The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, 1910-02-25
AN ENTHUSIASTIC Meeting
A MOVEMENT TO ORGANIZE A
BIG SCHOOL.
Commercial Club Interested Prof.
Darner Demonstrates Feas-
ibility of the Scheme.

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feel certain that it will ultimately re-
suit in the betterment of our grow
ing city
The meeting of which we speak
was held under the auspices of the
Falls City Commercial club, To con-
slider a proposition to organize a
large school at Falls City The meet
ing from standpoint of numbers
was a little discouraging, however
some of the best business men of
Falls City were there, and what was
lacking in numbers was made up
for in enthusiasm
Mr. Evans, secretary and school
manager of the Smith Premier Type
writer Co, of Syracuse, N y, spoke
first regarding the school proposition
in general Mr., Evans was accom-
panied by his demonstrator Miss
Owens, and the western sales manag
er, Mr. PloWman of Omaha, Neb
Those who were present had the
opportunity of Witnessing the skin
of one of the worlds greatest type
writer operators. Such an operator
as would fill Madison Square Garden
in New York City. Miss Owens wrote
on ordinary matter from dictation
116 word. per minute without an
error, and on practice matter 1870
words per minute without an error.
| Mr. Plowman, a man with fifteen
years experience as a salesman for
the Typewriter Co, knows the COM
mercial school business from begin
ming to end, and his talk created a
great deal of interest. He pointed to
many schools located in cities much
smaller than Falls City, and with less
surr punding territory, that were mal5-
ing a wonderful success. Scme of
them bringing in as many as two
thousand pupils each year. He isl
of the opinion that Falls City can do
the same thing and he guarantees to-
place ali competent graduates In
good positions free of charge. Miss
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were obliged to leave early in order
to make the 1917 train for Lincoln.
Mr. Daner then spoke and seem
ingly proved to the entire satisfac-
ton of all of those present that
there was not the least doubt but
what a good school and a big school
could be organized in Falls City. Al
so that there was no legitimate busi-
ness in existence today that would
pay such dividends as large school,
properly conducted We regret that
we do not have space for a verbatim
report Of his talk, but we shall pre-
sent it below in substance.
He said positively; that there wa
not town in the state that was
more fayorably located for the
building up of big school than Falls
City.
That Falls City, according to the
1900 census. had within a reasonable
radius three hundred and fifty thous-
and population.
That there are one thousand pupils
from this surrounding territory who
are attending school each year that
would eventually come to Falls city
if they could secure the instruction
here that they can secure elsewhere.
That in this territory there is prac-
tically no competition and that a great
amount of timber is going to waste
each year.
That the railroad facilities are ex-
celled by few other towns in the
state. .
He substantiated nearly all he said
by figures placed upon the black
board. These figures were as con-
servative as anyone could make them
and keep within reason. They show
ed that the school would pay its own
way the second year and would pay a
, good dividend the third year
i Not one dissenting word was heard
from those present, but on the other
hand everybody seemed to be in fay-
or of getting busy and pushing the
project to realization.
Mr.. Graham expressed himself by
saying that there was nothing which
would tend to the up-building of the
town as much as a good school. He
said that it was better than big
manufacturing establishment, because
it. would bring as many people to the
town, and that the people brought to
the city by school are a much
Fred Sebold came down from Oma-
ha Thursday and spent few days.