The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, January 13, 1905, Page 8, Image 8
THE NulWULK NEWS : FU1DAY , JANUARY Ji ) , 15)05. ) THREE CORNERED DATTLE FOR FINE QUARTER. WILL SETTLE OTHER CASES It la Expected That the Outcome Will be to Put n Stop to the Numerous Other Fights Over Land Titles on the Reservation. notiostool , S. I ) . . .Ian. 10. A hear ing of the loHllinony In ( no most Im portant iintl uvlilontly to bo the hard- oat fought contest cane ever a rlalm of the Rosebud ri'Horvullon laiiilH WIIH finished before t'nllod Slates Coin- mlHHlonpil .1. I ) . Keller. The quarter of land In dispute IH the southwest of Boctlon 28 , township U7. range 71 , west , onu and one-half miles cant of the now town of Hurko. The CIIHO la attracting extraordinary Interest from the people In general hero , not merely because It IH the llrHt contest to receive a hearing , but beciuiHo of the unusual number of claimants and the unlquonesH of the case. Not only two , hut throe men claim the land. Kadi had hlH cotorlo of witnesses present , and onch IH quite nnro that his rights are Hiiporlor to all others. It lias required HX ! days with long night HUHsloiiH to receive the tos- tlinony. Squatters' Rights. John A. Aiirln IH contostnnt against Michael P. Dowllng , contCHtoo , and Frank Toachout Intorvonor. The case hinges upon the question of squatters' rlghtfl. And In the present Instnnco It appears that the two squatters worn "soonors" so eager was each to bo the first tlmt should pre-empt the land. However , according to the present United States land laws , there Is no penalty for "soonorlsm , " It being gen erally understood that there Is noth ing lost or gained through premature occupation of the public lands. The president's proclamation bearIng - Ing directly upon the Rosebud lands la currently Interpreted as allowing squatters' rights after the expiration of sixty days from date of the open ing. Such expiration took place at the hour of midnight between October 0 and 7 , 1001. How Operated. Mr. Aurln , on the 15th , In company with three other persons , planted a tout ever the section corner , common to sections 28 , 29 , 32 and 33 , township 07 , range 71 , west , Gregory county , South Dakota , with the Intention on tbo part of Mr. Aurln of locating , af ter midnight , on the southwest quar ter of section 28. ,5 On tbo same day Frank Toachout , likewise with witnesses , hauled lum ber to the place of ( "loot-go Folmlr , anew now settler , and whoso claim Joins the quarter In question on the north , with the Intention of likewise taking this same quarter of land as a homestead. Mr. Teachout claims that ho went to the land at midnight. At 1 a. m. , December 7. M. P. Dow- ling , through his agent , J. D. lllnton , filed a sailor's dolcuratory statement with the district land otlico at Cham berlain on this same quarter section. Begins Contest. In November Mr. Aurln began a contest - test for the purpose of securing a Ill- Ing , claiming to have settled on the land In question on the morning of the 7th , Immediately after midnight , and that bis rights wore Hiiporlor to these of Dowllng. A few days Inter Frank Teachout filed n petition of Intervention with tbo land otlico at Chamberlain , asking that ho bo permitted to Intervene , claiming that bo was tbo only boim tide resident and squatter on tbo land , and. therefore , that bis rights wore superior to all others. The hearing began before Commis sioner Keller bore December 30 , last and the taking of evidence continued until tbo night of January G. Attorney noy George A. .loiters was counsel for the contestant ; \V. T. Wills for tbo In torventor , while ex-Governor Ztcbuch of Yankton represented Mr. Dowllng The case comes up for final hearing before the district land ofllco at Cham borlaln today. A decision wll then bo handed down. However , ai appeal will probably follow to the general oral land olllco at Washington , am oven from Its decision to tbo secre tary of the Interior himself. Are ManV Witnesses. Twenty-five witnesses wore exam Ined In Donesteol , the expense In tak Ing tbo testimony alone amounting to $150. The contest will most prolmbl. bo bitterly waged to the highest au thorlty. This being the first bearing of th many contest cases pending to th Rosebud reservation claims , great Im portance Is attached to It , inasmuc as It will bring out the position o the land ofllco on the question o squatters' rights. It will servo as criterion for others that are to follow and this fact alone gives it Impon unco. The case , too , has not been wlthou its humorous side. M. D. Dowllng the old sailor , who holds the dcclara tory filing , has spent twelve years a sea , much of his time with the Gor man and with the American navy. Dominion Parliament Meets. Ottawa , Out , Jan. 11. Though BQ\ era ! measures of Importance are o the agenda for consideration and ac tion tlio oxlHtlng opinion In political elides Is that the session of the Ca nadian parliament begun lodny will ho short and devoid of unusual Interest , 'oday was devoted to the swearing In f tin * members , to bo followed by the lection of a Hpcakor. The speech om the throne will ho delivered to- 1OITOW. Mcrrlam-Wallach Wedding. Washington , D. C. , Jan. 11. Two cll-linown famlllcH were united by ho marrlago today of Miss ROHO ) ouglaH U'allach , of this city , and Pay- nisler John Hancock Merrlam , IT. H. N. The hrldo IH the youngest daiigh- or of the late Hlchard Wallach , at no lime mayor of Washington. The rldegroom IH I ho HOII of former Oov- rnor William R. Merrlam of Mliino- ota , and grand-nephow of the Into Ion. Wlnllold Scott Hancock. Owing o the mourning of the bride's family lie wedding \VIIH a quiet ono , attended nly by the rolatlvoH and a few lull- mto friends of the contracting party , 'ho ceremony wan performed at the Vallach homo on I street by the Rev. leland Cotton Smith , of St. John's hurch. Auto Show for Foreign Cars. Now York , Jan. 11. An aulomobllo alon dlHplaylng the 1905 modelH of Drench , lOngllnli , German and Italian lolor cars opened In Herald Square all today and will continue until Jan- ary 21. The exhibition Is entirely Istlnct from the automobile nhow vblcli Is to open In Madison Square union next Saturday and which will 10 exclusively American In character. At the exhibition which opened today radically all the foreign cars of note re represented , Including Argyll , Jorllot , Bolloo , C. G. V. , Clement-Bay- rd , Darracq , Docnuvlllo , Do Dietrich , 3o La Hayo , Kloctromobllo , Gabron- Brllllo Hotcbklss , Martini , Mercedes , tors , Napier , Panhard , Pipe , Puogot , lonault , Richard-Braslor , Rochet- chnoldor , and Wostlnghonso. The milling of the two exhibitions slmul- aneoiisly affords an excellent oppor- unity for comparison between the atost American and foreign makes of utouiobllcs. AMES F. TOY OF SIOUX CITY HEADS CITIZENS NATIONAL. ARE SEVEN NEW DIRECTORS mportant Changes In the Citizens Na tional Bank Took Place at the An nual Meeting of the Stockholders. Interests Added. At a mooting of the stockholders of the Citizens National bank , held at ho banking rooms yost onlay , Im- lortant changes took place. The stock that was formerly hold by Mr. Lombard of Boston and Mr. McGIvorn of Fremont , was purchased by James F. Toy of Sioux City , which brings some of the outlying Interests much learer homo and makes the Citizens National connected with the Farmers Loan & Trust company of Sioux City. This firm has a capital of ono million lollars , thus making the Norfolk Insti tution very much stronger In every way. way.Tho The already strong board of direct ors has been further strengthened by the addition of seven local men. There Is probably no bank In No- .trnska that is entitled to greater con- Idenco than the Citizens National and certainly none that Is bettor able to take care of any Important banking proposition. And ns the banks of a town can greatly assist in all that Is vital tu the upbuilding of a city , the people should feel gratified in the thought that an active , aggressive In terest with unlimited capital should recognize Norfolk as an Important banking center. The list of directors Is as follows : Max Asmus , Ralph Draasch , Goo. W. Schwenk , L. Sessions , S. Mathowson , J. B. Haaso. W. H. Johnson , P. J. Staf ford , J. F. Toy , J. Welsh and W. A. Wltzlgman. The following ofllcors have been selected : James F. Toy , president ; J. 1C. Haase , cashier ; M. J. Stafford , assistant cashier. F. C. Asmus ns book-keeper will continue In his pres ent position. Mutual felicitations are In order and Norfolk extends a hearty welcome to its now friends. , Other Changes. T. F. Memmlnger , former president of the Citizens National bank , Is not In the city today. Ho Is reported to bo at Elgin whore It is said that the bank at that place in which ho Is In terested Is to change hands today. It Is not known what Mr. Momrnlnger's plans for the future may bo. J. E. Haaso , who had been at Elgin for several months past , but who was formerly connected with the Citizens National bank , will return to this city at once to assume the duties of his now position at the cashier's desk. Mr. Haaso Is also administrator of his father's estate , which brings his other Interests here. Willis McBride , formerly of Madi son , today , it is said , takes charge of the banking business in Elgin where he has recently located. Mr. McDrlde will , it is reported , bo the president of that Institution. DAVID CITY WOMAN 18 TAKEN TO PENITENTIARY. TO SPC.ND HER FUTURE LIFE Mrs. Margaret Llllle , Under Convic tion for the Murder of Her Hus band , Harvey Llllle , Is Now In a Cell. Lincoln , Jan. 11. Mrs. Lena Mar- garol Llllle , after a two-year light to keep out of the penitentiary , was brought to Lincoln yesterday and lodged behind the prison's bars. Sher iff West and his wife accompanied her. Mrs. Lllllo was almost over come She hail to bo carried from the train and tottered feebly on tbo nrniH of her companions to tbo wait ing back. She was dressed In som bre black and veiled heavily , so that her fcaluroH wore Indistinguishable , The nrdonl at the prison disclosed n most pitiable weakness of the woman , and It was hurried through. Mrs. Lllllo has wasted physically and the Hhorlff Is of the opinion that she Is In a bad way. David City , Nob. , Jan. 11 Mrs. Lena Lllllo. Rontoncod to the Nebras ka ponltontlnry for Ilfo for the murder of her hnslmnd , Harvey Lllllo , was placed aboard a Union Pacific train by Sheriff West and taken to Lincoln to begin her sentence at the state prison. The sheriff was accompanied only by his wife. Mrs. Lllllo made no demonstration and displayed the same stoical indifference that has marked her demeanor almost from the first. The mandate of the supreme court to the sheriff , commanding him to take his prisoner to the penitentiary , did not nrrlvo from Lincoln until late Saturday evening. Under the provi sions of tbo law , the trial Judge Is required to enter up Judgment on the mandate , and District Judge Good was summoned yesterday from his homo In Wahoo , reaching David City last evening. Judge Good convened court In tbo evening at 8:20 : , Mrs. Lllllo being brought Into court In cus tody of the sheriff. She maintained her self-possession wonderfully and hoard the judgment of the court con demning her to a prison cell for Ilfo without a tremor. She spent the night In her cell In Jail , sleeping soundly and arising this morning In good spir its. With her breakfast over , she hail soon packed the personal belongings In her cell and Informed the sheriff that she was ready to accompany him. Sheriff West and his wife took the prisoner to the Union Pacific station In a closed carriage. Mrs. Ltllie was dressed entirely in black , wearing a heavy veil of the same hue. A crowd of several hundred persons had as sembled at the station , but the sheriff bad timed bis trip so that there would be no wait and the party stopped from tbo carriage Into the train. Although there bad been vague ru mors in circulation for some time that Sheriff West bad detected and foiled a Jail delivery , having for Its evident purpose the release of Mrs. Ltllie , the tlrst authentic information on theusb- Ject was made public last week. Sher iff West guarded bis secret closely , but on the eve If his departure with bis prisoner for Lincoln ho was willIng - Ing to admit that a Jail delivery had been attempted. The sheriff In person discovered the plot and foiled its fru ition by placing a day and night guard over the woman. He now states that ho found two of tbo steel bars of her cell almost completely sawed through , after which the bars bad been smeared over with a dark brown sub- elmnse which almost entirely con cealed the fact that they had been tampered with. The sawing , In fact , was so nearly complete that a mere blow of the band would have sufficed to have knocked the sawed portions from their moorings , leaving a hole through which any person of average size could have crawled. It Is the sheriff's belief that the lack of a suit of men's clothing to serve as a dis guise after she had quitted the Jail was the only thing that prevented the woman from knocking out the bars and escaping. This would have been possible from the fact that her cell was next to the outer wall of the Jail , and the sawed bars were In one of the outside windows. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Landlord Needham of tbo Pacific hotel is on the sick list today. Mrs. C. Lucko of Hosklns was shop ping In Norfolk Monday. J. C. Cleland of Fremont was a Mon day visitor in Norfolk. Miss Laura Palmer nas returned from a two-weeks' visit in Oakdale. Miss Kate Thill of Doll Rapids , S. D. , is hero visiting her sister Mamie. Miss Lillian Johnson of Battle Crook was shopping In Norfolk Mon day. day.Mr. Mr. nnd Mrs. P. J. Barnes have gone to McLean , Texas , for a two-months' visit. Dr. W. M. Conwell nnd Dr. D. R Beattlo of Nollgh are hero attending the meeting of Elkhorn Valley doc tors. ' M. J. Romlg returned today from Ncllgh whore ho has been attending at the ocdsldo of his wife and her mother who have beeu very sick. A little daughter was bora yester day to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Saline. Charles Rico has Just received a number of fine paintings which are Imported from China. The duty on the pieces was alone $19.08. They are done on velvet and other cloth materials. The paintings have been placed on exhibition. Jack Hale , well known In this vicin ity and whoso homo Is In Wyoming , passed through Norfolk yesterday on bis way to Culm , where ho will spend the winter. I. G. WcHtervolt of Nor folk couriered ( Jio proposition of going for some time , but finally de cided to remain In Norfolk. A good audience risked the threat ening weather lust night to see the startling climaxes In Lincoln J. Car- tor's "Tho Heart of Chicago , " and they saw them from the first act to the biHt OH rapidly as they could bo developed and executed and the people ple In the cast were pretty swift mov ers , too. With the first act a partner wan put out of the way nnd his body burned In the great llro ; the next saw the hero of the play hurled from the top of the Masonic temple In Chicago ; In another a drawbridge was swung open and the lights fixed "safe" to throw Into the river the engine driven by the hero and finally there was a conclusion that knocked the popular conception of finales Into smithereens , unless It might bo of the Shakespeare variety. Instead of all Joining hands and circling to the left and living happily forever after , Carter has a leave taking with the villain In solo , whllo the hero , the heroine and the rest go out to celebrate a victory nnd the heavy gives the drop curtain cue with n pistol nnd himself as the tar get. The company was very well balanced throughout and the scenes were really Interesting , the plot quite carefully woven and the stage set tings of a good quality particular In terest centering" In the miniature lo comotive. Mr. John T. Nicholson was about ns mean a villain as over ap peared In Norfolk , which is saying that he took a very capable part. There was some fault found that bo did not speak clearly and distinctly but this was a trouble likewise with other members of the cast. Mr. Nich olson bad very good support from a largo company and the audience or the great majority thereof were satis fied that they had received full mea sure for their money. FOUND GUILTY OF BREAKING THE LAWS OF STATE. HE HAS APPEALED THE CASE Furnishing a Bond of $200 , He Has Taken the Matter up to the District Court Boche Had More Than the Law Allows of the Finny Tribe. The trial of Herman Boche , charged with having in his possession too many fish , contrary to the state game laws , was held In Justice Hayes' court yesterday afternoon , the defen dant being found guilty. He was lined $100 and costs and has appealed the case to the district court. He was required to furnish bond In the sum of $200 which bo did. Boche had twenty-five fish in his possession and was arrested last week on that ac count. Boche is an old offender of the fish laws. He has a little lake about four miles southeast of the city , and has several times boon brought to the at tention of the officers for Illegal fish ing. Ho was arrested once before on the charge. Tbo arrest this time was made by Chief Larkln , on complaint of Deputy Game Warden Ralney. Boche brought a bag of fish to town , and left them In a saloon. Ralney found them Then the warrant and the arrest Former County Attorney Mapes Is prosecuting. The unfortunate fish were bullheads and croppies. Kansas Farmers in Session. Topeka , Kan. , Jan. 11. The capita has capitulated before nn invading force of farmers who are here in large numbers in attendance on the nnnua meetings of their several state asso ciations , Including those of the stocl breeders , swine breeders , bee keepers nnd poultry raisers. The annual ses slon of the Kansas state board of ag rlculture , the most important meeting of the week , opened this afternoon The Initial session was devoted to the work of organization. This evening the visitors will bo welcomed by Gov ernor Hoch. Another speaker of the evening will bo the Rev. Charles M Sheldon. The business sessions o the board will begin tomorrow morn Ing and continue through Friday. Racing on Ice Track. Ottawa , Ont. , Jan. 11. One of th biggest Ice race meets over held In the Dominion opened auspiciously hero today and will continue for th next five days. Many fast horses o both the United States and Canad are entered for the eight thousan dollars that has been hung up 1 prizes. If anybody has any harness repair ing to do , let him bring it in befor the spring season begins. Paul Nerd wig. Are You Satisfied With the Busi ness You Do ? 1 There are few business men who ould not Increase their trade If they ould devise means to do It. Any mil would bo willing to pay a per- outage of the Increased profit for the ake of maintaining the new stltnu- is. It Is a rare business man who vould not gladly biro au additional ulcHinan or solicitor If , by so doing , hat salesman or solicitor would In- nmbo the bulk of business so much hat the added profits would pay the alary of the new man and leave sur- lus cash for tbo house. A good salesman or a good solicitor s one who , by his skill In presenting ho selling points of the goods at hand , s able to make sales which other wise would not be made. If a high-salaried alesman did not sell things which , were It not for his presentation , would ot otherwise have been sold , he vould earn no more money for his mployer than an ordinary fellow. Vnd If it were not possible to make ) eople buy things which , but for the alcsman's work , they would have left unpurchased , then the simplest child vould be as valuable in a store or in m agency , as the cleverest and most experienced professional. , An advertisement is merely a sales man or a solicitor , which talks to sev eral thousand people at the same time. An advertisement , like a human alesman , may be so clever that it vlll create a demand for the goods and wonderfully increase the sales ; > r it may be so commonplace , so un skilled and so devoid of effective pres entation that what it says will appeal o none. Advertising Has Come to Be a Sci ence and a Fine Art. An advertisement must contain rea sons why the reader will find it to his id vantage to buy the articles adver- ised. An advertisement must be no uore and no less than a printed con versation , such as the salesman would speak If he were talking , earnestly and seriously , to a prospective buyer. t can not ramble If it is to bring re sults. It can not cover , In the same Ine , two separate articles any more than a salesman dare try to sell , in the bame breath , two different things. t must be clean-cut ; rid of superflu ous literature ; sharp , definite and con vincing. No ad. will pay which Is not so writ ten as to create a demand for the ar ticle or articles advertised. Every ar ticle advertised should be set off , like a newspaper article , in a department > f Its own , with a head-line calling at tention to It and with Its every selling > olnt brought out and exhausted Just as completely and as thoroughly as Is ils story written by a newspaper re porter. An Ad Is News. Every ad. Is news , In its way. And It must be written in Just as interest- ng a manner as Is the news with which it must compete for favor , on the same page. It must be clever enough to attract the attention of the prospective buyer. Magazines today arc as thoroughly read in the advertis ing pages as they are In the story pages , for the reason that the ads. are news , interestingly conceived. The Heading Is All-Important. The heading of an advertisement , the smaller the more true , is all-im portant in the results which are to be gained. The heading must be so worded as to attract the attention of the person who Is interested in that particular and who , therefore , may prove a buyer. A person afflicted with sore feet will grasp at any tiny adver tisement whoso headline Indicates that there Is relief to be found for those pedal extremities. Likewise a house keeper will follow down the wording of any ad , which , in the bold-faced head , Indicates bargains for her de partment be it flatlrons , groceries , hot doughnuts or what not. CUTS , for this reason , are valuable features of any ad. They instantly show the line of goods that are dis cussed and attract the attention of the desired ones. And a cut , for this rea son , must pertain to the article ad vertised , and must , in itself , be able to display points In the article which will create a demand for it. Any shoe cut , for instance , will denote that the ad. tells about shoes. But if the cut Is a picture of a well shaped , stylishly made , substantial shoo , it will have a tendency to create a demand for that particular shoo , just as would the words ot a salesman who took time to say that the shoo was of fine ahapo , up-to-date , hand-sowed and durable. The so-called "catchy" headings which many business man hare writ ten ever their ads. , men who have re ceived no returns and quit investing in space because "it didn't pay , " are not effective. The reason is evident. The general reader , who perhaps reads the first few lines from pure curiosity , quits in disgust. And very frequently the person whom It Is desired to In terest , will never look at the ad. be cause It docs not interest him at the outset. On a newspaper , the greatest care Is taken to write headlines which will , at the first glance , give the gist of the whole story. If It is a baseball article , therefore , the fan knows it at once and will roau1 it. The politi cian will pass by. Dally papers pay large salaries for experts who do noth ing but write theeo headlines. But an advertiser will often head his dis cussion with a line which says "Cold Weather is Coming , " when it should have been "Do You Need an Under shirt ? " The man in need might nnd might not care whether cold weather he will read the lines that follow Just was coming or not It la a cinch. though , that if he needs an undershirt to see what sort of bargain ho can se cure. If no does need an undershirt or if It happens to bo a dentist's ad that tells him his aching tooth can bo pulled painlessly , He Will Visit the Advertiser. When he has done that , the ad. has done Its work. It Is then up to the clerks or the dentist to sell him everything - thing in the building that he can pos sibly use. If they fall to do that , It is new salesmen that are needed and not a different method of advertising. If nothing but the goods advertised were sold as the result of an ad. , then that ad. surely would not pay. It is the profit made from additional sales , after the buyer has been attracted to the store which Makes Advertising Pay. That Is the reason why leaders can be offered , even at cost or perhaps at ' a loss , and still net the advertiser a j margin on the transaction. That Is why special sales pay , even though the specials are cut to bed rock. That is why advertising all of the time , ev ery day and every day , and with al ways something newsy , clever , attrac- tlve to the taste and the purse of the * * reader , can be made to pay and to pay well. It stands to reason that ad vertising MUST NOT BE SPASMOD IC if it Is to bring the best results. If a baseball column in a newspaper was printed but once a month , It is easy to see why "fans" would not look io that column when it did , periodical ly appear. It logically follows that a liousewtfe will not look at a certain corner of the paper today for clothes pin bargains , If that corner contained bargains but three times within a year. The readers must bo trained to expect to find ads. worth looking at , before they will take the time to do It. . ( The People to Reach. I The people to reach , advantageously , are those who can get to the advertis er , either by mail or in person , to tike advantage of the articles mentioned. Advertisers in Norfolk naturally desire - sire to reach everybody in the city , all of the farmers within a driving dis tance from the city and other persons in tributary territory who may visit Norfolk. _ j ' w' To the end of covering this Identical field , The News has been working for years. It now does cover this field very thoroughly every day In the year. The rural routes out of Norfolk , of ' which there are five today , are reached by The News just as effectually and as thoroughly as are the homes in the city. The farmers around Norfolk read The News every day in the week just as they used to read weekly pa pers. Their papers , containing local and telegraph markets and news , are delivered at their doors every day. There is no business in the world which cannot be stlumlated by adver tising. It will not only gain new pa trons but It will increase the patronage of former ones. Advertising is not a venture. If used judiciously and systematically it is bound to bring re sults. There is no other way out of It. It is a commodity in which the business man invests for the sake of getting more out of it than ho puts Into it. It Is paying one dollar for the purpose of making two or three and many times more than that. It Has Come to Stay. The uncertain period of advertising has passed. As a business getter It has come to stay and It is growing moro nnd more essential. Local aS- vertlslng will pay in any community , largo or small. If it Is done on a sci entific basis. Done in haphazzard fashion , it is now , always has been * r and alwavs will bo a waste of money. * The business man who advertises in ' the right way , is bound to Increase hla business. The business man who Is not content to run along , year after year , in the same channel and never grow in trade , will find advertising the surest , quickest and most dependable method of satisfactory growth. And newspaper advertising Is the most economical In the world today because through this medium moro people and moro territory can bo reached , and In an interesting way at that , than la any ether method that can ba derlaed.