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XOJ5FOLK WI3KKLY NKWS-JOURNAU FHIDAY , MAY 17 , 1907. TlNoroiKWeekly News-Journal 1. 1877 , JTiTHUSE PUDLI8HINO COMPANY W. N. HUH ) ! N. A..IllMI "Hvory rrliluy. Hy mull per yenr , Jl &i > . " " "Kii"t'5r ' fil tlll < pontiulli'0 ill Norfolk , Mob. , nn nroonit nlnnfi iiwltur. " " "T oplioiio : IWIlorlnl nuiurlmout. No. S2. llUHlnuHH Olllco niitl Job Uooins , No. H 12 , FLIES AIMS A PERIL. Kill tliii housoflloH mill keep them nut of the hoimo. That la the coin- inntul Hint COIIIUH from sclent l tH who huvo tlu > roimtry'H health nt heart. It la Bliown by experiments that Hies , walking over u pinto covered with bnolorlii und then transferred to n pluto contnlnltiK nutrition upon which the Imctorlu thrlvi'H , leave In their wake on the second pinto a line of gormn thnt rapidly prow up. The point emphasized IH the fnct tlmt llloa , touching illHoiiHo gonna anywhere - where nntl then getting Into u homo , mny cnfllly tnuiHfcr the disease to f < XHl ever which they wnllc nnil thnH easily become Uio moans of spreading an epidemic The honno fly has long boon a mil- nanco. Now It In moro than a nuisance. It Is u peril. The ban Hhonhl bo effectively placed on his majesty , the fly. TUB SWIMMING SEASON. "With the beginning of Hummer , Nor folk youths who might and may take to the cold waters of the Northfork for their swimming , ought to bo cau tioned lest the season record another drowning for this community , already mourning BO many who have gone to watery graves In that treacherous fltrcum. The river Is dcop and very cold. It Is fed from cold springs In the bottom of the chnnnul , so tlmt the lower depths are much moro cold than the surface. Many excellent swimmers , dipping under the water , have been seized with cramps wh'm they struck the Icy undercurrent and have failed to come out of the river alive. In order to prevent the loss of lives during the coming summer , Norfolk parents and older heads should work toward caution and toward boycotting altogether , It possible , the Northfork as a swimming hole. The Klkhorn , only a little way from the city , affords an Ideal swimming place , Its waters being warm and swift and perfectly safe for those who know how to swim. With such a atream , there Is little cxcuso for using the colder and more treacherous Northfork. FEW FRAUDS ON UOS13UUD. The llrst Rosebud fraud has been confessed and a flue assessed. A for mer president of the llorrlck town board of trustees and one other man pleaded guilty down In Missouri to fraud and conspiracy In violation of the homestead laws and was lined $1,000. That the plea of guilty or a conviction was unexpected In the Rosebud reservation Is apparent from the tone of newspapers In thnt terri tory. The llorrlck Press said last week tlmt people In tlmt vicinity did not believe that the man was guilty , but would watch the case with In terest One point nmdo In connection with the affair Is the fact that the Rosebud reservation settlement has been pe culiarly free from fraudulent work , so far as any have come to light. As the Ilerrlck paper puts It , this reservation has boon the most free from fraud of any tract of land simi larly largo over opened. The crime with which the two men in this case were charged was that of securing old soldiers to file on the homesteads , for the purpose of relin quishing and not for the bona tide purpose of holding the claims. FOR A DUMPER CROP. Out in California every day of every year , they tell the visitor , Is the wind iest and the coldest that has been known In a quarter century. It has not been a quarter century since Ne braska 1ms experienced such a wind from the south as prevailed Saturday and Sunday , but It has been a good long time a long enough time , In deed , to make the breeze something of a novelty. And , while disagreeable , the wind has done no harm. It may have done a little good , since it served to Impress upon us the delightful wind-free weather wo have experi enced for years in the past and since it promised , when it finally stopped , a soaking rain. Later In the summer such a wind might have done damage to the crops. Just at present the crop situation whllo It Is being anxiously watched , Is not In a position to bo hurt. Trade reports show tlmt , whllo the season Is .a bit backward , the critical period has not' begun. And It Is only necessary to recall last spring to know that u season which lacks rain for a few weeks Is In no way one to bo feared Last spring gave us no rain for so long that everybody began to predlc a drought Then it turned in and rained to beat the band. There Is no reason yet to believe but that wo shall enjoy a bumper crop The fact thnt the ground has boon dry nil through the cold spring hna helped woiidn fully , allowing onls , etc. , to thrive In spite of the chill. UK WOULD KILL INCMfRAHLES. The , Inti'st sensation In the medical world has proved to bo the recent dec laration of Dr. S. A. Kopff of New York , said to bo n prominent authority on tuberculosis , who says thnt physi cians ought to "kill dying consump tives quickly and painlessly by heavy dofloa of morphine. " The Bontlmont la an extremely radical ono and ono which will find little favor among the general public. It Is gratifying that the assertion does not represent the Ronttmont of the medical profession , Dr. Knopff'H theory Is not far re moved from the bill which was Intro duced last year In the Iowa legisla ture , which sought to enact a law pro viding that all physicians should , with the consent of the pntlcnt and a con- plo of relatives , bo given authority to put to ( loath sufferers from Incurable dlscasoa. The bill created consterna tion nt the time and , needless to say , made but little headway. Life Is the most valuable thing tlmt human beings possess. There la an old belief thnt "whllo there 1 Ufa there Is hope. " And there Is reason to bo- llovo that , with the rapid progress which Is being nmdo todny by medical and surglcnl science , the day may como when there will bo no Incurable diseases and when , consequently , to htm who has the breath of Ufa in his body there will really bo genuine hope for recovery. It Is true todny thnt many cases ot disease and Illness which are given up as Incurable , turn around nnd recover. Only a few months ngo It was told of Mrs. Yerkes In a magazine nrtlclo thnt she hnd ouco been given up as dead , only to revive and get well In spite of her physician. And nt any rate the aim of medical science ought to be , It would seem , to seek out means of overcoming all forms of disease rather than to surren der to them and kill the patients. These are the words of Dr. Knopff which created such a profound Im pression nt the meeting this week In Washington of the National Tuborcu- losl scongross : "I am opposed absolutely to the use of creosote. It has destroyed moro stomachs than any other drug. I use horvln and codeln. The former Is a derivative of morphtiio , the latter of cocaine. " Ho also acknowledged that he used cod liver oil In treating his poor patients , because pure butler , cream and oven milk are beyond their means. Cod liver oil has boon coiv domnod by the committee's report "Ouo thing I wish to say at this point. U Is my practice and It Is your sacred duly when you see a dying coiv sumptivo before you , to give that suf' foror morphine lu plenty , that the end may como quickly and painlessly. " EXPERT ADVERTISING SERVICE. The Dally News IUIB just installed an advertising service which will beef of great benefit to all Its advertisers. While this service is not unique among the larger eastern newspapers , It Is entirely so In this section of the country. The object of this service is to fur nish our advertising clients export ad vice and suggestions for the betterment - mont of their advertising , to Instill Into their advertisements that attrac tive something called printed persua sion , and enable them to Increase , to the utmost , the results of their pub- iclty. The service will bo furnished gratis , 10 charge whatever being mndo for it. This service will bo under the per sonal supervision of Mr. James An- bery , Jr. , formerly of Chicago nnd Now York , who has had over fifteen years successful experience as advertising nanagor for largo metropolitan news papers and for largo department stores and other mercantile concerns In the east. Mr. Aubery is nn expert adver tising writer and Is thoroughly farall- ar with every detail of the success ful , up-to-dnto methods of resuliful , business-bringing advertising. His services are yours for the ask ing , whether you wish his suggestions as to how you may Improve your pres ent advertising copy to Tiring better results or his Ideas and plans as to the betterment of your publicity end of your business in any way. This service cannot fall to be of the greatest benefit to all News ad vertising patrons , a service that will increase results for them from adver tising , and that means more dollars for them as a direct result of this ex pert service. A free service to any advertiser or business man anywhere In News territory. Unquestionably this now service will greatly Increase the value of The Dally News as an advertising medium but rates for advertising will remain the same the now plan Is simply a desire to get In line with the lates methods of the largo eastern newspa pers to aid patrons In obtaining the fullest possible benefits from the money oy they invest lu advertising. This Is an ago of innovation , o great improvement in every line o business methods and The Daily Now In Installing thin expert advertising service for Its patrons IB making every - ory effort to furnish the best service thnt methods up-to-date newspaper snggoBt. The Installation of this now export advertising Borvlcc by The Daily News will work not only for the benefit of Individual advertisers but to the ad- vnntago of Norfolk and surrounding territory northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota as well. With an export uorvlco to make News ad vertisements moro scientific and moro effective , that part of the publicity In The NOWB will become moro potent In performing UR share of building up thin city nnd this great and growing territory tributary to Norfolk. NEW UONESTEEL TRAIN. The now northwest Is growing. People ple living In northern Nebraska nnd southern South Dakota can literally see the country grow and develop day by day. And this IB only the begin ning. A new train between Norfolk nnd Bonostcol Is to bo Installed n week from Sunday. The now train will bo cordially welcomed by the territory north of Norfolk , for one thing. Hut It will do moro than that. It will mark another milestone In this great and fertile country's growth. It was not long ngo thnt there wore no trnlns nt nil north of Vordlgre , In Knox county. Now mils stretch out fnr to the northwest , nnd gnngs of workmen nro stringing them still fur ther through Gregory county , South Dakota. As soon as Trlpp county's million acres of laud are thrown open to the public , the extension will un questionably bo carried on through the Rosebud reservation. And over those prairies , where the coyotes howled but n few short years ago and whore the sound of n locomotive's whistle was a completely unknown quantity , there will bo , within a week , four trains n day each way two passenger trnlns nnd two freights , currying the burden of men nnd merchandise Into the new Innd thnt Is opening up to settlement In order that It may be tilled and do Its share In filling the stomacn of the nation. It was but a short time ngo that the territory west of Norfolk , between hero and Chadron , knew Just one train a day. That was the Ulack Hills train and It shot across tlmtJOO miles of liralrlo land In the night and In the darkness when ijnssengers might not see what they wore traveling through. A little whllo ngo an extra train was added between Norfolk and Long Pine 115 ! miles which made nu added train service each way each day for that stretch of country ; then the new train was run clear through to Chad ron , so that now that whole line has double its former service. And on out west of Chadron , at Lan- or , Wyo. , there are prospects that he steel strips will be sent on further nd further Into the land of the set- lug sun , until they roach Into the dge of the Pacific's warm waters. Norfolk , hi the hub of this growing ountry , whoso development Is going n with'such remarkable strides , must ontlnuo to develop with the country rlbutary , if advantage Is taken of the onstantly opening up opportunities. Some day , perhaps , a railroad may be milt from Sioux City to the Rosebud , ) ut Just at present Norfolk has the atlsfaction of standing in the center of the splendid wheel of opportunity hnt Is so rapidly widening out on ev ery side. Another new train for northern Ne- > raska and southern South Dakota Is only an Incident ; it Is merely one more top lu a renmrknblo progress that has been watched during the past few ears. NORFOLK WANTS UNION DEPOT. Norfolk people want a union sta- ion. ion.Tlmt Tlmt much was definitely demon strated by an overwhelming sentiment expressed at the public meeting , at- ended by a hundred of Norfolk's rep- esontatlve citizens. The sentiment favoring a union station as against two separate stations , provided the inlon depot Is a creditable one , came from people living In every part of the city and from men engaged in every sort of business. On that one point the people of the city are ap parently solidly and inseparably unit ed. Efforts to make it appear that a union station is not what Norfolk wants and that it would be no benefit o the city , were met with clear cut arguments showing how and why the inlon depot would bo a really great achievement for Norfolk and the unanimous manner in which all citi zens declared themselves In favor of such a project If it Is possible at all , demonstrated that the general public doing a little thinking on Its own account , that It knows what It wants and tlmt It is anxious to lead a help ing hand toward bringing to Norfolk an Improvement that would mean much for years to come. It was urged on every hand by rep rcseutatlvo citizens of the city that a union station costing in the neighbor hood of $10,000 would bo at once a feature In the city's public instltu tlons that wo could all bo proud of ; and that It would bo an advertisement for Norfolk , creating Instantly n splen did Impression upon the traveling pub lic panning through this city , whoso value could not bo estimated. Citizens nt the public meeting told of handsome depots in many smaller cities of "tho country which stand out In the memories of visitors nnd which forever leave a pleasant impression of the cities themselves. Such an Im pression upon visitors would work in- cuhihlo benefit to Norfolk , which Is the gateway to a vast area and through which thousands of persons travel on trains each year. It was apparent at the public meet ing In Norfolk nnd the fact that It was the most largely attended public muqtlng held in this city for years to discuss any project Indicates the city's Interest In a union station that , while a number of citizens \vero unwilling to unite In giving Philip avenue to the depot , they were moro than willing to lend their good will nnd hearty ef forts to closing Madison avenue for the station. It wan apparent that nothing could happen to Norfolk at this time which would bring moro genuine pleasure nnd satisfaction to Norfolk than the success of the proposition looking to the establishment of the union depot at this tlmo and the people of Norfolk will most ardently hope tlmt the Com mercial club may bo able to Interest the railroads oven though it bo Mad ison avenue Instead of Philip avenue that the city could unlto on. HUGHES LOSES A POINT. The announcement of I3oss Cox in Ohio , details of which were given in these columns last week , has created a profound sensation among politicians nnd 1ms painted a smile of contentment - mont upon the lips of both the presi dent and Secretary Taft. It is Taft's llrst sip of victory In his pro-conven tion battle for the republican nomina tion and as a result of this round Pres ident Roosevelt announces that ho will rule , the republican national con vention In 1908 without any trouble. This , at least , Is the tone of every special report being sent out over the country from Washington correspon dents. It Is claimed tlmt the president 1ms already begun nn active and systemat ic campaign , now that Ohio is in line , toward drafting all other states into the Taft bandwagon. And real gen uine system Is being employed toward this end. In the south he is said to control absolutely all of the repub lican leaders because there are only enough republican leaders In the south o fill the appointive offices and these Ulcers , being under the direct thumb f the nation's chief executive , arc inxious to cat from the president's mnd. Up In Now York It was an- lounccd the day alter the Ohio ca- ) itulntlon that the president would ac- ivcly resist the endorsement by the state republican party of Governor iughes for the presitioncj ; and on Saturday blood was drawn on Hughes vhen a resolution Introduced in the opubllcan state central committee en- lorslng Hughes In his presidential as- ilrntlons. The president has made it known hat he will use his power , which Is ) otent by reason of federal patronage , n other states to thus lay low other avorlte sons nnd to bring other states mder his own control. He is reported o have said that he will combat Penn sylvania's proposed endorsement of Cnox and Illinois' proposed endorse- nent of Cannon. It is even reported that the presi- lent has Issued n threat to Cannon leclnrlng that unless Cannon surren- lers in Illinois , the president will come out openly and beat him for the speakershlp , Installing Burton of Ohio , o whom the president is thankful for ils work in Taft's behalf , In the shoes of "Uncle" Joe. The president is said to bo partic- ilarly Joyful over the Ohio compro- nlse , oven though it contemplates th acceptance of "tainted" support for .he administration's candidate , be cause he believes it will put an end to third-term talk and allow the pros- dent to conscientiously retire from the white house , which he might not ie able to do if any other man in the nation excepting Taft stood anj chance of receiving a nomination at the hands of the republican natlona convention. This Ohio compromise is said to have determined the president on these two points that he will no accept another term and that he wll rule the next convention and name Tnft. Ever since national politics became a subject for discussion friends of the president have urged that he could control the convention for himself bu not for any other man. He has dial lenged the assertion and Is said to believe that he has practically staitei out safely now to prove that ho cai control things , even for another man Meanwhile , Fairbanks goes quletl along and it , is claimed that n Inrg following In Now England , who dlffe with administration policies and wh bellevo the president ought to stlc to official duties Instead of trying t control the nation's politics and nam his BiicccBsor , are sincerely favorable to Fairbanks. "Raymond" of the Chi- ngo Tribune , places Fairbanks and 'aft as the two leading men In thence nco todny and Governor Hughes' lock has gene down since the pros- ! out's power prevent an endorsement or the governor Saturday. This score gainst Hughes , together with the state onnto'fl rap In refusing to support him n ousting Kclsoy , has made things ook serious for him. But at the same time Now York's ovornor haa resolved to make a fight nd Now York stnto may see a battle oyal In the conflict between Hughes nd Roosevelt over the final Instruc- on of the Now York delegation. ' OHIO IN TURMOIL AGAIN. And now party harmony In Ohio la 11 off again. In fact the fight Is on nero bitterly than ever , and it looks ory much as though a divided delega- Ion would bo sent to the republican ntionnl convention so fnr as Secre- ary Taft's presidential aspirations ro concerned. This will have the ffcct , It Is declared , of causing other tales to withhold their instructions o delegates to the national conven- lou nnd it is easily seen how Score- ary Taft may lose materially on ac- ount of the recent uprising. It 1ms como from a statement made y Senator Foraker. And Senator "Vjrakcr made his statement because Representative Burton , who has all long been the representative of Sec- etary Taft in the Ohio skirmish , amo out a day or so ago declaring tmt while Tnft would allow Cox to upport him in the state , Taft would ot in any way consent to a compro- ilse with Senator Foraker , which vould savor of a "deal , " and that , inco Foraker and President Roose- elt disagree on policies , Foraker must c crushed. Burton 1ms it all framed p to go into the state central com mittee meeting booked for today nnd ndorso Taft for the presidency but mit Foraker from the meeting's houghts altogether. Foraker saw In- tantly tlmt with an endorsement for 'aft ' as presidential candidate , and no ndorsement of himself In the sena- orial race , ho would suffer seriously nd ho resolved to act. He did act , nd quickly. With that courage which ven Forakcr's enemies admit that he ossesses , the senator issued a state ment taking the wind out of the har mony bag that had been blown up by 3oss Cox and which had begun to look Ike a pleasant toy to Taft and the dminlstratlon. Foraker declared in ils statement that the announcement of Cox was made by Cox's own voll- ion and surely not in the Interests of Fornker ; but that he , believing it he duty of every true republican to lo all In his power that might con- rlbute to the aggregate strength of epubllcanlsm , had boon willing to consent to the compromise for har mony's sake which Cox suggested. Jut when he learned fiom the stnte- nent made by Burton , in which the larmony program suggested by Cox vns termed a deal that Taft could not enter Into , Foraker declared that , since harmony was impossible , he vould have to go it alone and , in his opinion , any endorsement made by he state central committee in his be- mlf or in behalf of anybody else would lot and should not be considered as carrying the sanction of the voters of he state. He said that the state con vention alone had the right to make endorsements and that he was willing o abide by the decision of the state convention as to his own merits for a senator. The fight , in other words , is right back at the beginning of the Taft-For- aker Ohio conflict , except that Bur- on's snubbing of Foraker has added bitterness to the fray. * Foraker takes the position that you can't expect something for nothing , be It In business or political or social Ife. He believes that men must ex pect to pay their way and that the man who refuses to pay for an obli gation is not entitled to further con sideration at the hands of those who md befriended him originally. The doctrine is sound and it is old. No doubt Taft and the administration ap preciated the fact that in order to bring about peace in Ohio with For aker , nnd to gain Foraker'-s support In Taft's presidential campaign , it would be necessary to pay Foraker by supporting him in return. But Rep- rosuntntlvo Burton got scared. Ho said that it savored of a "deal , " and that Tnft could not bo a party to It There must bo no compromise. Ohio in his opinion , ought to suppoit Tntt because he wns Tnft , nnd regardless of the fact that Taft would tun around and be compelled , by principle to light a faction from whom he ough to receive assistance. It Is said that Burton's assertloi was made without any knowledge or consent of the white house ; tlmt PresIdent Ident Roo&'evelt nnd Tnft regret thn It wns made and that Foraker hae thus been forced , by his own self re spect , to kick over the traces am start out once moro to rcnow the battle. If Taft's position in Ohio agalns Foraker were more secure than It Is hero would bo less alarm In Wash- ngton over the fnct thnt Fornker , re- enting insult from Tnft'a man Hur on , hnd begun again to light But ho ndmlnlstrntlon knows perhaps bot- er than anybody else , It Is claimed , ho lmint iif.o following thnt Fornkor as In Ohio nnd It Is snld to bo pos- Iblo for him to cnrry on n pretty suc- essful campaign against nny inn- hlno thnt mny bo put up against him. And so , with his determination to Ight because of Burton's attitude that Taft must know no compromise , Taft's lolegation from his home state Js apt o bo split and other states will wait ) cforo they act. And meanwhile , with Governor Hughes in New York and other native sons of other states male- ng Inroads Into the presidency , things are not so altogether roseate at Wash- ngton , It Is reported , as they were ho latter part of last week. . WHEAT GOES UP. James A. Patten of Chicago , who Is aid to be perhaps the largest wheat rader In the country , says he Is not going to shave again until wheat sells n Chicago at $1.50. It is deliberately predicted , therefore , tlmt either wheat vlll take n greater leap than It has bus far or the clean shaven Chicago rndcr will look like a patriarch lu a month or so. Those who keep in touch with mar- cet conditions claim that wheat is le gitimately worth moro this year than t was last year on account of the fall- ng off In acreage , the green bug dam age , etc. And whllo there may be a 4 eaction , many predict that it will go till higher than the dollar that it cached at the beginning of this week. Meanwhile the farmer who has a airly good crop of it is not dlscou- olate. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Everything sounds like an encore to ome men. You can't make anything else out of a last year's straw hat. It doesn't do much good to try grow- ng thin if you aren't built that way. A boy never cares much for the books his teacher advises him to read. A woman's idea of a good husband s one who praises her for being econ omical when she isn't. The cut flower and hon bon market could be cornered without pinching ery many married men. Getting an Invitation frequently ) others a man as much as not receivi ng one worries a woman. The good old times were all right for the flies ; screen doors and fly pa- ) er are modern contrivances. We all do "mean little things , " thinking people will not catch us at hem , but we are always caught. "Lunchettes" are the latest fad in New York city. Wouldn't that make a hungry man swear. Lunchettes ! When dancing begins to look like mnl work to you , it is another sign you are looking over your shoulder at youth. As soon as a man becomes a widow er , a committee of women is formed to see that he does not marry the woman he finally marries. After a man has been married a long time ho has for his best suit of clothes one that he wouldn't have worn for his worst when he was sin gle. Tell a He , nnd it will camp on your trail until It disgraces you. And when the fact finally comes out that you told a lie , a lot of your enemies will be sitting around. "Please print this , " a woman writes to this office. "It is better than much of the stuff you print. My father said it and my mother said pooh. 'Divorce Is the fire escape for matrimony. ' " When the hostess goes Into the kitchen , nnd returns with a little dab of ice cream and some angel cake , she plenses the women who are pres ent a great deal better than she pleases the men. People are peculiar. The men who wear soft felt hats always cave them In on top , although the hats were not made to wear that way. Where did the Idea originate that soft felt hats should he caved in at the top ? Mica Axle 1 Grease Helps the Wagon up the Hill The load seems lighter Wagon and team wear longer You make more money , and have more time to make money , when wheels are greased with Mica Axle Grease The longest wearing and most satisfactory lubricant in the world. STANDARD OIL CO. ! > r t4