Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-11
FALLS CITY IS A GOOD TOWN
Located in a Productive County, Its
Inhabitants Are Wealthy and Happy,
THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF PoPULIsH
Swinging Dnck into tho Republican
Column, where They Arc Likely
TO Stny-Hayc Little Use
for Cornell.

FALLS CITY, Neb., April 10.--(special)-
The county seat OF Richardson county, To-
Gated near the falls OF the Nemaha river.
from which It derives its name, Is not only
one OF tho oldest, but also one Of the
wealthlest towns In the state. Tho coun-
try surrounding has never felt the pinch
OF poverty caused by drouths and crop
failures. The farms are so productive and
the land owners have grown so wealthy
that the price of land in the county ranges
from $40 to 800 per acre and few are
anxious to sell even at these high figures.
it is a land Of substantial homes occupied
by people who believe that theirs Is the
best farming country in the world.
Located In such a country, naturally
enough. Falls City is prosperous. Trade
has always been good and grows better
every year. The bankers say that nearly
every business man in town discounts MIS-
bills and business failures are unknown.
Money is so plenty that long or short loans
are made at per cent by the banks The
deposits in the three banking institutions,
which amounted to s190,O00 in the spring
of 1896. now amount to $4,000, while the
total deposits OF all the banks In the
county reach almost 100000, being an
average of $50 per capita Tor the entire
county on deposit in the banks, or about
Sc more than the per capita circulating
medium of the country.
Falls City was credited with 2,1O2 popu-
lation by the census OF 1890, but con-
servative estimate now places the popula-
tion at $500 During the past hfteen
months 100 new residences have been built
at n cost estimated at $4,000, while the
general improvements have kept pace with
the new buildings. large number OF
new residences are to be put up during the
present season and work has already COM
menced on many OF them.
In the Fruit BeIt.
Richardson county is in the fruit belt of
Nebraska and probably produces better
neaches apples and small fruit than any
other county in the state. But the nara
winter has done bad work with the fruit
and there will be a great scarcity OF
peaches. many of the trees even peing
winter killed 1t is believed that all other
kinds of fruit have been damaged the
same as in other localities OF the state
although old settlers say it is still TOO
early to predict for certainty that tne
fruit crop will be failure.
AS in other counties, the present splins
has been very backward In RlchaIuson
countv and up to the present time the farm
have Dppn dUle W Wv 'N'S ''N~'
the nlanting of the crops The season Is
gettinp late for oats and about one-haif oi
tho winter wheat has been winter killed, Sc
that the acreage of corn Is sure to be larger
,han usual and the planting will be some
what delayed. :,
In a political way Richardson county Is
imnroying Fifteen years ago the repuu-
licans and democrats of the county possessed
about equal strength. Later came the inue
nendent and populst movements, making
third party with about 1,2OO votes Iheh
this party fused with the democrats ana 10Y
a time the allied forces seemed to be in con-
troll. But the wealthy farmers, and espe-
ciallv the Germans, tired of the cheap
Money arguments and calamity cries so that
last fall the county again swung into the
republican column, giving majority 1of
,ho state ticket and eleCting two out or the
tbree republican candidates for the legis-
lature.
This is the home of many Of the states
,,on who are or have been holding places II
the capitol building at Lincoln. Cornell ane
Ijchtv and Whitaker and Pool and Mower
are all old settlers here, and or course Inv
recent upheaval in the auditors ONCE ere
oted more than ordinary interest in Rich
ardson county. The former "allied forces
ore now divided into hostile camps whlci
support Sblueii Va h@'NH''
both of them.
No Love for Cornell
The democrats of the county never ha'
any love for Cornell, who was formerly
rornnant republican, but they hated Licht
I'm more because of his prohibition pro
cliyities. and the latter has his support onl
among the populists. The anti -Lichty FAC
tion Is also bitter against Representative a
7 Weaver who was elected on the fusio
ticket as silver republican last fall The
say that by the part he took in the leglslatl'
work OF the winter, and especially by serV
ing on the investigating committee whlc
gave Cornell so much grief, he has brande
himself as n republican and must go pac
where he belongs. This of course Is not dis
tasteful to the republicans, VINO pelleVe Una
great honors are in store for weaver II
cIipgs to the party which his father helpe
10 build up. and they hope that he Will hav
become disgusted with the so-called reforr
marty before the next campaign and be read
IN stand with the republican party wher
he belongs.
The factional fights which are now on !
Richardson county have destroyed all mop
OF fusion success and 1t Is probable Una
there Will be one or more middle -of-the-roa
tickets in the field in the fall campaign. l
the meantime the republicans are unite
and happy and expect to make clean swee
of the county offices and roll up good ma
iorlty for the state ticket. The incidents c
the legislature and the attempted inteTter
ence with the city elections by Cornells dep
uties have already started the fall campaig
in Richardson county.
Lincoln Local Notes.
LINCOLN, April 10.-(Specal. )-Chief {
Police Hoagland has filed his annual repoI
with the city clerk During the year end
ing March 81, 1897 arrests have been mad
a large part of them for yagrancy; $l,OS3.l