The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, November 16, 1906, Page 5, Image 5
THIS NORFOLK WRKKLY NEWS-JOURNAL ; FRIDAY , NOVEMHEK 16 , 190(5 ( NORTHWESTERN WILL INSTALL IMPROVED SERVICE MONDAY. WILL HELP NORTH NEBRASKA Passenger Train No. 1 , Which Now Leaves Norfolk at Noon and Goes Only to Long Pine , Will bo Extend' ed and Go Right Through to Chndron [ Krone Wednesday's Dully. ] A now passenger train sorvlco be tween Norfolk niul Chndron , with two passenger trains every day excepting Sunday , will ho Inaugurated by the Northwestcin railroad company after next Sunday. Next Monday for the first time passenger train No. 1 , which now leaves Norfolk Junction at 12:50 : o'clock noon every week day , and which has heretofore stopped at Long Pine , will go through Long Pine and right on to Chndron , arriving there at 11:40 : p. m. The return train , which arrives hero at C In the morning , will leave Chndron at 5 o'clock p. m. , reaching Norfolk on the present sched \ ule. ule.The The same equipment and same crews which now run to Long Pine , will go on through to Chadron on the new train service. This noon train from Noifolk to Chadion makes connections In Norfolk with the noon train from Omnlm , head ed for Bonesteel , and brings early morning passengers in at C o'clock n. in. In time to connect with the eastbound - bound Bonesteel tialn , headed for Omaha. r Will Help North Nebraska. The new service will he a wonder ful help to northern Nebraska and for years just such a train lias been very much desired by people living west of Long Pine and by commercial travel ers who cover that territory. This new train will give twico-a-day service to Ainsworth , Johnstown , Woodlake , Valentino , Gordon , Hay Springs , Chadron and Intermediate points. The new service will make It possi ble for commercial travelers to cover that territory In mucb less time than has been possible heretofore. Means Much For Norfolk. The new service will also mean much for Norfolk , In that it will prac tically open up a now field for dis tributors from this point For in stance , It will make it possible for bakeries , the laundry , the mills , the stores and other Industries to reach the territory beyond Long Pine with a quicker service than has been pos sible heretofore , as under the new schedule a letter can be received in Norfolk on the morrrtng train and the orders filled on the noon train , giving a quicker service than Is possible from Sioux City , Omaha and Lincoln. It will make the same sorvlco possible to that section which is now possible for the Bonesteel line and for the west line as far as Long Pine. It will open up a new exclusive field for Nor folk's daily newspaper , as The News can then give the same news to points between Long Pine and Chadron , ahead of other papers , as is now be ing given to the Bonesteel and Long Pine lines. "DYNAMITE" CLAUSE IN MESSAGE Race Problem Will be Handled With out Gloves by the President. A Washington special to the Chica go Tribune says : No feature of the message Presi dent Roosevelt has written Is so charged with dynamite ns that which discusses the relations of whites and negroes. Before his departure for Panama the president was not inclined to dis cuss the views he had expressed to southerners who called upon him at the it'hlte House. The latter resent the Idea that the negro question is to be treated at all in the message , in sisting there Is no "question , " and that if the north will only cease mod- filing , the negroes will promptly fall into their place. But the president has been busy for several months looking into questions which have arisen through alleged maltreatment of negroes and of out rages perpetrated by the latter. He sent Assistant Attorney General Rus sell , a southern man and democrat , to Georgia , Alabama and Florida to investigate reports that negroes and some whites , mostly aliens , were held in a condition approximating slavery in the lumber , turpentine and railroad camps of those states. Mr. Russell is authorized to Insti tute legal proceedings wherever he finds men aio held without due pro cess of law , and he has reported to the department that ho has taken ac tion In certain peonage cases at At lanta , Ga. At Knoxville , Tenn. , recently , the federal grand jury Investigated alleged peonage cases at railroad camps In that state. A government agent re ported that n number of negroes were held as prisoners at camps for debt , and an alleged guard line was kept and no one allowed to pass except with permission. Charges of Slavery. In Missouri the sympathies of the government wore enlisted by reports of gross brutality practiced against ne groes working on plantations in the southeastern part of the state. In the turpentine camps of Florida negroes ! and Russian and Polish Jews are com pelled to remain at work to meet debts duo the companies employing them , and which are over Increasing through the system of prices charged. One observer reported that the Hwnmp of Florida nro dotted with the skeletons of negroes and -whites who have been shot down because of n re- futml to obey their brutal bosses. The Italian government learned that half a do/en of Its subjects wore In n condition of peonage in Florida , and sent a special agent to ascertain the facts. This agent reported that nil employes were charged outrageously high rates for transportation to camps and were required to pay a fee to the employment agencies which arranged for their service. No Pay on Rainy Days. The men received 12Ms cents an hour and worked ten hours n day. They drew no pay for rainy days. They wore charged for food at the rate of about $10 n month. The weight of debt upon their shoulders became so great that it proved almost Impossible for them to woik It off , and to prevent escape they were kept us prisoners. The bureau of Inhor Investigated the charges that the East Coast Florida railroad was practicing peonage along Its now line , but satisfied Itself they wore greatly exaggerated. As a mat ter of fact some abuses wore found , but iiono as sorlous ns alleged. Its re port Is before the piesldont. Of course these peonage cases are only one feature of the big question with which the message will deal. It Is stated that the president was ac tuated In arranging for their remedy by his desire to show the country that equal justice should bo administered Inespoctlvo of race and color. Discharged Negro Soldiers. An indication of the president's at titude was furnished by his dismissal of negio soldiers fioin the army and at the same tlmo calling Colonel Pitch er , at Fort Shoildan , to account for the criticism ho had made of the mill- tat y value of blacks. Offlcois of the army think the presi dent went too far in declaring the re- maiKs atti United to Colonel Pitcher were as offensive ns the rioting negro soldiers , for which they weio dishon orably discharged. Booker T. Washington , the negro who was consulted by Roosevelt , would have liked the negroes retained In service and Colonel Pitcher disci plined , but the president was inclined to believe that public sentiment would not sustain such a coin so. Asks for Courtesy. It was admitted today that the wholesale discharge of soldiers had relieved the war department from an embarrassing stiuatlon. Had the guil ty been detected , the civil authorities at Brownsville , Texas , stood ready to demand that they bo turned over to the state courts for trial. There isn't any doubt as to what would have hap pened to the negroes after they had passed into the possession of Texas people The military , of course , would have courtmartialed the culpilts , but in all probability this would not have been enough to satisfy the Lone Star state , and the remainder of the south. The question of the relations of the white people of the country and those of other races , either negioes or ali ens , has warranted the piesident , in his judgment , in calling attention to the Importance of a display of greater courtesy by all Americans. The south would never consent to the entrance of negroes In their white schools and yet If the demand of the Japanese government that Its subjects be admitted to San Francisco public schools be sustained , Great Britain , France and The Netherlands , which have possessions In the West Indies can insist upon the privilege being ac corded to their negro subjects. Fear Japs Will be Rejected. The department of jufatice expects to take the Japanese question to the supreme court , but it will do It half heartedly , as the opinion prevails among the legal lights of the adminis tration that the highest legal tribunal will deny the Japanese claim. A ques tion of this character never has been piesented to it , but it has been decid ed by circuit courts and decisions un iformly have justified the separation of races in the school of the country. Attorney General Moody has decid ed to leave all these questions to his successor , In order to free himself as much as possible from the embarrass ment of expressing views which will commit him and Influence his action as a member of the supreme court. Secretary Bonaparte , who Is Mr. Moody's successor , Is a southern man , coming from Maryland , and has more or less knowledge of the race question as a result of personal experience and observation. . The instructions under which Mr. Bonaparte will act will re quire him to continue the policy of preventing peonage or seeing in all federal cases that negroes are given exactly the same rights as white men. Sure and Safe Cure for Croup. When a man finds a good thing It Is nut m al that he should wish to Hhnre his good foitune with otheis. Mr. Henry Bolz , of Hlllbhoio , Iowa , Is not an exception to this rule. He says , "I have used Chumbei Iain's Cough Rem edy in my family for years. As a cioup cure It has no equal. I am sat isfied that it saved my boy's life , and taKe pleasmo In recommending it. " For sale by l/jonard the druggist. CORN HUSKED ON ROSEBUD. Threshing Completed , County Ready to Meet Coming Winter. Fairfax , S. D. , Nov. 13. Special to The News : The continued good weather has made the farmers hustle to get their corn husked and it is over half done. The threshing IB near ly completed. Gregory county is well prepared to meet the coming winter. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AWAKEN NEW INTEREST. MUST PASS THROUGH NORFOLK Robert O. Gamble of South Dakota , United States Senator , Is One of the Stockholders Old Yankton-Norfolk Line Comes to Life. f Krom Tuesday's Dally. ] The IIOWH dispatch Horn I'louo , S. IX , to ( ho affect that nitides of Incor poration for tliii Ynnktou & Soutluun railway company huvo been filed with the secietnry of state In South Dakota , bus returned Intotesl in Norfolk In the old Yanktou , Noifolk & South- osti'in railway which was pioposed fteen yoni'H ago and which got as far s a gindo between this city and Yank- m. The old gindo passes up near leico and from thuio almost duo 01 th to the Mlssouil liver. Whether 10 articles that have just been illod jr the Ymiktou'Galvostou north and otith line , nro filed In eainest or just s a bluff , Is what makes a puz/la to Norfolk rallioad men of the deal , 'hoio have been so many efforts dur- : ig the past dozen yenis to start some- hlng on that line of rallioad that the eoplo heio have moio or IOHS lost alth In the chances for a lonl live nlhoad. "Well Inloiiued lalhoad men , owovoi , still bollovo that some day hat line will ho built. Stockholder In the company mo : loboit G. Gamble , W. .T. Fnntlo , Isaac "llos , Ynukton ; Fioniont Hill , Jesse xnvman , Thomas R. Pn\ton , Alfied 1111 , John 11. Fan Install , William Copes Pioclor , Cincinnati. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Mr. and Mis. 13. A. Bullock aio ox cctod homo today fiom tholr eastern rip. rip.Miss Miss Eva Mlhills entertained a few ilends last night at her looms In the Richards block. T. C. Cantwoll and wife of Page , vcro in the city between trains dur- ng the morning. Mr. and Mrs. E. Slccko of Washing- on , D. C. , are hero visiting his sister ilrs. Chas. Wcrhre. Mrs. II. A. Haley , who has boon In Superior , Wisconsin , for some tlmo mst has loturnod to Noifolk. Mrs. W. II. Johnson will nuivo homo oday from Colorado , whore Mr. John son is lemalning for his health. CommiBsloncis Taft and Ilardlns , went to Madison Wednc.sday to atteiu meeting of the county board. Dr. C. A. McKIm left for Bonestee Wednesday. Chas. Linn of Hoskins was in the city for a bilef visit Wednesday. Sheriff Clements of Madison was i business visitor In the city during the day. day.A A Giegeisou of Kostci came dowi for a hhoit visit In the citj botweei tialns. ' Mrs. E. Filnk of Tllden is visiting at the homo of her hi other , C. L Bi iggs. J. T. Dunn of Meadow Grove wns business visitor In the city jesteiday afternoon. C B. Da\enpoit went to Stnnton 01 the morning tiain , wheie ho will In stall a turnaco today. O. L. VlncPiit from Lost Spiings Wyo , was In the city yesterday an loft for Omaha this moinlng. John Fetter loft yesterday for Oma ha where he went to attend the stnt meeting of the implement dealers , rep resenting D. B. Duftj of this city. Geo. E BnuiRdnn , advance agent fo We Are King , " was in the city mak lug llnal aitangomouts for the show which will appear hero next Mondaj Mis. .1. F. Huppeily made a trip t I'leircosteidaj , rotuming this nuin Ing She leaves today for Falrvlllo t visit her husband. C. A 1'llgei passed thiougli the fit ; jestordnj enioute to Plalnvlow for visit with iclatlves. He is located o a large ranch incstern Coloiado Mr and Mis. C. Clark of Meado\ Giu\o stopped In the city yesterdn for a shoit visit with friends hefor leaving for Los Angeles , California whoio they go to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. E. Bradfoid , who hav been visiting at the homo of II. C. Ma tnui , left for Lincoln where they wl visit Mis. O. R. Eller and Mrs. C. A McKlm. The social ghen by the Christian Endeavor society last evening at the homo of Rev. J. W. Turner proved to he a voiy enjoyable affair. Games weie phied and refieshments served. Quito a large number of young people were present. Mis. E E. Gillette Is reported sorl- iously ill. Mi. and Mrs. Howard Washburn en- tei tained the telephone force last night nt an o > ster supper. Collins * orchestra passed through Not folk today on tholr way from Pleioo to Meadow Grove , \\hero they go to play this evening Thoio will be an Interdenomination ' al meeting at the Baptist church to ' night In commemoration of the Hay stack meeting. A beautiful day followed the storm. The skies denied , the storm moved southeast of this point and there was every prospect of a stietch of fair , cilsp weather. L. C. Mlttelstadt and Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Mlttolstadt delightfully enter tained a company of friends at dinner last night and will entertain another company on Thursday evening. The regular mooting of the Ladles' Aid society of the Congregational church will bo hold Thursday aftor- eon , No\ember 15 , nt the homo of Ira. O. L. 11)do , with Aliu. W. II. laUeman nsslHlltiK. Ml ladles of the lunch nro iiuiHt coidlnlly Invited. G. M. Dudley expects to move hlti indv and transfer Hindi Into hit ) now im it now under coin HO of construe- on nt lift Ninth Third ulrcot , about lecomhur 1. The business IIIIH huto- ifoto been ninliitnliied na the Hum- on Hack and Transfer line but after 10 lemovnl the iiiime will bo chnniod ; > the Star llnck and Transfer line , Soveinl youtlm uliont town took nil- milage of the 111 si BIIOW nnd leu yes- eiday by Betting out tholr sknluH and luds which hn\o boon stowed away in Ing the mnuiuor mouths iiwnltlui ; 10 tlmo when they could bo ngnln put D HHO. Much IntoiOHt IH bolni ; tnkuu u skating this winter and It Is piob- bio much enjoyment will bo had In his way. A mission Is to bo hold In Tilulty hutch , tltlH city , by the Rov. Dr. West- ott of Grace chinch , Columbim , Nob. , eglnnlng on Sunday moinlng , Ducuiu- or ! > nt 10 : in a. m. and extending Inoiigh the week and the following undny. Dr. Westcott Is said to bo n exceptionally successful mlHslonor lo comes highly locommeiidod by llshop Willlnms. The blacksmiths about town have eon doing a rushing business In the vay of horao shooing on account of ho Icy wenthor that has alioady mudo ts appearance , making it almost 1m- losslblo for .unshod homos to got loiind without danger to themselves ml dilvois. Dm Ing the moinliig a lorso belonging to 1. T. Cook foil upon n Icy ciosslng mid Itns thought lor i whllo that the hoiso had boon sorl- nisly In jut oil. A N. McGliinls t etui nod yestotday ioui I st SpilngH , Wjo , where ho tas llcen to Inspect the Rosin coal nines. Ho biought back a line sum- ilo of the coal mid siiis the fuel can iot bo mined fast enough to 1111 the Hdcrs. A car load of the Rosin eoal vns tecelved heio yosteidny for Dan raven. Coal denlois In Chndion told Mr McGlnnls that there wns not a Kiund of soft coal in the town nnd the schools in Harrison , Neb , had to bo losed on account of scarcity of coal. I'rof. Grllllth pleased a fair si/cd mdlonco at the Auditorium last night with his hypnotic enleitalnment. Ho ind a class of sixteen hoys ftom town on the stage , and the cake walks and corn medicine agents woio worthy of special mention. Several of the boys made "spiels" ns to the effectiveness : > f the salvo In lomoving corns and bunions , which they could not have lone except for the hypnotic Inlluenco. The mind rending specialty Is as good us has been seen heio for some tlmo. Tliuisday night the "Hidden Hand" company will appeal The new Not folk tlty llbtnry Is be coming constantly mote popului , ns Is shown by the fact thnt List Satin day wns a tecord day in point of books taken fiom the shelves to bo lend this week On that day eight } eight books weio loaned out by the llbiailnn , Mrs. Robeit Utter , while the largest num ber previous to that was sixty-five. The llbtary , with fines and now mem bership ceitlficntes which sell for $1 , has now como to bo almost self sup- potting , nnd n complete success of the ventuio Is assured A number of mag- n/ines have lately been added to the shelves of the library and these will be kept as icference woiks. There will be band meeting in the hall over the paint shop In the block east of the Oxtmtd hotel Thursday evening , beginning promptly nt 8 o'clock. A most novel contest has been started by the boys to promote Intel est of the new members. The contest will start tonight and end the last of April. It is open to inexperi enced plajers only and the one hav ing made the best progress in that time will receive as a prize a fine $35 Instiument , of the kind which he plays. The bo > s me vur } much encouraged in their piogress and are highly pleased with Mr Vnulenbmg , the new dlicctor thej ha\e secured. Quail season opens in Nebraska blight nnd emTliuisday ! morning and for soveial days local sportsmen have been busy in prcpatation for the opening day. The market on bird dogs with keen noses has suddenly gone up and the country has been scorned for animals that will point out the pretty Bob White Thete are a large num ber of quail In the thickets of north Nebraska , due to the fact that the birds weie protected for three years without a break , and the sport prom ises to be exceptionally good. The miirie chickens have passed from this section foiever , but the quail still remains - mains , the friend of the farmer and the taigot of the fifteen-day sports man In November. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Aids Nature. Medicines that aid nature mo al wn.\s most successful Chamberlain's Cough Reined } nets on this plan. It allays the cough , aids expectoration , telleves the lungs , opens the secte tlons. tbeiob } aiding iialuto In tin ow ing off n cold and restoring the system to a healthy condition. It Is famous for Its cities of colds and croup and can nlwa.vs be depended upon For sale by Ix'onnrd the , DR. SALTER TO FAIRFAX , Former Norfolk Physician Will Move Off the Reservation. Dallas , S. D. , Nov. 13. Special to The News : Dr. F. G. Salter of Dal las , on the reservation , has rented au office and residence In aFlrfax and will move here next week. This makes two doctors for Fairfax. Joe Lewis , the photographer , is packing up his goods preparatory to : moving to Wisnor , Nebraska. LACK OF GOOD GRAVEL 18 NOW PERPLEXING PROBLEM ONE PIT IS DISAPPOINTING The Gravel With Which It Had Been Hoped to Do the Woik of Graveling South First Street Has Not Proven Heavy Enough Work Tied up. ( Kiotn vVi'ilnt'stlin'H Dull ) l Tim graveling ol Hint Htieel , be tween . Not folk nnd the Junction , IH he lug dela.\ed Jiuit now by au olmtndo which bus been met In Hie way of u piohlom ' ' us to whoio to get suitable gravel foi Hie woik Tbo gravel which bud been m ranged for In n pit went of Hie city bus not pi oven all Hint wns deslied nnd may not bo heavy enough to fill the hill. TlioKo who luivo had the miittor In hnnd mo wnltliig to talk wllh 11 1 } Owen , who bad niiiilo mi ostliiinto on the job , befoio definite ac tion Is taken. The nionoy for graveling FliHtHtieet has been at ranged for In a sulmcilp- Him raised fiom cltl/eiis , propoity owtieis , the city council mid the conn- t } . U wns estimated Hint the woik would cost about f 1,1)00. ) Now Hint tbo gravel pioblem heroines perploxliig.lt Is bind ( o nay what will bo doito In the matter. Junction people me anxious lor a good rend lending to the business set- llou ol the oil } and Noifolk InmlnuHB men me Just us anxious It IIIIH been planned , as HOOD as a pei miinently good hlghwii } can bo hut ! ! , lo put an unto mohllo on the loitto to entry people buck mid foith nt about tbo Hiimointes IIH sheet cniH dmiKo This will allow Junction people to do shopping In the buslnesH poitlon of the city without high timispoi tntlon expenses , nnd business Intelest would benefit by It Fourth Street Gravel Matter. The Fourth stieot graveling , which wns planned by residents of t but thor oughfare , IK also hanging Die on ac count of the gravel pioblem nnd the people liiteiested in Hint plan are wait ing to learn where they can got the tight kind of material nt reasonable cost for this work. Councilman August Brummund , who has a petition toady to circulate among residents of South Fourth street , will piosent his proimsltlon to the public an soon as the gravel matter - tor is settled , so that a definite hope of building the good rondwny may bo given. Mr. Brummuud says that , while ho bus not ptosPiilPd the petition becnuse bo bus not known definitely In regmd to the gravel , yet lie has discussed tbo matter of graveling Fointh street with every propoity owner on tbo street and ho says Hint all me willing to do their sbaio and some would even do uioie than their sbmo to get tlio road built. Testing Gravel From West Pit. "Wo me afraid Hint the gravel fiom the pit west of town Is too light , " said Councilman Brummiind , "but It may miHwer the pin pose. In order to test It , we have hauled In some of it near the postofllce , on South Fourth stieot , mid If this piovcs all right we will go ahead with the gravel from west of town. If not we will hunt something else. " Lime May be Used. In case the gravel proves an unsolv able pioblem , it Is possible that lime fiom the old sugar factory may como t Into sorvlco as a toad makor. A J. norland said that ho Intends to visit tbo factoty , procure a quantity of the llmo thnt lies there wasting , and place it on Hint portion of South First street L fronting his recently built houses. It t Is said that some of this lime was re cently placed on n road near the sugar factory and thnt it has packed Into an Ideal paving. There are mountains of the stuff at the sugar factory and in i case the giavel from west of town i does piove , bcoud n doubt , too light foi use , it Is not at all improbable that L tliis lime may come Into use and save the day. In front of his houses Mr. Durlnnd had formerly placed broken i brickbats and the lime will bo mixed witli that material. Paving Awaits Sewer. The paving of Noifolk avenue , be tween First and Sixtli street , which has been asstncd by the signatures tea a petition of a majority of the resi dent property holders on the street , Is hanging flic now' on account of the sewer work as it was understood that this matter would not bo taken up for action until work had begun on the sower. It Is planned , however , to make all preliminary preparations for the paving this fall so that the work can begin promptly In the spring. Conttactor O. P. Herrlck , the con tractor who Is to build the sewer , wrote some da.vs ago that ho will bo In Noifolk tills week and that some of the necessary material will arrive soon , Insuring an early beginning of the work. VALENTINE TROOPERS. Troops Who Formerly Passed Through Norfolk on a March , Dismissed. The colored soldiers who formerly were stationed at Fort Nlobrara and who passed through Norfolk on along match at ono time , have been discharged sxt charged from the regular service at tBiownvlllo , Tex. , where they murdered ' 'a citizen. Concerning the raid an of ficer said : "Stripped of all sentimentality , the facts are that a brutal , unprovoked and outrageous attack was made nt night litm on the citizens of Brownvlllo by men wearing the uniforms of the United 3dn States. Ono man lost his life and an- other his arm as a result. The ro In no loiiHonnhlo doubt Hint ivciv mini in the companies , 1) ) , C and D , knows full well the Identity of Ihu few among them who woio actually iiMpniiRihlu fet the di'cd. Under tlienu clieum HtiincuH all heroine iiinlly ) ( | guilt } . " ELECTION OF OFFICERS. DnmnBCim Chapter No. 20 , R. A , M. , Selects Officers for Ycnr. The DnmiiHi'iiH dmplei No. ii5 ! R A. M held their mimiiil election of olllcois taut night In the MiiHonle hall The nlllroiH elected weir" J. ( ' Still , h. p. , David Rees , It. , W. R Hoffman , H , mid L r MlttelHtndt , Hociotmy mid treiiHiirer BURLINGTON TO BUY SIOUX CITY- O'NEILL RAILROAD. AND THEN EXTEND FROM O'NEILL Such a Plan Would Give the Burlington - ton Road a Good Territory The Lo cal Line Between O'Neill and Sioux City Said to be a Failure. Hloux City , In. , Nov.l I. The Bulling- ton and Missouri River inlliond In Ne- hniHlui Is considering Hie advlmiliillty of diking o\or the line of the Gient . Noitliom from Sioux City to O'Neill , ebmleied as the "Wlllmnr mid Slmix . FnllH , " mid opeintlng It In connection with the line Horn Sioux rily to Ash- Innd , to bo followed Inter by tbo build lug of mi extension lioin o'Nelll wesl . to a connection with the Billings line of the Buillnglon. General Manager G. W. Ilnldiegu , of the linen of the Buillnglou west of. Ibo Missouri , said today Hint such a plan has been dlHcitHsed by the Bur llnglon for Homo time , but ho declined to say whether the deal for tbo transfer - for of the O'Nolli line to the Burling ton bad been closed. Such a plan would glvo the Burling ton a distinct advantage In the terri tory In noithorn Nobiusku Its buildIng - Ing Is favored by a number of tbo most prominent executive officials of both the Great Northern and the Bur lington railroads , nnd it Is declared the O'Neill line should bo operated by tbo Burlington , In connection with the Ashland line , nnd later connected with the Billings line. A Profitable Line. As a local line , between Sioux City mid O'Nolli , the "slioit line , " as It IH called , Is declared to bo a fulluto as u dividend earner As a feeder to the ( it eat Not them It ban been able to make a fair showing In the annual 10 ports of Piesident L W. Hill , of the Wlllmnr mid Sioux FnllH Ralltoiiil com puny. But It Is argued that operated by the Builliiglon and with Hie wpHlein con nection the O'Neill line will IXTCWIU ono of tbo most piolltablo Hues con trolled by James J Hill. Tbo extension ftom O'Neill west to Tbedfoid or Dunning IH not a now pioposlHon. Tbo toiito bus been gone over nnd suivoed Kovoral times dur ing the past two years. General Man ager F. E. Ward of the Great Noitheni practically piomlHod at ono time that tbo road would be built soon. Tap Rich Grain Country. Tbo O'Neill line of the Great North ern is the old Sioux City nnd Western. It Is crossed twice 1 > > the Omaha road , at Laurel and Randolph , by the North western nt Plainview and the North western meets It at Its western terminus - minus , O'Nelll , making local business , even though It Is a Hhort line , uuprofit- able. The line Is 129 miles In length , and passes through a ilch territory. By connecting with the Billings line , the Burlington would have a line through southein Holt , Loup and Blnlno counties In Nebraska. Sioux City would bo more Intimately connected with the great ranges of western Ne- braska , whllo the Great Northern would iccelvo annually thousands of dollais worth of grain business from the western part of Nebraska , which is now being shipped to Omaha and southein ports , instead of to Minneap olis and the head of the lakes MAKES BUSINESS MORE BRISK. Snow Will Tend to Enliven Trade in Many Lines Sleds Out. The season's first snow has aheady had a tendency to enliven business In many lines of trade and the merchants look for brisk results from the storm. The man who has said ho wouldn't wear overshoes or t ubbcrs , was forced by the snow and the slippery side walks to como to It , and the shoemen have been busy. The clothiers have begun to feel the effects of the snow In a trade among people who had de layed buying ovei coats until the weather forced them to It , and the same thing applies to gloves , caps , underwear and many other articles needed for protection out in the cold air. The same rule applies in the women's clothing department , where furs and heavy wraps have suddenly become more active. There arc few lines of trade , In fact , which do not profit by the snow. And the farmer will profit In the end , though it Interferes - fores with his cornhusking , by reason of the added moisture in the ground. The small boy took early opportuni ty to get out his sled nnd coast down steep grades with the aid of the snow and Ice. Ho was not at all sorry to see the white flakes begin to fly. "A Is half-beaten " man surprised - ; and your dally advertisements should bo surprises to your competitors lu - business. %