NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUURNAL : FRIDAY MAY , 24. 1907. ThB Norfolk Weekly News-Journal The News. KutnblUhml. 1881. nn Journal. S HUSE'R DLISHINQ COMPANY IV. N. Hum : N. A. Swnilnry llvory Krlitny. " _ " 1-iiitoroil nl'tTitf pom ntHco 11 t Nor7olU , nmttor Telephone" ! Killtorlnl UoimrtgionL No. 82. lliiitliioiM Olllco niut Job Hoomn , No. II18. KANSAS' FOR TAFT ? The Kansas republican contrnl com- inlttco linn promised to deliver the ntnto republican party to Taft. Whether the few men who comprlBO Uio Btnto conunlttoo will lie nblo to "deliver" the voters remains to bo BOOH. It IB announced from Ohio tlmt other states will bo driven Into line If the Tatt organization can swing things. As ono moaiifl of romovliiB a < Hf" ' cult barrier from the Tnft boom , nn effort IB going to bo inailo U > oust Dlclc and the Imlanco of the repub lican contrnl committee of Ohio. Af ter the punishment la inflicted upon Fornkor's friends In Ohio because they oppose Tnft there , friends of the secretary of war say that ho will have easier sledding In other states. ATTACKS HITCHCOCK. . Another Htntcment from Washing ton , telling UH that Arch M. Hughes , ousted postmaster at Columbia , Tenn. , is malicious liar , Is not beyond the limits of possibilities. Mr. Hughes has Invited trouble by Issuing n strong attack upon First Assistant Postmas ter General Hitchcock , Because of the strong charges made by Mr. HughcH , a reply will probably bo looked for by the country at largo. Col. Arch M. Hughes says that Hitchcock ousted him because ho Is not In favor of n third term for Presi dent RooBOVolt. Ho declares that no word of misconduct or wrong doing or incfllcluncy has over reached him , but that after live years of faithful Borylco ho has been removed because ho took Roosevelt at his word In be lieving the president will not take another nomination. Col. Hughes ac CUBOB Hitchcock of making trips through the south at the government's expense for the purpose of hunting people to boom a third term for Roose- volt. Ho says that ho was removed when a lot of down-and-out republic tins of Tennessee told Hitchcock that ho was not for Roosevelt for n third term. Hughes Is reported to have told Hitchcock this and Hitchcock Is Haiti 11 to Imvo replied , "Hut these fellows 1 control tlto organl/atlon. " The statement that ho has been re moved for not wanting the president for a third term Is a strong one. Per haps Mr. Htlchcock will talk. ART13SIAN WELLS. The great practical value of the un derground water investigation of Uio United States geological survey has recently received another dcmonstra- tlon-r-thts tlmo in central South Da kota. In this region the western ex tension of the Northwestern railroad system from Plorro to Rapid City has built up the valley of Dad river , and ' tlio company has sunk three wells to supply water for locomotives and oth er uses. In sinking the welts the com pany was guided entirely by a map published In a report on the geology and underground water resources of the central great plains , of which South Dakota forms a part , published by the survey as professional paper , No. 32. This map , prepared by N. II. Darton , the author of the report , in dicated In a general way the areas in which artesian Hews might bo found and showed Uio probable depths at which the great water-bearing forma tion of the great plains , known to geologists as the Dakota sandstone , would bo reached. The predictions tnado by Mr. Dnr' jn on thlw map were very closely verified by the railroad company's wells. At Capa , where the top of the Dakota sandstone was shown by the map to bo at a depth of about 1510 feet , it was found at 1500 feet. At Nowlin , farther up the valley , the depth predicted was be tween 1500 and 2000 feet , or approx imately 1750 feet , and the water bear ing Dakota sandstone was entered at 17CO feet. At Wendte , twenty miles west of Pierre , a similar verification of prediction was made. This la but ono Instance of many that might be cited In which the water investigations of the survey have re sulted in the successful locution of artesian wells. BROWNSVILLE UP TO DATE. Testimony In the now noted Browns- ville affair , In which negro soldiers formerly stationed at Fort Nlobrarn were charged with "shooting up" the town , Is not nil ono sided. For a num ber of months things have seemed to bo favoring the discharged troops , so far as the senate investigation at Washington is concerned , but new ev idence just introduced tends to very strongly bear out the president's opin ion that the Twenty-fifth was guilty of the outrageoim raid upon the town in which n number of white citizens were shot and killed. While negro soVdiers had testified & 1I along , and with remarkable unan imity , that thuy were Innocent and knew nothing of the shooting , Drowns * vlllo people are tending to prove that the colored soldiers were guilty and did , after all , do the shooting with which they wore charged. Four Drownsvlllo people testified that they saw the negro soldiers shoot * Ing , and that thcro could bo no mlH- take In Identity. The Urowusvlllo Investigation has dragged on to such a length that there In little Interest left In It excepting when a bit. of genuinely now testimony Is brought out. Among other effects , however , there has been ono which Ni'brnslm experienced during the past week. Senator Hen Tlllman of South Carolina delivered a lecture In South Omaha to .1,000 people and at times his remarks were enthusiastically cheered. His remarks and their re ception show , Just as do many articles in current magazine , that the Browns- vlllo Incident has served , If nothing more , to bring to attention the race problem which sooner or later must bo met In the south. PIIHACHER REPENTS. Rov. John L. Clark , pastor of the Brunswick Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn , who married Cor ey and Miss Oilman , ban repented. Immediately after the ceremony ho guvo out a statement In which ho de clared that ho had done a righteous act and that If ministers all refused to marry divorced people , there would bo a deal of Immorality In the world charged up to them. Now he says ho is sorry and asks forgiveness from the church directors. Incidentally ho says the fee ho received did not amount to $1,000. Whether the llov. Mr. Clark did right or wrong In performing the cer emony that united the divorced stool king and the former footllght beauty In wedlock , the country has formed u pretty nearly unanimous verdict as to the action of the groom. Corey and thin actress were married * In a glided suite at a prominent and luxurious ho tel In Now York. The ceremony oc curred at 1 o'clock In the morning and the appointments were tremendously costly. Everywhere was the tone of lavish expenditure of wealth. But af ter all there was something lacking In the atmosphere of the place. More dollars failed to charge the air with that Hlncorlty , that truth of sentiment which all the world loves to see. And the world couldn't help thinking ol the woman whom Corey had desertet and cast off , for the sake of claiming this painted creature for Ills bride Years ago Corey selected a bride who was willing to cast her lot with his and take chances on fortune's favor She was willing to take him for wha ho was , for better or for worse. , Bu Corey prospered. Money turned his head. With wealth came luxury ant with luxury came destruction of the wholesome spirit that had existed In Corey , the youth. Homo lost its at > traction and n pretty chorus girl 1 caught his eye. Ills own long-faithful , wife , who had remained loyal through ups and downs , was cast off In a di [ vorce court and in her place the new Corey , his true nature destroyed by his dollars , took this doll from the stage because for a moment she ap peared to strike his fancy. It was a wedding that the world looked upon because of the lavishness of Its costly trimmings ; but ono with which the world nt large the world that loves a lover was entirely out of sympathy , and ought to be. NEWSPAPERS OF NORTHWEST. There has been 'a striking revolution among newspapers of northern Ne braska and southern South Dakota during the past few years. This re markable territory , stretching out for several hundred miles around Norfolli as its hub , has shown a rapid develop ment in many lines of business am ! It is just getting at the edge of stil greater oxpansloit * But among oil branches of industry , none has shown greater progress than the northwest newspapers. A few years ago a country news paper was a sheet whose chief object In life was to get In print names of local residents. Today the newspa pers of this great territory stand out as institutions which do a mighty portion tion of the work of this country's prog ress. Today they are being read for' the genuine news that Is In them , and their inllucnco at homo and abroad in. bringing the good features of their communities to the attention of the public , .is a powerful factor in the up building of those communities. In newspapers from all of this ter ritory , from Norfolk to Dallas , from hero to Chadron , northeast into the Emerson country , southeast to Colum bus , east to West Point , and on the Albion branch , there is noticeable a gratifying stride along with the pro cession. The papers are well printed , neatly made up and forcefully edited. Headlines that show life and energy , and arranged with no small degree of effort and art , stand out and give to readers the gist of important news features. The editorials are carefully done In most instances and have a genuine significance. Advertisements , keeping pace with the news columns , are fresh and sparkling. They are lied with real argumontu for various irtlcles offered for sale and it is safe o say that they nro producing results. With the Increased development of ho west and the Inauguration of more clentlllc methods of doing business , nude necessary by Increased compotl- Ion from the larger cities , country owns are no longer looking upon their lowBpnpors AS "charitable" instltu- Ions , but are coming to recognize the eal value of publicity and the potency of printer's ink. No other section of the west shows lewspnperu which , as a whole , can compete in general excellence with ho newspapers of northern Nebraska ind southern South Dakota of today. And many of the newspaper friends back east" might come Into this tor- Itory and pick up u number of val- table IcsiiouB , MEMORIAL DAY DUTY. It Is fit and proper that the Norfolk city council should appropriate a sum with which to help defray expenses of the forthcoming Memorial day ser vices in this city. As n matter of fact the people of every city , and not : ho veteran soldiers who fought the mttles In ' 01 , ought to bear the ex [ ) cnse and do It gladly that is in Burred In the proper observance of Ms annual funereal day. In years gone by Norfolk , like other allies of America , has allowed the old soldiers to take full charge , with all ) f the trouble and burden and worry that accompanies such supervision , of : ho annual Memorial day services. The old soldiers have been allowed to march out to the cemetery , prnc- tlcally alone , to decorate the graves of the soldier dead with ( lowers that bespeak the tribute of honor and es teem in which those departed veter ans arc held. The balance of the population has treated the occasion with a degree of Indifference , appar ently entirely willing that the work and energy of the day should bo expended - ponded by the remaining veterans many of whom nro feeble , instead of by the younger and growing genera tions. Memorial day ought to bo perpet uated. The war In which these heroes risked their lives and In which they suffered all manner of privation , preserved served this union and the stars and stripes. It was a bloody conflict but a necessary one. In no way can this nation over repay to those bravo mer the service which was performed. Al ! that wo can do is to honor them for their memories as the years roll by Hut unless the younger generation o men and women , boys and girls , who know only through stories handed down to them from their ancestors of the battles that were fought , will ex ert themselves each Memorial day in honoring those who fought that fight , then the day must lose its significance as the old soldiers , one by one , an- swer the roll call of Father Time. There remain but a comparative handful of the soldiers who went through the civil war. They have done praiseworthy work In maintainIng - Ing the spirit of Memorial day as well as they have. But they are growing old and feeble , many of them , and it becomes the duty of their children and the children of other men who did not go to war but whose Interests were protected by union blood , to take up the spirit of this day and keep the flame of patriotism burning brightly. The decoration of graves on this Memorial day should not be left to old soldiers and the Woman's Relief Corps alone. Children in the schools and men and women everywhere should assume a responsibility in the matter and do their share. It is a duty that every man and every woman owes to his country and to those who preserved its union. And If the men and women of the future are to do their duty In this regard , the children of the present must bo Inspired with the meaning and the patriotism ol the occasion. NORFOLK FOR "CUT FLOWERS. " A Bonesteel paper of last week , in speaking of a social function held nt that place which was particularly ex cellent , said that potted plants and " 'cut flowers from Norfolk florists" were used in decorating. Naturally enough , as the vast ter ritory to the north and west ofthis ' city spreads out and develops , its i many towns , and many more that are ! to be born , will turn to Norfolk , the gateway to the new northwest the hub of this great fertile wheel for "cut flowers. " There Is not enough demand for cut flowers In any small town to support rth n greenhouse. Yet there is enough ; demand In the aggregate from all ol the small towns of this vast territory ry.c to make a greenhouse in Norfolk prac tlcablo and worth while. Its existence hero helps Norfolk and is , slmulta neously , a convenience to all of the territory tributary to Norfolk se from here their orders can bo ed In twenty-four hours' less time that from Sioux City or Omaha , and be cause if a trip is necessary to NorfoU in looking after the purchase , a goo ( sized bit of railroad fare , time am hotel bills are saved as compared will the trip to Omaha or Sioux City. And "cut flowers , " in the sense hen used by The News , means nil of those commodities and luxuries ) for which there Is occasional demand from every small town but which are Impractic able for handling excepting In distrib uting centers. The territory around Norfolk Is coming to look to this city for Its "cut flowers" In all lines of commerce. The fact that Bonesteel sends to Norfolk for Its roses only means that Bonostccl and a hundred other communities In Norfolk's terri tories will came more and more to look to Norfolk for every desired ar- tlclo that can not bo found In the smaller places. Instead of Omaha and Sioux City , Norfolk must come to bo the market place of the now north west which shall supply , In a whole sale and retail way , all things unob tainable and impracticable for hand ling in the smaller towns. In order to supply this demand for a market place within n day's roach from nil this country , Norfolk is stockIng - Ing up , moro and more , with Indus trie's and Institutions to take advant age of the opportunity offered. With in the past year a number of valuable and substantial institutions have been located hero and moro are to come. With this opportunity knocking harder and harder on Norfolk's door , with the call from out of Norfolk's vast tributary territory growing louder and louder in insisting that this is the place that ought to supply the "cut flowers" of life to all of these neigh boring towns , because of the mutual benefit In building up the new north west and a creditable city at its gate way , it might bo no bad plan for the Commercial club to adopt some active campaign for developing the posslbil Hies offered. It would bo no bad plan to launch nil advertising campaign , In forming all parts of the nation of the fact that the now northwest wants to get its "cut flowers" in Norfolk , and giving a list of the various industries which , in order to supply the wants of Norfolk's neighbors who are natur ally looking more .and more to Norfolk to supply them with all things that can not practicably bo handled at home , ought to be able to live and grow right here. A look at the map shows that Nor folk has a remarkably advantageous location as the distributing gateway to a magnificent and fertile territory running more than a half thousand miles west and moro than a hundred northwest. Chicago's only assett is its location. But an opportunity undeveloped brings no benefit. After a little while new lines of railroad will be bull through and across the vast trac northwest of here , bringing that terrl tory into closer relation with Slouj City and Omaha. In fact plans for f such railroad building are already r completed. From Sioux City the Oma ha road will build to Niobrara and thus get close to the Rosebud and Tripp counties , as well as Knox and Boyd. From Omaha or Lincoln a line will no doubt be built to Sprlngvlew throwing interest from that territorj into southern parts of the state. Today Norfolk has an exclusive , vlr- gin territory that ought to be wooed and won for all time to come. It can not be expected that this territory wll. do the courting. And unless activ plans are developed and executed in a thorough manner , other cities wll 1 do the courting and win the hand. The opportunity is now ripe fo : Norfolk to go a-courtlng and to we the new northwest as the husband who shall send "cut flowers" in all lines of Industry and trade out through all this territory for all time to come ; and the opportunity for this romance , un L. less organized activity and an aggres i- sive campaign is adopted by the busi | ness Interests ns a unit , will one day fade away. FOR A GOOD ROAD TO JUNCTION A summons has gone out from the First street Improvement committee asking for aid in the work of building a permanent highway along that thor oughfare from the business section of > the city to the Junction. Norfolk ap [ preciates the value of the projected Improvement and will unquestionably respond generously in order to make : the roadway a substantial and per manent one. , . , A solid , permanent roadway be tween the Junction and the uptown portion of Norfolk has been greatly needed for years. Norfolk merchants are losing dollars every day because of the lack of a good highway for such ihs travel. And Norfolk , ns n city , Is los ing mightily each day In impressions given to visitors. It was not long ago that the repre sentative of an eastern bond company , who had come to Norfolk to investi - gate the city's sewer bonds , arrived i on a train that stopped at the Junc tion and rode up town in a cab over muddy roads. Ho was unfavorablj Impressed with the city at the out set. The poor railroad depot , located a mile from town , and the- - poor road way leading to his hotel , gave a bat start and prejudiced the man against the city. Fortunately he had pleutj of tlmo to stay and Investigate and he learned that the city was one of splen did promise , substantially built ant with an enviable territory In whlcl to grow rapidly. Aa a result ho was willing to take Uio bonds at $500 less than ho at first thought possible. This Incident has been commented upon before , But It emphasizes the need of creditable railway stations nnd good roads. Not cvory visitor In the city has tlmo to stay nnd Investigate. Many , being driven from station to hotel over rough and muddy roads , gain such un favorable Impressions of the city that they want to tnko the first train out and never return. The old Idea that first Impressions nro lasting ones is by no means n fable , and Norfolk suf fers on that account in the lack of n substantial roadway from the Junction up town Wo who Hvo in Norfolk know that good roads are , in a measure , only skin deep nnd that It is oUicr features , underneath , which really give a town its foundation for growth. But , while n good road is comparatively only n little matter , it Is of vast significance In getting the city into the good grac es of visitors when they first strike town. The same argument will apply to the paving of Norfolk avenue. The sama argument will apply to any num her of other comparatively small de tails in the city's appearance which mean so much in turning favor for or against a city among strangers who chance to bo spending a brief hour In * town. While clothes do not always make the man or the city , it will be found pretty generally that neat wearing np parol , either In humans or in comnui nltics , will give a pretty strong Indi cation as to character and , just as the well dressed man will be given pref erence over n carelessly garbed per son , other things being equal , so the city which has pride enough and con fldence enough In itself to pay atten tion to the little things which count so vitally in appearance , will win out in the end against another of equal rank , but which is willing to drift along untidily. Norfolk has an opportunity for a tremendous future. No better terri tory surrrounds any city. It is grow ing in nn industrial way. Its prestige is increasing. And if its opportunities are to be taken advantage of , energy and money must be expended in civic improvements , both for comfort nnd appearance. A permanent road between the busl ness portion of the city and the June tion would not alone add to comfori and appearance. It would mean dollars lars and cents. Dozens of shoppers who now go to Omaha from the June tlon would be only too'glad of an op portnnity to come up town if a.smootl road made the trip an easier one. While it will perhaps be some time before a street car service will be available for this route , it was estab llshed by The News last summer tha an automobile carrying a dozen per sons could easily be secured to make regular trips between the Junction and the business portion of the city thus bringing the residents of tha portion of the town much closer to th grading district. Norfolk owes to the people of the Junction as well as to itself , for the impression it would create with visit ors and for the comfort added to Nor folk's rides , a substantial and wel built permanent roadway. Much ef fort and money has already been ex pended on the First street road nn the work ought to he completed. Nor folk ought to make its completion pos slble. That done , the great value o good roads over bad ones will be s firmly established that other street. between the Junction and up town iwill be converted into permanent ones for use In rainy weather as well a dry. And once the value of a goo road In town is fixed , rapid improve ment of country roads will become necessity. AROUND TOWN. Killing frosts don't seem to hur the green bugs. It's useless to ask the weather to change. It changes too often now. The new northwest is dressing up and has added a now train to her gown. When Price's Jewels * win a ball game , Price considers them priceless jewels. The tennis season will end before it begins. Wouldn't It be fierce if last winter should merge Into next winter and give us a double dose ? - , Apparently the north polo has begun looking for Peary. It is said that a good sized crowd * of Norfolk people visit Hadar each Sunday nowadays. Norfolk Is dry on Sundays but Hadar is an oasis. - . One month from today the days will begin to get shorter and the curtain of darkness will begin to fall a little earlier each night on summer scenes. O'Neill Frontier : The Atkinson Ledger is just as "sassy" as It used to bo at Stuart , Butte Gazette : Butte Is. as usual 1 , In the lead. She is offering $250 moro In purses than any other town in Uio North Nebraska race circuit. Stand up for Butto. Your corn planted ? Cherry sisters withstood several years of frost without effect. Burke is smoking cigarettes in the Omaha Jail ; he'll probably hang. We go northwest to find the Rose bud ; nnd the Rosebud looks to Nor * folk for its cut flowers. If Bocho can change "J" to "b" he'll got ball instead of jail ; otherwise he'll remain a J. b. ( which means Jail bird. ) It's said there is no hot air about the now Northwestern depot that is going np In Nprfolk. It will bo steam heated. In mentioning the opening which now exists in the Third congressional district for nn appointment to Annap olis , It may not bo policy to mention the hazing. For the sake of basing nn argument upon fact , The News would like to know how many women let their sup per dishes go until th'o next morning and how many insist that their hus bands shall turn in and help do the Job at night L J Clenrwnter Record : Norfolk has been trying t6 get a union depot but the roads have decided not to grant it. The railroad facilities at that place are a disgrace and a great in convenience to all travelers In north ern Nebraska and it would seem that a simplification of transfers would bo desired by all parties concerned. Wow ! What a howl would go up , remarked an experienced editor , if newspapers were to criticise the indi viduals as freely as many people crit icise the newspaper. Every issue of a live , reputable newspaper is a man tle of charity , and the matter left out truth , not gossip would often more than equal in volume that published. If an editor would get out a cold fact edition of his paper some day , and then get up in a tree and watcli the results wow ! What a picture it would be ! Wakefleld Republican. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. What a lot of tiresome talk there is in the world. The first thing to do In cleaning house is to find out which of your neighbors borrowed your step-ladder last. You can't tell much by a name ; the average disease germ requires more space on its visiting card than a sleepIng - Ing car , and sleeping cars are not not ed for brevity. If your disposition Isn't right it will become noticeably fretful when you draw a poor whist partner. The people of every locality pos sessed of a creek or a duck pond , be lieve they would have excellent fishing if the game law could be enforced. Occasionally a story strikes you as funny , and you laugh at it for hours. This has been amusing to us today : A Kentucky colonel shot a neighbor and was taken to the court house. The Judge asked the colonel why ho .had shot the man , and the colonel re- ' 'plied : "Judge , it Is a delicate person al matter I do not care to make pub lic , " whereupon the judge admitted the colonel to bail , and that settled It. WENT TO EWING TO SPEAK TO GRADUATES. ON VACATION FROM POLITICS United States Senator E. J. Burkett Passed Through This City Met General Manager Walters of North western Here -For the First Time. United States Senator E. J. Bur kett of Lincoln spent the noon hour in Norfolk. Senator Burkett was on his way to fill a high school com mencement engagement at Ewing. Senator Burkett's life durlnc the next few weeks will bo one round of commencement days and nights. "I expect to help graduate a half thou sand young men and women of Ne braska this year , " said the senator in' Norfolk. There were no new devel opments In politics , Senator Burkett said. He was , he said , on a vacation from politics with his vacation days one round of smiling young graduates and commencement audiences. In Norfolk Senator Burkett was In troduced to General Manager Walters of the Northwestern , passing through the city on a tour of inspection , and the two had a talk on informal sub jects during the noon hour. Senator Burkett's dates are filled clear up to June 22. During the next two weeks spring commencements take him to the following Nebraska towns : Ewing , May 22 ; Gordon , May 23 ; Alliance , ' May 24 ; Gothenburg , May 25 ; Junlata , May 27 ; Arapahoe , May 28 ; Superior , May 29 ; Table Rock , May 30 ; Central City , May 31 ; Aurora , June 1. Your "Help Wanted" ad , wll find the right person If the right person is looking for work just now.