CLARK'S WEEKLY NEWS OF HARNESS HORSE Agricultural Fails an American Institution Which Has Develop cd with the Progress and Add ed to the Wealth of the Nation. HARNESS RACING THE PRE EMINENT FEATURE OF ALL FAIRS Nebraska After Passing through Panic and Crop Failures Is where the remainder of the hoys Again Coming to the Front as a Horse Producing State. There is no institution more American, more redolent of the Vtnerican temperament to ex change ideas and receive mutual profit therefrom than tin* fre tpient live stock conventions, ■noio commonly called ‘‘agrienl lurid fairs,” which arc held in «very community of this coun try during the summer and fall months. The county fair, though of continental origin, is conduct «d along lines peculiarly Ameri canesque and no other institu tion has done ho much to exem plify and to intensify those self same declarations of fraternity and equality as enunciated in Li berty Hall one hundred and thir ty-five years ago. Time changes many things and many customs, but the agricultural fair of 1<> day, is as respects Americanism, tile same institution of years ago and it is to be hoped in all sin cerity that the spirit of keen, though friendly competition, which prevails wherever ami whenever an agricultural fair is held, will endure with all time. There wax a day when the (ounty agricultural fair was ad imlged the court of last resort vnd that honors there bestowed denoted the acme of fitness; Imt such is not now the case. On the contrary, the county fair of today is but one .step in the iimination process and all ex hibits must seek a higher classi fication before meriting the bon us which were once synonymous with county fair awards; for, to he declin'd a champion, an ex hibit must receive the award of a state fair hoard and, even af ter that ordeal, conics the Inter national lixliibitiou, held annual ly at Chicago, where the state air winners meet in final compe tition, where Greek meets Greek, and a yhampioii of champions is proclaimed. Idle state fair of the present Jay is the pride of the people of ds commonwealth and justly so; f r. 1 inanci&lly supported more w 1 .liberally by the state its 'I Pas an indirect voice in the i • 'ment id his state fair and though the interest of manage ment may he even so slight, mu ‘ual state pride evidences itself sud the individual is invariably a herald i f publicity and is ever abroad, beating the highways and ay ways, as it were, to add to the success of his own state fair. r.aeh year adds t«> the import ance and to tin' prestige of the several state fairs, their premium 'ists are being gradually increas ed and, in consequence, exhibits ar« multiplying proportionately, each year's admission gates show a marked increase and the appro priation committees of the state Igisalturcs are lending a helping hand, all for the good of the fi ve slock interests. * At each county fair and at each state fair, “Ilis Kingship the Ilorse,” is the attraction in the main but the attraction of all attarvtions is the harness racing programme without which j :jo lair, county or state, would have the temerity to open its gates. In fact, the day’s enter tainment at a fair is not in full ng until the races are called; md, from a listless and wander 1 ? crowd of time killers, the thrill of the trotting and pacing tent s,tg permeates the entire grounds until the grandstand of Hie race course is packed to over Mowing. Then and then only, in it ‘'fair-weekAll other exhibits| anil attractions are forgotten in the whirl of sulky wheels and the pattering ol hoof heats and not until the last contest on tin* programme card is completed is Hu day at tin* fair at an end. Furthermore, it takes a good horse to win a state fair event because the best horses of each section are prepared and pointed for state fair honors anil because harness racing conditions have so ( hanged that Ihc banner meet ing of each season are those con ducted by the speed department ( f tin several state fairs. Purse events of values from $1,000 to s' 10,000 are offered by the agri i nlturn 1 hoards and these are well worth racing for. In eonseipienee, Mu' best, horses are entered and i In racing is t lie keenest, Nebraska is again making re markable long strides to line up with the leading states as a breeding center of light, harness horses. She has passed through panics and crop failures which gave her breeders staggering, al most knock-out blows; but they are “coming back" courageously and attracting the attention of horsemen all over the country. He lore tin- panic of lfWI and 04, Nebraska had a large number of breeders and Ihc most, active State Hreeders’ Association in the union and was fast gaining a leading position among the horse producing states when the dark days of the panic fell upon horsedom .ill over the country and was particularly hard on tile breeders of the young state. They struggled bravely through if, however, and were fast re gaining their former foothold. Almost every farmer had one or more choice hrood mares and in each town and city business and portVssionaI men were annually breeding a few good mares to the promising young sires standing for pnbli • service and the state had a fair chance to taking the i* a«i and becoming a prominent factor in the horse breeding in dustry. With such men as Mor • is .1. .Jones, W. A. i’nxton, K. D. Could, >1 oil 11 l>. Creighton and otlitrs she liegan to cause horse men to “sil up and take notice." Fine stock was purchased, new tracks were built, meetings with .iitmities and rich stakes were given. Tlien came the crop fail ure and money stringency along ill 1 S!»:t and !M. With no feed and no money to buy feed, many standard bred horses were turtt (1 out on the broad prairies to shift for themselves; others were used up and sold for work horse prices, yet Nebraska had good horses enough to send east for .-.ale, which brought more money back to the state to help recu perate than all the other inter* i sts combined; sold at a sacri fice, at that. Hut those horses saved many a farm and kept fam ilies until times were again nor mal. As s um as eomtions permitted breeders, great and small, :o began operations and from pro em indications the time is now close at land when Nebraska, a ill again command the attention of the horse world and iviv.b a igh plane in the breeding - in • 1 ustr\ of the country. Space will not permit of many illustra tions; but Dudie Archdale 2:06Vi, which came out of Nebraska last year and was the racing sensa tion of the season, is not an accident o • an exception. Lady Jane Ett-i (3), 2:19V*, who has shown two-minute speed this spring passed from Nebraska to Connecticut through the auction, ami barring accidents will prove vile above --(;h't rid of him all right? Henpei k- Oh. ye?. I threatened to rail my wile It he didn't leave at once. And Quicker. The man w i>burns th« midnight oil May rise to I eights of fame; Hut the tv. i who sells that midnight ell irtill x?there just the same. —Puck. Ni Fear. “I hoja? tlie Uvdurer we are to have on s&cltU rondiftitns will not give us any cheap talk.” "Oh. ho won't. He's asking two dollars for a ttcfc&v ’* Even Admitting It. “Perhaps I know more than you think I do.” “Perhaps you do, but don't flatter yourself that that mikea you a high brow.” Dr. and Mrs. Dailey snd daiudi ter Miss Elsie left Monday for Benui.tt, Nebr., where they will visit with friends for a short time. LOCAL NEWS IN GRIEF Car] Chandler of Shubert was here Friday, coming down in his automobile. Don O’Grady of Dawson was in tiie city Friday attending to mat ters of business. 0 Win, Peek of Ohio Townshhip was in the city Friday on mat ters of business. T. J. Oliver was in Rulo Mon day attending to matters connect ed with his office. Talk about this hot weathher! The dust is so thick that a team can hardly wade through it. Mr. an I Mrs. Frank Bacon of Salem were in the city Friday attending to some shopping. Charlie Brimor of Frankfort, Fas., has accepted a position with the National Poultry & Egg Co. Several autos from Salem were in the city Saturday advertising the Salem Fourth of July celebra tion. Messers Alike, Ambrose, Alex and Joe Tielien of Salem were in the city Friday on matters of business. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stetler of Salem spent Saturday in Falls City the guest of Mrs. Alice Pittock and son. Miss Elsie Bailey, the Tribune reporter, is taking a three week's vacation. She expects to spend the most of it in Colorado. Thomas E. Oliver, the eleven yar old son of Mr .and Mrs. T. J. Oliver of this city, left Thurs day for Lincoln, Nebr.. where lie, will spend the next three weeks visiting with his grandparents. Air. and Mrs. E. I). Evans. Prof. Reynolds, the Suggestive Therapeutist and [Magnetic 1 lea-! ler, has moved from John Pow ell’s office to tile office rooms over the Richardson County Bank, formerly occupied by Har ry P. Custer. The Proffessor will now have a nice location and he is at present busy in making lus new office comfortable and attractive. Sherilt ronton Mill have to make another trip to Michigan in a few (lavs, after another man Mr. Sherwood, who married Dr. Moran of this city and afterwards stole four of her horses and all her jewelry while she was in Omaha and who has now been lo cated in Michigan, The horses were recovered from the men to i whom Sherwood sold them at an. auction sale and the men are anvious to see the law get at Sherwood. Clarence E. Smith has just re ceived one of the finest lines of Pianos ever brought to Falls City. The fine Circassian Walnut, Baby Grand, was the instrument on ex hibition at tlie Coloseum in Chi cago during the Great National Piano Dealers Convention, June 3 to 10. Mr. Smith has a num ber of high grade pianos in the polished and art finishes, different woods, also one of the finest In ner Player pianoes on the market today. If you enjoy looking over •ome of the finest pianos that were ever in the city, call and examine them thoroughly. He will be pleased to show them to you at his residence opposite the Court House. .■ ■ Subscribe for the Tribune. KEEPING THE STREETS ULEAN j Suggestions of New York Man for Securing Pure Air in the Large Cities. William Van V. Hayes of New York presents suggestions for improving the care of the streets in New York so as to secure pure air. All sorts of micro-organisms are found in the J dust of the streets; anthrax, tubercu losis, diphtheria, tetanus, typhoid and dysentery have been detected in it. The tubercle bacillus when dried in large, thick crusts and left in a cold, dark place like a corridor will live for six to eight months. The bad condi tion of the streets is in part due to carelessness of the citizens and in part to antiquated methods of clean ing. The removal of ashes in cans on a long automobile cart, without emptying them in the street, is advo cated. The UBe of vacuum cleaning wagons is advisable. The people must be educated not to throw tilings into the street. Spitting should be forbid den in the streets ns well as on side walks and proper receptacles provid ed. Cats and dogs should not lie kept in the city ami automobiles should take the place of the horse, whoso manure soils the streets. Flushing the streets should be more frequent. The subway should have in front of •stations an improved roadbed that can be cleaned properly; the entering air should be screened and dust-gather ing cars should pass over the road at intervals.—Medical Record. KOSHER KITCHEN IN SCHOOL In the Jewish District of New York Food Is Especially Prepared for Pupils. Six hundred and thirty Jewish chil dren of New York had luncheon the other day for the small sum of three cents each at the opening of the new kosher kitchen just installed in public school No. 92. This is the third large school in the city to operate its own lunch room. The idea is to determine whether children in New York elementary schools suffer from malnutrition and whether serving lunch at cost price In the school buildings will tend to raise the standard of scholarship In the Jewish district, the cooking is done according to kosher methods. Before school each morning brass checks good for one full meal are sold In the school yard. At nine o'clock word is sent to the cook as to the number of luncheons that will be required at noon. This does away with all waste of food. The meals are served by the children and they do the clearing up and the oish wash ing under supervision. Many of the children come from homes where the mothers work out by the day and there Is no one to prepare the luncheon should they go home for It. The medical examination shows that the children who have par taken of the lunches are In far bet ter physical condition and are doing better school work than those who have done without. Emmett Gleason and family of Fargo were vsiitors in this city Saturday. Emmett lias been hav ing trouble with lii.s eyes caused by dust getting in them. ■ MW. Ilf W. N. 17.) I I We Now Have Two Shoe Repairers. H. ffl. Jenne Shoe Store Money To Loan on Improved Farms A largo per cent of our wealthy citizens can trace their financial success to borrowed capital. Many a man is kept from enjoying this valuable asset to business life because of the embarrassment in arranging for a loan of this kind among home folks, where one’s business is everybody’s business and the knowledge of such a transaction is liable to injure one's credit. To avoid such unpleas antness, 1 shall be pleased to place my funds at your disposal ft a reasonable rate of in terest. The same will apply if you wish to renew a loan. We can do the business quick ly and safely through the mails if inconven ient to call at my office. Address E. H. GRAVES, 062 Gloyd Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. FiRE! FIRE! Your House Is On Fire. Have you a poilcy of insurance in a goqd old line company ? If not, you should have. I write Fire, Lightning and Tornado in the best of old line companies and at a rate that you cannot afford to be without' it. See me at once about your in-* surance. G. H. FALLSTEAD, Insurance agent. Office over Bachstein ITardware store. “Good Boy” and it’s a good example you’re setting to others older titan }rourself. 1 it's a Kindly Act to Scrub Your Teeth and we highly commend you, learn a lesson from this boy’s “care” and Look After Your Teeth as each one is as precious as a diamond. For dentistry see us and be sure. Delays are dan gerous. Dr. Yutzy, Dr. C. E. Heffner, Falls City, Nebraska Go Somewhere This Summer TO THE EAST. Take advantage of the low excursion rates available this sum mer to eastern cities. There are 30-day tourist rates to New York, Atlantic City, Boston, Montreal, Portland, Buffalo aud other places slightly higher 60-day tourist rates to many of these cities; there are diverse tours via Old Point Comfort, thence ocean voyage to New York and Boston; this tour recently intro duced by the railroads, has become one of the most popular tours of American travel. TO THE WEST. Daily excursion faers to COLORADO, YELLOWSTONE PARK, BIG HORN MOUNTAIN RESORTS, BLACK HILLS, PACIFIC COAST, als circuit tours that will include all of these attractive localities in one tour. Call r write for leaflets describing any tour you expect to make. D. CLEM DEAVER, Immigration Agcn 1004 Farnam Street. Omaha. Nebraska