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CORRESPONDENCE. RULO Miss N-llie Shaffer was a St. Joe passenger Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Osborne were Pi. Joe passengers Saturday even ing. Phil Horan spent a couple of days in Omaha the first of the w'eek. Mrs, Horan and Master Philip spent the time with relatives in the country. Miss Thompson went to Falls City Saturday to spend a couple of days with home folks. Tom Deal and family visited with friends in Hulo the last of the week. Amos Doty who has been visiting relatives in this city, left for his home in Plattsmouth Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Majerus, who have spent three months with John Kanal.v and family, left for their new heme in Kansas Sunday. They were accompanied by Miss Katie Kanal.v, who will spend a couple of weeks with them. Fred Stewart was a St. Joe visitor Hie last of the week. Mrs. J. A. Pope was a St. Joseph visitor Friday. Mrs. Paul Tangburn and daughter ! Pauline visited Inst \v.df with rela ' rives in Beatrice. George Carpenter and family inov-; vd from Missouri to Rule the first, of j the week. Rev. Piekett spent a few days in Humboldt the first of the week. Frank Vanvaulkenburg was a business visitor to St. Joseph the first of the week. F. S. 1 erry of Lincoln was a busi ness visitor in Rulo Wednesday. Anna Mahan and Babe Davis were St. Joseph visitors one day last weelc. Lloyd Long came over from Kansas Saturday to spend a few days with Rulo relatives. Ed and Alma Gilbert were Falls City visitors Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Williams and son James of Fortescue, Mo., spent a few days in Rulo with relatives this week. Andy Anderson and Wayde Hawkin went to St. Joe to see “Ben Mur Thursday night. Mrs. Will Gingrich and children of Superior visited with her father in Rulo recently. George Seley returned Saturday from a several days stay at Sparks, Kansas. Dan Ratekin was on' the sick list a few days last week. Uncle Billy Johnson and wife mov ed into the White property he re cently purchased. FOR SALE— Majestic range, good as new.—Cal-Harry Cafe. 36-tf Mrs. Etta Gilbert was called to Vermillian, S. D„ last week by the serious illness of her son-in-law, Leo Meyers. The family have since re ceived word that he was some better. Word came here last week that Mrs. Dean Stewart, formerly Mrs. Z. O. Dean, who resided in Rulo a few years ago died recenly in the Phil ippines, where Mr. Dean died a few years ago. The members of the A. O. U. W. gave au oyster supper to their fam ilies and the members of the D. of H. one evening last week. A large num ber present and all enjoyed tlie even ing. Mrs. Murry and Mrs. James Wiltse of Chunute, Kansas visited with rela tives in this vicinity last week. Rev. Embree of University Place preached at the M. E. church Sun day morning and evening.. BARADA Edward Slagle returned Saturday from his trip to Thayer County. He stopped at Auburn on his return trip and visited relative s. J. F. Rumbaugli has moved on the Fishburn farm n< ar Shubert. Mrs. Iva Cline now lives on h r farm wlii. H lie v acated. Henry and Rauph Butler left over land for list,roil on Thursday. Rich-| ard Slagle accompi i d th. m and , will vi : til i v • at IIuMhII. Their! father, E. E. ]'• iHer start 1 the sa frith a ca 1 ler vi ited with he r : i. I w. ilia, hu la this also th. ir n. v 1 e Sa:.:- 1 Witty, a vv.ii •> -vu i m peiance v.ork r of Davenport, Nab., will deliver a 1. lure in 1 ■ -. . > .1 the 30th a.al 31st e»f Tv. i: li. Thiro will , ( 1 music ter. i:,r; f laui.r in .1 the .•<• addr.' • The Ladies Aid :>u. . ' th. ii son, In hoi or of her day. The event wasin the nature of a surprise and was successfully car ried out. Mrs. Williams was pre sented with a nice dross pattern. The afternoon was spent In needle work and conversation. A dainty lunch was served. Tho guests de parted with best wishes for many happy returns of the day. C. F. Kuker this week moved his family and household effects to Falls City. Mrs. J. A. Martin entertained at dinner Sunday a number of guests in honor of Mr. Martin’s birthday. Barada was well represented at the horse sale in Shubert Saturday. Rev. Essley will preach at the Evangelical church next Sunday ev ening. C. E. will be led by Jesse Dunn. Mrs. Dora Ludwig is quite ill at the home of her son. John Shook of Harrisburg, Neb., tisited relatives here last week. Chas. Cooper of St. Joe preached at the Christian church Saturday and Sunday. Mi', and Mrs. A. A. Ihall and chil dren returned this week to their home at Hamburg, Iowa, after a vis it with Mrs. Frail's sister, Mrs, J. W. Goff. Wilson Wamsley moved this week onto the Fulton Peters farm west of town, which ho will work this coming season. W. E. Slagle and wife visited Sun day with Dr. Shook and family of Shubert. HUMBOLDT Will Loenning returned to his home in Beaver City Wednesday af ter a visit with friends in his city. Mrs. Horace Bement returned Sat urday from a weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. Linnie Snethen, who is teaching school at Winnebago. Mrs. John Fryberger and children of Falls City are guests of friends in this city this week. R, O. Frazier and wife left Mon day for Wahsington, Kansas where they will reside In the future. Mrs. Sarah Marburger has return ed from a visit with her brother, George Schmelzel and family in Falls City. Humboldt will debate with Wy more Friday night at the High School building in this city. Mrs. Roy Bain and little Helen came down from Table Rock Wed nesday for a short visit. Misses Bessie Little, Gladys Boyd and Lois Gridley, who represented the Humboldt school in the debate with Tecumseli last week were successful in winning the victory. The Ladies Aid society of the Pres byterian church'held a business meet ing at the home of Mrs. S. M. Phil pot, Monday afternoon. Mrs. .1. C. Ludwig visited with 'rel atives in Diller this week. A. H. Fellers returned Sunday from Denver, Colo., where he had been called by the serious illness of his brother. H. M. Aylor and wife, who have been spending some time with Mrs. Thomas McIntosh returned to their home in Table Rock Wednesday. Workmen are this week remodling the George Newton property east of the Methodist church. Will Carsh was looking after busi ness matters in Salem Wednesday. Mann and Legg are now the own ers of a Buick runabout. Clyde Lynch and family moved to Preston this week where he has been employed on the drainage ditch for some time. Walter Legg was a passenger to Lincoln the latter part of the week. Walter Paulsen and family of Win nebago have decided to locate in this city. They are now employed in the Norman Bullis bakery. STELLA Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wixon went to Denver last week for a short vaca tion. They expect to purr liaso Col orado land before returning. Mrs. Anderson of Drock spent last week with Mrs. BoRoy Griffith. Jacob Swihart came home last Fri day after spending the winter vis iting among his children. ile left Saturday for Jewel County, Kansas where Mrs. Swihart was visiting a •at jhtcr. Th y will b® gone about three week -longer, wi u they will I return to "make yard a.” .1 ■ i. Nutter and wife of Kansas City i a few days in ;.-i .i i the last of j ■ n. w. . k. Will Cox moved his family to Elk C.- k hi.it week. Ho will start a barber shop at that place. We wish j h'm abundant success. Miss Bertha Wagner was absent! from school lust week ou account of measles Mrs. I. L. Callison and son Rob ert spent last week in the country with her sister, Mrs. Win. Wixon. Little Floyd Goodloe is having the mumps this week. Mrs. E. Wheeler spent several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. dr. L. Slocum, the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. A. Tynan received a telegram Monday’ morning, announc ing the arrival of a baby girl at the home of I*r. and Mrs. Hewett, at Seattle. Washington. Mrs. Tynan made preparations to start at once to make the <.;« mince of the new grand daughter. Mrs. Jos hue Cti'tis left Mo t day for an extended visit with rel atives in Kansas. Arthur Shellenberger and family are now nicely settled in their new home. Miss Helen Baldwin assisted Mrs. Wolf with the invoicing in the store last week. Mrs. Martha Weaver has been quite sick the past week with grip. E. Wheeler spent several days the first of the week in Howe help ing Invoice a stock of goods. Mrs. Bessie Haskett of Auburn visited last week with Mrs. William Britts. Wm. Fankell received a Thomas Flyer touring car from Kansas City last week and is now taking life easy. Mrs. W. McDonough received n tel egram Monday announcing the serioi a illness of a sister In Oklahoma. She left on the night train for that place. Mrs. Charles Mason went to Au burn Monday to visit several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Al len. Frank Wolf returned Monday from Falls City and at once began pack ing his household goods preparatory to moving to Memphis, Neb. Miss Lulu Mann of Troy, Kansas, visited the first of the week with her cousin, Miss Sybil Mann. Sho left Tuesday for the central part of the state to attend a convention. Mrs. Mattie Hodge left Tuesday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Grace Richardson in Ark-anBas. Miss Edith Clark of Kansas City was in Stella several days last week. LOCAL NEWS Charles Jones and wife of Kan sas City are visiting the former's sisters, Mrs. Nation and Mrs. C. A. Heck. Amos Stetler of Pawnee City came down to Falls City Tuesday to visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. Wachtel returned Tuesday from Beatrice where she has been visiting with relatives. Dave W. Tyre of St. Joe has pur chased property of John W. Dowty and expects to build a house here in the near future. Frank Eikoff was in town yester day on business. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kimball were shftpping in Falls City yesterday. Quite a crowd of young people expect to attend "Ben Hur” in Oma ha next week. Will Cline was down from Barada on business yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moyers and dau ghter came down from Stella Tues day to do some shopping. Mr. and Mrs. K. Chester of Fargo were Falls City shoppers Tuesday. B.E.Beaver is up from Kansas City today. M. A. Nye came down from Auburn yesterday on business. L. C. Roberts came up from St. Joe yesterday to look after busi ness interests in this city. J. A. Beck of Auburn is a business visitor in the city Wednesday. A. M, Munn of Nebraska City is looking after business interests in the city. Itobt. T. Miller of Table Rock is a Falls City visitor. If. G. Tubbs came down from Ne braska City on business Wednesday. C. W. Good came up from Hiawath Tuesday to look over Falls City and the railroad interests. P. II. Dunn of Wymore was looking after business matters here Tuesday. W. R. IJagely of Wymore was a Falls City visitor yesterday. •jouuu.w 'o 'v -hiiv miM gitnisjA ...i. tj st unto A.i.iqdtunn ‘sift *4«p« b"(>J ' su.w ‘sjjnjfi p uno,) jo ‘o/) • > utotibuj -JiO,\\ oin SttlJUOSB.tdOJ ‘a’u :o;y upr Mr. and Mrs: Arnold and daughter, Miss Daisy, carne down from Ver doti to do oinu shopping Tuesday, Hall the "Hello Bill*' troop are In town—bust • J. G. Bit kin am * :r • up from At' h .,n yest rday on Uu in- ;s at the Dr. and Mrs. Bailey drove to Ver dun today to attend the wedding of Ira C. Young and Miss Bessie Stump. The couple will bo married at high noon, and cards are out for many guc-sts. Jim BIglow, a former resident of Kaifeas, is in ' city visiting with old friends. STATE TOURNAMT NT HELD AT I.INCOL N Lincoln "ins Its First Game With T: rn eh and Aurora Has Easy T n j Trlenmli Q falls City Special 101.4 Limoln. O.. aha i .tmcmi and Aurora were winners in tin fir: t round of prelim inaries to d \ Ido the interseholastie ba ;kct ba'l . hampionshlp of the state in the tournament held under the auspices of the University at tire gym nasium yeBte.rday. All three winners won by large scores, the respective losers being Stromsburg, Tecumseh and Falls City. Nearly 150 high school athletes are in Lincoln to participate in the bas ket hall tournament. The teams are in charge of fa ulty representatives. The games started promptly at three | o'clock, as scheduled by Manager Hager. Crowds of between 300 and | 400 watched the play during the nf i ternoon. The floor was cleared by 5 o’clock I in order to permit the cadets to drill. I Of the 21 schools entered Gothen | burg is the only one which failed lo show up. With tin' default of Gothenburg Thursday afternoon Clarks had no opponent and was ad vanced to the second round. Fri day' afternoon nil of the teams win ning the first round yviil meet for semi-preliminaries. There will be five games in the armory. The games are each with fifteen min ute halves. Sidney, representing an odd num ber, yvas also advanced to the second ‘ round because it had no opponent. Omaha overwhelmed Stromsburg In the first game of the afternoon ser i ies, the final score being 58 to IB. 1 Superior team work and faster indi i vidual play enabled the lads from the metropolis to pile up the score al most .at will. Tecumseh proved but little faster | than Stromsburg and the score re sulted, Lincoln, 40; Tecumseh, 19. Lin coin excelled in team work. In the last game Aurora defeated Falls City by almost as decisive a score. In the first the Falls City five held Aurora but yvere unable to stand the pace and Aurora gained a comfortable lead at the beginning o the filial half. The final score was 44 to 17. PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS., RE PORTED TO BE WRECKED Unconfirmed Report That 40 Have Been Killed—Appeal Made For Help Racine, Wis., March 9-—The town of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., is place of about L50 inhabitants, is said to have been almost wiped off the map by two terrific explosions of the Laflin -Rand powder mills about eight o’clock tonight. Advices to the Western Union from Salem, Wis., the nearest town to the wrecked y illage, says that calls have been received for assistance. All available physicians and nurses are being carried to the town on a special train which is being prepar ed in Chicago. Trouble Over Election Hastings, March 15—Principal C. | M. Harr of the Hast ings high school I wns elected superintendent of thej schools by the board of education last night to succeed S. H. Thompson, now serving his third year. Thomp son's supporters on the board claim they are in majority and express in dignation over the selection, not be-! cause of objections to Mr. Barr, whoj is regarded as well qualified for! the place, but because of the man- j ner in which the el action was ac- j eomplishtd. • a a a a a -a -a- a a a • •.••••••••■ a-*"a--a”*- a- *-'^| i Temptation j . | I ♦ • t i • • a a a-.a -a -a- a • • a lln (ut shrugged his shoulders a lit lie angrily, for the idle remark irri tated him. "Its so," persisted the speaker j You've the best chance on earth to he dishonest If you wanted to and never be suspected. Lucky for the banks—and lucky lor you—that you’re honest!" The words repeated themselves In his mind ns Ilrewer walked along. Orayfoot was right. Ilrewer, an ex pert man on safes, time and time gain again held the secrets of bank vaults tn his mind, with no man to stop him should lie choose to dispose of the night watchman and, opening those vaults, relock them after help ing himself. It was Indeed lucky that he was honest. With the speculative smile still curv ing his lips ho turned In at the Guth ries’ house, springing up the steps with the eagerness which was always his when Gertrude Guthrie was near. As she came toward him, spilling, Hrewei ihoeght again, ns he had thought, innumerah'G times before, how nil thing , beautiful should he hen* by light beauty ol surroundings, of K -i b, <>r jewels. That she should ho wasted in obscurity seemed a crime— and the Guthrie family was In only moderate circumstances, with nil tho bulging of those poor for generations for the power of wealth. That evening lie discovered that ex citement swayed Gertrude's parents. Kvans, 11.e millionaire, had of late shown marked preference for Ger trude's society Fo In her mother's heart a wild hope had sprung to life. Ilrewer, who always had been cordial ly welcomed before, fell a chill in the air. ' You forget,'' Gertrude’s mother told her when she had promised Grower that she would go with him to the theater the following evening, "you forget that Mr. Kvans said he might call.” Grower, watching the color come and go on the girl's face with a que; r, choking sensation In his throat, knew that to Gertrude also EvanB was a glittering prospect. Walking slowly homeward, thinking It over, he could not blame her. With the possibility of losing her, despera tion began to tinge his thoughts. He was still going over the same weary round mentally the following day as he worked on the time lock of the Eastern bank. Into his inusings, clear and sharp like a stroke, floated Crny foot's Idle suggestion as to his chances to enrich hiniselt. His hands trembled as lie worked on. Once fir twice he glanced, half frightened. ln*o the Interior of the ' vault, where ho had no right t > go. .Grange thong'..I disturbed his Drain and his lips tightened into a line as he planned -for it could do no harm to pirn, it really was very simple. The only drawback was that eventu ally suspicion would narrow down to him. Gy then, however, he could have his plunder safely concealed They could prove nothing and Gertrude would believe in him. This thought brought the first chill, for how could he face her, she believ ing in him? He remembered her trustful eyes and breathed lisrd. Then he remembered Evans and again took up Ids planning with tightening lips. There was a queer medley In his brain several nichts later when tie ! again nought Gertrude. Me Had a mart fancy that he could better crystallize his plans If he were In her presence liu! could hear her voice. Since temp tation had beset him he had existed In a daze, thinking, planning, always planning. His eyes were feverish as ho bent toward (lie girl when conversation lagged. "Gertrude," lie asked, huskily, "would you give up Evans—would you marry mo if I had money—and could give you things?" Startled, she looked at him and then slit■ smiled, the half sad, tender smile women give those for whom they care in apite of all. "Hut you’ll never have money, Louis," she told him. "You are not one of the kind of men who get rich.” Hrewer saw only the smile. "1 shall bo, I tell you!” ho said. "And then— you'll marry me?” She drew hack and her face whit ened as her eyes searched his haggard face. "No,” she almost whispered, “no, be cause if you came to mo with a for tune in your hands, Louis, I'd know that you hadn't got it honestly." As Brewer gazed Into her eyes ha felt helplessly that they saw far down Into the secret recesses of his soul, were reading the blackness of tho thoughts there. He felt that she was shrinking from him in a dawning hor ror. His face dropped Into his hands. Ii was its from a distance that ho hoard her breathe bin name. "Louis," she said, haltingly. "1 don’t under stand. Why should you so misjudge tno? Why should a question of wealth enter Into the subject of my—marry ing you? If 1 cared, you know? Do you think so poorly of me ns that?”* The man, raising his head, saw her » breathless, flushed with the effort of her words, with that little smile of tenderness and self giving. A loathing of himself, of the sin Hint was seared on his soul, overwhelmed him, swept him out into the lull current of life again. “Oh,” ho breathed, as he bent over her hands. “Give me time! Give mo a chance to show what I can be, Ger trude, with your help!” Will Locate Here Dr. Fordyce rf Broken Bow is making arrangements to move to this city. He will occupy the office rooms up Htnirs in the building form erly occupied by W. H. Maddox. The rooms are being cleaned and paper ed and remodeled in ninny respects. Tho partitions are also being re-ar ranged. Married Mr. Gussins V ood from south of Sabetha, Kansas and Mish Suslo Pike, who lives on the banks of Rock Greek, just south of the state line, came to Falls Gity to be mar ried early this afternoon. The cere mony was performed by W. H. Wyler at ills home. The happy couple re turned at once to the bride’s home. New Minister at Tecumseh Tecumseh, March 15—At a congre gational meeting of the Tecumseh Presbyterian church a cnll to the pastorate was extend* d to Rev. Wil son W. 'fait, I). 1). of Corydon, Ind. He was a candidate for the Tecum seh charge, having come here to preach some three weeks ago. He is aged fifty years and has a family. HOUSE MOVING 1 have purchased The House Moving Outfit form erly owned and operated by Martin Jones, of Iliawa tha. 1 intend to make Falls City my permanent home. I am prepared to do all kinds of HOUSK - MOV INC promptly and carefully. Also the moving of Heavy Machinery. Parties expecting to have work of this kind done, w ill kindly g< t my prices before placing work elsewhere. W. T. BRAN SCUM LINCOLN Ilftll.Y NEWS c*.^citkD*rzxrjmrxjrsMirmMmiiaGj; Mrmmumax.lumjiumr.,.gwt;ja.'-.c-. •» -iJW w* aa*a Weekly Independent Farmer a-, —yjr^aa , ; •* JlA39rWMBS w.- . h MW Monthly Poultry Tonics ji:1. Jl i ■liiiliw ill ■1 ilTimwi1 i1 twih nil' 1 :* ■ van g * , j j ■ \ ' J \ ' Ail Three Papers Until Apri III, for ^ .. J ■ ■J v*^/ K.s This Cut Price, is Not Good After ? The LINCOLN DAILY KSWd i3 one of the largest and boat nows and market papers in the state, . u in i dependant and prints the truth. No liquor or nasty medical tuU Will atop when time is up. All three papers will be s-mt to separate addresses if desire.). THE IN J' ,:JD.... a’ !• AU..- ..I is n practical, helpful weekly farm and stock p iper. Will stop when time ie up. 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