TIIK NOIU'miC ' NEWS ; F1UDA Y , OCTOBHK 2(1 ( 1'JOG ,
A. J. DURLAND DESCRIBES AN IN
TERESTING JOURNEY.
HE WENT NORTH INTO ALASKA
Was Pleased With the Timber Pi on-
pccto ant ) Invested Dcscrlhes Sal
mon Fisheries In That Section How
He Sailed for 200 Miles.
IKrnm Snlunlny'H Pivlly 1
A. J. Durlaiid. wlin IIIIH Jusl returned
front a trip to British Columbia nnil
Alaska. when1 lie Invented In Umber
IniiilB. WMH delighted wllli Unit coun
try. Timber vnlne depends on acres-
nlblllty to tnnrUet. Mr. Dnrland also
IHIH great fallb In Washington and Or
egon , because of I belr wealtb and ell-
mate. Italliond activity IH booming
that section now and every place *
seemH to be a quiver with I ho read I-
IICHH to lionin. Two new trunk HHCH.
3,000 tulles long , are being Itnllt across
Canada. On bin trip Mr. Durland Itopt
iv diary which IM of much Interest , an
It tells of a unique Journey through a
fltrango land. Following IH tbo dlnry.
written la tbo form of a letter to bin
family In Norfolk :
AccominodatloiiH for writing are not
the boHt but I am beginning a Hort
of a diary of my trip from Vancouver ,
which If It docH not run too long or
too short I will mall to yon later , prob
ably from Vancouver as I shall prob-
nbly go there on the HI-H ! mall boat.
AH I wrote yon wo left Vancouver
Tuesday the 1 Hh at I p. in. and had
n. moat beautiful trip through the
Island passage all the way among the
most beautiful Islaadfl and Inlets with
occasional whlto peaks peering
through the fogs and clouds. 1 had
expected wo would reach this Island
( Graham ) In three days , but Instead
wo arrived In Port Simpson Friday ,
7 p. m. It rained Saturday , necessar
ily deferring our departure until Sat
urday evening or Sunday. Two In
dlans were procured by Uicrolx ( out
half breed guide ) to take us by a little
schooner , thirty feet In length and ton
foot beam , that he had used once ho-
fore on this trip. This Is a staunch
llttlo boat riding the water llko a duck ,
has a covered deck and a cabin for
ward with a small stove where wo
could sleep and cook very nicely by
part of the diners taking their meals
from the top of the cook house on a
hand-out. I had plenty of room to
sloop but my feet were so close to tbo
hatchway that It was Impossible for
mo to keep warm enough. Wo got
oft at 8 a. m. Sunday morning with a
fair wind for a few hours then It
changed to a head wind so that wo
spent most of the ( line tacking and
only made about thirty miles that day.
anchoring In a pretty cove on the
north shore of the Northerly ntindas
Island. It was a wlerd looking place ,
too , as different as you can Imagine
from anything I ever saw on water
before steep shores , not high , but
black rocks and pebbles with almost
no sand , star-llsh clinging to them on
all sides , odd shaped shells under foot
and scores of shell fish something like
the ahlona fastened to 'the pebbles
which must bo dislodged quickly If
at all. About the only birds , besides
the water fowl of course , In evidence
hero are ravens which are not dis
turbed by anybody. Monday morning
wo got off at S o'clock with a very
light wind until 1:15 : p. in. when we
got a fair wind that carried us along
about live miles an hour. With the
Indians a wind blowing In the direc
tion you want to go is a "fair wind. "
Our captain was a Masset Indian , and
therefore piesumably posted on dis
tance , etc. He said It was thirty miles
across from Dundas island to Hose
Spit , the northeast corner of Graham
Island , and twenty miles from there
to Masset. We sailed along morrllj
after wo got our fair wind , passing
Rose Spit at dark. After supper I sat
with the captain , who had the helm
for two hours enjoying the sail vorj
much. You can very well understand
that with no moon and the stars not
giving much light the water looket
pretty black and deep , but the boat
bowled along so line that It was enjoy
able , the spice of danger not being
peppery. When 1 went in at 10:30 : the
captain said wo would bo there h
about two hours and , having callei
the crew , who had gone to sleep be
low soon after I took my station
though 1 felt that as wo were wlthli
a couple of miles of land , nosing along
In the dark , It would have been as
well for him to have been on the bow
In fact when be did go there ho ex
claimed at once "Unnd , " at which the
captain went forward and seemed to
know whore wo were , though ho
turned her nose Alaskaward at once
I had discovered that the captain dli
not know the north star , nor how to
locate It , nor of the variation of the
compass , all of which were germaii
facts as ho was steering by his com
pass.
Hudson Bay Company.
After the crew was awake and 01
the bow I felt It was tlmo for mo to
retire , though sleep was fitful , as
was uncomfortable from cold , thong'
I had purchased a heavy pair of blan
kets and storm coat at Port Slmpsoi
at the Hudson Bay company store , am
this company , by the way , Is the sam
ono that Irving writes of. Presentlj
the crow came to the front part of th
hold and finally succeeded in Illllnt ,
his lantern. Ho wanted to know the
tlmo and was told it was : : o'clock
The hour surprised mo bomowhal
though I knew from the KOUIU ! of the
water and the motion of the boat Una
wo were not making much progress
and apparently were part of the tune
lu rough water In reply to our quc-s-
OHM BM to our whoieabnutH ho would
ni ul\i much satisfaction , hut wheth-
r fi-tim lack nf knowledKO himself
i from mil want ( UK " to know , wan
ot apparent , and this uncertainly
vlth my cold berth gave me n shiver ;
owever. everything eame out o. k.
ml at I a. m. we anchored In a beau-
Iful Inlet In front of Masset , an In-
Ian town of , say 100 Indians , good
rauie houses , generally iinpalnted ,
lew large school house and church ,
mint of the men speaking English
airly well -our guide on this trip.
'
.Inh'n Smith. " quill- plainly , though
IH Kpeeeh In telling an extended story
Ike the origin of the Indian doctor ,
hrougli a mermaid or llsh , Is a treas-
ire to listen to. lie Is quite fond of
i monologue , lee , and a line simple
ellow. About 7 a. m. we went ashore
i.v a little small boat that we carried ,
o llnd ( ho Inhabitants generally lu
ted , though wo hadn't got half way
IIHMI the one street null ) we had lots
if company mid scion arranged with
'Willie Harding" for breakfast at the
Icnry Udenshoe Ibis Henry , by the
iway , has the store of the town and
H the school teacher , hut at present
s at Vancouver along with a number
if first citizens. I wrote you of the
general appearance of this room and
able In my last letter. The meals
vere served and mostly prepared I
hlnk by .lohn Smith , who Is now with
is , and Wllllo Harding , and were pal-
liable. Wo slept 111 our blankets on
ho Iloor that night and as our general
H slow wo didn't get away until the
text afternoon. The Inlet has a strong
Ide and of course In a sail boat both
vlnd and lido have to bo reckoned
vlth. We camiied Wednesday night
it the mouth of a creek coming to the
nkt and were comfortable. In fact ,
iiir beds are good as wo cut lots of
loughs from the evergreen trees to
nit our blankets on , though with live
neil In an eight-foot bed ( ho middle
nan Is close enough. Thursday we
went up Into the Masset lulu1 and
amped In the trees In a cave near a
cabin and were warmer than the llrst
light when wo had stayed In the open ,
'rlday we came on In here , taking our
llnner at the mouth of the Inlet from
his .llu-tskala lake Into Masse * lake.
We are camped at the head of this
ako , some thirty-live miles from Mas-
set town. The weather has been glo
rious till yesterday It became soft and
got a thorough wetting In a two-
nllo cruise through the brush. This
ed to n llttlo laundering In the after-
loon , Including the tea cup towel. To-
lay the two cruisers and .lohn went
o a lake to the south. We llnd that
Mr. Shannon who , by the way , loft
lere Saturday as wo came Tuesday ,
ook all the timber worth taking
iround the two lakes that communi
cate by boating stream and we have
narrowed our quest down now to two
akes farther south , whoso outlets are
small creeks emptying Into .lul-ts-katta
ind If wo llnd these creeks are not
utllclently large for bringing il.iwn
the logs wo will not go farthr.
hater , fi p. m. , our men returned
saying they found some gooil timber
but creeks Insufllcient , so I suppose
we will turn toward Masset tomorrow ,
teaching there Tuesday. 1 am not
much disappointed In not getting the
claims as I was pretty sure Mr. Shan
non would not leave much. I have
seen his proposition now and will
probably see him in Vancouver , though
have llttlo Idea of purchasing as ho
lolds very high.
Supper of Salmon Eggs.
We > a\e just llnlshed supp. ' off
H'lmon eggs and boiled rice. lohn
shot a handsome kohoso yesterday
ind today he tied his knife toMolt
Hid speared two more , all about the
ane : size , about twelve pound ? , and
ihry are beauties. The llrst evening
\ \ eero here I went to the little creek
wllli him and ho speared two hunch
backed salmon with a stick , hut thts
I didn't enjoy as they are too common.
The kohoso Is the best of the half
dozen kinds of salmon In these wa
ters. In the spearing .lohn got his
llsh both times at the first thrust of
his stick , which I thought was pretty
good aiming. The llsh are crowding
up the creek as much as they can to
spawn In the fresh water , there being
all the time at its mouth. The creel-
Is quite shallow and they can only
get up one or two hundred feet , sever
al hundred , perhaps thousands , and
as I write I hear these flopping about
In the water In play or in their evolutions
lutions in crazy efforts to get up
stream. Many of these are spotted
with bruises from the pebbles and they
run about the same size , say about
two feet long.
I am calling this Hear Camp as we
found a bear trail up from the creek
yesterday that looked like a fresh
cattle path well worn , and today John
found a bear skeleton near Hoar Camp
from which I will bring some teeth.
Skeena River , Friday Morning , S a.
m. My Ink has given out and I pro
ceed with pencil. Yon will probably
bt > relieved to Know that I am on land ,
or at least on a Canadian Pacific
steamer bound for Vancouver , which
wo roach tomorrow evening. I wired
Frank from Port Simpson at 2 this
morning to meet mo at Vancouver and
to write you. I figure that you prob
ably have Just about got my lottoi
written from Massot.
Well , to take up the diary where I
left It Sunday evening. Our explor
ing parties returned rather as I ex
pected , without finding timber , or ,
more accurately , did llnd that the
creeks would not bring the logs from
the two lakes mentioned and did not
go beyond this fact. I was rathei
glad of the finding as I had become
heartily tired of the close companv at
M lulu JIM- men in an eight foot bed
iii tuo c-luio for Indians Anyway. 1
f.-mi'l tb.it Shannon had all the a all
able niuber that Is for transportation
and unli'HH I could gel this would not
wiinl ( he other. If I do get that can
pick up ulint IH desirable of the other
I apprehend though , that Mr. Shannon
will hold IIH | lee high. The Canadians
had come under promise of ten claims
of limber and some mineral prospects
by LaCroIx and were accordingly
somewhat disappointed as I was in not
finding the limber available , so we
agreed to leturn lo Mussel the follow
ing day , Monday. The weather had
been excellent ( hough decidedly cool
nights up to Friday evening when It
ruined qulle hard , also Saturday and
Sunday Intermittently , and this makes
( raveling In heavy brush almost un
bearable Thin added something to
tlinl side of Hie scales. I had been
thinking quite seriously of taking a
Hchoouer back to Kelclilkan , Alaska ,
liiHlea I of nulling for the steamer as
I wrote In case I should get through
wllhln a week or such a matter , IIH I
found after writing you that the Mas-
not Indian had rather better boats , at
least somewhat larger ones than the
Port Simpson , MO upon my return to
MIIHHH the following day , Monday ,
reaching there about ! ) p. in. after a
delightful sail most of the way , though
II would rain occasionally perhaps
three hours altogether of the trip. I
Interviewed the boatmen and made ar
rangements with Captain Anderson
Drown to take me to Ketchlkan for
$ lfi. Ills crew consisted of two men
besides himself , Insead of one as had
( be one who-took me over , and his
mat was fifteen tons , probably one-
mlf larger , about thirty-live feet In
englh by 12-foot beam , but a strong ,
staunch boat that stood the rough seas
without a Hiueak or uroan of timbers.
This arrangement was Tuesday a. in.
mil we were to go out with the tide
that night , which Is very rapid In this
inlet , the rise and fall being In the
Dlxon entrance fully 20 feet , but It
came on to rain and blow a regular
live storm such as 1 have never known
all my life at this time of year , though
it has happened since I have been
liere. I have Inquired of a dozen people
ple about the oqiilnoxlal storms and
to a man they said they had none , and
I bad no Idea we would be able to
start that night ; however , Captain
Mrown I think wanted to get that $ lf >
as noon as he could and early In the
evening said the wind had changed
and that we would go aboard any time
and slip out with Hie tide at 12 mid
night. This we did. I found the call
in much larger than on the other boat.
I could almost stand straight up ami
making down my Hudson Day com
pany bed of oil skin coat anil blankets ,
was very comfortable and soon dozed
a little , though presently I knew we
were In for It as the boat pitched and
dived and rolled until I had to brace
myself In my bunk to stay in It. but
I knew the boat was larger and strong
er than the one that took us over so
nicely. I was warm Instead of having
a chill so was not alarmed except that
I \\as uneasy for fear that we might
be In the I Ide rifts again without wind
and lose so much time as to make us
out the following night , so that I did
not get an > sound sleep until about
r a m. , when the captain , who had
held the rudder , came to bed and I
slept until S o'clock. Going on deck
. found to my satisfaction we were
within a few miles of the Alaska side ,
that we had made a splendid run all
night , and that If the tide did not In-
torftye wo would reach Ketchikan
about noon. Wo did meet adverse
tides , though , and reached It at I p.
m. , making a liMiour sail .instead of
thirty as In going over , distance about
the same. I was pretty glad to got
my No. eights on American soil again ;
was not seasick , though had some
headache all day ; partly Indian grub ,
but more from Jolting of the boat.
You see in a small boat you feel every
wave. I was tired enough to sleep
well that night and , oh , how good the
clean bed seemed and how I enjoyed
It. but felt even yesterday llko I had
been hammered out. I went to Koch-
ikan because I knew I was sure of a
boat there at least within two or three
days , at the Seattle and C. P. H. boats
all stop there. This boat was due
l..10 Princess Deatrlce ) the evening
I arrived , Wednesday , but was de
layed twenty-four hours and came
along at S last evening , so I got
aboard but as everything is full did
not get a stateroom until Port Simp
son at 2 a | m. , but am now very com
fortable.
As I wrote we are at a Salmon cannery -
nory at mouth of the Skeena river ,
loading iriflO cases of salmon , four
dozen cans to the case , making a stop
of about four hours necessary. The
morning Is clear and I hope to get a
better view of the coast as wo go
down. Owing to the mists and clouds
I only got glimpses going up. We are
due In Vancouver tomorrow evening ,
this being a faster boat and not stop-
ping as much as the Camosum. This
takes is hours from Kechlkan to Van
couver.
Saturday morning : Just finished
breakfast as we are leaving Queen
Charlotte sound , the only big water
with one slight exception from Simp
son to Vancouver. This accounls for
shaky writing , but wo are nearly out
of It. This makes a wonderful inside
passage from Skagway to Victoria fol
lowing Island channels all the way
except three short pieces of sea wa
ter aggregating perhaps 100 miles.
While with this boat making at least
twelve miles an hour it takes four
days to make the trip of about 1200
miles and Hie scenery so far as I have
ween it mobt beautiful. Wo have lost
time somewhere MI that wo are now
to reach Vancouver tomorrow , Sunday
morning. It Is three weeks tonight
since I came to Vancouver and I as
sure ymi I need my laundry and this
Frank will bring this evening , though
as I did not wlro him what boat I was
on and the boats keep no wlro con
nection ho will wonder where I am.
lie has rented his house and had a
possible customer for his business HO
lie 'phoned mo the morning I left. I
am wondering when 1 am going to get
through tills business , but of course
don't venture to even guess now at
Its conclusion. I only am sure that
my ticket expires October IU and that
I will not require an extension. I
know I Hhall bo very glad to take the
train for Nebraska and homo and fam
ily thai sounds awfully good. 1 have
been away so long that I am out of
( ouch with what Is going on there , but
can't help thinking about loans and
lands , etc. I hope business has been
going well and ctops have conic out
all right , especially mine. Wo are all
Hellish. It seems a long tlmo slnco I
have heard from you. I hope my letters -
tors tomorrow will tell mo that every
body has been well , as this Is the
llrst thing.
They Play Bridge ,
Most of the ladles failed to appear
at breakfast this morning , though the
sea was not nearly so heavy as when
I crossed to Kechlkan. It would have
been somewhat dllllcult to have writ
ten a loiter on my llttlo sail boat. The
boat has a full complement of passen
gers as I may have mentioned earlier
In this discourse , most all returning
from Alaska for the winter , among
them many nice looking and nicely
dressed ladles. Everybody plays
bridge whist , and I am continually
amused sometimes oven to a degree
of annoyance with their game. Most
of them have no appreciation what
ever of the principle involved , though
near where I sit in a smoking room
on the after part of the upper deck la
a warm coterie that plays all the tlmo
led by a smart Scotchman who en
forces all rules referring often to au
thorities , having two books at hand ,
and all continually slaughter their
bands. For Instance , to show how
closely they know what Is being
played Clark has queen and knave
of clubs alone , his right hand oppon
ent whose hand Is exposed has long
suit of clubs beaded by ace and king
and the king being led very early in
hand Mr. Clark sloughed a diamond ,
then on the ace of clubs the next lead
ho places the jack of clubs and in the
third lead of clubs which follows at
once uses bis quec'ii and takes the
trick. All are blissfully Ignorant in
cluding , I think , Clark himself , of the
transaction though it changed the re
sult of the hand and someone con
gratulated the dealer , who was the
canny Scotchman , on his skillful ma
nipulation of a poor hand. They are
very polite and respectful but guileless
children when It comes to cards.
DRIFTS THREE FEET DEEP IN
WESTERN PART.
IT DID NOT REACH NORFOLK
But a Heavy and Disagreeable Rain
Has Been Falling Since Saturday
Night Ice on the Trees West of
Neligh Telegraph Poles are Down.
[ From Monday's Dally. ]
As predicted Saturday morning by
the weather bureau , the llrst snow of
the season arrived in northern Ne
braska Saturday afternoon and con
tinued throueliout Sunday. In the
western end of the state the snow-
was heavy and trains were delayed by
it. The snow area extends from Deadwood -
wood and Casper to Ininan , just east
of O'Neill , and , on the Bonesteel line ,
is as far east as Bristow. Though the
snow did not reach Norfolk , a heavy
disagreeable rain did come and It is
still on today , having kept up a steady
downpour since Saturday night. A
peculiar feature of the temperature of
yesterday was that the warmest point
and coldest point of the day were but
three degrees apart. It was as warm
as 37 and as cold as 34 not quite cold
enough to freeze. At Neligh the rain
fro/.o on the trees and sidewalks.
In the vicinity of Valentino and
Crawford forty-ulna telegraph poles
went down under weight of the Ice ,
and took wires with them.
At Deadwood the snow fell to the
depth of a foot , and has drifted three
feet. It tapers from that down to a
feather edge at Inrnan.
Reports from Lynch say that all
through Hoyd county the snow fell all
day Sunday , and the air was cold.
The drifts will help the range cat
tle. The train from the west yester
day , duo at noon , was several hours
late because of drifts In the western
part of the state. That train was a
llttlo late today.
Fruit Trees Hurt.
Neligh , Nob. , Oct. 22. Special to
The News : As the weather forecast
predicted Saturday that a decided
change would take place , it arrived In
this vicinity on schedule time. It
started to lain Saturday evening , con
tinuing nearly all night and gradually
growing colder and as the rain fell
it Immediately froze. Yesterday the
trees , telephone and electric light
wires were covered with Ice , in many
places the telephone wires were down ,
causing the usual annoyance In suph
cases. A good deal of damage Is re
ported to fruit trees.
Bristow , Neb. , Oct. 22. The first
snow htorm of the season began yes
terday morning. More or less snow
and sleet fell all day.
You can run your bublncss with too
few emplo.M's you are salisllcd to
make little money or even to lose a
littUBut > ou may be able to date
> niir prosperity from the time you pub
lished some "Help wanted" ads.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC LEADER
NEEDED IN THIRD.
KEEP GRAVES IN BACKGROUND
All Efforts of Democracy In this Dis
trict arc to Draw Public Attention
Away From Real Issues Govern
ment Ownership Theorist Coming ,
[ Fium Monilny's Daily..1
William .1. Bryan , peerless leader of
the dumuciallc party in this country ,
will be hi ought into the Third con
gressional district next week In an
effort to make the people of this dis
trict belio\o that Judge Graves , in
splto of hip Inconsistency on "reform"
talk , and in spite of the fact that ho
would bo out of tune with Roosevelt's
administration , ought to bo elected to
congress. Mr. Bryan will make ono
of hi sfamous' whirlwind circles over
the district. The trip la considered
by people In this district as an admis
sion of the weakness of Judge Graves'
chances to win and as a compliment
to the strength and deserved hold on
public confidence earned and owned
by Judge Boyd.
On Wednesday , October 31 , Mr.
Bryan will tiavel by special train from
Lincoln to Norfolk.
On Thursday , November 1 , ho will
travel by special train from Norfolk ,
via Albion , to Atkinson.
On Friday , November 2 , ho will trav
el from Norlolk to Omaha , via Wayne ,
Emerson , Tekamuh and Blair.
Mr. Bryan will bo accompanied by
Mr. Shallenborger on the trip through
this district.
In Holt county it Is evident that Mr.
Bryan hopes to find enthusiasm over
his government ownership Ideas , as a
club has been formed there to clap
hands ut the theory. It is puzzling
people hero to know whether ho will
bo for or against government owner
ship when ho arrives In Norfolk.
The fact that Candidate Shallen-
berger opened his campaign in Nor
folk , appeared hero again two days
after Sheldon , and Is coming back
with Bryan , is evidence that the dem
ocrats are centering their light In the
Third district and that they hope , by
keeping Judge Graves in the back
ground and preventing him from an
swering the confusing questions , to
elect him on his government owner
ship , "robber tarllf. " and anti-Roose
velt platform.
It has been apparent all along that
the democrats in this district are
working overtime to center public at
tention on insignificant and trivial is
sues , In order to smother the real vi
tal issues of the campaign. It Is be
lieved by many that this is being
done because Graves' platform la so
radical for government ownership and
because It is so harshly against Roosevelt
velt planks which , given attention ,
will pile up the majority against
Graves.
MONDAY MENTION.
Dr. Ilolden made a trip to Hosklns
this morning.
II. II. Edena spent Sunday in Hadar
visiting friends.
W. E. Farr of Newport Is visiting in
the city a few days.
L. A. Pohlmann of Pierce la In the
city today on business.
C. E. Greene was a passenger for
Sioux City this morning.
Judge Boyd and C. A. Randall Sun-
dayed In Norfolk yesterday.
E. Hodgson came from Bonesteel
this morning on business ,
Mrs. W. S. Fox left yesterday for a
week's visit In Columbus.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ander
son this morning , a line son.
II. M. Scott of Plainview Is In the
city this morning on business.
Mrs. P. J. Barnes is In O'Neill tak
ing care of her sister who la ill.
L. A. Pohlman came down from
Pierce this morning on business.
Mrs. M. Kelehor of Danbury , Iowa ,
Is visiting her son , J. A. Keloher.
Henry Schmidt of Ewlng spent the
day visiting in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Grlflin of Chicago Is visiting at
the home of her brother-in-law , Adrian
Craig.
P. L. Nicholas was up from Stanton
yesterday visiting friends and rel
atives in the city.
Ralph Garvln returned to Omaha
this morning , after spending Sunday
with his parents.
Mrs. W. W. Weaver and children
returned from their visit In Meadow
Grove yesterday.
Mr. Beechly of Lincoln spent Sun
day in Norfolk and sang In the Episco
pal choir yesterday.
H. Van Alder came down fromPierco
this morning to attend to his business
Interests In the city.
Miss Nellie Johnson of Winslde
spent Sunday in the city with her sis
ter , Miss Lula Johnson.
Fred Benger arrived in the city last
night from Albion. Ho will accept a
position as clerk in a store hero.
Gco. D. Butterflold returned from St.
Louis Saturday night , where ho has
been attending the national bankers
convention.
Miss Ella Hauptll spent yesterday
at homo , returning to Battle Creek
last night. She la teaching In the city
schools of that place.
C. E. Burnlmm returned from Belle
Fonrche , S. D. , last evening. Ho was
In the snowstorm In the Black Hills
and arrived on n belated train.
Omaha Hotel Reporter : II. W. Bar
rett of Norfolk , Nob. , IB a guest of
Mr. Rome Miller at the Her Grand.
Mr. Barrutt la a prominent railroad
man and is in Omaha with a view to
getting some of our capitalists Inter
ested in a road he Is going to build out
In Montana.
Charles Brlggs spent Sunday with
his family. Ho Is conductor on th *
work train at Bonesteel.
J. B. Maylard Is Improving , but 1
still unable to bo at his desk.
Sidney McNeely , who Is firing thu
switch engine at lloncsteel , spent Sun
day with his mother , Mrs. Frank Me-
Ncely.
Mra. J. Colwcll of South Fourth
street received a line heating atovo
free from the W. W. Weaver atoro
Saturday.
Another dividend of 16 per cent , has
been declared on the defunct Elkhoni
Valley bank of O'Ni-111. This makes a
total of 35 per cent to be paid to the
depositors.
The T. S. G. dance , which was to
have been given this week Friday , ha *
been postponed to ono week from Fri
day night.
Guy Patrick of Clearwater entered
business college today. Ho and his
mother have moved to Norfolk , and
ho and another brother will attend
business college this winter.
The Sunday school board of the M.
E. church held a meeting yeaterdar
and elected W. E. Hagar superinten
dent and Mrs. J. C. Llndstrom superin
tendent of the primary department.
The string of gold beads lost last
week by Miss Fnlo Burnham were
found , through the agency of a "lost"
notice In The News. Mrs. Warrlck
had found the beads on Norfolk ar-
enuo.
Miss Harriet lllbbs , who has beecr
visiting her brother , H. L. iribbs , for /j /
the past three weeks , left this mom- '
Ing for Iowa , whore she will visit a
short time , then go on to Chicago to
resume her studies in the musical col
lege.
lege.A
A largo squnsh measuring five feet
In circumference was brought to town
Saturday by L. C. Klmes , living six
miles northwest of Norfolk. This
scorns to be the largest squash yet
exhibited this season. It la on exhi
bition at the ofllco of L. M. Gaylord ,
owner of the farm.
Two drunks were arrested Satur
day. The charge against ono was that
of being drunk and disorderly while
the second was charged with begging
money from the public. The beggar
wae fined $7.10 , and not being able-
to pay he was sent to jail to lay It
out. The drunk was discharged oa
his promise of good behavior.
Lorin H. Doughty came down from
Bonesteel Saturday night and spent
part of Sunday at home , returning to
Honesteel at noon yesterday. He is-
timekeeper for the men working on.
the extension out from Bonesteel.
About fifty men are now employed
and 100 moie will be soon. They have
laid about seven miles of track , which
reaches to the first town , St. Charles.
Bert Barrett returned from a trip-
to Omaha. lie reports that Ray Mil
ler , son of Rome Miller and known In
Norfolk , who has been very sick for
some months , is still In a critical con
dition and slight hope Is entertained
for his recovery. Two trained nurses
are caring for him and the patient has
been given a specially made room in
the country homo of the family , where
ho can look out over the Missouri
river Into the Iowa side.
Superintendent Horton of the West
ern Union telegraph company In Ne
braska , with headquarters at Omaha ,
died at his homo last night after a
week's Illness with complication of
lung , liver anil kidney trouble. Mr.
Horton was well known among tele
graph men and others doing business
with the company throughout the state
and was highly esteemed. J. 0. Met-
calf , local manager for the company ,
received a telegram last night an
nouncing the death.
The public sale of pure blooded Du-
roc-Jersey swine from the herd of M.
Mlhllls of this city , was very largely
attended and the sale was eminently
satisfactory. The animals brought
very high prices and the purchasers
were all well satisfied with their bar
gains. The high prices paid were a
strong testimonial as to the high grade
of hogs which have been raised In the
Mlhllls herd. It is considered by-
stockmen as one of the best herds
anywhere In the west ,
A largo number of bicycles In Nor
folk have been Injured within the past
two or three weeks by. deliberate work
on the part of unknown persons. Sev
eral wheels that have been left standIng -
Ing .n front of buildings have had
their tires slashed to pieces and ut
terly ruined. The police are looking
for the perpetrators of the work and
wheel owners who Have suffered stand
ready to piosecuto to the full extent
of the Jaw on the slightest evidence ,
it is believed mat at least one of the
persons who has been doing this sort
of thing has been spotted.
Carl Kohl , who was almost killed a
year ago by a bad fall off his wagon
at the corner of Norfolk avenue and
First street , is ngaln laid up as the re
sult of another and more serious fall.
Ho was riding on top of a wagonload
of cobs , olght miles northwest of the
city , when the wagon struck a rut
and he foil off. As ho was high up
on the wagon , his fall was a severe
one. Ho struck his ncad and lay for
a couple of hours unconscious In the
dark. Finally ho came to and man-
agcn to climb Into the wagon and
drive homo. Ho Buffers a great deal
of pain.
Homcseekers' Excursion to the North
west , West and Southwest ,
/la the North-Wostorn lino. Excursion
tickets at greatly reduced rates are
> n sale to the territory Indicated abovo.
Standard tourist Bleeping cars , free re
clining chair earn and "tho best of
everything. " For dates of snlo anil
full particulars apply to agents Chicago
cage & North-Weatorn R'y.
