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The Falls City tribune., 1909-03-12

ness or boisterous behavior.
That ornament of our advanced
christian civiiization-the ~a
Ioon-bad not made it, advent
into Falls City at that early
day, which, more than anything
else, accounts for the good con
duct OF the people ON that &C
casion.
Our friends at the fall, had
their celebration also, L d
Judge Dundy made a speech for
them, and IN that particular,
outsboWn ours on the bills. In
all other particulars ours was
the best and pleased the people
most. There have not been any
more celebrations At the falls,
and for the reason following.
About three weeks afterwards
there came upon the country one
of those sudden rain storms. to
which the people of this region
are familiar, and within twelve
hours thereafter the whole Ne
maha valley, from bluff to bluff,
had become an inland sea. |
have seen many floods in the
Nemaha since, but | have never
seen one that [ thought equalled
that, though that is probably a
mere notion, for nature, like
men, is essentially a creature Of
habit, and what it does once it
is likely to do again, and many
times again. In that case the
settlers were all driven out,
many Of them running narrow
risks of drowning along with
their families. Much of their
live stock was drowned, and all
their Improvements destroyed.
But what of our rival town at
the falls? When the food had
subsidized the town was found to
have @one-With it. and the fu-
tare manufacturing center of
the country had ceased to exist.
Most Of the people in the val
ley came to Falls City. and
never went back. will relate
something further concerning
them At another time. The
Hamiltons lcame with others,
staid about town until they got
money from the east to take
them home, and / never saw
them again. In time the elder
The Falls City tribune., 1909-03-12

Stumbo foreclosed his mortgage
on the town site, bought the
land a sheriff sale. along Wit.
the ghost OF the departed VII
Iage, and the story of the once
boosted municipality Of the fl.
turc. Vas closed forever.
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"reminiscences of q Wayfarer

Some OF the Important Events OF the Pioneer Days
of Richardson County and Southeast Nebraska, as
remembered by the writer, who has spent fifty
ono years here.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-03-12

were made for the entertain.
ment and comfort of the crowd
that was expected to attend,
but where II was IN come from
WIS Il mystery tome, It turned
out however, that there were
more people i'm the country than
/ thought for. They came from
the valley of the Muddy. from
It's mouth down towards Rulo,
to rs far up as where Stella Is
now located. and from the Ne
maha from the Forney farm 10
up about Salem; and from Pony
aud Walnut creeks to far out in
Kansas; and when they were all
assembled we had between three
and four hundred people.
The idea of Il celebration of
oar natal day out in that waste
andswilderness, va, a new and
Curious one to me. | did not
know then, as | have come 10
learn since, how much of the
spirit of the 18th Of July every
American citizen carries deep
down in his heart Of hearts,
wherever he goes ON land or
sea, anywhere around the globe.
A boy and L bunch of frecrack
ers make Il lth OF July, typify
ing the boys and the muskets
that have Won all the fields that
have made this nation inVinCible
in arms and glorious in history.
There We're some special feat
ures attached to the function
that day that were new, to me
at least, and highly interesting
A band OF Indians in full native
costume, were secured to per
form their traditional war dance
under the auspices of their chief
headman, Pc toxic NAH. He was
a Tine specimen OF physical man
hood, tall, well made, and is
straight up from the ground Is
the sturdy oak that towers
above the surrounding forest
and embellished with the native
and natural dignity peculiar 10
his race, that would have done
honor to Mr.. Turyeydrop him
self. Another and quite an un-
expected one in that bran new
community, was a kind of mixed
band of music under the leader.
ship Of Jim Dye-every old resi-
dent about Brownyille, Nemaha
City, and hereabouts will re
member Jim consisting of five
or SIX persons and as many
horns and fddles, who played
all the staple patriotic tunes,
and then some, and furnished
the music for the dance at night
in Jesse Crooks new hotel build
ing on the Richardson County
Bank corner, then nclosed and
nearing completion.
They enliveued the scene
greatly aud added to the general
festiyity in a way possible only
through the instrumeutality of
music, that wizard of the soul,
the soother of the sorrowful.
parent of poetry and religion,
the charm OF which has fingered
on earth since the dawn of the
eternal morning when the stars
sang together the..Te Deum" Of
the spheres, in glad acclaim Of
creation finished.
And now 4 word about the
people who came that day to
help Us celebrate the annual re
currence of the day dear to all
Americans. They are before me
now as [ saw them then. brave
men and women. some of whom
had crossed wide rivers and
wider states, to come to this
new and virgin land to subdue
the wilderness, to work hard
and live harder, to build com
Portable homes for themselves
and families, to open farms, to
rear churches and school houses.
aud thor rho uarn,. IF tn.
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now \ roUN TOOK ABArn.

The town at the falls ri1aled
Falls City. and what came ol
the enterprise. The Hamilton
brothers and their associat 4
Sackett, were young men, ma
tifes of Ohio. and fun oil energy
and the enthusiasm Of youth,
hut wholly unaequdinted with
the west, and especially the eli
matte conditions i'm Nebraska.
They associated the water fail
in the Nemaha with the idea
they had Of what such L power
would be worth in their old
state, and without hesitation
concluded that II was the very
place to found tile future manu-
featuring town Of the country.
The surroundings were certainly
pretty To look At, and the con
ditions appeared favorable To
the success of the schemes con-
iured up in the minds Of those
boys, but who, before the sum.
mer Waned. were to learn, like
all the children in the family
Of man, that there is 4 great lie
out in the world and things are
rot always what they seem
to be.
They naturally argued that
there being an abundance Of
water in the river flowing over
a bed of solid rock, aud then
pitching straight down between
five and six feet, 4 permanent
foundation was thus furnished
for mills or other establish
ments for manufacturing pur-
poses that could be built with
safety, to utilize the water pow.
er thus afforded. The force OF
the water itself, augmented by
that of the fallmentioned, which
increases 1t every point of de-
scent, directly rs 20 the mass
and inversely as TO the square
of the distance, according to
mathematicians, thus gath
ering force as il goes, would
yield power, (Which they said
was going TO waste every mo
mentl sufficient To turn all the
wheels of manufacture in south
ern Nebraska. | don't think
they put it quite that way, but
whether they did ornot, the i'm
plication is the same, and may
so at that. 1t is said the rush
my torrent of Niagara at its
foot cannot be cut with an axe.
so tremendous is the force with
which it descends.
This, and much more of the
same kind and To the same pur-
pose, was talked every time |
went TO the falls till late in July
When-but Get ahead of nv
story
Early in June we concluded
10 hold a Fourth of July cele
bration, and our friends at the
falls heard of it and determined
to have one too. They stroye
to Guido Us at every point and
in everything, They seemed To
think that their salvation as 4
rival town depended on taking
every trick in a game they were
playing in their imagination,
apparently unconscious of the
fact that Falls Cityuever looked
upon Nemaha Falls SO called,
as a rival in any sense.
There was no shade in town.
no grove. nor tree, nor any ob.
Jet that would cast 4 shadow
of sufficient extent To cover
twenty people. SO we made
one ON the court house square,
by setting posts in the ground
with poles across upon which
we put boughs of trees cut in
the Nemaha timber and hauled
up for the purpose. In that
way we made an arbor shady
and snug, under which Il com
pany of three or four hundred
strong could sit and escape the
The Falls City tribune., 1909-03-12

daughters, m a wagon drawn b.
Il yoke of cattle with a strap.
ping young fellow ON foot, drix.
ing them.
The old people were seated on
chairs smoking their pipes. and
seemed To enjoy themselves.
while the girls We're smartened
up with new calico frocks and
ribbons in profu : on, with
lunches OF eIderberries stuck IN
their hair is especial ornaments.
The costumes 81 the peopl e
were just is g|rotesquc and var.
led a. their means of transpor-
tation. Nobody seemed IL have
on anything new, except the
dresses Of the younger females
of the party and they were, in
most part, of calico. No two
men had coats. vests or panta.
looms. of the same cut. fashion
or material, and all appeared
TO have been in service = lone.
time, nor were there any two
hats of the same fashion or any
fashion. Nevertheless t II e II
meeting with each other, and
their families. were of the most
hearty and friendly character.
Nobody appeared at a disadvan-
tage, but all seemed ON a foot
ing Of exact equality. There
were no rich people among
them 10 exact attention for that
reason, nor were there any poor
trash TO be looked down upon
and snubbed, ON that account.
1t was essentially Il democratic
meeting in which each man and
his family was greeted and
treated with the same considers
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
0GTOGENARIAN LIST
Is Sought BY Mr.. Morris
Who Issues a Notice
to the Public.

The following notice by W. NJ. Nor
ris. Of Mt. Glare. explains itself, and ii
is hoped that all who are Of the age
mentioned win comply with his re-
quest:
Notice to octogenarians:-1 am
trying to collect the names Of all per-
sons OF both sexes who have reached
the age of so years or more, with 1
view to making up an honor roll to be
published in al! the county papers in
which this notice appears. 1t will he
impossible for me to obtain a com
plete list of names without helm, and
ask that every such person. or some
friend win send me by March 10. his
or her name, age, post office address.
and any other data they may wish
used in connection with their names.
Address, w. NJ. Morris. Mt. clare.
w Va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
SEVERAL ARRESTS
Are Made for Violating the
Compulsory School Law
of the State.

Constable L. NJ. James is quite busy
these days looking for violators Of
the compulsory school laws OF the
State. In addition to the several war
rants he has executed the last two
days, he has half dozen to serve.
The law provides that children be-
tween the ages of eight and fifteen
years must attend school.
Samuel cottrill and William Nash
were before Justice John T. Flynn
paid a fine of 50 each. together with
paid a fine of 50 each, Together with
the costs. Mic Jatpoo. of Perry, ap-
peared, but the little girl IS not a
member of his family and 1t was de-
cided to urn her over to the humane
society. Her age is 10 years.
S. c. Marshall residing in the tin
plate addition is to appear before JUS
tiCe Harry Gordon this evening at 4
O'clock to answer the charge Of falling
to send his children to school, Perry
Smith. two miles beyond Grasseiil,
must also answer complaint of the
kind.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
MEMS CLUB
OF Undenominational Char
acter to Be Organized at
Mass Meeting.

Invitations have been sent ont to
young men and boys OF tho city by the
rector Of Christ Episcopal church, the
Rev. John E. Ewell, and the vestry OF
the church asking their attendance
at mass meeting for men tosbe held
In the new parish house OF Chriet
church Tuesday evening, February 20,
|at s O'clock.
At this meeting It Is proposed TO
organize a. Mems club OF a distanctly
undenominational character. The obs
ject of this club viii be to supply for
the young men and boys OF this town
a place TO spend their evenings in. a
pleasant and profitable way under
good and attractive influence.
/ The parish house and its equipment
are offered for the purpose. and to do
work along practical Y. NJ. C.. A. lines.
The BUILDINGS Is large and commo-
.dIous one. The assembly room is go
feet long and 25 feet wide with a
stage 15x25 feet. The downstairs
room is well fitted for pool tables,
gymnasium paraphernalia, and read
ing rooms Activities of all sorts
which interest the young people viii
be conducted in this building, and for
this purpose 1t will be handed over
TO duly organized club that the work
will be confined to no one class or in
terest.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
BY the Committee for Buying
Supplies at Their
Own Stores.
ALSO FOR AL BAllY TRIP.
As Well AS For Depositing
Funds In Their Own
Banks.
(Isy Chasles BrooIss smith.l }

(lSy Charles Brooks Smith.)
CHARLESTON, Feb. The re-
port Of the penitentiary investiea-
ting committee was made today.
The report censures the directors for
buying supplies from their own
firms, depositing money in their
own banks and for the Albany trip.
The report holds no law has wll=
fully and intentionally been violated
although the practices were lmprop-
err
The report is mild as to the dis
cipline and other matters concerning
the conduct of the institution
The Byrne case was postponed tin
Tuesday on motion of Blue, represent
ing the Alyord investigating commit
tee. who said points had been raised
that required time to consider and,
answer. There win he no session
Monday
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
INJUNCTION
Is Issued BY Judge Lynch
Against County Court
of the County.

Upon the application of the Hope
Natural Gas Company an Injunction
has been issued by Judge Charles w.
Lynch Of the circuit court. restraining
the county court Temporarily from in.
terfering with the laying of a pipe
line along the county road ON Little
Elk near Wallace. The company
claims right under a franchise grant.
ed the Hutton Gas Company. 10 which
the Hope succeeded. The court sets
up the claim that the franchise was
revoked by it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
Handful of Citizens Decide to
Run DR.. E. N. Flowers
For Mayor.
SECRET SESSION HELD
And Scheme is Hatched to
Form a Third Ticker for
City Campaign.
SECRET SESSION HELD.

According to rumor which gained
circulation about the streets of the
city Saturday morning and caused
considerable political speculation, a
self-appointed committee Of citizens
held a secret meeting in an office In
the Jacobs building Friday night, or
ganized a new city political party
which they dubbed the Citizens Party
and framed a slate for the approach
ing city campaign with Dr. E. n.
Flowers heading it for mayor and
Patrick caufield as the candidate for
chief Of police
The remainder of the slate is as fol-
lows:
Terry.
For councilman. arst ward-petor
Koblegard.
For councilman. second ward
John L. Ruhl.
For ciuncilman, third ward-D. w.
McGeorge.
For councilman. fourth ward-J. D.
McReynolds.
For councilman, fifth ward-Tru-
man Cunningham.
When asked about the results of the
meeting by the Telegram Saturday,
those who attended the meeting with
whom communication could be had
said there was nothing ready for pub
lication regarding the movement as
yet, but none denied that the meet
ing was held. one virtually admitted
that the meeting was held. and said
Il was decided not to give anythinE il
the public until 1t was ascertained
whether the movement would pan out.
None would give the names of those
who attended the meeting. but 1t ID
understood that the committee was
made up of Harvey w. Harmer, j. Ed.
Law, P. II. Koblegard. Truman Gun.
nlngham. Homer ". Williams, D. w
McGeorge, j. Fred Dye. Patrick eau
field, D. W. Jacobs and one or two
others.
1t is said that petitions Will be cir.
culated around the city Monday in an
effort to procure sufficient number
OF signatures to float the new party.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
Is to Be AT Seattle Exposition
For All Visitors from
the South.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 20
Through the request of number
of Southern people residing in Sc
attle the Exploitation Department OF
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
has sent out an invitation to the
Confederate Veterans and to the
United Daughters of the confeder-
acy to erect replica of the home OF
General Robert e. Lee on the expo
sition grounds to serve as quarters
for the Southern people who may
visit the exposition. This move
ment was started by the members
of the Robert E. Lee Chapter Of the
U. Q. c. in Seattle. Southern peo-
pie residing in Seattle feel such
keen disappointment that no South
ern State will be represented here
that they have conceived the idea Of
asking these two powerful organE
cations to assist In the effort to have
at least one building on the falr
grounds in which exhibits may be
displayed from all the states. and
which may serve as headquarters
for Southern visitors.
AS the time is short every EFFORT
is being made to give as wide pat-
Iicity to the movement as possible
and personal letters. from the Ex-
ploltation Department have already
been set 70 Mrs. cotheila Branch
Stone, president general Of the Uni
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
REPLICA or HOME
OF GENERAL LEE

ted Daughters OF the Confederacy.
at Galveston Texas, and the Pres
idents Of the dif'erent3stae divisions
In every state in he Union asking
ther cooperation with the local
chapter of the Daughters Of the Con-
federacy, in raising the necessary
funds.
IF nothing else can be done"
said Mrs. G, A. c. Rochester recent
ly. "our local chapter VIII secure 8
home in some building on the fair.
grounds where we win keep reg
lister OF Southern people. If We can
raise funds through the South Tor a
building, it would probably be
replica of General Robert 2. Lees
old Virginia home. General Lee s.
one Of the nations heroes ana Is 90
regarded by the North as ven as
the South, and We believe 4 replica
of his home would be Of equal inter-.
est TO the people Of all sections Of
the country. But if we are forced
to limit our efforts at having ths
South represented, to. the ftting %
of only one room, We would PROP
ably make it a reproduction Of the
living room At historic e.Benyais
Whatever IS the result OF our ef-s
forts it is our purpose to extend The
most cordial old fashioned Southern
hospitality to all who come.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
THREE CHECKS
With Forged Signatures Are
Located by Justice
Gordon.

Three forged checks written upon
the blank checks stolen from roll
top desk in Justice G. H. Gordon's
office Thursday night have Been locat-
ed By him. All three were made pay
able to ]. c. Wilson, and efforts are
being made to apprehend person by
that name, suspected OF utterihg the
checks. Two OF the checks bore the
forged signature OF S. w. Gordon, one
being for. 81 and the other for SIS.
The third choclS was signed with n
forged signature Of G. IL Gordon and
orderod the PAYMENT OF 5000.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
PARADE WILL
Be 4 BIG one
MANY Thousands of Soldiers
and Sailors VIII BE in
the Line Of March.

L WASHINGTON Feb. 20 In the.
great afternoon inaugural parade
there win be e 900 soldiers. sailors.
ana paarlnss and 5000 citizens. mem
bers of clubs and associations "a 10
tai of $1,000 sparaders
The attendance at the ceremonies
also promises % be q record breaker.
Better yet the arrangements made
by the proper committee with the pro
iprietors of hotels. boarding houses
and the like, win not permit visitors
10 be charged exhorbitant rates
"A man or woman of moderate
means may plan TO spend three or
-FOUR days In Washington during the
inaugural period at q cost for iods-
ings and food of $500 per day,
The above statement was made To-
day by Chairman Weller OF the Inau-
gural committee ON public comfort
Mr.. Weller explained that good iodg-
ings in aprivate family or boarding
house may be had at 800 a day dtir-
Ing the. Inaugural period while the
meals win not cost more than an ad-
ditIonal dollar. There are many mod
crate priced lunch rooms and dining
rooms in washington where meals
VIII be served from twenty-fve cents
up. In private houses. lodgings and
board can be Obtained at $1.s0, $500
and $3.50 per day. These viii be tho
ruling rates.
And. chalrman Weller added.
The owners have agreed in writing 10
abide by the rates qnotea 70 the con-
fnittee Tha rats Is usaaIiy Hslsed on
a visit 10 washington o. four days.
which win enable me ordinary svisltor
to see Washington properly after he
or she has witnessed tho greatest IN
augurai ceremonies ever held.''
Folks who stop at the hotels VIII
flnd the ruling rate to be $500 a aay
for room and bonrd, American plan.
and s1.oo a day upaEuropean plan.
Those visitors who come here in par
ties OF from two to four can make the
best arrangements. Chairman Weller
explained. He aJso said that notail
the quarters that have been registered
at the headquarters OF the public
comfort committee. win be taken
There win be many left over and the
competition will be too great TO per
init Of gouging.
There are stlH available aparters
here for 10000 members of military
or civic organizations, while fully 2s
900 more individuals can be accoms
modated with rooms and board from
Continued on page eight.l
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
DICKINSON GDNFERs
With President-elect Taft on
the Subject of a Cabinet
Position.

CINCINNATI, o., Feb. 2O-J. N.
Dickson, general counsel for ths
Illinois Central Railway, was in con-
ference with President=elect TAFT to.
day. Dickson has been under com
sideration by Mr.. Taft for Secretary
of War for some time. It Is be-
lleyed a decision win be reached in
the matter today. Mr.. Taft had
many callers today, mostly old time
friends and neighbors. He left this
afternoon for Philadelphia.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
MORE PARD0NS
ARE SOUGHT
OF Governor Wilson in the
Assassination Case of
William Goebel.

FRANKFORT. KY, Feb. 20
Governor Wilson said today he
would not consider the applications
for the pardon Of Former Governor
TAYLOR, Former Secretary Of state
Finley, and John Powers, alleged
Goebel conspirators. until Common
wealth's Attorney Franklin was noti-
fed, so that he might present any ar
gnments desired. Franklin said he
would not do so. Caleb Powers to-
day made applications for the par
don Of John Davis. and Harlan
Whiteacre also accused OF compile
ity in the Goebel assassination.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
SECRETARY ARNOLD
IS COMING TO CITY

OF the West Virginia Sunday School
Association. will be present and speak
on The Great Commission and sun
day School Association Work"
As this win be the first visit of Sec
rotary Arnold to the city. royal wei
come is planned for him.
The rally will be held under tac
auspices of the Harrison County Sab
bath schol Association, Of which
Judge Charles w. Lynch is president
and Attorney Taney Harrison sccrc-
tary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-20
HENSON PLEAsEs
His Audience at the Budget Confer.
enec Here Much With Address.

With the night session Friday the
budget conference of the Northern
Baptist convention here closed. The
three sessions were highly success
ful and much interest was aroused
in mission work. The program. as
previously published. was carried
out at the night session and DR..
Henson, of Boston. pleased all those
who heard him with an able address.
He was the chief speaker at the
conference.