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The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-29

time, was inoculated with the
same complaint to a greater or
less extent and from hearing
the constant repetition Of the
universal great expectations of
those around me, | got used to
it and listened as a matter of
course.
There were two or three other
houses in process of construc-
ton east of Stone street, and
one ON the street west in Block
1873, that had just been built by
Wingate King, long Il resident
here, and at that time the owner
of a pre-emption claim, on the
northwest quarter of section 10,
originally Il part of the land
selected for the site of Falls
City, but was dropped when the
town company came to enter
the land and pay for it under
the laws of congress providing
for the location of towns on the
public lands. In another of the
houses west of Stone street
Squire Darlington and his fam
lily resided, of which more here
after.
omitted to say that there
was another building ON the
west side of Stone street on the
corner south of the carpenter
shop, another board yeneered
structure in which one, William
M. Brooks, had a store Of gen
eral merchandise, and which
Fred bennington, a young fell
low of about twenty, was man
aging OF MIN.
Just across the street below
it, was a hole in the ground
probably fifty feet square, eight
feet deep, and walled up with
CObble stones, upon which Mr..
Handy, my friend of the extern
sive imagination, told me he in
tended to erect a hotel [ h a t
would rival the best, west of
the Mississippi. 1t was another
of his impossible schemes. |
don't believe the poor fellow, at
that time, could have raised a
hundred dollars to save his very
soul from perdition. This I'M
slightly scar on the surface of
the earth remained a monument
to the folly of it's protector for
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-29

bless it, has been at rest these
many, many years.
In the further progress of
these desultory sketches Of a
bygone time, | shall have occas-
ion to speak more particularly
of that excellent lady, together
with others who were kind to
me in later days, and whose
words of encouragement and
commentator did much TO re-
lieve the almost intolerable mon
otony of the surroundings.
South of the Burbank build
ings, on the corner of the same
block-where Jenne's shoe store
now is-there was another board
ing house kept by Ont AleXan-
der Richard. He and his family
had come up from Kansas with
Gen. Lane, together with sew
eral unmarried young men, all
of whom had been retainers and
followers of that famous free
state leader down there, to help
him build a town in Nebraska.
About midway in the next
block south, a man named W.
W. Buchanan, had put up a
small one story house, probably
twelve by sixteen feet in dimen
sion and was occupying it with
his family, consisting of his wife
and three or four children. His
brother, James Buchanan mot
the president), was living on the
quarter section directly east of
the town site, tO-wit, the south
west quarter of section eleven
and later in the season built the
house now owned and occupied
by Mr.. Ben POteet. It was
built of walnut lumber, and is
just as good after the wear and
tear of half a century, as it was
ON the day it was finished for
occupation.
Still further to the south and
about where Mr.. l.. A. Ryan's
dwelling house now stands, Mr..
Isaac L. Handy had his. resi-
dence. It was a shade better
than the other buildings in town,
but was not palaCial by any
means. He was one OF the town
proprietors, as well as the pro
prietor of a large family and Il
sawmill, at the lower end of
town., (the mill not the family
somewhere between the present
Mo. p. Ry. station and the city
Electric Power Plant.
| think he must have been a
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-29

It is said that Niagara breaks
the ledge under it at the rate of
one foot or more every year and
it is the opinion of scientists
that in some age to come, it will
have the effect of emptying
Lake Erie on to the state of
New York.
The river had a clear fall of
over five feet, over a ledge of
rock extending across it, and
during the hot summer days that
followed my first introduction
to the country, was a good place
to while away the time in fish
ing, or lying at full length I'M
der the cool shade of the trees
which lined the banks of the
river, and be lulled to sleep by
the low steady roar of the falls.
The sound produced by falling
water resembles no other sound
possible in nature. The con-
slant, unvarying, droning noise,
seems unaffected by the rhythmic
succession peculiar to all
sounds: and it's effect on the
auditory nerve of a lazy or idle
person is highly conducive to
repose and sleep. | found it
that way many and many a day
during the long eventless sum-
mer of 1858.
1t was almost a crime to de
stroy the beautiful falls, but as
the river itself has gone the way
of its greatest ornament, and
destruction was inevitable in
consequence, its anticipation
by the mill dam, is relieved of
blame in some degree.
With the subsequent cultiva-
ton of the soil, and the action
of surface water in carrying de-
bris and mud from higher ground
and emptying it into the river,
it has in the course of years,
been SO filled up, as to present
the appearance OF a mere mud
sewer, with less than half its
original capacity for carrying
away the flood waters of the
frequent freshets, to which it is
naturally subject.
Falls City was not much to
look at that quiet Sunday after
noon. There were four houses
on the west side of Stone street,
and one small carpenter shop
located where the Ceiling Opera
House now stands. On the other
side diagonally across TIL e
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-29

Miss Pearl Lawrence organized
a Sunday school in District Mo-
81 last Sunday. Last year Miss
Lawrence taught a very success
full term of school in that district
and conducted a Sunday school
during that year but since she re.
turned to this city the members
lost their interest.
DIR. w. Il. Kerr and wife were
in Beatrice this week to see Dolly
Dimple. This is the play that
the Kerr children play in. They
report an excellent crowd at the
performance.
Ed kimmel's little child is sui.
fering from scarlet fever at their
home in Ohio township. The
schools and churches have been
closed 70 prevent the spread OF
the disease.
John S. Nixon ZANE over from
Hamlin on business Tuesday.
While in town he was a pleasant
caller at this office and renewed
his faith in this family necessity.
l.. E. Evans, wife and son re-
turned from Udell, Iowa, where
they had been at the sick bed of
their mother who is reported ON
better at this writing.
w. II. Tanner came down from
Arapahoe, Monday to spend a
few days with his mother aud
other relatives id this city.
Mrs Jennie Darner and baby
boy arrived from Columbus, o.,
being called here by the death of
her father, J. c. Leister.
Charles Cornell and wife aud
Mrs. James Cornell attended the
funeral of Mrs. Will Cornell at
Seneca Wednesday.
Mrs. las. Mcfarland ST., and
daughter, Mrs. c. McCreary, re-
turned home from an extended
visit in Illinois.
Bart Butler and Miss Lila
Allen of Dawson were married at
the court house Wednesday by
Judge Gagnon.
Fred Sebold was called to Car
roll, Neb., this week to see his
father who is very i'll.
Mrs. Harry Custer is in TIE.
cumseh visiting her sister, Mrs,
]. Mcdowell.
Ewing Herbert of the World
was up from Hiawatha Sunday.
Rev. II. Bex called yesterday
ana renewed his subscription.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-29
Private Money.

Private money to loan on Real
Estate. Mortgages bought aud
sold. Call at First National
Bank. 3-tf A. J. WEAVER
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-29
"reminiscences of q Wayfarer

Some of the Important Events of the Pioneer Days
of Richardson County and Southeast Nebraska, as
by the writer, who has spent fifty
one years here.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-29

relative of Mark Twain's Colo
mel Sellers, in the "Gilded Age"
for the extravagant dreams of
the colonel bear Il very close re
semblance to many OF the wild
and improbable, not To say i'm
possible conceptions of the flu
ture grandeur entertained by
Mr.. Handy, of town and coun
try-of the college, or other in
stitution OF learning he intended
to build. or have built, on the
high ground to the north, (indi-
eating the place where the high
school now stands,D of the mum
erous railroad projects h t
were atloat in the busy brain OF
that western builder of castles
in the air, to be located on the
Nemaha, on Pony Creek, TO run
to the Lord knows where, like
wise, on the Walnut; of the
building of wooden mills at the
foot of Stone street, where it
runs into the valley, for which
purpose he had in mind the for
nation of a company Ito divert
the channel of the Nemaha by
means of a new river bed to be
dug along the bluff, which would
furnish water power not only
for that branch of manufacture,
but also, for Touring mills and
other industries that might sug-
gest themselves in the develop
ment Of things. 1t was almost
bewildering to listen to him.
These visionary things were
not spoken of as events likely
to occur in a day not his own,
but as probabilities in the pres
ent and contempOraneous with
the building of the certain to be
metropolis of the West-Falls
City. am not overdrawing the
picture, nor perverting Il single
fact. They are all within the
truth, and are less HaR tie truth.
The Aladin's Lamp story as
sumed some element OF POSSIBLE
ity as | listened to him descant
on the glorious future in store
for this people, which appeared
to me, to be little else, than
downright Authorization.
Let me say in the interest of
exact truth that my friend Ham
by Was not alone in the business
of dealing in phantasmagoric
creations of an untrammeled i'm
agination. | will show hereaf-
ter by the acts of the territorial
legislature during the four es-
sions that had occurred since
the organization Of the territory,
that more institutions of learn
ing were provided for on paper,
thereafter to be constructed,
(but never were) than there were
in the whole United States.
Further, that more railroads,
territorial roads a d o t h err
works of internal Improvement
were chartered than we have of
such institutions in operation
in the state today. If the in
mates of a lunatic asylum had
been organized into a parlia-
mentary body, and invest d
with legislative functions, |
hardly think a more absurd lot
of laws would have been passed
by them. 1t did not cost any
thing to the autonomy of Ne
braska to legislate. The general
UOVprnmpn maid all the hills
and the members had nothing to
do but to write laws and pass
them without the slightest dan
ger of imposing any burden upon
any Of the citizens of the terri
tory; and, being a kind of go-as-
you-please law making power,
they made them without any re
ference to consequences. Be
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-29

Mrs, Sam Lichty spent a short
time in st. Joe the first of the
week.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-29
iii LOCAL LORE

Crowded off the regular Local Page.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
Where There is
So Much Smoke
There \. Away. Some Fire.

There 10 Always Some Fire.
When people talk about one thing
and keep on talking as they do about
the discovery that created so much
newspaper comment in Fort Wayne
and other cities during the past sum-
mer, even tho many reports may he
exaggerated, there must be some merit
in the discovery, and when people
spend their money for thing and
then buy more if it, proof of merit be-
comes so convincing that 1t becomes
the duty of every person in need Of
Root Juice to go to the drug store and
get bottle of this much talked of
remedy. Root Juice cures rheumatism
and catarrh because it puts the filter
ing machines Of the body to work and
causes them to filter the impurities of
the blood. Root Juice cures stomach
and bowel troubles because it removes
irritated and liberated conditions from
the mucous Innings and causes nat
| ural flow of digestive fluids. Root Juice
| is so good for female weakness because
it tones and heals the organs that make
and filter blood.
Good, rich blood will nourish and
strengthen every weak part of the
body. Root Juice is sold for one dol
lar bottle, or three bottles for two
dollars and half at b. "A Morgan S
drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10

The adoption by the city council
it misdemeanor for minors, drunk
ards, or liquor cure graduates to drink
liquors in saloons, has already had its
effect in the grand jury investigation
of liquor cases, according to County
Attorney ]. n. Egermayer.
The grand jury has been Investigate
ing several alleged liquor nuisance
cases, and in nearly all of them minors
are involved as witnesses Since the
action of the council became public
fathers OF boys who have been sought
as witnesses have appeared displaying
evidences of fright lest their sons be
prosecuted under the ordinance for
drinking liquor in the saloons.
/ No Bearing on Case.
The county attorney, however, has
assured the parents that the councils
action can not possibly have any eff
feet on the cases now under investiga-
ton, for the sales were made prior to
the enactment Of the ordinance. The
county attorney says further that, in
future cases, boys could not be incrirni-
mated by their own evidence before a
grand jury or court, even tho the ordi-
nance is in force as the statutes pro-
vide for the giving of such testimony.
to the full protection of the witness.
How Law Reads.
| Section 1912, of the code. relating to
eliminating questions. which covers the
point in question, reads as follows:
But when the matter sought to be
/ elected would tend to render him GRIM
inally liable. or to expose him to public
ignominy, he is not compelled to am
swer. except as provided in the next
section. But in prosecutions against
gaming, betting, lotteries, dealing in
options, and keeping gambling houses.
or rooms for illegal use or disposal of
intoxicating liquors, no witness shall be
excused from giving testimony upon
the ground that his testimony would
tend to render him criminally liable
or expose him to public ignominy; but
any matter so elected shall not be used
against him, and said witness shall not
be prosecuted for any crime connected
with or growing out OF the act on
which the prosecution is based in the
} case in which his evidence is used for
the state, under the provisions of this
section
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10

Our cracker list is very COM
plete and we get them abso-
1ute1y fresh and large sales
make it possible to keep new
stock on hand all the time.
Here is the list:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10

to pay for it. Herman says that If nee
essary, he would camp on the reser-
voir with shotgun, before he would
permit any connection to be made.
Water is Bad.
Next Monday night City Physician
Conway will be called upon to make
a report of the sample of water taken
from the old galleries. This report, of
course, is not public property as yet,
but some members Of the council have
already been notified that the analysis
proved the water to be bad.
Councilman Herman says that in his
opinion, if MIR. McCarten had not been
member of the water works COM
mittee, that the connection would have
been made before anyone knew thing
about it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
SIXTY JURORS DRAWN.

Venire For October Term Selected
Report Oct. 25.
A list of sixty trial jurors for tn
October term of the district court wa
drawn Thursday afternoon. The juror
are expected to report Oct. %. The fol
lowing is the list:
John Busse, Minerva.
A. X. Brattieg, Linn.
H. S. Blaney, Liberty.
B. H. Binford. Liscomb.
A. ]. Blink, Eden.
John Breunig, Eden.
Sol. Brobst, Linn.
I. w. Barnett, Linn.
Ellis Bailey, Marshahlltown.
John Bishop, Iowa.
w. H. Brown, Marshalltown.
Alexander Cameron, Linn.
H. F. Cummings, Marshalltown.
w. B. Crystal, Marion.
A. NJ. Chamners, Liscomb.
j. NJ. Christy, Marshalltown.
w. Carson. Marshalltown.
H. F. Clark, State Center.
George Durham, Liscomb.
w. D. Dunlap, Jefferson.
Joe Ellison, Linn.
j. NJ. Ellington, Eden.
Jesse Ferguson, Marion.
S. R. Feinberg, Marshalltown
"A. NJ. Henshaw, Bangor.
H. F. Harmon, Linn
Alva HUDSON, State Center.
A r. Haskin. Timber Creek
I. F. Jones, Marshalltown.
H. B. Knoll, Jefferson.
H. j. Kopel. Jefferson
w. H. Lukicash, Timber Creek.
A. n. Lewis, Marsha ltown
Fred McKinnon, Liberty.
John Ogan, Linn.
L. c. osgood. Timber Creek.
B. R. Parsons. Libery.
John Pegg, Marion.
- Paxton, Marshalltown.
Pat Pruntz, Linn.
c. A. e. Philgren, Marshalltown.
Joe Podusky, Linn.
q. c. Peterson, Greencastle.
L. D. Rohde, State Center.
John Rasmus. LeGrand.
Charles Stewart, Linn.
Wallace Spurger, Iowa.
w. r. Stanfeld, Liberty,
L. H. Smith, Liscomb.
David Spence, Jefferson.
W. A Sawtell, Logan.
William Sommerlot. Liscomb.
David Tucker, Bangor.
S. j. Tinker, Marshalltown,
T. L. Williams Greencastle.
r. B. Wallace, Marshalltown.
Harry A. Waterman. Marshalltown.
P Q. Wyant. Marshalltown.
Frank Wood. State Center.
S. NJ. Wenger, Marshalltown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
NORTHWESTERN TIME.
Another New Gard viii Go Into E
feet Sunday, Sept. -.

Another New Gard Will Go Into Ef.
feet Sunday, Sept. II.
Another new time card will go into
effect on Chicago & Northwestern on
Sunday, Sept. IL. AS yet no official
notification of the change has been re-
ceived here, and 1t is not known as
yet what the time of the trains will
be into this city.
No. 5, the new Washington and
Oregon limited, now reaching here at
p. m, will probably run west and abou,
on the present time of No. II, the Col
orado special.
No. IL will leave Chicago at 1880 o
m. instead Of at 10 a. m. as at present
and instead of reaching this city a.
5:26 p. m, will arrive probably around
$50.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
WE ARE NOW OPEN
Probate Notice.


Office of the Clerk of the District
Court, State of Iowa, Marshall coun-
ty, SIS. District Court, October Term,
A. D. 1909.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
You and each of you are hereby no.
titled to appear at the courthouse n
Marshalltown. Iowa, in said county at
10 O'clock a. M, on the eighteenth day
of October. 1909, to attend the proof
of and probating an instrument in
writing purporting to be the last will
and testament of Hattie E. Will. late
of Marshall county Iowa, deceased, at
which time and place you will appear
and show cause, if any, why said will
|should not be admitted to probate.
In testimony whereof, have hereto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of the district court, this ninth day
of September, A. D. 1909.
F. M. HARADON.
Clerk of the District Court
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
HERMAN STOPS WORK
ON GALLERIES TAP
AsToUNpED TO FIND WORK PRO-
CROSSING, HE PETITIONS
MAYOR.
ALL SIGN PAPER WITH
EXCEPTION OF CLARK

Herman Tells How Effort Was Made
to Keep Facts From Publie-Under-
standing Was Nothing More Should
Be Done-Herman Finds Pipe on
Grounds-Fireworks Monday Night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
Gard Of Thanks.

We wish in this manner to express
our thanks and appreciation to the
friends and neighbors for the beauti-
| full flowers and for their kindness and
sympathy during the sickness and
death Of our mother, Mrs. Sarah Ell.
der. The Children.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

Wanted-Competent girl for general
housework in small family. Mrs. Jea-
ME Williams, s North Seventh street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
Gard Of Thanks.

Our heartfelt thanks are extended to
our neighbors and friends for their
kind and loving services rendered in
the last sickness and death Of mother:
also for the many beautiful floral Of
ferings. Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Craig.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10

Hans Madsen. superintendent OF
the pumping station, said today
that no connection had been made
with the galleries as yet and that a
connection could not be made
without a great deal more work be-
ing done. He gave it as his UNDER
standing that there would be Moth
ing more done on the work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10

Our office will be open Friday, Sept
10, until 9 p. m. No discounts there
after. Marshalltown Light. Power &
Railway Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
HARGRAvE VERY ILL.

Pioneer Attorney Of the City confine d
to Home BY Sickness.
Richard W. Hargrave, a pioneer at
torney Of the city. is confined to his
home, POP North Fourth avenue, suf-
fering from chronic stomach disorder
His condition is considered serious.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-10
COUNCIL : ACTION
AFFECTS PROBING
WITNESSES IN LIQUOR CASES
DON'T UNDERSTAND NEW
CITY ORDINANCE.
FEAR DENOMINATION
UNDER ITS PROVISIONS

County Attorney Says Action Of coun-
Gil Can in No Way Affect Witnesses
Before Grand Jury-Would Not Ap.
Ply in Old Cases, and Statutes Fully
Cover Point.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-30
Harmful Prevalence l: J 9
of Governmental Pa
ternalis1n In America.
BY GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN. Mayor Of

*<<<<*%*<*NE of the chief problems municipal
+ + is to draw thsalne where GOVERNMENT ACTIV-
ITY MUST END and where PRIVATE EFFORT
~ OUGHT TO BEGIN
+ THERE TENDENCY THE HEART
*@@*+%$*** AWAY WITH HEAD IN THE DIRECTION
PATERNALIsM MUCH SO THAT THE CITY
EMBARKED FROM TIME TIME UPON PROJECTS THAT
VERY NEAR LINE OF PATERNALIsM, AND YET
MOST DEFENDED THE GROUND or
ABSOLUTE NECESSITIES INoIvDuALsT'c comMu-
certainly, however, afford any further in this
direction for do would make government UNJUSTI
BLY, PATERNAL and take from the taxpayers
they be forced contribute But do full
duty still done that private effort
NO PEOPLE GENEROUS
MONEY! THEIR TIME AND THEIR ENERGY FOR THE
GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY p. .:s&
such money time and energy have been used rather to tho
prejudice than the welfare of the people, has been because of
IGNORANCE AND MISDRECTION rather than because Of
sinister motive Many people honestly believe that they
the common veal by the CAUTIOUS CRITICISM AND THE
NDIsCRMNATE ABUSE of public officials Nothing in this
world perfect It always EASY TO PICK FLAWS in tho
and the honest of officials
OFFICIAL BATTING BECOME ALMOST
POPULAR IN NEW YORK As IS THE NATIONAL GAME OF BASE
ATTENDED WITH PLAYERS
WITH VERY PLEASING NoToRiETY, FOR EVEN THE MOST
CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPERS WILL GIVE SCARE HEAD LINES
INcoNsPicUoUs AND IRRESPONSIBLE CITIZEN PRO-
vIDED ATTACKS PUBLIC OFFICIAL WITH SUFFICIENT
THUsAsM.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-30
Women Encourage Cruelty
By Their Vain Desire
For Adjournment.

cIDDNGs
77H OMEN nnaey cruel. They do acquaint thorn
selves with the details Of inflicted upon
~ helpless birds and animals. that Yare ROBBED OF
THEIR NATURAL COVERINGS To- LoTHE Wo
MANS VANITY. NJ &
Il is the traffic fun - 1ahera, where the victim DE-
PRIvED OF IT'S ONLY PROTECTION against the weather
Of It's life, that = particularly inhuman.
PRIMITIVE ONLY KILLED HUNGER On
sEcAusE H aFEARED rHE sEAsTs REVENGE N Dun pAY
MucH Has BEEN ooHa ToWARD PROMOTING syMPATtv EoR
ALESoER cHlLpRENs"s REFORM NEVER m
Wts.LE NoMEN ENcouHAcE zTAER VAN.
LOVE or FkERY THE INNOCENT
vcT.Ms sS sN sSN sSSs
value, through fear vanity BUT FOR LOVE OF n
and its part natural adornnaent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-30
Tone of Modern Stage /
Reflects the Culture II
or Modern Society.


HAT there much evil in connection with the theater much
that low, coarse, base and disgusting, good will
~ question: but the purpose Of every good citizen should b
~ NOT TO TRY TO ABOLISH THE THEATER, which
impossible inasrnuch it integral
GOOD CITIZEN SHOULD EXERCISE DISCRIMINATING,
CONSCIENTIOUS JUDGMENT PATRoNtziNo
THING DEALS WITH HUMAN PASSIONS,
oRAToRY POETRY ART.
ABUSED AND EVERY AeUsE SHOULD CONDEMNED AND
DENOUNCED .-@" ~ r. r~ ...:f-. ~>5# y: