The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, July 05, 1907, Page 2, Image 2
THK NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY. JULY 5. 1007. REGULAR FREIGHT TRAINS REST ON THE FOURTH. RAILROAD MEN TO CELEBRATE There Will he No Regular Freight Trains Out of Norfolk on the North western Thursday Specials Will Cnrry Live Stock and Perishable. Along with Hovoral million other AiiHirlciuiH the North wi'Hk'rii In going Jo eolubrnto the Fourth anil enjoy at loam a partial vacation day. On thu Kourth the NorthwoHturn will abandon nil regular freight trains , iiuttlni ; on itulllt'lont Hiioclnl freight services to handle thu llvo Block and perishable Hhlpmonts. Thuro will bo tie regular freight traltm out of Norfolk on the North- \vosturn ThurHday. Ono special freight train each way will bo put on to ban- < llo the llvo Htock and to move the per ishable goods consigned for shipment. Those trains will not carry passengers. No Fourth of July orders have been rccolvcd In Norfolk for tl > o local Union Pacific freight. AH this freight Is tin accommodation trnln and carries mail It Is presumed thnt It will do without n Fourth of July vacation. Although no dollnlto orders had boon received , It was rather believed that there would bo no regular frolKht train pi ) the Oinalm rend on the Fourth. 4 , BANQUET FREMONT HILL. Yankton Business Men Gather to Dis cuss Projected Railroad. Fremont Hill , prcBldent and promot er of the Yankton & Southwestern railroad - road which IB projected from Yank- ton , S. D. , through Norfolk to the Oulf of Mexico , was banqueted at Yankton the other night after leaving Norfolk for that city. Senator Giunblo was also present and made a short speech. The Yanktou Press and Dakotan Bays that the mooting was attended by 100 business men , showing that Yank- ton people arc getting closer together than would have boon possible some years ago. In speaking of Mr. Hill's speech , the Yankton paper says : Mr. Fremont Hill was Introduced and met with an enthusiastic reception at the hands of the Yankton men present. As on other occasions Mr. Hill 1m pressed his hearers with his quiet , yet buslness-llko ways. With an entire absence of the "boom" style of talk , ho was convincing and showed his evident - filncorlty and belief In the project ho has In hand. He gave the data for the last six months , ran over the present situation brlolly yet concisely , and pro Rented the essential points which showed a clear and comprehensive grasp of the whole Immense undertak ing. Ho said ho started ballovlng the proposed line to bo the best railroad In the United States , Ho based this opin ion on actual knowledge ns gathered nil along the line from Yankton to Houston , Texas. Ho had found the project Indorsed by the best men every where along the line of the proposed road and had mot with the greatest1 encouragement and support. Ho said as to facts , ho could state that the pre liminary work for seven hundred miles of the road , Including the right of way , had already been completed and that by October 1 It was expected that this .work would all bo completed all along the line. He said this meant actual work would begin early In the spring nt the south end , and that the work would be pushed north rapidly. Ho said he had visited Yankton first and had mot some doubters , hut ho could now say to those who had been with lilm from the start that they now had the satisfaction of knowing that they had with them the host men from Yankton to the gulf. Ills support fur ther south Is most enthusiastic , where the road Is not a strange project , as ho had found It was looked upon as a moat practical plan and ono deserving of the greatest and heartiest support. Continuing Mr. Hill said the proposed I road would bo ono thousand miles louft , running through the "bread bas ket" of the United States , that It t would pass through immense coal 1 * * , beds , magnificent hardwood timber , the best In the United States , and that the last ono hundred miles would go through a great plno timber coun try. Ho said this section wanted all these things cheaper and could get them with this rend In operation , and that ho could also state that this road would mean that grain could bo shipped to Europe two cents a bushel cheaper from this whole section than Is now the case. He then took up the great increase In tonnage of "si- ness In this country as an nrgur it for more roads. Ho said busluesr id Increased 119 per cent , while the rail roads , in their effort to keep up , had Increased hardly 38 per cent. Ho said the country must have more railroads to meet this great Increase. As an Il 1- lustration ho took up cement , some thing of special Interest to Yankton people. He said this product had In - creased from eight millions to forty- six millions per annum and In the past six years had shown an Increase of one hundred per cent. The speaker quoted President Un - derwood of the Erie railroad , whom i , ho said , got his start In Yankton , In the railroad business , and was now at the head of a road that was acknowl I- edged the head In the cheap handling of freight Mr. Underwood , ho stated I , had remarked that In the near future a railroad would bo built from Yank- ton to the gulf , 'where light grades , , the elimination of curves , and a straight line would mean a serious competition and that ho was preparing 'or that tlmo HO sure to come. Throughf jut liln remarks only part of which ire given hero , Mr. Hill was cloBoly Intoned to and ho convinced his hoar- era that the long dreamed of southern > utlet was now more than a dream and , vas actually to bo had for the grasp- ng , with the ncceBsary amount of msli and energy. AN EXCUR3IONLES8 FJOURTH , New Laws Have Put Old Cheap Rates Out of Duslness , Norfolk and Nebraska arc going to nnjoy an oxciirsloiilcsB Fourth of July this year. It will also bo the Unit I-'ourth In yearn without the "faro and i third" spt'clnl rnk-B , the two-cent faro bill having wiporcodcd or "gen- orall/ed" all special rates within the state. riils IB the week of homo comings and Fourth of July vlHlts. Travel out of Norfolk opened strong with the now week. Hut It will bo Interesting to watch the effect of the now order of things on the size of the crowds that Mock to the Fourth of July cele brations of north Nebraska , now that special rates are no longer heralded In connection with the celebrations , The old Fourth of July rates have not totally vanished from the face of the earth. You can on the third , Fourth and fifth of July buy round trip tickets no of old by paying dou ble the single faro. The Norfolk citi zen who purchases his ticket both ways before sallying forth In search of a celebration will at least bo as sured of n Bafo journey homo oven If hlB finances are depleted by the end of the day's jolllllcatlon. The Northwestern Is arranging for extra equipment to meet all demands of the Fourth but there will bo no apodal trains anywhere. NORTHEAST NEBRASKA DISTRICT ENCAMPMENT THERE. CONTINUES FOR FOUR DAYS Riverside Park at Nellgh IB In Excel lent Condition for the Four Days of G. A. R. Encampment Program for the First Day. Nellgh , Nob. , July 2. Special to The News : The Northeast Nebraska district G. A. II. reunion opened In Nellgh today and continues four days. Riverside park Is In the best of condi tion , and camp life will certainly be enjoyed to Its fullest extent. Follow ing was the program for today : 0:00 : n. m. Music by the band. Invocation. 10:30 : a. m. Address of welcome and turning over camp , by Mayor John S. Kay of Nellgh. Response by District Commander J. M. Colcman. Band concert until noon hour. 1:00 : p. m. Exhibition of speed from stable of John S. Kay , three heats , to go at 1:30 : , 1:50 : and 2:10. : ] Base Ball Nellgh sluggers vs. Oak' dale. 8:00 : p. in. Campflro , conducted by Orange Brlttoll. Speakers of the G. A. R. and addresses to campflro by E. D. Kllbourn and others. 10:30. : Taps. FEDERAL OFFICEJERE VACANT Warren McClary Has Resigned Deputy Clerkship of Court. A vacancy exists In Norfolk's list of federal officers. ] Warrou McClary , appointed deputy clerk of the federal court In Norfolk on the passage of the federal court bill , has resigned his clerkship In tak lug charge of the book-keeping department - ment of the Fair store. Mr. McClary's resignation was sent to Omaha last week but ho has not been relieved. The deputy clerk In Norfolk has charge of the ptipera and court roc ords In the Norfolk court district. The ofllce Is a fee office with a pos sible salary of $120. The post does not make exhaustive demands on the otllceholder's time and affords the hon or of court connections. Appointment to the doputyship Is made by Clerk of the United States Circuit Court George H. Thummel and Clerk of the United States District Court R. C. Hoyt of Omaha with the approval of Judge W. II. Munger of the federal bench. NEW MILEAGE BOOKS HERE. Commercial Travelers Have Been Re- i-1 fusing to Buy Tickets , j Norfolk commercial travelers may h..vo the satisfaction henceforth of I-1 buying 1,000-mllo railroad mileage books at $20. The new forms of mile- age books will bo placed on sale In Norfolk railway stations In n day or 1so. . The books are Issued In accordance - ance with Representative Knowler's bill enacted last whiter by the legls- ilature. . Knights of the grip will welcome the now book. They have not enjoyed the necessity of buying separate tickets at every railway station and as n ro- isuit the passenger conductors have had to work overtime on rebate checks , In many cases the drummers posltlve- ly refused to buy tickets nt all , bo- Icause of the delay occasioned at do- pot windows. They would run from town' to the train , board the last car just as the wheels began to turn and cthen pay cash fares with 25 cents ex- tra for a rebate. The now books are good for ono year and are made out "good for bearer. " f LAD NEAR TILDEN SHOOTS SELF WITH REAL BULLET. HAND AND FOOT ARE PIERCED Eleven-Year-Old Son of Al Wills , Five Miles South of Tllden , Got a Full Fledged Lead Bullet Shell Into the Gun by Mistake , Tllden , Nob. , July 1. Special to The ' Jews : The eleven-year-old son of Al Wills , living live miles south of Til- Ion , accidentally shot himself through i hand and a foot asho result of load- ng a toy pistol with a full Hedged bullet-cartridge Instead of a blank shell. His condition IH not considered serious unless complications should sot t. The lad was playing with his toy ; ilstol , Intended for blank cartridges , and through n mistake loaded the gun with n bullet which held n genuine cad ball. The trigger snapped and the bullet plowed through his hand Und a foot. WARREN HOPKINS CAN NOT LIVE Nlne-Year-Old Boy Near Tllden Will Die as Result of Wound , Tlldon , Neb. , July 1. Special , to The News : Warren Hopkins , the nine- year-old lad who accidentally shot him self In the head whllo loading a 22- allbro rlllo last week , Is in a prcca- rloua condition and it is feared that 10 can not live. It has transpired that the bullet , which entered his head near the right eye , struck a bone and glanced Into the brain. Parts of the brain are still oozing from the wound and hope for ils recovery has been abandoned. Par tial paralysis of the left limb has al ready taken palce. TUESDAY TOPICS. M. C. Hazen left at noon for Pierce. S. Draper of Nlobrara Is In Norfolk today. C. D. Case of Wood Lake stopped n Norfolk. M. Holbrook of Wayne spent yester day In Norfolk. W. R. Locke of Stanton was In the city yesterday. S. W. Montgomery was up from Madison yesterday. Henry Thornton of Hastings was In the city yesterday. R. E. Faith was a Crolghton visitor In Norfolk yesterday. M. Elllngson of Wlnnetoon spent yesterday In Norfolk. Charles E. Cobbey of Beatrice was In the city yesterday. C. Geary of Inrnan was In Norfolk for a few hours yesterday. F. J. Hale of Atkinson was In the city yesterday on business. Mrs. Andrew Johnson of Stanton county was In the city today. Attorney M. F. Harrington of O'Neill was In Norfolk over Monday. Attorney W. A. Mesorve of Crelgh ton was In Norfolk over night. Mrs. Gus Kuhl arrived home last evening from a southern trip. John S. Bates and daughter of Fair fax spent yesterday In Norfolk. Miss Rosalie Sherman of Genoa was a Norfolk visitor yesterday. Mrs. Charles Adams Is homo from a visit with her parents at Hastings. John Collins of Harcus , Iowa , visit ed friends In Norfolk over Sunday. H. Peterson and John S. Klrvlng of O'Neill were In Norfolk yesterday. Mrs. Charles Dudley and sister , Miss Mablo Tanner , left today for Excelsior Springs , Mo. Peter Kautz , D. E. Neller and John Kauleu were Hosklns visitors in Nor * folk yesterday. Mrs. France Mrs. Chapman and Miss Etta Napper are homo from a visit with relatives in Missouri. Miss Josephine Butterfield , who has been at Wellesley college , will return to Norfolk by way of the great lakes. Miss Elslo Marquardt is on a two weeks vacation from her work In A thes & Smith's department store and will visit friends in Omaha and Bazlle Mills. Dr. and Mrs. John T. Pringlo of Plorco passed through Norfolk last evening on their way for a month's outing at Casper , Wyo. Ludwlg Koenigsteln left yesterday for a visit with his brother , Arthur Koonlgstelu , at the latter's home In Arkansas. Eurouto ho will spend a few days with Hugo Asmus In Kansas City. City.Con. Con. Schlvelsguth left for Sioux City yesterday. I. J. Wilson Is working out of Mis sourl Valley now. Dr. Prlnglo of Plerco passed through hero last night on his way to Casper Mrs , Duel and two children left for Iowa this noon to visit with her pa rents. Mrs. Hacket and son Paul went to Meadow Grove last night for a fe\\ days' visit. A new cement sidewalk has been put around the house occupied by William Beck. Mrs. Mlko Ryan returned homo from Crelghton last night where she has been visiting. Mrs. Shlppeo went to Beaver City yesterday noon 4o visit a few days with relatives. Mrs. WIshard of Stanton was it Norfolk yesterday , returning home on No. 40 last night Mr. and Mrs. Hodson of Lynch are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Long for a couple of days. John Koerber , who has been helping his father put up the telegraph wire on the Rapid City and Plerro line IBB come homo to spend the Fourth , wl Mr. Koerber IB expected homo In \ couple of days. Otto Shybo of Pllger , who has been lore visiting with friends for a cou- ) lo of days , returned homo last night. Miss Marvel Snttcrlee. who has been up at Long Pine vlstlng with icr fattier , returned homo yesterday. Miss Gertrude Wilson is In Clear- vatcr visiting with her grandparents , Mr. and Mrs. Holt , formerly of Nor- oik. oik.Harry Harry BrlggB , who has been up at Nlobrara watching an engine , came > ack and Is now working In the round- 10U8C. Ed Krohler , who has been hero vis- ting with his brother Frank , returned esterday on the noon train to his lomo In Havelock. Mr. Hurd of Staples , Minn. , came lore last night to visit with his family vho are visiting at the homo of Mr. ind Mrs. Stove Ilurnette. About two weeks ago Orloy Nolfion cratchcd his linger with a pin. Blood ) olsonlng has now set In and Orley ias n very sore hand. Leo Williams B now working In his place. Mrs. Otto Rankln went to Omaha his morning and will return this oven- ng and go on through to her homo in Coda , South Dakota. She has been icro visiting with her parents. Miss Ruth Grauel , her slater , will accom pany her to Cody tonight for a few weeks' visit Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Terry of Varnervllle , a daughter. A force of section men have been > ngaged In removing the switch track hat ran across part of the Northwest- rn'B new passenger depot lot Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Overocker have moved Into the residence on South Sighth street until recently occupied by C. P. Parish. E. Sly Is arranging a camp near M. . Hazen's summer camp on the river near Taft's grove. Mr. Sly with his amlly will spend the next few weeks n their camp homo. The regular July meeting of the Norfolk board of education was to mve been held last evening but for nek of a quorum failed to materialize. The members present adjourned to meet at the call of President Vlele. Norfolk friends have received cards * fem Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Heckman , ormerly of Norfolk but now of Coun cil Bluffs , announcing the marriage of their daughter , Miss Hattle Loulso Heckman , to John F. Faubel of Hadar , .he ceremony occurring on Sunday , June 30. Mr. and Mrs. Faubel will be 'at home" In Hadar after July 15. Hartlngton Herald : Phillips Pick- els , a well known resident of the north part of the county , was drowned n about fifteen inches of water at he edge of the Missouri river some .imo Tuesday. Pickles was sixty-eight years old and a well known character along the river. Ho has worked with a saw mill crew for years and while no definite Information can bo ob- : alned there Is somewhat of a mys- .ery surrounding his death. There are several stories afloat as to the cause of drowning but so far nothing definite has developed. Elkhorn encampment No. 27 , I. O. O. F. , Installed officers at a meeting leld In the lodge room last night The 'allowing officers were installed : E. R. Hayes , c. p. ; C. E. Doughty , h. p. ; R. W. Boyd , s. w. ; J. T. Wolfklel , j. w. and treasurer ; M. C. Walker , scribe. After the installation ceremo nies the members adjourned to Vail's ce cream parlors and enjoyed refresh ments. Clergymen's half fa-e permits be came void In Interstate travel from , through or into Nebraska on the Northwestern Monday. With the In troduction of the two cent faro In the state clergymen's half fare permits were canceled so far as state trips were concerned but with the Incom- ng of July the permits become void for any and all trips through two-cent territory. Herman Mai , the Norfolk section man whoso shoulder was crushed in the Northwestern yards Friday morn- ng when ho was run down by a switch train , has been Improving. It is still considered too early to tell the final outcome of the accident on account of the serious condition in which the man's shoulder was left by the mis- imp. Mai lives near Fourth street and Lincoln avenue and is married. Butte Gazette : Mrs. Lena Whistler of Gross , Neb. , a Boyd county citizen who has given the world a practical Illustration of how a woman may bo a successful farmer , was in Butte Tuesday and made this office a pleas ailt call. Mrs. Whistler filed on a homestead about six miles northeast of Spencer , nine years ago , with com paratlvoly nothing to start on , and today she Is Independently well fixed. She Is the owner of a 100-acre farm , well Improved and stocked and has eighty acres of fine school land , be sides a neat bauk account. She marketed ketod $500 worth of hogs and corn this spring. "BILLY" FERGUSON IN TROUBLE Has Dispute With Nellgh Marshal and is Arrested There. Nellgh , Neb. , July 2. Special to The News : "Billy" Ferguson of Nor folk , ono of the first arrivals at the reunion here , Is in trouble. "Billy" arrived in Nellgh last night and at once set up a shoe-shlno establish * ment. Before long he had become en gaged in a dispute with a policeman and as a result the Norfolk man wrs placed under arrest. This morning ho was brought before Police Judge McAllister and assessed $10 and costs Having not the necessary wherewithal Billy Ferguson will be obliged to re main in the Nellgh jail until the fine is paid or until after the reunion. RAY O. GROOMS OF ARNOLD , NEB. , IS THE VICTIM. BODY IS NOT YET RECOVERED Young Man Who Had Been Working His Way Through School Loses Life In Elkhorn Parents Have Arrived on Scene Dynamite Unsuccessful , Nellgh , Neb. , July 1. Special to The News : The Elkhorn river claimed ts annual victim Saturday afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock In the person of Rny O. Grooms of Arnold , Nebraska. Mr. Grooms In company with R. L. Unman went to the river for a plunge , md not being acquainted with the stream and unable to swim ho stepped off Into a deep hole 'and got beyond his lopth. Mr. Hainan rendered nil the assistance possible to help his com panion to shore , even holding his hand ns lone as possible , but as the current was fast taking him down he soon jecamo exhausted and was compelled o give up. The last words' uttered by the drowning boy were : "Come this way. " The alarm was Immediately given and soon swimmers and divers from Nollgh wore doing their utmost to recover the body , but all seemed to jo in vain , a hay rake was brought nto action and dragged across the river a number of times , but this also proved unsuccessful. The search was continued until 2 o'clock yesterday morning , and again resumed nt about 8 and continued during the day. At east 200 men and boys worked faith fully all the time. The water where Mr. Grooms lost ills life Is from fifteen to twenty feet leep and very swift Ho was a young man twenty-one years of ago and had ) een attending the normaj college nt Kearney. He was working his way ihrough school and was In Nellgh In .ho interest of an educational assocla- : ion. He also represented a firm of St Louis , selling stereoptlcon views. Ells parents reside near Arnold and were nt once notified of their son's misfortune. They arrived In Nellgh ast evening. Late yesterday afternoon dynamite was used to raise the body , but this also proved unsuccessful. However , the search Is still going on. NEBRASKA CORNFIELDS BEST. Northern Nebraska Crops Surpass Those Down Bostonway. Nebraska's crops this year are the best to be found anywhere between Norfolk and Boston , according to W. H. Butterfiold who arrived homo Sun day evening from Boston. This Is not a year for crop pessimists , Mr. Butter- field says , for the crops , though back ward , are on the whole promising. But It is the western fields that are the most promising at this time and as ono travels east the fields of grain become more backward. In Ohio and Indiana winter wheat Is laying the basis for a good crop but corn Is backward. One Ohio farmer , Mr. Butterfield avers , was husking his corn ns he rode east and was only completing his planting on Mr. Butter- field's return west. But all in all It was the Nebraska crops that showed up the best , the beauty and the heal thy appearance of the green fields in creasing as one rides west across the country. Alva Briggs Dead. Brlstow , Neb. , July 1. Special to The- News : Alva Briggs , formerly of Knox county , one of the pioneer set tlers and a highly respected citizen of Boyd county , died at his farm , south of Bristow , at 1:30 : a. m. from pneu monia. A wife , three sons and two daughters mourn his death. Death of Dr. Antorln. Crelghton , Neb. , July 1. Special to The News : Dr. J. E. Antorln , a prom inent veterinary surgeon here , died yesterday afternoon as the result of an operation for appendicitis. He was operated on Thursday but the disease was said to have gone too long. The funeral was held this afternoon , under the auspices of Masons. He leaves a wife , two sons and four daughters. A brother from Eldora , Iowa , arrived a half hour too late to see Dr. Antorin a\lve. \ Dr. Antorln was a successful man in his work and had a largo prac tice. FOUND DEAD ON FARM. Mark Moore of Stanton Meets Death Alone. Stanton , Neb. , Juno 29. Special to The News : Mark Moore , an old and highly respected citizen of this town was found dead on his farm five miles east of town. Mr. Moore was born In Devonshire , England , in October , 1842. Ho and his wlfo came to Now York In 1870 , where they lived two years. Ho then emigrated to Iowa , where ho resided one year. In 1873 ho homesteaded - steaded In Colfax county , Nebraska , three miles southeast of the present town of Howalls , where ho lived until five yeors ago , when ho removed his homo to Stanton. Ho is survived by nn adopted son ; ono brother at How- ells ; a sister at Armour , South Da kota ; and two sisters In England. Ho was highly respected and a life long Christian. Bllliters Are Divorced. Alnsworth , Neb. , July 1. Special to The News : A special terra of the district court was held hero presided over by Judge Westover , called to try the Bllllter dlvorco case. The case was heard , a dlvorco granted and an. A 25c. Dottle of s Balsam Contains 40 DOSES , And onch dose Is nioro effective tlmn four times the sumo qunutlty of any ether cough remedy , however well advertised and however Btrougly rec ommended that remedy tnny Co. Itomembor always that KEMP'S BALSAS ! Is the Best Cough Curc. It has envcd thousands from con- sumption. It hns Bnvcd thousands of lives. At nil druggists' , 25c. , COc. ntul $1. Don't ncccpt anything clue. equitable division ot the property made ; Mrs. nilllter was represented , by Mike Harrington of O'Neill and Jack Bflllter by A. W. Scattorgood of Alnsworth. The Bllliters are old citizens of this county and wore In good circumstanc es. The separation occurred In thO' early spring. SPENCER RACE MATINEE. 1 Was a Success In Every Particular. Grand Stand Finished. Spencer , Nob. , July 1. Special to The News : The racing matlneo which took place hero Saturday afternoon was a success in the fullest sense ot the term. The weather was Ideal , the crowd was Immense and the races were fine , fast and exciting. The new grandstand was completed just In tlmo and much appreciated by the throng of people. The track was In good con dition and everything passed off with out a ruffle or an accident ' Relchmann Better. ' * Butte Gazette : We are Indeed" glad , to note that Brother Relchmann of the Bonesteel News is up and attending to business again , after having suffered a severe hemorrhage , from the effect of which ho was seriously 111 for sev eral days. BIGGEST OF ALL CIRCUSES HEAD ED TOWARD NORFOLK. CORRESPOND WITH RAILROADS It Is Believed That the Chances Are Good That Norfolk May Get a Close Range View of the Greatest Show on Earth This Month. Barnum & Bailey's big circus , the "biggest show on earth , " will , It is believed , show In Norfolk during the coming month. The big circus Is showing in Minnesota at this time and is headed towards Norfolk. Barnum & Bailey have entered into ° correspondence with the railroads on a contemplated trip through Nebars- ka with Omaha , Lincoln and Norfolk among the towns under consideration. No contracts have been entered into * but It is considered very probable that Norfolk may have a chance to see the big circus at close range. A visit from Barnum & Bailey to any city in the west would be a red letter day In the local calendar of the city. Norfolk would greet the big. show with a record breaking crowd. Barnum & Bailey opened the season last spring in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show has been working west , having passed through Ohio , Indiana , Illinois and Michigan. The show will bo at Minneapolis tomorrow and comes to Sioux City two weeks from today. Press matter was received from the circus by The News some months ago. MAIZE OF NORTHWEST REACHES' . PROPER STATURE. FIELDS ARE .FREE FROM WEEDS Northern Nebraska and South South Dakota Have Advantage Over South ern Nebraska In Regard to the Clean- Fields of Grain. Corn In north Nebraska and the Rosebud reservation of South Dakota will bo knee high by the Fourth. A rldr through the country shows that , win some cornfields arc slight ly back"rd , there Is a considerable portion viilch already comes up to the proverbial Fourth of July height and thus assures a bountiful harvest be fore the frost. In many ways northern Nebraska has the advantage over southern Ne braska In the cornfield of this summer. Down In the southern part of the state there was so much rain that farmers were unable to get Into the fields to plow out the weeds and as a result the fields are said to be in bad condition. In northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota , however , there has been / just enough rain to keep the stalks' * leaping skyward and not enough to prevent active work in plowing- out the weeds. The past ten days have made a wonderful difference In the condition of the growing crops In this part of the west. While sorao small1 grain la going to bo light , the high prices will more than make up for prosperity to. farmers of. the northwest