THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , AUGUST 10 , IDOli , The NoiloiK Weekly News-Journal The Sown. KMnbllnhetl , 1881 , The Jniinml. KtnlllniPil. ) ISir. THE COMPANY \V. N. N. A. Swrolnry Hvcry Kridny. l | Untori'il lit tlio pontoillpo nt Norfolk , in tl r. ToleDhoiios : IMIlorlnl Ooimrtmenl , No. 25 lUlnlilo.li Olllro ntnl Job IlooinH , No. H 22. _ It Is n couilltlon , not a theory , Unit Norfolk Is up against. lustiucted congressional delegations In this district mi to dalo. with their number of votes , uro an follows : Judge Hoytl Antelope 17 , Mnillsou 21 , Wayne 111. total ntV. : . W. Young Stanton 8 ; .1. .1. McCarthy 0. Mr. McCarthy didn't not any wilier The NOWH olllco on this visit to Nor folk than ho did on any of IIH ! visits dnrhiK tno several yours directly lol- lowliiR the tlinn when this paper was plunged Into a $0,000 llhol s\ilt \ for his unite , tie consistently steered shy of this olllco both before and after. Congressman MfCaitliy , by the end of his present term , will have received $20.000 fioin this nation for aorvleo that ho hasn't rendered to the Third congressional district. Congressman Pollard drew money for a period of time preceding his election. Each got something for nothing ono before and the other after he was elected. Apparently Norfolk Is unanimously In favor of ro-ostnhllflliing " Industry In the sugar fac.tory. Hut no town can accomplish this sort of progress while Its mind Is In an uproar over disadvantages that arc HH lot and which It can't remedy. Concentration Is needed If Norfolk Is to go ahead. The sugar factory ought , Indeed , to bo re-established. Hut no community can build up and tear down at the same time. Among the other things which Con gressman McCarthy fulled at , but which ho Is going to try to push through next year , according to Wash ington dispatches. Is "a bill for the relief of Nyo-Scbnoldor company. " AVe don't know Just what relief the Nye-Schnolder company was in need of , but this ahows that Mr. McCarthy did not devote every bit of bis time In Washington to the Interests of the common poe-pul , ns ho would have us think , anil It may also show why ono Fremont faction loves him BO. * The News 1ms always boon willing nnd will always bo willing to make a light for anything that will help Nor folk and which there Is a reasonable prospect of gaining. It believes that agitation Is out of order when there Is absolutely no prospect of winning the point desired , and when that agitation can not fall , In ono way and another , to Injure Norfolk. Ono of the most injurious effects Is the fact that hope less Internal Irritation on Impossible theories , prevents the town from unit ing In building up along lines that are possible. Norfolk Is ready to unlto in an ef fort to develop for the upbuilding of the city , any plan or Idea which has even a reasonable prospect of success. Norfolk Is not willing to devote energy and money and time , or to risk what industries wo now have , In fighting for a concession which Is apparently out of roach and to gain which not oven the most ardent advocate , after years of study , has been able to point out a possible method. Norfolk Is more ready to tackle a constructive idea with a hope of success than a destruc tive scheme which Is , under present conditions , absolutely hopeless. The News admits It Is prejudiced. It is prejudiced In favor of Norfolk. It Is partial to the Idea of building np the city along lines that are possible , rather than batting our heads against a stone wall and gaining nothing. The News believes that If roads open to Norfolk's progress had been traveled for a score of years with as much zeal ns some have devoted during that tlmo in trying to batter down gates that N are locked nnd too high to climb , the city would have been several miles to the good. And since there Is nowhere a key with which to unlock the gates , oven though that unlocking would ad mlt us to lanes of gold , nnd since there Is apparently no prospect what ever of there being" key In the near future , why not for the time being take 1 the roads that are open to us roads i 1 which we know can not only bo trav rt eled but which will lead us to much better pastures than we now enjoy ? Those who spread constantly to the public gaze testimony with which to r , prove that Norfolk is oppressed by the GJ railroads , declare that the now rail- pi road rate law , which was passed by t > the last congress and which goes Into effect next January , Is lacking In so 'ufar us relief to Norfolk Is conceined. * * - They claim that the new law will not ° kforce the railroads to change their Pfrelght rates Into Norfolk. Since the tejconcesslon which Is claimed to be Nor- BiUolk's due , can not be forced from the 'railroads , and since antagonism can lo no iood ; but may do much harm for Norfolk , It would seem that the thing for Norfolk to do Is to turn Its efforts toward possible and available prog ress , nnd build up Instead of tear down. The NOWH has all that It owns In Norfolk. Norfolk's progress means a lift for The News Just as for all other business Institutions and properties In the town. It might bo Just ns well , therefore , to give The NOWH credit for common horse sense enough to bo ad vocating a policy which It believes will benollt rather than retard Norfolk. Wo take II that there Is not ti business man In thin community who would de liberately do anything that would hold down the town's progress. There nro simply differences of opinion as to what ought to bo done In order to go ahead. Those who bollovo that fron- "led Industrial antagonism In a hope less effort to got concessions to which wo may bo entitled but which they thoniHolves admit are out of roach , have failed after llftoou years of con stant agitation to point out any way of landing the prl/.o. The News be lieves that Norfolk would profit by turning our energies Into paths that are open to us Just now and that there will bo tlmo to make an effort for con- i-OHHlotiH which nro now Impossible , when now conditions may have brought these concessions within our grasp. In the meanwhile , let us get busy and do some of the many things thnt can bo done nnd ought to he done and which will help every business man In Norfolk. THIS PLAN MADE GOOD. Crowds resembling a circus throng arrived In Norfolk this morning to at tend clothing sales that are now being hold. Many came from a distance of tlfty miles and some came from as far away ns 125 miles to tuku ad vantage of the special bargains being offered. At the store whose sale had been most extensively advertised , thirty-live salespeople proved Incapable of hand ling the purchasers and' It was neces sary , because of the crowds , to close the doors every ten minutes nnd to keep them closed until the crowd then Inside had been wnlted on. Norfolk Dally News , December 7 , 1901. The News contends thnt Norfolk has a splendid opportunity to expand In n retail way , and the sales that wore hold during the month of December , 1001 , demonstrated this fact beyond a shadow of n doubt. The Item quoted above In no way exaggerates the size of the crowds which Hocked to Nor folk on December 7 , the opening day of the sales. Probably more business was transacted by Norfolk stores on that day than on any other day In the history of the town , as most of the mer chants surpassed all previous records on thnt occasion. The Incident Is brought to mind at this tlmo for the purpose of showing that a bargain day Idea , If properly planned nnd orgnnlzed by the Com- morclnl club , nnd supported by the merchnnts , could bo mndo n winner. This Is ono of the plans thnt can bo successfully developed for the benefit of Norfolk. It Is not a dream nnd It Is not out of rench. THE TILDEN IDEA. The business men of the town of Tlldcn have arranged for a Inrgo cele bration nt that place tomorrow , given expressly for the entertainment of the farmers from the surrounding terri tory. Rev. J. F. Pouchor of this city hns been Invited to make the day's address. There will bo entertainment plus from morning till night , every thing will be free for the farmers , good spirit will prevail nnd the people upon whoso trade Tllden is built up , will go homo nt night feeling n whole lot bettor townrd the business Inter ests of the town thnn they otherwise would. A Norfolk firm hns expressed a wil lingness to head the list with a sub scription to any move which will start something in the way of entertain ments hold free In Norfolk for the ben efit of the farmers who live around this point and who buy their goods In Norfolk. It Is a plan which can not fall to give good results. It would help Norfolk's Interests -qulto materi ally in the course of a y.ear , by creat ing a closer relationship feeling be tween farmer and merchant nnd by diverting dollars thnt go to Chicago nnd ought to come to Norfolk. Any town in an agricultural country could afford to adopt the Tllden Idea. Tllden will make It pay. Norfolk could make It pay. This Is ono of the things thnt Nor folk could do nnd can do , nnd one of the things that Norfolk ought to bo doing , Instead of wasting good energy on barking at the moon. THE SITUATION IN NORFOLK. Waste not jour Hour , nor In vain pursuit Of This or That rndeaumr and dispute ; llcttcr bo Jocund with the fruitful Grii | > eThan Than sadden after none , or bitter , Fruit. Omnr , Norfolk Is not so large a city today as those who came here twenty years ago hoped It would be by this time. In fact , Norfolk has not been gaining In the number of its Industries during the past live years but has , on the contrary , lost some of the institutions which employed labor and helped to keep the city thriving and growing. The city has managed to hold Its own nil along , desplto these losses , but It ins not gene abend ns rapidly as those who have devoted the best part of 'heir lives to Its upbuilding , had noped for. There are , no doubt , n grent many different causes which might be assigned ns responsible , ench In n de gree , for the fnct thnt Norfolk Is not today a city of 15,000 Inhabitants , but probably the most potent factor that la blocking Norfolk's progress today IB n spirit thnt hns crept Into the com munity of tearing down Instead of building up. Fortunately It Is not the entire com munity that Is nllllcted with this Icon oclastic spirit , but ono In a communi ty , who Is nlwnys and everlastingly tearing down , can do moro damage than all of the rest of the community can repair nnd the result Is that Nor folk , constantly Irritated Intornallly , has little strength or enthusiasm nbout going after new Industries and now forms of enterprise that are needed to make the town grow. And even though there wcro the energy and the enthusiasm and the organl/od effort on the part of the vast majority the very fact that there Is In the town over so small a percent age of those who constantly advocate antl-ovorythlng principles , Is enough to frighten away from the place cap ital that might wish to Invest here or Institutions which might seek to lo cate Seeing unfavorable symptoms , these who have the means to Invest and the ability to construct will pass by this community nnd select one In which there Is some assurance at the outset that they will bo met half way by the locality and given loyal assist ance rather than constant IJaylngs. Fren/.led abuse heaped upon Indus tries which are already located in Norfolk , and which contribute largely toward making Norfolk a larger town than Ilosklns or Ilndar or any other trading point , not a county seat , In nn agricultural section , will never make Norfolk a city. Radical criticism against those Insti tutions which are now located in Nor folk , will neither gain desired conces sions from those Institutions nor in duce others to locate hero. The constant stirring up of a policy which threatens and antagonizes all that the community owns In the way of constructive Industry , will not tend to create In the community the health ful , wholesome spirit which is needed first , last and all the time If new things nre to bo gained which will help make Norfolk a bigger and a more substantial city than it is. Norfolk Is a town located in a farmIng - Ing region that Is , for the most pn rich In Its fertility. As n result of Its agricultural environment , Norfolk is entitled to be a community of , say , 1,000 to 1,500 souls. Lacking the coun ty seat , it Is entitled , by virtue of the 'arming area alone , to bo a town some what smaller thnn Stanton or Pierce ir Madison. But Norfolk , fortunately , Is the cen tering point for three lines of rail road. Years ago the Northwestern cnmo through this country , headed for the Black Hills. They offered to build their line up Into the city of Norfolk for a consideration. But there were those In Norfolk at that time who would see a railroad company in China before they would vote bonds. The bonds asked for did not carry. And the Northwestern railroad com pany built their depot a mile and a half south of Norfolk. Two other rail roads came into Norfolk , and held the main part of the town where it stands today. Otherwise the town would have moved to the Junction. At that time the Northwestern rail road could get along without Norfolk , but It has been a sorry day for Nor folk that this city did not make the trade of ° a few thousand dollars for the location of the railroad station up town. By virtue of-the locntlon of these three railroads here , Norfolk was a good place to get In and out of , and it became the homo of a large number of commercial travelers perhaps 500 persons now living hero are Inhab itants of Norfolk because of this fact. I ator the Northwestern railroad company established a division head quarters point in Norfolk. They could hnva done It at Stanton. They nstnb- , llshed the "same sort of a division at Fremont. With the division headquarters - ters came several hundred progressive railroad employes , and the city today has perhaps 1,500 Inhabitants men , women and children from this cause. It would be possible to separate Nor folk and the division headquarters. Thnt is what was done at Fremont , but moro officials were brought here. With 1,500 Inhabitants here because of the railroads , with 500 commorclnl travelers here by virtue of the rail road connections , and with 1,500 by virtue of the farming region round nbout. n city of 3,500 persons results , The other 300 families living here nre here because they can make n living In a town where 3,500 people nre to be fed and clothed ami educated , while they could not In a town of a thou sand. And there you have Norfolk as It Is today. During years that have come and gone , Norfolk has had a creamery , n foundry , a cold storage plant and n sugar factory. For ono reason or another , these Industries , nil of which contribute to the building up of the otherwise ordinary town , have dropped out of the game. Through Individual effort on the pnrt of Norfolk men , and desplto lack of organized effort toward an avail able goal , a number of successful bust- nets Institutions which build up the town by bringing In outside business , have demonstrated that the town can grow. Among these are a first class mill , one of the best laundries In the state , wholesale bakeries and Ice cream factories , distributing houses for machinery and other things , the best retail stores In the northern half of the state ninny of which do largo mall order business , tailoring houses that cover largo territory , dairy pro duct commission liousc , loan and trust companies , wholesale houses , hotels , grain elevators , bottling works , physi cians and attorneys with largo out side practice , banks doing outside business , a business collcgo and other schools , dye works , planing mill , news paper nnd printing plants , brick nnd tile works , cement block factories , building contractors , an insurance company , and many other Industries which bring money Into Norfolk from the outside and thus help to build ftp the town. With n scratch of Marvin Ilughltt's pen , practically the only big Industry remaining to make Norfolk more than the ordinary well located town , could bo taken away. From Omaha the op erating wires could bo worked ns well as ffom Norfolk , and' tralncrews could run Just o many trains out of other terminal points as from here. By n changing of time tnblcs , Norfolk could be made so disadvantageous as a center , thnt commercial travelers would bo forced to Sunday and live In other places. And yet an effort goes on , day after day , to create a policy In Norfolk which will threaten and antagonize nn Institution which now pays $30,000 per month Into Norfolk , and which could reduce that amount to $100 with out particularly damaging the Institu tion. In the face of conditions , an effort goes on trying to create a community policy which would pretend to threat en the biggest Industrial factor we have , into granting concessions which , though it Is universally agreed would bo n help to the city , can not possibly be forced by any menns known to man. man.Thoso These who advocate antagonizing everything , admit that under existing laws In the United States it is abso lutely Impossible to drive a railroad company Into granting any better freight rates than are now In force. And yet they would fight. The News believes It is as much in terested in the welfare of Norfolk as any other Institution in the town. For eighteen years It has been trying every day to do what it could to help build up Norfolk. It believes It has contributed as much to that upbuild ing as some of those who advocate tearing down. And from n purely selfish standpoint from a viewpoint which sees only Norfolk's welfare The News believes that Norfolk's fu ture demands that wo devote our en ergies as a town to building up Indus tries that are available and can suc ceed , before tearing down what we have left In n wild , blind battle that , as Is conceded by all as a foregone conclusion , must result against us. If Norfolk wants concessions from this freight carrier which has so much more of a lever over Norfolk than Norfolk has over It , why not , in the name of common sense , go nbout it In a business way , Instead of trying the bully role , and , In case the concession Is not granted which , under the ex isting conditions , it probably will not be then why not , for the sake of building Instead of remaining dor mant , devote the town's organized ef fort toward developing something that Is possible nnd which will keep Nor folk moving Instead of standing still ? No ono denies that lower freight rates would bo welcome" to Norfolk ns to any other town , but on the otlier hnnd no one denies thnt there Is no way to forpo n reduction. Efforts to gnln lower rates , mndo by heavy ship pers of the city In a buslness-llko way , might succeed ; we believe they would fall for the reason that railroads cen tering hpre have not In the past cut their rates , have stated that they would lose money by doing It and therefore would consider a reduction , apparently , as bad business policy from their point of view. And' it is conceded on all sides that there Is no alternative. The News would be only too glad to make a fight for any concession thai there was a reasonable prospect of se curing for the benefit of Norfolk , but It bolloves Norfolk Is not ready to make a fight , for the sake of fighting , when failure to secure the desired end Is clearly foreseen. Today Norfolk has an empty , Idle sugar factory that offers , according to the secretary of agriculture of the United States government , on admir able opportunity for Investment on n paying basis. It was vacated because the company running It had n good chance to boom Colorado land values by nicnn < j of the move , nnd not be cause the plnnt could not bo made to pay In Norfolk. Today Norfolk offers opportunity for a donnturlzed alcohol plant. Norfolk stnnds ns n gntowny to a magnificent field whoso Omaha nnd Sioux City retail trade could be swung to Norfolk by the proper extensive or ganization and united effort. Norfolk Is In need today of an or ganized crusade for making better roads Into the city from the surround ing farms , so that more trade could bo had than Is now enjoyed from that region. Farmers many miles further out could ho made tributary to Nor folk's stores by means of good roads nnd the right kind of advertising. And theio are other things that could bo done to make Norfolk.grow other things which can be done. It Is well enough to nsk for bettor freight rates and do what can bo denote to gain thorn , but even those who ad vocate < tcarliig down the present Nor folk railroad possessions for the sake of shoeing fight , admit that there Is no way of forcing no lighting or threatening or punishing that will ac complish the desired concessions. And so why noi look Norfolk's sit uation calmly In the face , nnd net with common sense ? AVhy not put aside frenzied abuse In an effort to ga'ln for the city what Is , under pres ent laws , as Impossible" to gain as the capital of the United States , and adopt a sane policy , of building .up what can bo built up rather thnn tearing down all that we have left ? Why not get together In an orga nized effqrt , with every business In terest In the city of Norfolk represent ed , toward developing the things that arp right nt our door , first of all ? Why not cut out the destructive pol icy and get together on Ideas that will build. Construction , not destruc tion , Is paramount. CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. Hastings Tribune : Editor Huso , of The Norfolk News , Is making Con gressman McCarthy go some up in the Third district , ns a result of the Ingratitude shown by the politician to the newspaper men. Whether Huso succeeds in defeating McCarthy lu the convention or not he deserves congratulations for the good , clean , open-handed fight ho has con ducted. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. A man should have sense and a wo man taste. Every bore thinks he Is pestered by a lot of bores. People are compelled to smother re sentments at least a dozen times a day When a sick person Is more than seventy , people say : "His age Is against him. " It Is as difficult to secure farm hands In the country as it is to secure hired girls In town. There never was a king , were he not afraid of the queen , who wouldn' lllrt with the cook. ' All good advice has a family resem blance to the good advice thnt one should not drink cold drinks in sum m or. If there is a watermelon in the re frigerator , there isn't room for any thing else there except a hope that 1 will flnallly get cold. "I feej , " said an Atchlson man thl morning who ate too much yesterday "as If I had eaten n dose of brick bats nnd finished the meal on cement grout ing. " Mention that a church has a ver large membership , and some woman \Vho Is a member of a rival churc will say , "That church hns always bee great at proselyting. " There Is one consolation about thing getting as bad as they can get : Yo quit worrying when.they have reache that stage. All the worrying is don when bad luck is getting started you way. When a'natural born housokeepe passes a yard where there are clothe on the line , she takes one look and ca toll afterward how many sheets , pi low cases , tea towels , etc. , her nelgl bor has In the" wash every week. How much can a child hold ? A Atchison family recently went on day's outing , taking two children be tween four nnd seven , nnd n lime basket along. They left at 8 in th morning , nnd when they returned a 7 that night , neither child had steppe eating one minute , nnd everything the nte was trash like peanuts , popcon cookies , etc. Still if they had take sick and died , the preacher In hi funeral sermon would have told th parents that they had done all the could In the way of parental duty , an there was nothing left now but t "submit to the will of the Lord. " Delicate woman will never becom strong , happy , hearty , free from pali until you build up your system wit the neiwe refreshing , blood-makln tonic , Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea Tea or tablets , 35 cents ! Ask you druggist. MUSICIANS OF THE CITY WILL PROBABLY ORGANIZE. MOVEMENT IS STARTED TODAY" All That Is Lacking Just Now Is a Tuba Player Will Ahlmann , on Sug gestion of R. C. Smith , Has Begun a Canvass of the Musicians. A brass band will In all probability > e Immediately organized In Norfolk. \ move looking to that end was start- d today and It Is said that there is very reason to believe It will succeed , 'hero are enough musicians In the city t the present time , It Is claimed , to nake up the entire organization , ox- eptlng a tuba player nnd a man to low this Instrument will bo hunted up t once. If the band Is organized , It vlll be under the leadership of some utsldo bandmaster , as there is no one- n the city who wants to undertake to ead the praying. The first step looking toward the iand organization was tnkqn today by I I. C. Smith , himself n cornet player , vho believes that a band would be need oed thing for Norfolk In more ways linn ono. lie suggested the project to Vlll Ahlrtmnu , whtr has been Identified vlth bands In the past , nnd Mr. Ahl- lann agreed to start out and'see w.hato ould be done with the project. He- ecllned absolutely , however , to as- mne leadership of the iJandtind it was Is opinion thnt n bandmaster must ome from outside of town to make lie organization a success. It Is argued by those who aye push- ijg the organization that' Norfolk eeds n brass band which can enliven he air about town. Band concerts once a week , It Is claimed , would be ns effective ns cement In bringing Norfolk - ' folk people closer'together. It would lend a cheer to the town that can not be gained In any other way. Band music , It is argued , would give an ad- itlonal attraction to the farming riends of Norfolk , who would appro- late the feature fully as much aa ownsfolk. There are bands In almost all of the- mailer towns in Nebraska. At Hadar , a town of sixty-seven inhabitants live miles north of Norfolk , there are two lands , each of them first class. It is said that contributions from the- business interests for the maintenance of a band would not need to be large. Vhether or not the business men of he city will support the institution , , however , is just now the question vhose answer , it Is claimed , will de- ermine whether or not the band is or ganized. Don't you think you'd better let it , When It is raining , rain away , { ' For the sun will be shining bright , If you take Rocky Mountain Tea to night. Ask your druggist. HIS FIRST COUNTY. ; Dixon County , His Home , Will Vote for Mr. McCarthy. Ponca , Neb. , Aug. 8. Dlxon county held her convention at Emerson yester day for the election of delegates to the- state and congressional conventions- The following are the delegates elect ed : To the state convention John D , Haskel , E. E. Shackleford , F. L. Sheep , . George H. Haase , D. A. Paul , W. J. Armour , G. L. Wood , Chris Wischof , ' A. S. Palmer and O. Butter. To the congressional convention Judge F. D. Fales , Dr. J. M. O'Connell , Dr. G. A. Young , Dr. W. W. Elliott , J. V. Pearson , H. J. Linderink , J. D. Has kel ] , H. P. Shumway , Henry Lessman , M. F. Brink , Seymour Smith , E. E. Ellis , George Surber , Dr. W. R. Talboy and Owen McQullIen. The congressional delegation was se lected in the Interests of Congressman J. J. McCarthy. The delegation to the state conven tion was not instructed in favor of any candidate for United States senator but was instructed to insist on a rec ommendation for senator being made- ° f by the state convention. m this Is the first county that has In- mm. . structed for Mr. McCarthy. SHERIFF TO SELL HOMER ROAD. _ Judgments Against it Aggregate Five Thousand Dollars. Dakota City , Neb. , Aug. 9. Sheriff H. C. Hanson at 10 o'clock on August 9 , will offer for sale at public auction all the real estate together with the right-of-way , rolling stock , fles , iron , rails , materials and appliances of what soever nature belonging to the Sioux City , Homer & Southern Railway com pany. The parcels of land Include the Talbot Crystal Lake park and a small parcel of land adjoining Dakota City on the north , formerly the property of Charles S. Hollman. The sale Is"to satisfy judgments aggregating nearly $5,000 obtained In the district court of this county. The following are the judgment holders : E. R. Oilman , $ ' , - 988.19 ; Mechanics' Bank of Brooklyn , $3,892.75 ; Northern National bank of New York. $2,214.50 ; Western Tie and Lumber company , $1,700.20. The prop erty was appraised between $15,000 and $10.000 by Appraisers M. O. Ayres and John H. Ream. If fortune disregard thy claim , Don't hang thy head In fear and shame. But marry the girl you love besj. Rocky Mountain Tea will do the rest. Ask your druggist. The ijian who never tries to trade something he needs slightly for some- things ho needs badly overlooks a "want ad. opportunity. "