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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1906)
TIIW NOinrni.lv NMWSIrlimAY MAIU'll i . IflOfi. NEXT FEW DAYS MEAN MUCH TO WEST NEBRASKA. LETTER FROM A CATTLEMAN The Lease Dill l Said to be the Only Method of Settling the Problem. Fair to Small Man as Well as Large. Fences are a Necessity. Within the next few days actlem will bo taken In congress on the land leasing bill , and the result will bo of most vital Importance to the state of Nebraska and especially the western part of the state. The News IH In re ceipt eif letters and telegrams from "small cattlemen , " as they are termed , regarding the lease bill which was drafted by C. H Coinoll of Valentino and Inttodticed by Congressman Kin- kald. The cattlemen of the western part of the state , so far as can bo as certained , are in favor of the bill. The , bill as Introduced by Congiess- man Kinlmlel provided that the mam moth tracts of sandhill country in western Nebraska shall bo leased out to cattlemen , going to the highest bid der , In an unlimited quantity , and that the lands shall bo fenced by the ten ants , i Congressman Lacey of Iowa , who Is chairman of the committee that has charge of the bill , has introduced a bill of the same sort , but limiting the number of acres that shall bo let to any man at 3,200. Mr. Cornell , as was reported In Saturday's telegraphic re port , objected to this bill on the grounds that it was not adequate In that 3,200 acres arc not enough to al low a man to make a living , and that in Cherry county there are now 200 herds occupying the entire county while under this law , these same 200 herds would have but one-third the county to feed on , which , he claims is not enough. A letter ptintod In an Omaha paper last week from someone In the east ern part of the state objected to this bill on the ground that the fencing provision would drive out the smal man , as he could not afford to fence his lands. The News has received n letter from a prominent "small cattle man" of western Nebraska , who an swers this argument by saying that the fences arc just what the "small * man does want , as well as the big man. "The fences are absolutely essen tial , " ho writes "In the first place wo can not get credit at the bank un less our herds are under fence. We must have credit in order to borrow money with which to handle our cat tie. The banks won't loan on a hen that is milling aiound over the range Years ago there \\cro no fences am herds mixed on the plains. Till mixed the breeds and it was Impossl bio to imptovo the standard of th breeds. I have recently bought a hlgl priced bull for my herd. What is tlu result Jf my cattle are all turned lee * on the plains ? It is not the "big man to be benefited by the lease bill more than the small man. The smal man can't affoid to herd his cattle i he has but 100 or 200 head. The re suit is , if ho has no fence ho is drive out of business. "The untaken lands next the home steads are ol no use except for gra ing and not good for that unless thor Is running water in them and meado\ land with which to provide hay for the winter. "The Kinkaid homestead bill was the worst blow ever dealt to western Nebiaska. Homesteaders can't make a living on these lands by farming. They tried and failed years ago. They can i do It even with unlimited gov ernment land adjoining , so how could they elo it with the addition of only 480 acres. This was a piece of rail road legislation to get poor people into this country to lose what little money they do have. "In my opinion the only way this problem can ever be settled will be b means of a fair lease bill. " BUYS NEW HOME. One of New Houses Built by A. J. Durland Goes to Thomas Patras. Thomas Patras purchased a home of A. J. Durland on South First street jesterday and is moving into it today from his old home on North Eighth. WILL SHUT OFF WATER. Consumers Who Do Not Pay Bills toils City by April 1 , Will Lose. tom The city water will be cut off from every consumer who does not pay his r\ \ water rent by April 1. Water into missloner Mrummond has decided to take this stringent step because of the difficulty which he has met with In trying to collect rentals from n number of users of city water. More i than $500 In rentals Is outstanding and the users Ignore the bills sent them. With the consumeis who have meters , hills nave neon met promptly in cases. It Is those using the flat rates who have become delinquent. About one-third of them have paid no heed to their bills. Many of them have been sent four or five notices to pay up or have their water cut off , but they have paid no attention to it As a report of the water commls sloner must bo made out on April 1 ho desires to liavo his collections up. If collections cannot bo secured by any other means he Intends to force them. The flat rate consumers who have not paid , received their bills on November 1. These were for the pre ceding half year and the next half year's water rent Is about duo so that , thoj do not settle up the city will ese an entire ye > ar's water rent from hose ceinsumors It is te > remedy he > ao conditions and to guard against continued abURo em the part of con umors that the water will bo turned iff where the tout Is not paid by April DR. M'KNIGHT IS APPOINTED. Brown County Commissioners Accept Bates' Resignation. Alnsweirth , Nob. , March 7. Special e ) The News : The county cemimls- loners met ycstetday nftornexm and loeoptod the le'Sdgnutlon of Luke M tatos and later appointed Dr 11. P. MoKnlght of Ixmg Pine to till the acancy. The conimlsMlonois at pros- 'tit ' ate ns follows' Flunk Lesslg , lOd Mexiro and Or McKnlght The commlssdonciH also apK | > lntod V J Wnrrlek as justice eif the peace or Alnswenth precinct. SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS MORE TO THE GOOD TODAY. CEMEN WORKED ALL NIGHT ce House at Sugar Factory Is Being Filled by George Stalcop Oertwlg Began Hauling This Morning Ice Thin But of Good Quality. The Ice situation Is growing bright- or. Today there are n half a thousand tons of Ice more In the Icehouses of Norfolk than there were yesterday , and each day of freezing weather will see an additional COO to 800 tons stored. Thrco Icemen are straining every effort to fill their houses and provide for the coming summer. Yes terday they all got started at the work and today are In full swing. The Ice , too , while quite thin , is of excel lent quality. Yesterday deorgo Stalcop put two and a half layers of Ice from the bay ou Into the sugar factory Icehouse , which ho was stopped from filling a week ago by n sudden turn In the weather. Oertwlg started hauling Ice from Docho's slough this morning to his new icehouse on First street. At Waldo & Dlllonbeck's pond the work of harvesting ice was kept up from early yesterday morning until 4 o'clock this morning. Working un der the flare of arc lights both on the pond and in the ice house the harvest went on as rapidly as In daylight , and when they quit for the day they were soveial hundred tons better off than when they started Monday morning. The work of harvesting ice on all of the ponds , goes much more slowly than usual because of the thinness of the Ice , but the quality Is better than that put up earlier in the winter in most cases. NEW ICE HOUSE BUILT. Two Retail Firms Build House of Own and Fill With 500 Tons. A now Ice house was built In Norfolk - folk Saturday by independent parties to protect themselves against the ice shortage which Is promised for next summer , and tonight the new ice stor age will be filled witli 500 tons of froz en water , taken from King's slough. The now Ice house was built by E. D. Kauffmann and Irvin & Melcher , and the Ice housed In the building will bo used by them next summer. Irvin & Melcher will use their share of the Ice foi their meat market and other parts of their store and Mr. Kauffmann l use his share for ice cream and his bakery. The new building Is eighteen feet high and 21x10 In width and length. ts capacity is 500 tons. Tliitry-three men worked at the Ice : house , getting It built , on Saturday and this largo force was rushed on the pond ploughing ice all day Sunday and Monday. By tonight It Is thought he entire half thousand tons will be put up. A Son. A son was l > orn to Mr. and Mrs. IT. ii.h IJ. Swett yesterday at her home north- fast of the city. RUN AWAY AGAIN. Team of Gottlieb Rohrke Took Anoth er Lively Spin Today. The team belonging to Gottlieb hn Ue > hrko of Hadar , which ran away on Norfolk avenue several days ago , took another spin through the city today and went down to the Junction before - fore they wore captured. BOGUS INTERVIEWS ANNOY POPE Three Alleged Sta'tements From the Pontiff Denied as Spurious. Spurious interviews with the pope . are causing his holiness the greatest anm > yance , says a Home cablegram. Three of those have appeared In the course of the week. The longest and most astonishing was in the London Daily Express. It occupied two ce > lumns on the first page and was adorned with a double column "scare" head. It purported to gho the pope's views on the delicate question of France's papal relation. The two other Interviews were less extraordinary , but they ostensibly un folded quite fully the holy father's views respecting many Important mat ters It is alleged that none of these conversations took place. The Vatican authorities will Issue a warning to the Catholics of the world that utterances attributed to the pope In alleged Interviews must bo regard ed with the deepest suspicion. OMAHA PAPER SAYS BONESTEEL TRAIN TIME CHANGES. NO FOUNDATION FOR STORY The Report that the Bonesteel Trains Will Run Earlier and Leave Omaha Later is Denied at Northwestern Headquarters Here. The repent of the Omaha Weirld- Herald to the effect that tinliiH fiom Mone'stoel and Norfolk will , after April I , tun Into Omaha e-atllor and leave later at night , Is absolutely wltlmut foundation and IH unit no. No change will be made , whatever , In tlio run ning time of the Monostool eir the Mlnck Hills trains. This Htiitoment was given out from'tho Northwestern hondquaUors hero to The NOWH today , when Superintendent Hoyneilds WIIH asked in regard to the steiry. The World-Herald railroad edlteir had been taking the wrong kind of dope , | when ho wrote the story , nfl IH evidenced by the fact that ho IIIIH bunched 1 lloncstcol , Norfolk and the Mlack Hills all In on the same lino. { Ho probably heard that the Oakdak- train will run Into Omaha earlier and leave later and his llmltoel knowledge of the extent of this country prevented a mom accurate report than that dished up by the Omaha paper. The report Is absurd In view of the fact that the Iloncstcol trains now leave 1 that point at midnight and have but a few hemrs layover as It Is. It will bo Imimsslblc , considering the distance from Honesteel to Omaha to give the same favorable cemdltlons tei Omaha met chants as are onje > } od b } those of Norfolk. Tlio Omaha Worlel-Herald says : The Neirthwestern proposes , em A pi II 1 , to make a change In the time' e > f trains No. 102 and 105 , between Omaha and the northwest Norfolk. Horn-steel , Rapid City , Deadweiod , Lead and others. It Is said that these trains will be so changed that they will bo of much great benefit to Omaha merchants , As the time now stands the train comes In from the northwest at 10:1)5 : ) e > 'clock a. m. and goes out at 2:50 : p. m. Its arrival In the morning Is tex > Into for the last mall delivery In the city In the morning. Consequently the merchant does not get his mall from this train until about 2 e > 'cleok In tlio afternoon. That is too late practically for an answer that day. Now If ( hcso trains are changed so that the arrival will bo eailler In the morning , and the departure later In the evening , the Omaha man can te- colve mail from that sectlein and an swer or fill orders the same day. Changes contemplated by the Noith- western , It Is promised , will bring about tills desirable slate of affalis , and the business of the jobber to the noi th west along the lines of the North- westein will bo greatly facilitated. BUSINESS CHANGE AT MADISON Store Is Bought by Stock Company of Farmers News of Madison. Madison , Neb , March (5. ( Special to The News : Tlio store formerly owned by M. F. Thomas and which had late ly been run by John Lcnn of Allen , has been sold to a stock company , meist of the stock being subscribed by farmers. The store will lie clensed the remainder of the week. This move is made to meet the changing conditions. Frank Scheer and Miss Lena Den- ntnger were married at tlio Green Garden Lutheran church yesterday. The bride is the oldest daughter of Ilov. Dennlnger , the groom Is a son of Valentin School , a woalthj German farmer. They will make their homo on a farm six miles west of here Mis Mrakc and little son of Norfolk visited witli Mrs. Evangellno Dodge heie yesteiday. Robert Cato , sr. , has sold his barber - be-r shop to Hert Taylor , who took pos session teidoy. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rnrnlmni of Norfolk were Sunday guests of Mr. Field anel family. PROPOSED NEW ROAD. Line From Canada to the Gulf Might Strike Norfolk. Some local interest attaches to a report from Hlghmore , S. D. , Ixjcause of the fact that Neirfolk would prob ibly bo in the line of the proposed north and south railroad which It men tlons. The report says that there was 'ncorporated ' In Pierre on March 1 a $50,000,000 rallioad compan > and a 1:10,000,000 : construction company. The former has the name , by Its charter , of the Canadian Southotn railroad , in el the latter Is the American Con- httuction company. The local Incor- irS. peirateirs are E. A. Jacobson , H. S. Andeison , A. P. Sawyer , Low W. San- dvs and Mlle Mrown. After the In corporating papers were filed with the secretary of state a meeting was ' called at the Locke hotel , at which time W. E. Howsey , of Muskogco , I. T. , was made a member of the board and also afterward vice president In both companies C. M. HawIIngs of Kansas Cu > , also was made a mem ber of the board and the treasurer of both companies. 'Inn line of railroad from Canada to t..o . gulf , It will bo remembered , was agitated most actively some flf Jlfa teen to eighteen years since by a strong farmer element in the west , but nothing definite , or at any rate of public moment , ever developed from the aqltatlon. Afterward , and some > nine pioMoiis to the death of the Into .IIIIIIOH ( \ llliilno , cettaln mcitmitoH wore Introduced In congtcHH In which eeiiiHldorablo HUIUH eif tronoy worn ap proprhtle'd for the development of the same enterprise that IH. n line fiom Canada through the great uhoiit bolt < f the United Staled and Hotithwaid through Mexico and Central America Into South Ame'ilca ; and while desul tory roM | > rlH litno at vnrlotm times found their way Into public pilnti' rel ative to the posHlblo continuation of the same * worn , \ol It HCOIIIH that tioth Ing effective wits acreimpllHhed. In the event that the Notlhwoslciu line now building uimlwntd to Itaplil ( "Itv IH lei beceuue the tilllmato dlioct continental connection with the Pa olllc potts , then ( ho oioMstlng eif thlH gre > at noith and south line at Plorro would coitalnly inaKo of thin town , since II IK the permanent capital of the stale and occupies logically the ceirrecl geographical distributing vant age point , one of the best cltlCH In all if the noithwest. My HH arllcloH eif Incorporation the pie'Hont le'tigth eif the road IH OHtlmat- oil at 1,100 mlloK , and In HH pannage thieniuli Heiitth Dakota It ItavoiseHono eif tlio rlche'st re'glons In the * greatest wheat bolt In the world. What It weiuld finally bocemio as a great fe'od- or te ) I ho powerful east and WOH ! llne'H Is beyond the OHtlmatlem eif even the great out rallioad men. itn terminal In the north being the slatting point of the world's wheat mipply , and UH terminal In the seiuth being the Hlilp plug peilut eif I ho weirld'H wheat upon thei nigh seas , would make the tralllc * of those roads onoinienis almost be > vend ceimputlem. After the ele'ctlem of dlie'ctorH it leaked out and was confirmed by one of the men proHont that the syndicate which has had this Inteiest In con lied secured , IOHH than a week age > , the e'titlio iiHsetH e > f the Omaha , Kan HUH Central and Gulf railroad , the price paid being $1,01)0,000 ) PRINCIPAL USE OF THE REGION WILL DE GRAZING. ANNUAL RAINFALL IS 13 INCHES Climate Is Too Arid for Raising Crops Without Irrigation The Only Set tiers Now In the Ceded Portions are a Few Indians. The ceded poitlon of I lie RhoHhom Indian reservation to lie ( hiown opot to settlement this summer IH the are1 ! lying north eif Wind ilve > r ami oaHt en Pope Agio and Mlg lleitn rlverH. It lies In the neirthorn-eontial portion ei Fremont county , Winning , and in eludes also a Htnall cemier of Mlg I Ion county , adjoining Hlg I loin canyon south of Thermopeills The total am In about 2,000 Hiiarn | miles The 1101 them third of llilH ntoa lira In tlio Owl eiook anil Shoshone nioiiiiliiliiH and tlio Houthoiii portion oomptlsoH a | wide ai ( > a of tolling pliiliiR in tin Wind i Ivor luiHln Tlio an-a IB hot doi oil on the month ol Wind liver am Its eastern margin IH ciossod liy tin Mlg Hoin rlvor. Those HttoaniH carr > u huge volinno of water and How ii nariow but Hat bottomed valloyH along which there IH a moderate acic ago of land which is Immediately val iiublo for agrieulluic. Rainfall Only Thirteen Inches. With a mean average lalnfall of about thirteen Inches a > oar the cli mate IH too aiid tor the mining of eiops without litigation , lint a large amount of water In the two laigo liv ens IH available for this use Along tlio bottom lands bordering the ilveis i lie water can be taken euit In Htnall dllclicH , although , owing to the spring HoodH , there will he dlflh'iilty In main taining these and especially their headgatcH , so the amount of land that can be Inigated by this means is small. By the construction of Irriga tion canals , however , wide areas of ( lie basin lands could be brought un der cultivation , especially If the flood waters of the mountain slopes could be stoied for gracing , and this un doubtedly will be its principal use. Fully two-thirds of the land bears a fair growth of nutritious grasses and water for stock is within reach , ex cepting In a few districts. Gold and Coal. In portions of the Owl Creek moun tains granites and ahsoclated schists are exposed which contain gold and other ores , which may possibly occur in sulllcient amount to be of economic impottance , while In the southern end of the Shosbono range , which constl tutos the northwestern corner ol the ceded area , there may possibly be found a southern extension of the mln oral value of the Klrwln region. Coal deposits occur in the center of the. ceded area , and although probably they may not merit extensive working they will afford a useful local supply , The only settlers now in the coder area are a few Indians and white met who have married squaws , and the ranches of these persons are widely scattered along the rivers and on the creeks near the foot of the mountains A report on the geological formation of a portion of this area will be Issued shortly by the United States geologic- al survey. Fire Loss , $2,850. The flro loss at the Chicago Lumber Co. was adjusted yesterday and amounted to $2,850. Daughter. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Drulnor Sunday evening. NORFOLK LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY IN DEST CONDITION. A GOOD DIVIDEND 18 DECLARED At the Annual Meeting of the Elkhorn Viillcy Life nml Accident Insurance Compnny Held Ycsterelay , Affnlra Proved Superior to Many Big Oncn , The policy liohlois of the lOllilioni , lt'e and Aicldeiit h.suiance compatn net . \ cHloidii.aflciuoon . In Hie olllccii nif ifh the compan.\ for the annual dec ifh of dliectors and the loading of lie annual tepnilH A small nunibei if policy holdeiseio picHont and ( ho emiiluderere lopiOHonlod with pmv OH The teporl of the IIUHIIICHH for ho PIIH ! > ear WIIH consldeied very ( > 'ticoiiiitglng ' , especially Inlow of the Hliotl Illteeii moiitliK that the com- uitiy HUH been In luminous The lepoit showed that the ratio of idmllted IIHNOIH to llnhllltloHIIH , $1 Hi , while the inerago of forty leading sluhllHliod couipatileH In the country IH compiled by the Spectator hi but 111 Font of these companion ex- oed the showing of the local company uul four ittpial It , tne lemalnder fall tig below It. The money loaned by the company s beating an aveiago Inteient rate of 'i'/j ' Per cent and IH all on Mrs ! limit- Utigi'H not oM'oodlin ; twe.itllvo per wnl of the value of ( ho propctty. Dividend on Policies. II wan voted to pay a ( i per cent llvldend on all policies writ ( en In I ! K ) I. This IH the Hi si dividend which IIIIH been paid on any policies of the company and IH on all policies willten during ( | , the llrst > ear of the company'ii existence. The IncrcaHO In I > UHIIOHH | for the year over I lie preceding year wan Ifi per cent on both number of pollclen and Ihi'lr face. Tlio dliecloiH ( dected wote Dr. P. II. Halter , T K. Memmlnger , Madison ; J II Mn > laid. H. 12 WllllaniH ; .lack KoenlgHleln ; Unit Mnpeit ; Kdward H. Mltlelsladl , Liiuiol ; .lOHeph ( ' Onhorn , llattle Cteek ; Dr. I1. II. Morse , Win nor. nor.The The executive committee consists of .1. II. Ma } hud , .lack Koenlgsteln and It. 10 Williams ; the llnaiico commit tee of Dr. P. II Halter , T. F. Mem mliiger and Hull Ma pun. The otlleorH elected by the board of dlieelois me : lr P. II. Halter , pies- Ident and medical director ; T. F Memmlnger , vice president ; .1. IJ Ma\lai < l , second vice ptesldent and aiulltoi ; U 10. Williams , Hecietaiy ; .lack KoenlgHleln , ticamuoi ; Hint Mapes , couiiHol. WEDNESDAV WRINKLES. Dr. I ton r went up to Heisklns thlfi morning. lion. W M. HoboilHon Is In Omahi on business 10. A. Mullock went to Sioux City this ' moinlng. J. 10 Hamilton of Ileisklns is In the cltv em business. Orion Potter of Fait fax IB In the e city on business. HOI man Koch of Stanlem Is In the city em business. C. S. Mildge wont te > Plain view en II business at noon. John H. Hays has gene to Omahi II for a couple of days. I. M. Macy will go to Sioux City or 11 business tomoirow. C'lty Attorney Weatherby went to Omaha this morning. Mutt Mapes and M. D. Tyler went tr Omaha this morning. ( ' I ! Se-otl came1 down from O'Noll oste > rd.ty on business August Deck of HosKliiH was in tin in on business yesterday Miss Selnm Miaasch has gone > Ii Wayne to enter the not ma ! Mrs. Eel Mildly has returned fion her ( tip tei Hot Springs , S. D Jack KejonlgHte'ln went to Madisoi em business je'stetday afternoem. Geotge Graves of Wlnsldo earn down last evening on business. O. T Hehaublo of Pllge-r spent las evening In the city with friends. H. F. Taylor came deiwn from Coda Uapldrf on business last evening John Itoth and Joseph Keith of liar Ington spent last night In the cltv. H W Anderson and F. Philips o llosklns stopped o\or night in tli city. Mrs. C. E. Miirnham left for Tlldon this noon to visit with friends until Thursday. Mis. Joseph Schwartz and her son George retuinod from Chicago Mem- a > ovonlng Mrs. A. Dryden and son have re in ned from a visit with friends In Missouri Valloy. Mrs Stevenson of Pierce was in the jlt > today cnroiito to Leigh to vlsll tvlth her husband. C. W. Harper came down from Malnvlcw last night to visit with his son , .1. Katie Harper. Mr.s John Spcllnmn has returned i om Nickerseii , where she had been Isiting with her patents. Mr. and Mrs 1. M. Macy went to Sioux City this morning to attend a photographers' convention. O. P. Shoff returned from Omalia last oenlng where ho had been pur chasing now furnishings for the Ox- tiard. tiard.H. H. L. Harper of Heatrlco spent last night with his brother J. Earlo Har per , while onrouto to the Doncstce1 country. F. C. Ilnllewcgh , accompanied by his daughter Ida , came down from At- kliison this noon to visit with his son C. A. Hallowegh. Mrs. Arthur Pllger of Madison is in Mmfeiiii uniting wllh her motheir. Mrn. \ \ tiDatonpoil \ , and heir idHterH , Mm. ( tenile and Mr . Odlorno , Mi" l.lllle Pinker-Hcolt will upciul Kuiiuht ullh her bteilhor , Dr. f1 fl , ParKot while nntouto ( o Plain view , whole iihe will vlHlt her fnther HcJ. . I Piiiker who has been III for so\etal WecltH TinliiiiiiiHler 10 O. Mount has 10- titiued fiom ( hi * woHletn end of tlio Hlale , wheie IK * went when Mm Ninth woHloin'H liiiltui became mailed liy the hlls/iiid Ho was out In the Htoitn fin I In re iliivs. Ho nays Hint ( ho dilflH \\eie very deep hut that tlio \\enther wan uiiim so that Iheio wan no iiulTeiliig on nccoiint of the HOIIII | MNH | FHO | | Cnne entertained a nitin liet nf filomlu nl linr lininii In the liiiicllou hiKl evening em the occasion ol her lihthday. MIH F PnliiiH left for ( " 'lioycmio , Wyoming , M'Mloidii ' } noon upon the lecelpl of a leleitam ; announcing tlmt her mother was thing LyiminViileinian , wlio IH pushing the now Midland Cenltal rallioad from Spaiildlng to Spiltigvlow , IIIIH moved his lieadiiiailoiH | fiom O'Neill to New- poil Maillu Spin ll of Not folk , who to couth moved Into the city with VlH biothor , W F Spoin , from iimil route No 1 , IH planning to outer a barber college' In Omaha within the next f w dayH. Tlio month of March In Itiiolf again. Fair weather ilawneil thin morning , Mother Km III IIIIH boon dlnrobod of her imow blanket and the ) weather wire HII.VH thoio will bo n fair day to monetw. "The lonomoon" | will bo the at traction at the Auditorium tonight. The play comes with an excellent com pany and IH mild to lie Mini e'hiHH It IH probable that a full house will grrot tlio performance. The Tilnlty Social guild were vi'ty delightfully onloitallied lant. ovenliiK by MIsH Din toll at hot suite In tlio P < ilton block. A pleaiianl nooliil evenIng Ing WIIH spent , after which dollcloim iorioHliinonlH woie Horvod Lumber went down on Norfolk nv etiue al an oaily hour IhlH moriiltiK when Mr. Ix o , who wan dilvlng west over ( he rough HtteetH , lemt all of the lumlier that wan loaded In his wagon. Ho loaded the ; long hoard ! ) back Into the wagon box and lumber rode went at par again. Noifolk fiiemlH will bo ploaned to leain of the steady Improvement In condition eif MIH. Ge-orgo A Lalltncr al Hpokane' . A lolte'r was recelveulto day fiom MHH ! Maltle Davenport , who nrrlvod there safely , staling that MrH. Latliner Is Impiovliig rapidly and that Ihoio Is eve'ry chancei feir her roeeiv eryA A letter iccelved IhlH morning by Mis .1. W. Iliimphiey freim MrH. I. C. Meveis , nays Hint Dr. MoyoiH , who imderwent a Hinglcal operation In an Omaha hospital for appendicitis A week ago , Is getting along In excellent Hhapo and expeclH to bo out of In d next Sunday. The lliHt IHHIIO of the Sluatt Advo cale ban made Its appeantnce. The paper Is neat In pogiaphlcal maltu up , of iinlijiio id/o and Hlinpei and Itn editor , It A llaskliiH , Hays be Inle ndn to malce II succeed Mr HaHkliiH for meily worked In the newspaper bunl ness at Spencer and A n oka. 10. H. Lulknrt , the Tllden banker who was lecently operated upon for nppondloltlH , has now romple'loly recovered - covered fiom the e-ffects of the opera ( Ion and IH in good health. CJny Itariies eif this city , who liad been fill ing the vacancy during Mr. Lulkart'i absence' , will remain In the bank at Tllden piobably all Hummer. Thei water e'onriilss'oner's ' olllce H tlreaih leaping lesnlts fiom the an- ncitiiic'omonl that the city water will be cut off A pi II 1 I torn HIOKO who liavo not paid Iholr wate-r rent. Ho only made the announcement Monday uii'l I lie collections for today have been larger than those of the ave rage week lOach mall lias brought in remittance. ! from dellmiuent users of the city wn- ter and the' water fund promises soon to ha\e a much heavier balance The Norfeilk members of the com pany which was formed to buy Texai farm lands seuno years ago and which went Into the hands of n receiver a few months ago , do neit Irnpc to get much of anything out of the deal. Those who wanted to get as much back as possible , turned In their cer tificates of stock hut It Is feared hero that after the sifting is done there will bo little money loft. There wcro some twenty five or thirty Norfolk people Intetested In the concern anel they paid In from ? 50 to $300 or $100 en cli. Aleck Snvder , a farmer living two miles southwest of Warnervlllo has a Mowing well under his house , which broke through the ground recently. Mr. Sjndor was pioparlng to build an addition to his house , when the well suddenly broke through the ground and sent up a considerable How of water that gurgles and bubbles up continually from the ground. The low Is sufficient to make a good-sized creek and Mr Snyder Is now moving ils house nwny from over the well and will build the addition to the house at a less wet place. MAY CALL PASTOR. Second Congregational Church May Retain Rev. P. F. Murphy. Ilov. P. F. Murphy , who preached at the Second Congregational church , will conduct the services again next Sunday after which the congregation will decldo whether to give him a call. Ho comes from Wisconsin , whore ha has been uniformly successful Ju church \sork. Today ho loft for Ne > ligh to visit with an old classmate of his.