The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-25

80 y - r ~
in its borders and 10000 acres Of
timber land along the streams
The county will soon add 40, 900
acres of the best tillable land to
its area by a drainage system to
cost S2S0,000.
Richardson is not of the
small counties of the state, as ii
has 500 square miles and the pop
ulation is $4,000. Falls City, the
county seat of the county, has
1000 Inhabitants and was estab-
lished in 1857; Humboldt has
1.500; Rulo. 1000; Stella 700, aud
Salem, once the county seat, with
Dawson and Verdon, each have
about 500 population, and all ex-
cellent shipping points for a rich
farming country. Schubert has
but 200 people, but is one of the
best little shipping points in the
state.
There are no school houses in
the county with $50 teachers.
This excellent school system has
attracted the best class of citizens
and the social atmosphere is of
the highest order. This county
is, fortunately, on the line that is
not too hot or too dry, and has
the happy medium of b inches of
rainfall. Natural conditions are
ideal. ltenjoys the warm south
ern winds of winter seasons and
the cool, pure breeze during the
long summers. Nor is there one
of these features that is not
already giving somebody some
thing to do, something new and
full of thrift, something new and
encouraging in the prospect it Of
fers for the prosperity and pro-
gress of tomorrow. A glowing
new lite has come upon Richard
son county. Things are doing
again as they did in the immi-
grant day and in the sixties.
But it is as impossible to ignore
Falls City as it is to ignore the
great Missouri river. The city
is an ever present factor. Its
location gives it command of the
commerce of the valley. 1t has
had a steady growth from the
start. People went to Falls City.
not because it was advertised. for
1t was not; not because it was
doomed, for it was not; not be-
cause of its hospitality, for it was
anything but hospitable in early
days, but they went because they
could make money there. The
city $ position gave it advantages
over any other city of the county
advantages that will always
keep it supreme. And so great
were the opportunities, so vast
The development, and SO impor
tant the commerce which continu-
ed to flow that all who came pros
pered. The city grew for the
same eaSon that a great bank
grows because o [ IT'S utility.
And it grew in much the same
way that a bank grows, with no
hubbub. no shouting, no booming
of any kind; it grew because of a
normal, inevitable demand that
it should grow.
Falls City must be studied and
understood to be appreciated. 1t
will never shout to attract atten-
ton. 1t is a stranger to what is
known as the hot air method of
exploitation. The city is indebt-
ed very largely to its present
Commercial club for its progress
sive methods and unusual pro
perity. The people are not o
rying about how much popula-
ton the city has. What differ
ence does it make to us what city
in the valley is the largest" said
one of TIL Commercial club.
Fails City has an interest in all
of them This lack of brag is
more than compensated for by
the intense affection that the
city's sons and daughters feel for
their homes. This pride and
fondness is contagious. 1t is the
same pride that a craftsman feels