THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL.
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N10UUASKA KIUDAV 11 ! ( )
Pica on Their Behalf Denied by
Roosevelt.
\VILL RESTORE CITIZENSHIP.
If Record Is Good at End of the Year
Father and Son Will Have Full
Rights of Citizenship Mlllard to
Take up Marshalshlp.
Washington , Doc.I. . 1'rosldont
Iloosovclt 1ms rofuscd to pardon the
RolmorH , father nnd BOH , who nro now
serving n term In the Sioux Falls pen
itentiary for looting the Neligh bank.
Senator Millard and Representative
McCarthy called on the president yes
terday and presented a plea for tlio
pardon of 13. A. and Edward Helmut's.
Senator Mlllard did the talking and
told the president that by reason of
.good service the Rcimors would ho
discharged March 20. The president
said ho objected to pardoning persons
from the penitentiary. Ho could
see his way clear to extending
ocntlvo clemency to the Re.ltners , .
If the reports of good conduct wore
justified ho would by executive order
.restore them to citizenship at the
end of the year.
Senator Mlllard Is In receipt of a
Jotter from Senator Dietrich , In which
the latter calls off all agreements
as to patronage , Senator Dietrich an
nouncing In the letter that ho Is fa
vorable to the renomlnatlon of Mar
shal Mathews , Senator Millard In
reply said last night that there was
nothing to call off between Senator
Dietrich and himself. He said that
Mr. Mathews was a very efficient of
ficer and was very acceptable to him
self. "I have not thought particularly
about the marshalshlp , " said Senator
Mlllard. "That matter I will take up
when I get home. "
ROOF TRUSSES BEING RAISED
First Step Toward the Roofing of the
United States Court House is Now
Being Taken.
[ From Ftldny's Dnlly. ]
Progress on the United States court
liouso has reached the roof , and if
the weather Is at all favorable the
building will be under cover within
a few weeks. The great trusses that
will support the roof are now being
raised and several of them arc In
place on the west end of the building
where the cornice work has been com
pleted. The work of flnlshlne the
cornice on the east end is progressing -
ing and will bo completed In a few
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days if the weather does not inter
fere to prevent.
With the roof on and the building
covered it will be an easy matter to
shut out the weather and the work of
completing the interior can be carried
forward in spite of the rigors of the
elements. Already the work of put
ting in the joists that will support the
floor Is well under way and being
carried forward with that on the out
side of the building.
Superintendent Williams has just
" ' received word that his company has
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secured the contract for the erection
of a waterworks plant at Helena ,
Mont. , the contract price being $579-
000. Owing to the severity of the
weather in that part of the country
it is not expected the work of con
struction will begin before next
I spring. The company Is just complet
„ ing a government building there at
a cost of $275,000.
LOSES NINE HEAD OF CATTLE
H. M. Springer of the St. Clalr Valley
Loses Stock in Mysterious Man
ner Was In Hailed District.
C. J. Hlbbon of South Norfolk has
received a letter from H. M. Spring
er , a prominent farmer of the St. Glair
valley in Antelope county southwest
U of Tilden in which Mr. Springer re
counts a further calamity. Ho is in
the district that had been hall-swept
early in the summer , ruining his crops
and now comes the loss of nine head
of cattle from some mysterious dis
ease , possibly corn-stalk poisoning.
One of the animals was a handsome
thoroughbred heifer that had been
purchased at the Daniel Kerr sale of
fancy stock recently held In Norfolk.
Mr. Springer notified the state veter
inarian of his loss , but ho was unable
to come up and sent Dr. C. A. McKIm
of this city to look after the matter.
Dr. McKIm was puzzled , but took a
stomach from one of the animals
which will bo sent to the state vet
erinarian for analysis. The cattle died
after a sickness of thirty-six hours ,
nnd coming on top of the severe hall
.storm Is a hard loss for Mr. Springer.
I FUNERAL OF WM. PADDOCK.
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Young Man Who Was Killed by His
Father , Burled Tomorrow.
Mrs. John Hallantyno loft yester
day for Tokamnh where she will to
morrow attend the funeral of her
brother , William Paddock , who was
shot by his father on Thanksgiving
day. The remains have been hold
this lone In order to enable several
relatives to arrive for the service.
Mrs. Paddock , the mother , Is pros
trate with grief over the terrible trag
edy and has not yet seen either the
lifeless form of her boy or the father
whose momentary passion Is to
blame. Mrs. Paddock Is a niece of
J. Gould and William Paddock cor
responded regularly with his cousin ,
Helen Gould , during tils lifetime.
Wostrel-Herzlnger.
West Point , Nob. , Dec. 8. John
\Vostrel and Miss Mary Hcrzlngor
were married by Judge Krnko nt his
office lu this city Wednesday. Imme
diately afterward the ceremony which
united the lives of George Konoplk
and Miss Herlha Herzingor was per
formed by .litdgo Krake. All the young
people reside near Heemer.
SHOULD REMEMBER THE POSTMEN
Christmas Is a Good Time to Show
Appreciation to Him for His
Services ,
"Now that It Is about Christmas
time , " said a business man this morn-
Itiir. "I think wo who are served so
, , " * " the year round ,
li s'-'t" ' blHtorinil
0 p0Htmnn-both
t. , b < IRltvlx-l the rural route
boys who are not KO well paid as they
really deserve. It Is the custom In
most cities to remember those men
very generously at Christmas tlmo.
This Is the first year that Norfolk lias
had city carriers and it Is the first
year that the farmers of north No-
jraska generally have had rural car
riers. They arc doing as much for
; hts country as anything that has been
.nstalled in many a year and I , for
one , would favor doing something to
show appreciation. "
The postman is the steadiest man
on earth. Not a day except Sunday
goes by when ho is not out , rain , snow
or blizzard , delivering to his patrons
the mail for which they are waiting.
Mo one does more for them nnd they
arc not loser one penny by his ser
vice. The government pays him but
none too well and it Is not a bad mo
ment to think of him.
TWO MEN AND TWO GUNS.
How It Feels to be Halted by Men
Bearing Fierce Weapons. |
All sorts of surmises and shivery
fancies lilt through a person's brain
in nn instant when ho is suddenly
confronted by a couple of men with
a loaded gun apiece In a lonely place ,
and an order to stop comes from their
lips. Is It robbery ? an arrest ? a joke ?
are the men perfectly sane ? are
they enemies horse thieves ? officers ?
arc the guns real ? and if they are real
are they loaded ? and are they likely
to go off ? These and a few others ,
and perhaps a few more or possibly
a few less flitted through the mind
of P. A. Dcoler yesterday when ho
was driving out near the sugar fac
tory. He saw two men with a gun
apiece lined up on either side of the
road which ho was traveling , and as
lie approached closer ho was ordered
to stop , when lie perceived that one
of the men was Game Warden Hainoy
and the other his deputy.
The officer thought that perhaps
Mr. Heeler had been hunting and was
in for making an investigation , but
when it was found that ho had not
been hunting the officers bade him
go his way in peace.
NELIGH'S ' NEW PARK GOES WELL
Two Suspension Bridges Have Been
Added to the Attractions at the
Grounds.
.Judge N. D. Jackson of Neligh was
In the city over night. Ho had come
down from Plorco to spend the night
In Norfolk and returned to Pierce at
noon today. In speaking of Nellgh's
new park , the judge said , "Wo are do
ing a little work on the park every
day. Wo have connected the two banks
of the river , which cuts the land , by
a pair of suspension bridges. The
cables wore donated by Mr. Gllman
so that we are not out much and It
makes a very superior addition to our
park. "
No city in the state can boast of a
prettier park than the one at Neligh
and it has been accomplished solely
through the organized effort of the
people.
OPEN CAMPAIGN EARLY.
South Dakota Democrats Want to
Start It Along In March.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Dec. 8. The
members of the Mlnnehaha Democrat
ic club of this city have declared In
favor of an early convention to elect
delegates to the next democratic na
tional convention. At a meeting of
the club members it was decided to
present to the democratic state com
mittee a request that a state conven
tion bo hold not later than next
March for the selection of delegates
to represent South Dakota at the na
tional convention. While the demo
crats do not expect to cut much fig
ure In the approaching campaign in
South Dakota , the leaders say they
want a lang campaign so they can bo
heard on state nnd national issues ,
their purpose being to make as good
a showing for the party as possible.
It was also decided to urge the state
central committee to hold , the state
convention In Sioux Falls.
Local Wholesale Man Talks
From His Own Experience.
SAYS BUSINESS BRINGS RATE.
Has'Found ' That If a Guarantee of So
Much Business Can be Made to Rail
roads , Reduced Rates Invariably
Follow Norfolk a Point.
IFtnm Fililnv'n Pnllv 1
"Speaking of the freight rate ques
tion for Norfolk , " said a prominent
wholesale commission mini In the
city today , and one- who has made a
decided success of his own particular
Imslness In a wholesale * way , "It has
been my experience ( hat the way to
got a freight rate Is to llrst get the
mslnesH. 1 have found with my own
mslncss and I have observed from
other lines that If you can gel enough
mslness toarraut a rate and that
f you can guarantee a railroad com
pany a certain amount of patronage
n a given length of time , you will
get a rate accordingly.
"Norfolk Is conceded as one of the
nest excellent points In the west for
Hstrlbutlng. All that prevents It news
s a satisfactory freight rate. And
the way to get this Is to assure the
ailroads that we will give them say
$100,000 worth of business a year.
"In any line of commerce , an onor-
nous bulk of business always brings
prices to a closer margin than small
accounts. For Instance , the merchant
who buys by the bushel pays a higher
rate than the merchant who buys by
the carload lot. Hut If the one who
> uys by the bushel wore to go to his
wholesaler and offer to buy a carload
a week , there Is no question In the
world about his getting a cheaper
proportional rate.
Has Had Experience.
"In our wholesale business we have
md experience along this very propo
sition. When wo started In we paid
much higher than wo do now. The
reason for the reduction was that wo
guaranteed to ship out so many car
loads of goods every year. Other
Ilrms in Norfolk have done the same
thing. The Sugar City Cereal mills
ship their breakfast food all over the
world. They certainlyget a rate that
Is as good as other cities for they
place their Wheatllug on the market
cheaper than any other similar food.
The sugar factory sends out mammoth
shipments of Its products every year.
It certainly doesn't do it nt a loss for
It places its article on the market of
the world as cheap as any other fac
tory In the country. Our produce ,
too , goes out with the same material
from other points and we have as
good a rate as anyone.
"I have talked with freight agents
from various points and I fool con
fident that If Norfolk would go to
the railroads with a guarantee of w >
much business every year , wo would
get rates that would justify wholesale
houses.
The Harvester Change ,
"The Piano transfer from Norfolk
to Sioux City has been cited as an ox-
uuplo of a killing rate. For years
the Piano people maintained an of
fice hero and made money nl It.
Now they are In a trust. They belong
to the International Harvester com
pany and they will got the business
no matter where they are located.
They already have an office in Sioux
City and the saving of the expense
of one office force counted. It surely
wasn't a freight rate that forced them
to discharge 7,500 men this week , yet
It all comes In the same moment.
And furthermore , I have It on good
authority that they have a 5-year
lease on their warehouse hero ami
I'm willing to wager that harvesting
machinery will bo shipped out of Nor
folk next summer just as It was this.
Must Get Together.
"If wo could get together if the
commercial club or some other organi
zation of Norfolk business men would
take the matter up just as they do In
Omaha and Kansas City nnd every
where else , nnd If we would give a
bonus of so much to get a wholesale
house started , the rate , on a guar
antee of so much business , would bo
bound to follow. And the business ,
with an ideal location such as Norfolk ,
would come of itself. "
Following Is a clipping from the
Omaha Dee showing that the business
men of Omaha are in very much the
same predicament and showing that
they are going to establish the busi
ness and get the rate :
It was decided at the meeting of
the Comemrcial club hold last night
to hold a meeting next Tuesday evening -
ing for the further consideration of
the promotion of the grain exchange
and if necessary weekly meetings
thereafter until success In the estab
lishment of a grain market is assured.
President Smith , who opened the
meeting said : "Tho Commercial club
has done a great deal of good since
its organization but not nearly so
much good as It should have done.
I think that this city , nt the present
moment , 4s In a condition where It
can bo pushed to the front very rapIdly -
Idly by good work on the part of the
Commercial club. I , for one , do not
need any further recommendation for
the establishment of a grain market
hero than to hear the howls which
are going up In Kansas City at Iho
bare mention of the project. That
convinces me that It Is a good thing
for us. The rates are such on the
Union Paulllo that grain originating
on that line comes to Omaha , but wu
got very little grain from points on
the Uurllngtou or Northwestern. If
the rates were right almost all the
grain pioduced on Ihoso Hues would
llnd a market In thin city.
Should go After What is Wanted.
"I do not believe lu lighting the
railroads If It can bo helped. Hut I
think we need n little of the spirit
which Is shown by Kansas City lu goIng -
Ing after what we want. They use
any method to gnln their point down
there , and If lighting will nerve host ,
light. That Is what we want to do.
Slnc'o the Missouri Pacific announced
a now set of rates for grain shlpmonls
to the south I understood thai Kansas
City men have been alter that Hue
to force a restoration.
"Th ( > grain exchange needs more
ncmhers and I think with good work
he membership should IK ) Increased
iy the first of the year to 250. All
nemliers of the Commercial club
Klioiild assist In securing new mem-
icrs for the exchange. When we have
subscribed to past enterprises wo
mvo felt like we were giving our
iioney away , but wo should not feel
hat way In this Instance. I think the
shares will ultimately bo a good In
vest mont. 1 think If wo put our
shoulders to the wheel the population
if Omaha can bo doubled In the next
eu years. "
SAYS WE'RE ' ALWAYS IN LOVE
Prof. Bell , Who Married Madison Girl ,
Makes This Declaration Re
cently.
The following Item will bo of Inter-
out to the Norfolk people who nro ae-
inalnted with Prof. Hell's wife , who
was formerly Miss Gertrude Sump-
Ion of Mndlson :
Prof. Stanford Hell , who recently
wont from Indiana university to a fo-I
ow In Clark university , has decided
iftor HcliMttlllc Investigation of the
luestlon , covering a period of fifteen
\oars and embracing 17,000 cases , that
the love period extends from throe
years to old age and that no ouo Is
safe from the fever at that tlmo.
Men reach their maturity In affairs of
the heart at twof > Ix and women
it twenty-two , ho says , and adds that
masculine stages of love are from
three to eight years , eight to four
teen years , fourteen to twonty-slx
( maturity ) , twenty-six to old ago and
extending through old ago. For wo
men In love ho fixes the stages at
three to twenty-two ( maturity ) , twen
ty-three to old age , and throughout
old ago.
FRIENDSHIP THAT IS APPRECIATED
Railroad Man Has Been Talking for
The News and if Others Do Like-
the Field Will Grow.
Conductor II. C. Hlbben , who has a
run between Norfolk and Honesteel
on the Northwestern , finds that The
News Is receiving considerable atten
tion from the people up the line , and
ins Interested himself In promoting
the success of the paper. He has
noted the progresslvcnoss of The
News In Issuing a metropolitan news
paper , and takes enough pride In n
Norfolk enterprise to speak a good
word for it when opportunity has of
fered , Interesting a number of the
people ho meets every day in The
News.
The News thoroughly appreciates
Mr. million's evidence of friendship
and fully realizes that If others will
Interest themselves to the same extent -
tent where they have the opportunity ,
the paper will have n power back of
it that will greatly aid It to occupy the
Hold It aspires to fill and toward which
its efforts arc now directed. Not only
will the paper bo built up to the ad
vantage of Norfolk readers and ad
vertisers , but It will bo of advnntago
to Norfolk , which the paper repre
sents. The territory tributary to Nor
folk and the people living therein
should bo brought Into closer relation
to the city , and this Is one of the con
siderations that has influenced the
publisher to better the service and
look for a wider field of effort. People
ple who read the representative pa
per of the city are certain to become
bettor acquainted with the town It
self , Its people , Its enterprises and
business interests , so that those who
help The News to enlarge its patron
age will bo of assistance In building
up the city to the position it should
occupy with the people living trib
utary to it. It is to be desired that
Mr. Hlbbon's Interest In the city and
one of Its enterprises may inspire
others to lend a helping hand , when
no such word as fall would bo pos
sible.
Refuses to Believe It.
Sheriff Clements came in this evening
ing from Madison to take Mrs. Gran
hind to the Insane hospital in Lin
coin In the morning. The old lady
recently lost her husband , and she re
fuses to believe him dead. Newman
Grove Herald.
New Enterprise Will be Started
Here in Spring * .
FIVE ACRES OF LAND RENTED.
C. E , Turnbull of Wayne Has Leased
Five Acres From W , F. Ahlm.inn
and Will Start In the Spring Will
Employ Severil Men ,
Norfolk Is to Imvo a nurnory. lly
virtue of Its most excellent location
in a i.hipping point , II Is hooked lor
i now bnsliii'HH PiitiM'prlitn which will
) c begun onrly mt spring and for
which C. 10. Turiibnll ofVu.vnn . hint
ilreiidy ri'iiU'd II vo IICIPH ol iTouml
Air. Turnbull hint just Honed a deal
i.v which ho leaiies from W. F. Ahl-
minn llvo acres of land east of the
luslness cenler ol the city , near the
orner of Main and First streets.
Tpou thin lu * will Hint1 ! a nursery of
ho most modern plan and will fur-
ilsh Hie entire district of which Nor-
ol Is Iho logical cenler , with his line
) f commodity.
From six to eight men will he em-
iloyod In the Institution to hoglti
vllli ami probably moro an the btisl-
less develops.
Mr. Tunibiill will move to Norfolk
vlth his family In the spring.
DEATH RECORD ,
Mrs. Martha A. Gow.
MrH. M. A. ( low , wlfo of John flow
ind mother of W. .1. and C. C. ( Sow ,
Hod at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. W.
. ( low Sunday ovenlng at 8 : ! ! ( ) , after
in illness of but a few dnyii from pnoit-
nonla.
The funeral will bo held from the
V. .1. ( low homo Tuesday nltonmon at
J o'clock , and Inlennonl will bo In
'nmpect Kill cemetery. Kov. W. .1.
Punier , pastor of Iho First Coiigrega-
loiuil church , will have cliargo of
ho services.
Oldest Drnkcm.in.
M. .1. Itobb , aged lltty years , died
it his homo In South Norfolk at 11:110 :
Sunday morning , of dropsy , and the
funeral will bo held Tuesday after-
loon at 2 o'clock , from the house ,
vhero Kov. . ] . F. I'oucher of the
Methodist church will have charge of
ho services. Interment will bo In
respect Hill cemetery , and the
Mirlnl services will be conducted by
the A. O. U.V. . lodge , of which the
leceased was a member.
Mathew .1. Itohh Is a well known
esldont of South Norfolk , and for
years has served the Northwestern
is brakeumn , being the oldest brake-
nan on the division. He had per
sistently refused advancement to the
conductorshlp , and was retired as
i brakeman about the llrst of the
venr. Hiss Illness dales from some
time In January and ho had been sick ,
> lf and on , since then.
lie leaves a wife , two sons and
three daughters to mourn bis loss.
The eldest daughter in a young lady
if sixteen years , and the youngest
child an Infant of two. Ills aged
iiothor also survives. She arrived
lere from Kent , Washington , on the
Friday noon train and was able to bo
it the boilHldo of her son when ho
passed away.
Mr. Hold ) became a member of Nor
folk lodge , No. U7 , A. O. U. W. , dur-
ng March , 18 ! ) , ' ! , and was In good
standing at the time of his death. In
this order ho carries a beneficiary
certificate of $2,000 , which amount
will be paid to his family.
BRIDE SURPRISES HER FRIENDS
Miss Irene Dexter Is Married to Mr.
F. A. Farrell on Saturday
Afternoon.
Quito a complete surprise In a
matrimonial event took place In Nor
folk Saturday afternoon when Miss
Irene Dexter of this city , a prominent
young woman who has been reared
In Norfolk , was married to Mr. F. A.
Farrell of Kansas City , Mo. Mr. and
Mrs. Farrol departed on the Union
Pacific train yesterday morning for
Omaha and will go from there to their
now homo in Kansas City.
The marriage ceremony was per
formed in Trinity Episcopal church
at < J:30 : o'clock by the Hov. J. C. S.
Wollls , In the presence of a few very
Intimate friends. The brldo Is well
known In Norfolk and has many
friends hero. The groom Is traveling
salesman for James Kirk & Son , Kan
sas City , and makes this territory.
The engagement was quite generally
known among friends of the brldo but
It was not known that the wedding
was sot for Saturday.
Lodge at West Point.
West Point. Nob. , Dec. 8. At a rcg
ular meeting of the Knights of the
Maccabees the following officers wore
elected : Sir Knight Commander , F
W. Molcher ; Sir Knight Lieut. Com.
Thos. Solp ; Sir Knight Record Keep
er , S. Uoppert ; Sir Knight Finance
Keeper , S. Ropport ; chaplain , Win
Provnznlk ; medical examiner , Dr. H
It. Wells ; sergeant , Frank Rubin ;
Mastor-at-Arms , Alvn Webb ; Firs
Master of Guards , Ed Sass ; Second
Master of Guards , Gus Newman ; Sou
tluel. Alfred deist ; Plc.Kot , Henry
IliinU ; IriiHlco , Charles HUSH.
At a meeting of the memberH of
Ki'hecca lodge last Friday evening
the frdlowlng officers worn elected :
Miss ( lectio Minor. Noble Grand ;
MHM | LOIIU llromer , Vice Grand ; Miss
Lly/.lo Long , secretary ; Louisa Wide
or ! , treasurer. At tint clone of Iho
'vcrcltion all partook of a bountiful
npnmd which was served. Later a
game of grab bag was played and wan
ilghly enjoyed by all present.
Wan Rich , Died a Pauper.
The death of Walter Craig , at Troy ,
( ) . , hi an Item that will Interns ! many
ild limn resident n of Dodge county ,
who knew Mr. Craig In the early
liiyn. lie was once the owner of Iho '
IWH ! ranch In Iho world , which In-
'ludi'd 21,00(1 ( acres of Stanton county
and. Speculation and following horse
arcs dissipated Iho whole of Ills hit-
ui'itHo fortune , and lie died a pauper.
I'lie town of Craig was named after
ilm and hi idtmitcd on laud that ho
ormerly owned. Fremont Tribune.
EVANGELISTIC CONFERENCE.
'ronram of Services for the Meeting
in Norfolk December 15 and 10.
The following program has been
u'cpuicd for ( he HvangcllHtlc confer *
nice that Is lo be held In Norfolk
'uemlay and Wednesday , December
5 and Hi , and which In expected to
10 attended by a largo number of min
sters from towns lu the near vlcln-
ty :
Tuesday , December 15.
Conference of pastors , 11:00 : to 10:110 :
i. m.
Conference on "personal work , "
(1:11(1 ( : ( to 12 m.
Methods of ovnnngollstlc work
hroiigh the local church , 2:00 : to It : 110
i. m.
Religious work for men , IISO ! : p , m ,
KvnngollHtlc Service , addressed by
tev. Jenkins , Omaha Theological
seminary , 8:00 : p. m. '
Wednesday , December ti. (
ISvnugi'llstlc work In small towns ,
1:00 : to 10:00 : a. m.
Topics for evangelistic meetings ,
0:00 : to 11:00 : a. m.
Following up evangelistic meetings ,
1:00 : to 12 m.
I'jvangollHtlc work among young
icoplof 2:00 : to 2:15 : p. m.
Conference on prayer and Hlblo
study. 2:15 : to ; ! : : iO p. m.
"Ways of Reaching Non-Church go-
rs , " Rev. W. II. Kearns , Beatrice ,
l-.HO toIno : p. m.
ISvnugollslle services , 8:00 : p. m.
TO SET ASIDE A BARGAIN DAY
Merchant Suggests Specialties to In
duce People to Come to Nor
folk.
"It strikes mo , " remarked a Norfolk
iiislucss man recently , "that Norfolk
iierchiints could well afford to set
isldo one day out of every week say
Wednesday for Instance upon which
they quota especially low bargains to
the out of town trade. Wo could af-
brd to cut prices on that day down
to about cost In ; order to induce thu
people from the tributary territory
who nro now going through to Omaha ,
to stop off hero and make their pur
chases. Norfolk has , of course , just
is largo stocks In most lines nsOnmha
or any other city. The people fall to
appreciate this because they haven't
been shown. And hi order to show
them we must Induce them to como
In by some special mode.
"It would not be discriminating
against Norfolk pations a bit to make
these offers to the out of town pee
ple. It would bo doing a great deal
of good for Norfolk by getting people
In the habit of coming and wo could
cliargo it to advertising the city. Our
location Is entitled to moro than wo
get and we ought to go after it. "
What to do With the Estrays.
Many farmers do not understand
the onlray laws and the following
synopsis of the laws prepared by the
Honkleman Chronicle will bo found
of value as It covers every point In
n condensed form :
"Kstrays can only bo taken up
when they are trespassing on your
property , nnd forty-eight hours after
they are taken up It Is the duty of
the person so doing to send n brief
description of the animal and date of
taking up to n justice of the peace of
the township for recording , for which
the Justice of the peace Is entitled tea
a fee of twenty-five cents. If the an
imal Is not reclaimed within ten days
after that , the law requires the send
ing of another description to the county - .
ty clerk with a fee of twenty-five
cents for recording. After ton days
more have elapsed the ostray should
bo advertised for five weeks In a news
paper of general circulation In the
county. The advertising fee allowed
by law Is ? 3 for one or three animals
nnd $1 for each animal after the third.
Six months thereafter If a hog , sheep ,
calf or colt under one year old at the
tlmo of taking up , It becomes the prop
erty of the party taking It up. If the
animal Is a horse or cow over ono
year old then at the end of six months
the justice of the peace appoints two
disinterested appraisers to appraise It
and It Is advertised and sold to the
highest bidder. The proceeds above
the bill of keeping the animal and
the costs Incurred go Into the public
treasury. "
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