and to in
form the people. Grant them a de
termined ’ove for honest work and
a staunch hatred for making of lies,
lest they pervert the judgements of
our nation and teach us to call light
darkness and darkness light. Suffer
them not to drug the mind of our
people with falsehood and prejudice.
Since the sanity and wisdom of a
nation are in their charge, may they
count it for shame to set the baser
passions of men on fire for the sake
of gain.
Grant them boldness to turn the un
welcome light on those who love the
darkness because their deeds are evil.
Put into their hands the shining
sword of truth, and make them
worthy sons of the champions of the
people in the past who held truth to
be a holy thing for which men would
die. Make them realize that they
have a public function in the com
monwealth, and that their country
may be saved by their courage and
undone by their cowardice and silence
Grant them the heart of manhood
to cast their mighty influence with
the forces which make the people
strong and free, and if they suffer
loss, may they rejoice in that as a
proof to the Ir own souls that they too
have been friends of the common
man and servants of the higher law.
--American Magazine.
I
Better Country Roads.
The county commissioners have
been spending a great deal of time
and money making the roads leading
into Lincoln better than they have,
been in years. The results so far;
achieved have more than repaid the
expenditure. The work thus far has
been confined to the leading thorough
fares. but the side roads will be at
tended to next. Not only have the
commissioners been making good
roads, but they have been individual
ly conducting a campaign among
farmers to keep them in good shape.
Tho> have personally visited each
farmer along the roads, they have
improved and asked and urged him
to drag them after every rain. In
most cases they have consented, ten
ant farmers as wrell as resident own
ers. An example of the good re
sults that come from dragging may
be observed in a journey over the O
street road from the city limits to
the Cass county line. This road is
decidedly hilly, but the washed out
places have been filled up and the
stretches made smooth until today
it is as good for driving purposes as
a paved street. For most of the dis
tance the farmers have been drag
ging after each rain. On some short
stretches no dragging lias been done.
The difference between the places
where dragging has been done and
where none has been done is amaz
ing to the av •rage man. A good
look at it ought to convince every
farmer that the small amount of
time necessary for drawing a log over
the piece or road in front of their
places adds not. only to the beauty
of the road and the comfort of its
users, but actually adds value to
the abutting land. This road, if
systematic dragging is done, ought to
last for twenty years without the
need arising of calling for the grader.
For The Children.
St Joseph, Mo., July 26.—Every
child loves a pony and provision has
been made in the premium lists for
the Inter-State Live Stock show to
give the little folks a chance. A
Shetland pony class has been pro
vided and this will give every boy
and girl, who has a pony a chance
to compete for one of the cash prizes.
If you have a pony send to the sec
retary of the inter-State Live Stock
Show, St. Joseph, Mo., get a premium
list and start putting your pony in
condition for the show, September 26
to October 1st.
The Philosopher of Folly.
"A man who never bores you with
kis other troubles,” says the Philos
opher of Folly, "can always be relied
on to tell you all about his insomnia.”
Our Sympathy
is always extended to those in
distress, but we have no sym
pathy to waste on the man
who borrows his neighbor’s
paper when he can have one
of his own at a mere nominal
expense Your home paper
stands for your interests and
the interests of your home
town. It deserves your moral
and financial support. If you
are not a member of eur
family of readers you should
begin now by sending in your
subscription.
J. B. Whipple, Poland China hog
sale, November 19, 1910.