The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
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The problem that now eonfronts
Falls City is how to house all the
newcomers that the new NJ. p. inter
ests here are bringing and will on
tinue to bring to u city. There is
constant demand and inquiry for
tenement houses. by people already
within our gates and prospective resi-
had. Just who will start the ball
rolling in the building line. remains
to be seen. but it does look as if the
erection of saleable cottages and neat.
commodious tenement houses at this
time would prove a safe investment.
In %"tin-horn' circles it is said
that the gambling business is brisk,
and hat the number of dens now
being operated in Falls City number
seven. Word has gone abroad that
the town Is fixed for the gamblers
ana the elite of that profession have
Us down in their visiting book. 1t
is needless to say that as a rule
they carry good Falls City money
away with them-they seldom leave
any, barring hotels and saloons.
LIaorinr tho tauDn mac "aacvS' and
fixed" for the gamblers, an enter
prising parsonage sought recent
ly to establish a brothel house here,
and actually had a house rented for
that purpose, when a remonstrance on
the part of some good citizens nip
ped the nefarious scheme in the
bud. Is it possible in a city that
boasts of its churches, its clubs, its
schools and its literary and education
al attainments. to establish and main
tain institutions of this character?
Is the better element of the town
asleep at the switch? In that admon-
ition TO watch and pray" remember
That watch comes first.
In the annals of the Bowery, New
York City, is related the story of a
man getting down on his hands and
knees and engaging in conflict With
a bull-terrier, the winner to receive
sixty per eent Of the purse offered;
the loser forty per cent. According
to the story the dog received the
long end of the purse. This is but
AN Illustration of what a man will do
for money. We see similar illustra-
lions every day. The man who aids
and abets the law breaker; who
uses his influence for the protection
Of the criminal class, is not a whit
better than the being who gets down
on his hands and knees and seeks to
sink his molars and incissors in the
anatomy of a bull-terrior, The con-
flict was forced upon the dog.
Desultory conversation changes
with the seasons Just now cOnver-
sation is heavily spiked" with
coal, stoves, chest protectors, etc. for
winter is upon US, and the signs as
well as the calendar tells us to look
for weather changes. Il wore a red
flannel chest protector all last win
ter and it didn't do me a bit of good"
1t was uncle Pewee talking, and he
unfolded a new scheme to the list
ners in the barber shop. 4 read a
piece in an Indiana paper that said
a chest protector ought to be worn
on the back, and that it should al
ways be V shaped. The piece said
it was the spine that needed pro-
lection. and not the chest. L am
going to try it this winter, for l be-
lieye the idea is all right"
The bills at both the moving picture
shows recently, have been on the in
structive order,in a measure, and have
been well %patronized. Scenes from
schools for the blind and interior and
exterior views of the Joliet, ILL.,, pen
itentiary have been a source Of in
struction and entertainment to many.
One thing the lecturer mentioned con
corning inmates at the p~enintentiary,
was the large number of them that
had been %tattooed; it appearing that
criminals have a fondness for that
sort of heathenism. Inasmnch as a
tattoo artist recently piled his trade
here. and found a few foolish victims,
the lecturers remarks upon this sub
ject were most o~pportune. The O
ing picture show has come to stay
and they present many views and sit
nations that are helpful to society.
But sometimes, it is the reverse, and
one gets a view of life in Gay Pa