The Falls City tribune., 1908-05-29
PRESTON


day.
Henry zoeller was in Falls City Sat
urday.
John Nitsel was a Falls City visitor
Saturday.
Elmer Arnold was shopping in Rulo
Saturday.
Matt McMshon was Falls City Wis
itor Saturday
John Kloepfel Jr. was visitor in
Falls City Saturday.
II. j. Schutel was delivering produce
in Rulo Saturday.
William Riegcr spent Saturday and
Sunday In Falls City.
J. r.. Shelly was transacting business
in Falls City Saturday.
Russell Cramer was attending to busi-
ness in Falls City Saturday.
Louis Mitsel is doing hourishing
business In his line this season.
A number of our citizens were fish
ing last week. They report a good
catch
John Kloepfel Sr. spent several days
this week with his son Henry on the
old farm.
] Ernst Zimmerman and Albert Hart
man spent their leisure hours of Satur-
day iu Rulo.
Edward and William Schutel we're
IN Rulo Saturday, where they went to
ship their cream.
Fred Haetae, a frequent caller in
Falls City, changed his plan and spent
Saturday in!Rulo.
A good doctor would do hourishing
business in our village and in the sur
rounding community.
Very little corn is being delivered
here now. The farmers are too busy
planting their new crop.
Two or three merchants are talking
OF locating here. We would be glad to
see them all come this way.
The potato crop seems to be doing
quite we'll, but the stand is poor and
the future of the potato crop can not
yet be predicted.
Our store has not been reopened yet
but we hope that the time is not far
distant when we may supply our wants
in our own village.
Most of the farmers in this vicinity
have finished planting corn, but some
must replant owing to the cold weather,
which caused some Of it to decay.
They expect to have the thirst par.
lor reopened in the near future and the
care worn sojourner may lunch and
quench his thirst once more in the good
old town.
Vegetation is growing very fast
clover and Alfalfa are very rank and II
the rain continues 10 the future as il
has In the past we will experience q
great deal OF difficulty in curing these
crops.
In my correspondence OF last week
stated that some OF the oat fields were
being damaged by rust. | had no,
made thorough investigation, but had
taken only a casual glance at the oat
fields in passing by; upon a thorough
examination found that instead Of rrst
as had supposed, the oats were blight.
ed to some extent. This, too, is only
on new variety, the seed OF which
came from northern Illinois.
a visitor to the submerged bottoms
OF the Muddy and the two Nemeha's
may be able to form some frail idea OF
the great damage experienced by the
farmer owning or operating farms
! along these streams, Thousands oil
acres OF the best land in the country
are thus rendered nearly useless. Tc
see crop OF wheat, which is nearly
. matured' destroyed, or to see the whea,
hoated away in the raging torrents, is
very discouraging to the faithful tiller
\ OF the soil, who, year after year, toll:
l on these bottoms, and almost as the
wheat is ready for the thresher or whose
corn is ready for the crib to see these
crops, upon which we depend for our
sustenance, destroyed in this way /:
discouraging in the extreme. Those
OF you who are opposed to drainage
think of what you are losing every year
One good crop on such land as thi,
would pay your full assessment and
give you a good living in the near
time. Drainage works on other streams
why not on these? 1t will work here
| You opponents of drainage study il
and you will convince yourselves tha,
| drainage is the only solution. Drair
| your land properly and your land tha
can not sell now for $50 per acre vii
be the best land in the county and viii
sell readily at from 800 to $3.50 pe,
acre and you land owners, who are no
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