Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1906)
. . * . . r JL TR'E NpRRn\npWS ) ] ; , FimTAY. W. N. IllUn , I'nfclUhcr. OAIJ.V. [ Kilnbllnbctl HUT. ] . Kvery tiny oxocpt Hunilny Hr jnr. rlrr | T weoh. IB cent * . H7 Norfolk poMnincfl tlnllvury , nor your. 18.00. Ily mull on rnritl roiiicn nntl o itlii or NorfolU. per yrnr. $ S.OO. WKKKI.Y Thr NOWN , KHlnbllnliml. 1881. The Jouriinl. nutulillnlioil. IM7. Kvory Friday. Hy mull | > r your. ll.RO. Kntorotl nt Ilio poMnlllco nl Norfolk. Nrl > . , nn Hpi'timl cli\n mnttor. Tnlpnhnni > i : KtlHorlnl n tmrtmnnt , No ! 2 lliiNlni'mi onion mill Jnb lloomn , Nit 1132 _ Bu7 poor Alton 11. I'arki'iIIIIH not oven received tin- title of ilalto. Homo people never woio appreciated. The Sioux CMly .loiirnnl suggests Hint If Walter Wollimm can't reach tlio polo with tin airship , ho might , win out In an uutoinolillo slodgo. A location will do much for any town lint Hie men of Hint town innnt take advantage of Iholr opportnully If II Is to amount to anything. Secretary M'afl IUIH managed , to re ilnco lilH weight twenty poniulH by horseback riding. Inil It IH not Htateil how much Iho horse him lost. 1'orlo HU'o wants a senate. It iHii't wise to give people anything they cry for. lint a Honato rightly maile up does nffortl protracted amusement. It IH Haiti that Itookofollor IIIIH cor nered ( ho niliher Indimlry of Mexico. Ho probably thlnliH ho can Hretch ! It over the row ! of ( ho world. A Kansas postolllce IIIIH lieon abol- iHhed liecaiiHO no ono could ho found who waH willing to act as poHtmaHtor. alwa.vH WIIH a ( incer Htate. Those two now steel bridges north of town will help the city hy bringing nioro ( ratio over First Htreot. That IH ono way of making hot ( or roatlH. Paul Morton HII.VH that what the life hiHiiranco needs ahovo everything OHO ! Is character. Horoloforo wo had judged hy the policy It followed , that It needed inonoy ahovo everything clno. Chicago IH now planning the biggest hotel hi the world. It Isn't needed. There Hro plenty already hullt that yon can fall far enough when lire breaks out to Ulll yon , and thai IH all that the Hlty scraper can accomplish. Horace (1.Vhlt more's booUlel on mutual llfo liiHiirance , which has re cently boon published , bears on the cover this torso nummary of Its con tents , made by the author , "Timely ( bought , plainly put , by the men who measure ) the value of dollars by the bard work It takes to not them " Parcels post IH coming and II Is up to the country merchant to meet It by taking advantage- his opportunity to reach the rural dish-lets In the same way as does the catalogue house man. Ho must use publicity. He can not sot bis goods on the sidewalk anil ex pect ( he country buyer to know what ho has for salo. More than one-third of all those who P BB the civil service examinations recolve appointments. There are few better opportnnKU'H for the young man to rise than In some department of the government .service. Postmaster General Cortelyon began his career as atonographor for ( ho fourth assistant postmaster general. Congressman l ngworth snyH ho wishes thlH country was well rid of the Philippines. This seems a little hard. Mr. Ixmgworth , since you got whnt you wanted on your first trip. The next fellow might like to spend his honeymoon In the salubrious ell mate under Undo Sam's Stars and Strlpon. If college hazing Is necessary , aa wo are told It Is , as a "hardening courage process , " why ilon't jvollcemen shoot nd club each other , why don't firemen ( hrow recruits off roofs and ladders ? There Is nothing to reason alxwt or expose In this cruel criminal bullying of the , weak by the strong. It has boon exposed In all Its senseless cow nrdlcc. Now It wants ( o bo stopped Chicago has recently lost by death two of Its most widely known and In flnential citizens. Dr. William H. Har per and Marshall Field. In dlfforenl spheres both have achieved great suc cess and their places wll not be easily filled. Dr. Harper organized and mold cd Into completeness one of the great est Institutions of learning of the present ent day. Not only Chicago , bnt the nation keenly feels his loss. Mr. Flelt built up an honorable mercantile bust ness of gigantic proportions. Unlike Mr. Harper , he lived out the norina measure of years alloUed to man. It it an unusual Incident that two sucl prominent men should bo taken almos simultaneously. Interesting naval custom that Is pot generally known , by people of the inland states was told hy Richard P Hobson. There is ono flag and only wo ( hat can over fly above ( ho Start ) and BtrlpoH , ami that IH the Christian HH a whlto croHH on a blue field Cvery Sunday morning on ship hoard it the hour of religious sorvlco , ( ho ladonal standard IH brought down and bo Hag of the C.TOHH goes up the bat- ardH and Iho national colors are igaln run up ( o a place Just below the inblem of worship. It HOOIIIH a llttlng ml reverent H.vmbol that a Hag never owered for ( ! od. should weekly evl- lenco the natlon'H honor ( o ( ! od. If thin country could miceood In iirnlng the tide of Ibo Incoming for- 'Ignors ' ftoin ( lie cllloH to the country , ho problem of their Ainerlcanl/allon would be more nearly solved. As It H now they congiegale In certain < ! ( . > llstrlctH of their own kind and llvo niich as they lived In their mitlvo anils , not llndlng It necesHary to oven cam the English language. In Iho Mitinlry they would bo compelled to iilngle with AmerlcniiH and learn the angiiage and ciisloniH. Recent ob.sorvalloiiH at King Staff strengthen the theory that the canals in the planet MUCH are artllle.lal and irguo the work of Intelligent people. It IH generally agreed among aHtron- imerH that Mars IH coiiHldorably older ban the earth and Hlnce no battle ships have been ohHcrvcd and ( bo wa or IH too Hcarco for naval inaneuverH , bat poHslbly they have grown wise Miongh to Kettle ( heir dllllcuUlcs hy i more human manner. None of these liolnlH IH absolutely clear , however , mil If Waller Well man makoH a HUC ; 't'HH of his trip to Iho north polo It would seem a lilting thing for him to lead bis airship for the planet Mars mil try and eslabllHli wireless telegra iby conneelloiiH so as to give us some nlonnallon of the piogrosH of affairs in that lavishly moonlighted planet. Tbeio are Indications of a tariff war between the United Stales and Oer many. Thin Is to be deplored and may yet bo prevented. Something must bo done by this country to coun teract the picstlgo which Germany IH gaining commercially , and gaining at ( he expense of America. The United Slates ban today no rival among the world powers which looms up so foi- mldably In HO many paths of progress as Germany. Under the guidance of ( ho energetic and Inoprosslblo kaiser ( hey are building strong foundations for a great commercial future. It Is to be hoped that the feeling of friend liness that has existed between our ( ionium neighbors and this country , may continue long , but on ( bo other band It Is very important that our government should keep a sharp look out for encroachment upon its foreign ( ratio. President Hoosevelt says that what we have a right to expect of the Amer ican boy Is that bo shall turn out to be a good American man. Now the chances are strong that ho won't bo much of a man unless ho IH a good deal of a boy. He must not bo a cow- aril nor a weakling , a bully , a shirk , or a prig. He must work hard and play bard. He must bo clean minded and clean lived and be able to bold bis own against all circumstances and all comers. It is only on these condi tions that he will grow into the kind of a man of whom America can really bo proud. The future of this , as of any country , depends upon the rising generation. Our boys have before them Illustrious examples , among them President Roosevelt , worthy of their admiration and emulation. They have also the advantages of Institu tions of every kind for acqulrlnK the kind of education their natural tal ents direct. Novell before have the youth of any country had such thor oughly equipped Institutions open to thorn. If the boy of today is not fitted In ten'tir fifteen years to stop into the ranks of American * citizenship ready to act well hlt > part" , .It , will'bo largely his own fault. Complaint Is often. hoard that workIng - Ing servants of cltlu * .aro Ignorant and incompetent. The persons entering these- complaints rarely -think far enough Into the heart1 of tTte'matter to reason out that persons who' arehiqt Ignorant and Incompetent seek and find a'higher grade of service. 'Occa sionally a man of wealth and educa tion Is sufficiently public spirited and self sacrificing to accept positions In humble offices In their communities where there Is small honor and a large sphere of usefulness. A millionaire has been appointed street commission er In Cincinnati while a tire commis sioner In Syracuse was a millionaire and a college graduate. He did much by his own energetic example to raise the standard of service In his depart ment and hullt a model engine house at his own expense. If people of nlmn dant means and leisure from business cares who have the education which HtB ( hem for lnsrnctlou as to how common labor for ( ho public should bo performed , were willing to give tholr time and brains as well as their mon ey for the public good , the standard of public service could be raised and the workmen gradually fitted tor higher sorvlco. . HID value of property ilnl.'NViflk to'ft greater extent than ahown by the cost of the Howorago. . Dr. Hlllls objects to people coming to church In nntomobllefl. We have never Hfen more than a do7.cn around any church In Norfolk during services. Poullnoy Hlgelow made a very thor ough Investigation of Panama affairs. He spent nearly two daya on the Isth- nut and so , of con mo , knows all about It. The Panama canal Is a big undertak ing , worthy the great energies of a threat country. Kortunatoly there Is u big republican president to push the work along. Pennsylvania Is having a hard tlmo working out her reform. Two extra flcHHlons in ono year Is doing penance with a vengeance. Tholr reform ought lo ho genuine when complete. Advertising pays. A man at Kear ney , who wants lo start a button lac lory and who only asks the factory building , 210 acres of land and $0 cash boniiH to buy pumpkin seeds with , has seen Norfolk'H proposition and wanU ) ( o come up. An effort is being made throughout ( he country to light and defeat ( bo parcels post movement. Hut It IB said that parcels post Is coming , just as the rural route came. The only system for the country merchant Is to get In line and use It. Admiral Dowoy's Christmas greet Ing , Hont to every American warship on Christmas day , would make an up proprlato motto for other organl/.a tloiiH beside the navy , "Lot us have neither cliques nor grudges , but al ! stand together for the good of the country anil the service. " Senator Tillman has again shipper over most tremendously in his ram pant utterances against the president over the Morris atfair. If Mrs. Mor rln bad not been unreasonable , slit would never have been suspected b > while house officers. If her friends are wise they will let the matter drop "If 1 were a railroad attorney , wbicl I am not , " said W. M. Hobortson tht other night , "I shouldn't expecl pee pie to take me out and bang mo U the nearest telephone pole. " Accord Ing to hysterical paragraphs being rut by some of the Nebraska newspapou just now , that would bo the proper sys ( em. Norfolk Is glad to welcome letters Inquiring about this city as a goot point for a jobbing center. And fron Iho number of Inquiries that have been coming into tlio offices of com merelal agents and the Commercla club , it is evident that there will be something doing along this line be fore long. "There Is no great loss without some small gain , " says an ancient ad age. An Illustration to prove its trull Is furnished by the terrible conditions of Hnssia which affect all business ant llnnnco of that disordered country ant benefit the purchasers of furs this year by reducing the price to consld erable extent. An Interesting experiment is helm , njndo by the agricultural department as to the effect on the system of coh storage food. A group of clerks are being entirely fed upon food whlcl has been In storage at least a year The food Is skillfully cooked and after six weeks of tbia diet the men show no ill effects. Fremont is getting trade that the town enjoyed thirty years ago and then lost. The reason assigned by the secretary of the commercial club of that town is that the merchants arc using page ads. In a well gotten up well circulated and representative lo- cnl paper of which the town' Is proud In which there Is food for thought. Professor Adams , chief statistician for the Interstate commerce commlfe Eton , says that the aggregate amount of railroad charges for mail carriage should be reduced by ( hree mlllloi dollars In fairness and reason and the roads would still bo amply paid foi their service. This would be a gooi way to dispose of some of that posta deficit. An effort Is being made by Xorfoll business men to rehablllao ( the oh supar factory with another sugar fac tory. Ono thing Is sure , and that Is that experience in the past may prove of value in the future. Mistakes tha were made in the old factory will be guarded against in the future. Am it is said Uiat every city which builds up Industries encounters a certain number of failures , anyway , so tha there Is hope for making Norfolk per manently the "Sugar City" after all. Fremont has had a Commercial club for twenty-two years , and the club Is getting stronger and wiser every year They have stopped giving money fo nduHtrlelrhut ! , .they bjito ioU'ntopDBA ' ' * omo things' . Thoyar < ) 'doing more/ dvertlnlng every year. They are ldliifT bo.ttor n > adn Into town from eng dlHtancoH Into the country. They concentrate their efforts on ono road n onch direction , so that they can Iraw , through this main artery , trade roiii n largo section. The Idea Is vorth remembering. .Madison county's cominlHHloners ire to bo patted on the hack for get ting out and doing something on the irldgo biisliiPHs. II Is ( line the county I brought up lo date In this matter and fioin the way the now bunch of commlHsloners are going at things , It t Is evident that there will bo some thing doing. The announcement that the board had secured ( he assistant stale engineer for the woik and that it least live now steel brldgoH and maybe six , will bo built Immediately , brings Joy lo the ears of the whole oiinly. MadlHon county now has a board of live ones , and surprises are ooked for every little while. They will make a record for progressive work , and economy at that. DKATU VALLEY. The San FranclHco Chronicle thus McrlboH Death Valley , through which the new Los Angeles Limited train of the Union Paclllc glides at the rate of fifty miles an hour , with palatial coaches as a riding place , as follows : Think , If you will , of a long , low valley , lying between two lofty ranges of barren mountains a white , glisten Ing sink for a miserable desert river the whole overlaid with a thick , black pall of wind ami Hand and ashes from the dead craters ( hat fringe its borders , add all the heat ami horrid fumes of Gehenna , and you have some Idea of Death valley in summer. Wash these mountains clean will three months of almost continual cloudburst and rain , rim in their feet and ( he whole edge of the valley will foot deep grasses , lush and green as any that ever floored Slerran clonegn sprinkle the whlto waste with green bunches of mosquito all aglow wltli myriad blossoms , arch over all an Ad rlatlc sky , cooled with the balmiest of breezes , and you have pictured Deatl valley at the beginning of spring. On the face of the green earth lies no more terrible bit of world In summer mor ; no more beautiful ono in spring Anil over the graves of many Piute and desert tramp , teamster and loneij prospector who have lain down to rise no more beneath Its heartless skies , glows the most beautiful carpel of wild flowers to bo found in this bloom-famed land of California. Not half the plants of Deatli valley are known to scientists ; most of those that nro known are litlle more llian names , and will never be more until the prying arm of the raihoad shall have laid bare some of Ibe secrets of tliis Vale of Illnnom. If you contemplate a trip to Callfor nisi by ox team , take the old north trail. KEARNEY MAN WANTS TO START COLLAR BUTTON FACTORY. $ IS TO BUY PUMPKIN SEEDS "Deed to Me the Acres of Land , the Sugar Factory' ' Buildings and a Cash Bonus of $6 , and I Will Start a.Button Factory , " He Writes. A letter from Kearney to the officers of the Commercial club is causing the members a little sleeplessness us they are unable to determine whether the offer made In it IH earnest or not. It hardly seems possible that anyone could really afford to make such a proposldon as this. The letter says : "Sir. I } wish to briefly submit to the Commercial club of your city the' following proposition , to-wit : "Dood to me the 240 acres of land known as the sugar plant , and all the buildings thereon and give mo a casti bonus of , $ U.OO , and I will operate a collar button factory , manufacturing collar buttons from yellow cow pump kins by aqirocoss known only to my self and seven others. The $6.00 is to buy pumpkin seedt We to commence operations as soon * as a crop can be matured. "For reference I give you the Com mercial club of Kearney and the Com mercial club of Gothenburg. I nm the party who promoted the cotton factory nt Kearney and the brass works at Gothenburg , two enterprises that today employ thousands of pee ple. "An early reply Is requested , as I am undecided between Norfolk , Ixxlgopole and Bridgeport. Yours truly. William H. Gall away. TELEPHONE MEN MEET. Several Hundred Independent Men Discuss Wires and Tolls. Lincoln , Neb. , Jan. 24. Several hun dred Independent telephone men are aUendin ) ; ( ho state convention. Long distance ( oils and tariffs were dis cussed last night. Several' thousand sockholders ( are now InCerbkt'dd In telepWbnL's-ln 'Nebraska. ' The meeting will close with a banquet tonight JOHNNY DUMPER TELLS OF A QUEER EXPERIENCE. THOUGHT HIRED MAN WAS CALF At First She Kicked the Daylights Out of the Hired Man and Johnny's Pa , But They Worked Her Clever Way That Others May Try. Editor NCWH : Mo an' pa an' the hired iiuin bud n lusscl with a cow lernln' her to milk that I Ihol mini of your feeders thai has cows wild like to know about. She waz a yung cow and hadn't never hail a caf before an' when It cam to bavin' a Hiihstlloot milk her she wa/n't a goln' to stand for It. We put the caf In a shod away from the cow an' Iho hired man ho stalled in lo milk her. She wndn't stand a minlt but kept stcppln' around an' Hwltchln' her tale an' finally slapt the hired man .square In the face with her old tnie. That made him hot an' he cum to the lions an" told pa he'd glv up bis job afoio he'd milk that fool cow. Pa set ! It wa/.n't no grate thing to brake a cow to milk ; ( bat he'tl broke lots of 'em. All you needed , he sod , waz patience an' a Illlle good jodgmenl about the ways of cows. So be tuck the pale an" gel a peace of halter rope an' went Into the stall whare the cow wnz standln' . Ho patted her on the hip an' sod "soe boss , " but boss didn't see , .she jusl kepi right on stampin' an' swilchln * . Pa tuck the halter rope , with a know- in' look , an' got It round her hind legs an' lido il so's she cudn'l kick eat her leg an' tide her tale down with the end of the rope so's she cudn't switch. Then he picked up the pale an' setl , "Well now I guess , old lady , you'll .stand. " lint be hadn't moro'n got started to milk her , an' just got settled down when the cow humped herself up all of a suddint and kicked witli both hind feel an' tale an' landed pa over agen the manger on ( other side of the barn. Pa cudn't hardly get up till wo helped him. My ho waz mad , an' bo sed , "turn the caf In to her an' let the old rip go If she don't want to be milked , " an' be limped off to ( ho lions an' got ma to rub him with paneklller. The hired man went to get the caf , but I se.vs to him , "Let's play a joak on that cow an" fool her a trip. " So I got a boss-blanket an a cuple of straps , an' we strapped thai blanket on the caf so's ( hare wnzn't nothln' but his noze an' eyes out an' then we put him in with his niuthcr. She waz goln' to kick him out just like she did pa , at first , but he kept a blaltln' an" she kepi a smellin' of him , an' at last she decided it waz her own caf under the blanket an then she stood still an' lei him milk her. 'S quick as he got done we luck him away lo Hie caf shod an' tuck off the blanket. Nex morning' wo put the blanket back on ngen an' tuck him to the cow. She was awful lickelcd to see him an' never made a move all the time ho I waz a milkin' her. We thot we had ! her broke now , so that night I put the blanket on ( bo hired man insted of ( bo caf , an" bo stooped down an' held the pale under the blanket an' went in beside the cow. He looked a little different to her to what the caf did but she smellcd of the blanket an' it smelled so much like her caf she thot it must be all right , so she stood still an' let the hired man milk her just like she'd let her caf. Ho only bad to put on the blanket about a week an' then she got used to him an' forgot about her caf an' now he don't need to ware the blanket no more. 1 thot I'd write the paper about It an' mebbe sum of your reeders that has a cow ( lint won't atand for mllkln' wud like to try the same scheem. Yours , Johnny Dumper. N. H. Truth , St. Paul. June 31 , ' 08. I've lived so long , I remember well when ( he Mississippi was a brook. Mj' good hoaltb and long life came by taking Holllster'H Rocky Mpunain Tea. ! I5 cents. The Kiesau Drug Co. Estimate of Expenses , , Madison Coun ty'Year 1606 ! The following estimate of expense * for year 190C was made : County bridge fund $18,009 Conntj' road fund loiODO' Hlprapplng In streams 1 > 500 County Inntltuto 100 County printing 1,200 County attorney salary 900 Care of paupers 2,000 Knol , postage and expenses. . . 1,500 Hooks , stationery and supplies. 1,600 Election cxpciiHCS 2,000 Salary county assessor and dep uties 3,600 Soldiers' relief 1,500 Poor farm expenses 1,500 County superintendent salary. . 1,400 County clerk's salary as clerk of the board 500 County commissioners' salaries 2,000 Bounty'on wild animals 800 Jailor's fees 1.500 Janitor's salary and county of ficers' assistants 1,500 District court jurors 7,000 Insane fund 1,200 Aid to agricultural society . . . . 500 Furniture and repairs on court house , Insurance on jail and court house 2,000 Ilatlle Creek village jail bonds. 150 Geo. E. Richardson , County Clerk. Men are Judged by the company they keep , but It Isn't as easy to size up a woman by her hat. Judge her hy the amount of Holllsler's Rocky Moun tain Tea she takcH. 35 cenls , lea or lablels. The Klesan Drug Co. Battle Creek. Chns. Hanna of Tnblo Rock was vis iting hero the first of the week with John Brush and family south of town. Albert Gardels , who has been In the harness business with his father , Is going to Omaha to clerk In the Cud- ahy packing house. Carl Wendl went ( o Kansas City , Mo. , Saturday for tiealmonl In a lios- pllal. Chns. II. llrown arrived Monday from Omaha to look after his business affairs at this place. P. F. Zimmerman's team ran away with a load of coal Monday night while tlio boys were unloading. The tongue broke and the wagon smashed to piec es. The coal was scattered for two blocks on Herman street , and no more damage done. Fred anil Geo. Urechler went to Page Monthly , where George and oth ers are organizing to start a bank. George has been deputy treasurer of this county and also cashier In the Valley bank and consequently is well postetl In the banking business. Miss Elizabeth Eggleston of Boone Is hero on an extended visit at Hie home of her sister , Mrs. Chas. Han- sen. sen.The The Little Bros. , who sold llioir farm recenlly to Win. Volk , sr. , will move to Canada. The place will be occu pied by Mr. Volk's son , August. Jones II. Kirk will sell all his prop erty and go back to Virginia next week. In the spring lie will return with a partner and settle on a ClO-acro homestead in Cherry county , near Mullen. \V. W. Vralg returned Sunday from , a visit at the homo of his daughter , Mrs. Arthur F. Lewis al Fremont. The members of the Lutheran church at Buffalo Creek will Invest in a now organ. Ed Eyl came down from Cody , Wy oming Monday , where he had been visiting his grandfather , D. L. Barnes. After an extended visit with relatives here he will go back to his home at Cripple Creek , Colo. M. L. Thomson and family were vis iting with relatives at Tllden the mid dle of this week. Railroad Fares. Lincoln. Jan. 24 , It is estimated that the railroad fares 'of state - officials cials for the year will cost less than $1,500. A little love , a little wealth , ' A little home for you and mej It's all I nsk except good health , Which comes with Rocky Mountain Tea. The Kiesau Drug Cq. i ' t * RESULTS The word results means a whole lot to the farmer of to-day and it ia especially attractive to the homeseeker or those seehmg new locations If we tell you of a country where you are sure of success , will you' believe us ? It is only for necessary you to farm the land and the best results will follow a State which the government reports will show leads in the production of wheat. It also ranks amonc the first in the raising of corn , alfalfa , timothy and other products , together l ° ' Setner with stock raising. We speak of KANSAS The great State of the West , where lands can be purchased from $5 to $30 per acre which equals the returns of the $50 to $150 per cre lands of other States. EASTERN COLORADO is identical in most respects and the same opportunities are offered there. Buy quick heart of this rich agricultural region and lo extremely offered , allowing stop-over at pleasure in certain territory for rat inspec s we ton of lands , etc. Write us and we will literature and full information. send you free descrimiv- H. C. TOWNSEND , OCNCRAl PASSCNCCR AND TICKET AOtNT C ST. LOUIS , MO.