The Falls City tribune., 1911-03-31
OUR WEEKLY
COMMENTS

sbst now is the ma VINO DulluS d
house not wholly for the money he
can make in the transaction, but
partly, at least because houses are
needed at this time and he is in
position TO help relieve the situation.
The man who builds a good house
by putting into it first class mater
aI and first class workmanship and
when finished offers it at a living
price is doing Falls City a real ser
vice.
For example, the writer knows
of two houses going up just now.
The market value Of the two will be
practically the same when finished
bot there will be a vast difference
IN the actual service, which the res
yeetive buyers or renters will get
out in the different houses. The one
house is being built for service, ev-
esything that goes into it from
foundation to the roof is first class.
Phe contractor is paid to do high
grade work. The plan itself is
made with a view to comfort, con-
y%enience, taste and durability. Who
ever gets possession of that house,
will get his moneys worth, and a
square deal. 1t is true the party
building it will not make a specula-
ten through the transaction. But
n it not worth while to have the
consciousness of having done a
Noble act?
The other house will be expect
ed to look quite as we'll, have
practically the same room, and ap-
sarently the same c%onveniences and
value. But looks are often deceiv-
ixg. From cellar to the shingling
et the roof it is contracted for
~sheapness, and not quality. Every
atep in the process of building re-
veals this fact. When done it will
be a cheap house in spite of ppeaar-
amces. The man who is building it
will make more profit IN his invest
nent than the first party, and Falls
City will be the loser. This is a
time when loyalty to Falls City can
be shown in more Ways than one.
Let men stand up for the best first
and the bigger things afterwards.
They tell us that rats desert a
sinking ship, but they are only rats
and more cannot be expected. OF
Een We would expect Drawer things.
II a boy has a Strong Will, he
will begin going barefooted in Mch.,
even il he has to go out in the pas
tHre to take off his shoes, and run
the risk of getting his stockings
wrong side out before returning.
With opportunity comes response
bility. With the good men and
women who are flocking to Falls
City to make their future homes
here, are also coming yagrant char
%scters, whose presence will not
simplify the big social problems
already shaping themselves. Falls
City will be compelled to face the
responsibilities as we'll as the adyan-
tages Of the present boom.
In digging the Panama canal, the
United States are obliged to pay
tribute to m~onopolists of machinery
and patentees of various mechanical
devices. Yet had it not been for
the physicians who have made the
canal zone habitable through sani-
tation, the efforts of all the in
v%entors and world %conquerors, of
engineers and machinists would
amount to exactly nothing.
The doctors of the United States,
doing the most important work in
the greater isthmian ditch. Yet it
is the soldier, the engineer, the me-
chanic TO whom the honoTs are ac-
curing. Why is it that temporal
honors and financial reward seem to
bent upon being diverted from the
ways in which they should proper
ly travel.
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The latest fashions in spring mil
linery constructions are everywhere
in evidence these fine sunny days.
Why can't a man doff his fur cap
or heavy felt hat and sport some
lighter, and if necessary, more pic
turesque headgear.
The increase in the subscription
list of the Daily Tribune is now
averaging twenty new subscribers
per day. The contest is growing
interesting. The contestants are
running neck to neck. The last
in tt -.