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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1906)
Till NnilKulK NK\\S : FKIDAV , KKHUl'HY 2. 1UOO. THU NORFOLK NEWS \ \ . N. I'lil.ll.ln-t. h.MI.V. ( UMntillHlioit ISK7. ) K ituy oxoopl Hiliuliiy. Hv rnr- week , Ifc iiln tfr"iiv . < ' > Hooco delivery , i r yonr. oiitnliln f nnil in nil on runil routcn Norfolk , per ycnr , 13.00. \\1CKKI.V NieVJOIIHNAI , KntiiblliOii'il. I" IV. The New * . . IK77. Journal. KHtnlillMiott. T lie Kvery Krliluy Hy nwll \ > r ynnr. ll.r.o. nl tlio iioHtoltlon nt Norfolk. Nrlt , HH cln n m U r. Tolrphonon : Uillturliil No S2. HiiHliu'HH Ollleo anil J" No MS2. _ _ _ The "weather man IH tlKhlliiK Iho mini. If dirt limv as fa l us nt-mitlnlw , tin' ' raiuil woulil noon I' ' " < lw ; . 1'oor old man Dowlu tuny lie to cure others but at piosont lie HCOIIIH ' to cure hlmvuir. Most poopU- Know \vlion I hey tuo nl their wlt'M I'lul , lint tu ! < nvi-niKf humor- nmllso It. lnt iii-vor m-eiiiK to It may ho tnio that tlio clothes don't inaUo tlio man. lint they Hoinotluum lin-iiU him. UHiiully H'H hlH wlfo'M Clotllt'H. Theodore HooHovolt'H power IH not m > much In tlui fact that ho IH prenl- tlcat of the United HtiiU'H aH In hlH A soworuKo HyHU'in In Norfolk would Inr-ri'iiHO the valno of every lot In town , whether touched by the mnvur coHt of tlio than the main or not , ntoro work. TwiiH nlty , 'tlH truo. and pity 'tlH , 'tis tnio that 'twiiH pity tliaL prompted Norfolk'H police olllcor to allow a prlH- onor to oscnpo hocinwo "tho Jail IH no lit placo" for a prisoner. Conlor'H now hathtuh him boon worth $1.000 In advortlHliiK the town. HH reputation IIIIH Hprcad ever thlti country to coniorn that never know tliiM-o was a Center or a Knox county before. Why don't wo build a palace for the accommodation of women violators of the law In Norfolk ? Thou , nmybo , the prlBoncrH arreBted and turned IOOBO bo- eniiso of the delicacy of the olUcors In tlio matter , ml ht bo hold ever Uttlo May McCull of ClurkV Ferry , I > n. , recently saved two tralitH from crashing Into a great rock which bad fallen on the track , by Having them. The presence of mind In children , and their loyalty to duty In times of acci dent. are remarkable. This llttlo girl ought , to bo given a medal. A abort tlmo ago llio cry of our mor alistic writers wore fearing that Amer icans were going money mad. The danger of sncrlllclng everything to the nnmsHlng of wealth was extensively dealt upon. During tlio past year a great change In public sentiment lias tnUon place In public opinion. The pendulum has swung to the opposlto extreme , Rich men are put on the de fensive and there Is a strong feeling that wealth Is likely to Imply dishon esty. Wither of these extremes are harmful. Wealth Is not to bo wor shipped , neither Is It to bo despised. Our great Institutions could not exist without rich men to back them , but they should not be allowed to oppress the widow and orphan for their own enrichment Money Is necessary but It must bo honestly manipulated It' the country Is to continue prosperous. Marshall Field was no tax dodger. Ho cheerfully paid tlio largest taxes of any man In America. In fact the career of Marshall Field , who began as a clerk at the ago of seventeen , with only an ordinary education and unaided , through the years of close application and times of discourage ment , to the place which ho occupied at the time of his death , proves con clusively that a man can beifomo Im mensely wealthy without descending to fraud and oppression. Although the great merchant employed many thou sands of people In bis wholesale anil retail business , ho treated them kindly and fairly and was always willing to help anyone In an unostentatious way. His deeds of charity were many. Ho was public spirited and Interested In any movement for the betterment ol his fellowmen. . It Is not so much the hard work and great burdens of life that break down the health and nerve of the average person in this nervous and high strung ago as it is the llttlo worries and ag gravating annoyances which daily Ir rltatc the sensitive nature. It is a sad state that so many intelligent am resourceful men and women shouli bo reduced to nervous prostration bj the friction of little things which are of no vital consequences taken one at a time but only become formidable when viewed collectively. Happy is the per son who can throw nsldo these mlno cares as soon as attended to withou worrying over them. It Is possible for anyone to cultivate a frame o mind from which the small anxieties ml iiiino > ane < s of life will toll \iilmii ! Ic.iMnn Irritated nerves or tit-lowed brow. All Hhould for the alit < of their own happlmmH and mic- OHM and that around them , endeavor o heroine ppMNCMHcd of this comfort- iblo deposition. The other day a young man died at .Ini'oln from lubeicnloHlH. Hnrko lull WIIH hlB natno. The IIOWH was ilmoHt beyond belief to thono who had MIOWII him n few years ago In the stale unlveiHlly , where he was for n line commandant of the military ha- nlllnii and wheie ho wan ( ho hliWHt nan among all the lr ! > 00 theio. Much nore than Mix feel In height and broad importlomilly. ho was a giant among non and hln Hlurdy frame WIIH big and sluing. II" went to the military nc-iiil- my al West Point IIH n cadet and MIH Ihi-ro for two years. When ho nine out ho looked llko a Hkelelou. to was forced lo resign his cadutHhlp leeaiiHi' of ronmmiplloii. Ho traveled ill over the WOH ! In an attempt to re gain bin IOMI health , but It WIIH In vain mil he died al the ago of twenty-four. HH denlh and hlH dinette were due o the ha/lng which ho received In WoHt Point. The Inr/.lng IH given , IIH ho eadetH nay , to make a man out of he newcomer. It inuilo a corpse of lurko I lull , and ho a giant. Imi't It iboiil time that thin ha/.lng proposl- Ion were ntopped at Wewt Point as veil IIH at AnmipollH ? Isn't It about line that a little different viewpoint van Itu'iilrated Into the brains of hose eadetH ? iHti'l It time , now that hlH ease Is ( nought home to IIH , that vo should do what wo can to change some of the harlmroiiH tnothodH exist- ng In the United Slates , and under he supervision of the United States government , at that ? TIM 10 TO UUFOIIM. It IH wild that Norfolk IIIIH not been HO Infected with women of the street 'or years as It Is right now. It Is lalmed by those who know that In- ualoH of the redllght district have not n many moons been allowed to walk ibout town -and lo remain liiHlde the Hy limits as much IIH at the present line. The other night a IIOIIHO was aided , a man and woman found , and a lotlce given of arrest. IiiHtead of tak- ng the prisoners to jail , as the law irovldoH , a police olllcer of Norfolk , ' localise he declared that the Jail was 10 place for a woman , allowed the pair o remain at liberty ever night on heir promise lo appear In court next nornlng. Next morning they had lied , ) f con me. Who IB respoiiHlblo for this condl- Ion of affairs ? At the last municipal election , the vhole campaign was waged and turned in the police force. That was the plv- itul point of the votonmhlng. A re- orm was promised. Man the reform been delivered ? Not many days ago .ludge Wester- elt , police Judge , publicly brought to Ight a condition In the police depart- neat that was wrong. Under bis lire > no man admitted that he bad been vearlng a policeman's star and had mperhonated an olllcer. Ho claimed 10 did It for the good of the conimun- ty. Impersonating mi olllcer Is a ) onltontlary offense In Nebraska. The city attorney had declared to the po- Ice judge a few days before that ho would take action against any case of ho sort brought to his attention. And ho man admitted In public that ho lad worn the policeman's badge and that he wan not an otllcer under bond. Furthermore ho declared that , In spite if the orders of the ixillco judge , ho would continue to make arrests , even if ho had to put up the necessary bonds to do It. Under the police department which lost otllco to allow the reform police men to take the Held , there was no complaint of the city's being filled with women In violation of the ordi nance. The old police force never hesitated to fnltill Its duty by placing a woman lawbreaker In Jail because it consid ered "tho jail no place for a woman. " Isn't It tlmo for these reformers , who fall to lock up prisoners through pity , to reform ? SUGAR FACTORY. It Is believed that another sugar fac tory in Norfolk would succeed. It Is likely that another one will bo secured to rellll the empty buildings which were left when the American Hcot Sugar company , something over a year ago. dismantled its plant hero and re moved the machinery to I amar. Cole rado. The Norfolk Industrial com pany , the organization of local busi ness men who control the buildings and the 210 acres of land that accom pany the buildings , have come to the conclusion that they want a sugar fac tory and nothing else , and within the next two years It is said that there will bo a now sugar factory grinding out llttlo bits of sweetness In Norfolk. There is every reason why a success could bo made of a sugar factory in Norfolk. The farmers have had long years of experience In the cultivation of this product , and know well how to raise a good beet. They are bettor equipped to go at It and raise sugar beets than they Mould In to I'M ' ft In on HOIIK m-w crop Hint they had never known before , The fact that they have , wllhth the pant > o r. tripled their acreage on itixar beetH , and lo send away nl that , shown eonolimlvoly that they will raise beelH If the proper Inducements and a mitlMfiiclory contract are mado. II In now demonstrated that the farmeiH of this Hoctlon of the countr ) will ralHo hoots , for they have been doing It for the AIIIOH plant during the last your. A Honllmenl WIIH expressed at the C'ommerclnl club banquet the oilier night to the effect that no of- torts Hhould bo inside to secure a now Industry until It had bc'im proven thai Hie old ono could not ho made a HUP- COSH. COSH.With local capital Interested In the factory , ( hero would bo an nHHiirance if hoots and It Is hoped Unit the plans may mauro. ! The ledemptlon of waste land In Nebraska and other western states has lii'on ono largo Item In the great agrl eiillurnl prospoVlly of these states. Land that llvo years ago was not worth n dollar an acre , IhlH year pro duced from thirty to forty biiHhelH of wheat. It Is a wonderful change. INDIANS AND WHISKY. The red man of the went , In splto of the effortH of his ever-eyeing Uncle Sam , IH not going lo leave off draining quart lliiHKs Into his forbidden red stomach until ho dies. Onind Juries may come and grand Juries may go , but whlHky will How on forever Into llio throat of the American Indian. ThlH , at least , IB the verdict which IK formed alter InvoHtlgatlng the matter - tor of supply and demand ever a largo territory of Nebraska and South Da kota Inhabited by the copper colored aborlglmilH. The methods employed by the thli'Hly roils are so simple as to ap pear ridiculous , and yet they defy the law with wonderful HIICCCSH. Therein no need ol' the Indian paddling bin canoe across a deep river In the dark ness of night to a Hlgnallod spol on the oilier shore where his jug may be Illlod In secrecy. He can. and does , order his drinks In broad daylight- anil more than that , ho makes the lilllieil rillliOH tender. The Indlail has a right to send mes sages through the mails to whom he chooses. He has gone to school and learned to read and to write. It Is his privilege to receive , through the malls or by express , packages which are addressed to him and what post master has a right lo Interfere ? His clvlll/.allon Is his own undoing for the Indian In thin respect ; for by teaching him how lo read and write , the government has taught him to Jump the fence that once enclosed him. The Indlan'H eyes see dally newspapers and magazines , and his mind understands. And It is hard to pick up a daily newspaper or a mag- a/.lno today which does not contain the photograph of a quart bottle of whisky with instructions how to order , In line typo , and with the assuring promlbo prominently displayed that the bottle will bo sent to one's address In a plain wrapper , so that none may detect Its burden. And who Is to toll tales when that package comes to a man with aborig inal blood in his veins ? Indeed who Is to know except the recipient , him self , and why should ho give away his valuable secret ? It Is not at all necessary that the distiller who wraps up and sends the package with no re turn card upon it , knows that ho violates elates the law. For the distiller Is not distinguished as an expert in the dif ferentiation of names , and many an expert might believe that Mr. William Bear , of Nlobrara , Neb. , wore a white man through and through. Mall order whisky buying , accord ing to the frontiersmen who have lived all of their lives among the reds , is the most effective method today by which the son of a squaw satisfies his appetite , and the prevention of mail order whisky buying by the redmen nutstbO'Solvejl by the government be fore reservations will bo rid of stag gering braves and , for the matter of that , staggering squaws as well. And oven wore this scheme cut off. the survivors of the race would not disgrace their ancestry by giving up the fight and drinking well water. Hu man nature and there Is human na ture even In an Indian Is , perhaps , to blame. Take from a baby its rattle box , anil the baby will cry for the rattler until it wins. Keep from a woman or a man cllher a secret thai she knows you have , and the woman wants anil strives for llttlo else until she gains the coveted knowledge. And so It Is with the Indian. Besides the inborn thirst for "booze" which ho possesses and It Is said lhat never was a race so barbarous that It failed to find an Intoxicant the Indian has an added reason to whip him on in his love for liquor ; for his Uncle Sam says ho shall not have It. Ho sees his white cousin drinking it , and ho wants a taste. Ho is told that he can't buy the stuff , and therefore ho does. No grand Jury ever assembles In Omaha or In Sioux Falls but that BO.V oral dozen white men from the San 11 i.r ( hi Omiilm or tin Rosebud or hir re erv .itloiiK , arc not indlcti/d for Moiling liquor to the Indians. As n rule these men are acquitted and pay their own fares homo ; the government IIII.VH their way to the place of court. Hut now and then a man Is sent to 'lie penitentiary and It Is said around 'he rcHcrvHtloti points thai In many - IIHOH II Is an Innocent man who IB punished. There IH now a man from Nlobrara , Neb Honing a year's sentence In the fedora ! prison at Sioux Falls , S. I ) . , for soiling liquor to the Indians , whom the people of Nlobrara believe to bo ibsoliilely Innocent. The reason ho VIIM accused al all Is slgnlllcenl. They BII.V all's fair In love and war -and the red cltl/en doesn't hcHltalo n Ills war for a drink. This Nlobrara nan was a brewer In that town and It -van always believed and still Is by he cltlxoiiH of the community that ho wan perfectly slrlct and rigid In obey- ng the law as regards selling to the ml Ion's wards. This , It IH wild , en raged ( ho offended rcsorvatlonlsta mil , when questioned by government Hllclals , they pointed their lingers at he brewer. Accused , ho was tried ; mil by the Indians It Is not dllllcult 0 convict. ThlH IB a common system iv which the Indians Bend or seek to send to prison those who will not Jill heir bottles. At towns near Indian reserves It Is 1 common Bight to see n big Indian mil hlB squaw prostralo In the streol with Iheir drunkenness. The saloon u-opcrs don't , sell them their liquors , but they got the firewater somehow. How to prevent the mall order buying mil other deceptive schemes la one it' the serious problems of the nation. A SYNDICATE OWNING ELEVEN PLAYHOUSES , PLANS IT. STITT IS NOW DRAWING PLANS A The.iter With a Seating Capacity of 800 to 900 , and With Stage Facilities For Handling All of the Shows on A proposition has boon under way for a short tlmo toward the building of another theater In Norfolk , which will bo owned and operated by an out- sldo syndicate. This syndicate owns ir conlrols eleven houses now and has iniplo booking facllllies to assure a full bill throughout the season. H Is Impossible to ascertain any In formation regarding the syndicate be yond these and the fact that It Is strong enough financially to build a theater In Norfolk and operate It. J. C. Stilt has been given a commission to draw up preliminary plans for n . modern house of between SOO and 900 seating capacity with a stage large enough to accommodate any of the road plays. The house Is to be anso- iutoly modern In every way. NORTHWESTERN'S NEW BALLAST Lincoln-Fremont Line Is to be Brought up to Norfolk-Long Pine Class. It Is reported that the Northwestern will ballast and lay new rails on Its Uncoln-Fremont line of road during the year to come and that the road will bo brought up to the standard of main lines. It is not known just how sixm the work will start , but 11 Is be- Hoved that It will begin when the frost gets out of the ground. The ballast will come from Grand function , Iowa , where the company has a ballast quarry. This rock was used to ballast part of the Iowa main line and to Improve part of the line west of Missouri Valley. Some rapid work is being done on the line being built by this company from Pierre to Rapid City and it Is said that work will soon be In prog ress on both ends of this extension. It Is predicted this extension will be built and in use before the line to Lan der is complete. The work west of Oasper has been going slowly , because of the scarcity of labor , and It Is now j believed that it will take most of the | nexl season lo complete Ihe line to Shoshonl. A great deal of work has been done on Ihe Norlhweslern line from Fre- monl lo Long Pine during Ihe past five years , and this piece of road is now up lo slandard. It Is laid with heavy rails and grades and curves have been taken out to such an extent that It is capable of handling heavy traffic eco nomically. Llko crystals fair of morning dew , Your complexion now can be , , If you will take this good advice , And drink Rocky Mountain Tea. The Kiesau Drug Co. Men are quite as eager as women lo cultlvale good looks. Wo know of i hundreds of men In Ibis vicinity who [ are taking Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea. Smart fellows. 35 cents , tea or tablels. The Kiesau Dnig Co. There's a cure for old age , an excellent - lent and thorough ono. There is noth ing sensational about it It Is the best , the doctors can find under existing circumstances. Holllstor's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cenls , lea or lab- lels. The Kiesau Drug Co. O. R. MEREDITH , D.O OSTEOPATH. Ofllco , Cotton block , Ash 541 , resi dence , 109 North Tenth street , 'phone Asa 612. DIG EXTRA SERVICE TO BE RUN FOR SHOSHONE OPENING. ONE OF THESE MAY CONTINUE The Chicago & Northwestern Road Has Given Orders to the Local Yard men to Handle Ten Extra Trains Each Way Dally In June. ArrangementB me being made by the Northwestern to handle ten Iralns each way every day during Ihe rush of new HottleiB and homesteaders Into the Shoshone country In June. The local yard men have been Instructed lo artonge to handle this much busi ness. This would place Ihe railroad mo\cmcnt , al Ihe lime of the opening of the reservation on a par with that In the HonoHtccl rush. When the dis tance , which the railroad will have to haul the homeseokors , Is considered Ihe business will really bo vastly greater than that of the other opening. The talk of additional regular train service on the mainline of the Northwestern - western is continually In the air and It Is generally conceded lhat ono of these additional trains will remain af ter the rush Is over. This will prob ably bo an express train and will make direct connections with the Chicago trains. It will probably slop at Fre mont , West Point , Norfolk , Oakdale , Neligh , O'Neill , Long Pine and Valen- line and olher widely separated sla- tlons. In the point of running lime H will meet the competition of the now through train from St. Louis to Bll- llnga , which was recently put In ser vice by llio Burlington. BATTLE CREEK NEWS. Personals and General Notes From That Town. .John Rodekohr shipped one carload of fat cattle to Omaha Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. David Cossairt arrived hero Saturday from Liberty , Mo. , for a visll with their daughter , Mrs. Win. Maher. They also will visit relatives at Tilden and Platlo Center. Troy Bishop was hero from Stanton county Saturday visiting relatives. Albert Piitjenter was hero the first of the week from Dodge visiting the Hro..cck families L.\man Lyons was hero Saturday from Madison. Dave Klmmorly was hero Monday on business from Pierce. .lohn Dennis Is building a largo new barn lur Clms. Beed , llvo miles west of town. Mrs. Max Wlldo of Norfolk was vis iting hero Saturday and Sunday with her mother , Mrs. Annie Severn. She was accompanied homo by her uncle , Lttdwlg Kerbel. and family , who visit ed there till Monday. John and Clark Catron of Tlldeti wore visiting relatives here Monday. A. COsborn was building a now olllco and a lodging room for his hired mon south of his It very and feed barn this wcelt , A reception of friends and neigh bors WIIH held at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Ghindt south of Meadow Drove Sunday. The occasion was the- christening of their Infant son Sunday morning In the Lutheran church at Buffalo Crock by Rev. F. Koester of Tilden. Frank Leo of Oakdale has rented S. II. Thatch's hoiiho on North Fourth street and will move here with his family the Inllor part of t hlsweek. V Rev. O. Kgglcston of Boone was visiting hero the middle of the week at llio homo of his daughter , Mrs. JL Chas. Hanson. Ernest Rlkofskl was hero Monday on business from Warncrville. Our now harnessmakcr , Mr. Brubak- or , has moved Into S. II. Thatch's house on South Depot slreet. I > aiiibert Kerbel was a Tilden Visitor Tuesday. Holy communion services will beheld held at the Lutheran church Sunday. Fred Hofackor was hero from Em- crick Tuesday visiting friends. Guy Green of Meadow Grove , an ex pert printer. Is here assisting in the Enterprise ofllce. Paul and Klnlcy Hogrefe were visit ing Sunday at the home of their cous in , Mrs. E. II. Liilkarl at Tilden. Friday night a gasoline lamp ex ploded In the bowling alley In the Thomson old store building. As there was a largo crowd the lire was prompt ly put under control without any dam age done. Andrew Hcngstlcr of Hengsller Bros , implement business , has sold his Interest In the linn lo his brolhers , Win. and John Hengsller. We learned that he got $3,000 for his share. * K4 Pure Bred Sow Sale I I February 13 , 1906. I 55 head Duroc Jersey fall gilts and aged sows , guaranteed to be safe in pig to good boars. Daisy Profit 505JG ( , and Anna Belle , a half 1 sister to Junior Jim , the champion at 1i Nebraska Fair , 1905 , and many other good things. i M. 1. Moats & Son. Randolph , Nebr. ! Who wants to buy land easy AicE YOU terms that will pay lor itself in 3 YEARS. Rich Soil Near to Market Fine Climate. a ML B For full particular * write immediately to > FARMER ? I. CONNER , 227 Neville Block. OMAHA. NEBJ j figs. RESULTS The word results means a whole lot to the farmer of to-day and it is especially attractive to the homeseeker or those seeking new locations. If we tell you of a country where you are sure of success , will you believe us ? It is only necessary for you to farm the land and the best results will follow a State which the government leports will show leads in the production of wheat. It also ranks among the first in the raising of corn , alfalfa , timothy and other products , together 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 ner acre lands of other States. EASTERN COLORADO is identical in most respects and the same opportunities are offered there. Buy quick while the lands are cheap and secure the benefit of an excellent invest rnent THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY touches the heart of this rich agricultural region and extremely low rates are offered , allowing stop-over at pleasure in certain territory for inspec tion of lands , etc. Wnte us and we will send you free descriotive literature and full information. H. C. TOWNSEND , CCMtRAL PASSCNCCn AND TICKET AOtHT , ST. LOUIS , MO. I