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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1907)
fr v v The Norfolk Weekly Hews-Joimal , The New * . KftlAbllnltoil , Iftftl. . Tfio Jouriml. KaUUllHhBJij877. TKL HU8E PMBUSHINQ COMPANY " . N , Hum : N. A , HTHK VrwMfiq Hm-n-lnry livery Friday. . ymull poryunrU.6U. _ _ J " ' "i-Jniu'roil in thViioitioillco nVTJortoTu ] Neb. , na ncc ( > inlclnnM _ mutt or. TolnplimioH ! Kdltorlnl lomrtmont | No. 22. HusliK'RB Olk' ! < anil Job Rooms. No. II 22. THE COUNTRY 18 8AVI3D. The country Is saved. Corn is knee high by tlio Fourth. Despite Iho lack of moisture early lu the your nnd the cold weather lutor , the agricultural regions of the west are swinging lute normal condltloiiH nnd business In wearing a smile. The past couple of weeks have pro duced precisely ( ho brand of weather , with just enough inolHturo and Just enough fluiiHhliio , to bring the crona bursting forth from the rich soil until nn excellent crop Is assured. The first six months of the year , which ended yesterday , showed nn nd- VAIICO of from live to ten percent in wholesale nnd Industrial output throuhout the country and fall pros pects appear bettor than a year ngo. Apparently the season of 1007 will surpass all rivals in point of material prosperity. PREPARING FOR THE FOURTH. The Fourth of July a year ago claimed 158 deaths nnd scored C,308 injuries In the United Slates. An other Fourth of July will soon bo hero nnd with the ever more deadly pistols , toy cannon , glnnt crackers nnd torpo docs there Is nt least the usual peril in the forthcoming celebration. A deliberate and systematic campaign among citizens In general might easily eave the lives of a considerable pro portion of the lads who are unques tionably to bo wounded. And any ef fort which can result in the preven tion of deaths , Is .worth while. The Chicago health department has j issued n bulletin stating that tetanus i antitoxin , when given in time , is an absolute preventive of lockjaw. This information should bo disseminated I throughout every community and 1 poured Into every small boy's ear. First of all boys should bo given to understand that any slight wound , no matter how trivial , may result fatally. The slight breaking of skin caused by a bit of percussion cap or the burn from a firecracker may , If the totantus bacillus bo present , cause lockjaw and death. For this reason the slightest wound or burn should bo given Immediate attention. Seine antiseptic like car bolic acid should be applied or tetanus antitoxin Injected. There was one lockjaw death In north Nebraska last year as a result of the Fourth. It Is to bo hoped that this year there will bo none. Hero in Norfolk llroworks will not bo indulged In up until o'clock on the night of July 3 , so that the ex citement will all come in a bunch nnd the community may the bettor bo prepared to look after the in juries which do result. THE "BRAINSTORM" FARCE. The "brainstorm" farce was never more ridiculously enacted than in the case of Frank Brink , the young man from Pouca who , having been acquit ted of the murder of Besslo Newton ou the Insanity theory , remained just three months lu the state lusano hos pital , then to bo turned free for the very natural reason that ho was not insane. Set free from the law's cus tody on the theory that ho was Insane , this young man was found at the hos pital to bo perfectly sane every mo ment of the time during which ho was an Inmate. A little more than four months ago Brink was arrested on a charge of murdering Miss Bessie Nowtou , his former sweetheart who had rejected Brink and who had planned to bo mar ried the day after she was s.laln to another man. Brink had declared that she would never marry the other man. A few minutes after the girl was so horribly murdered in the doorway of her own home , Brink sent a bullet into his own brain. Ho recovered and was acquitted of the murder. "Experts" testified that ho was insane. A jury of laymen , none of whom was versed in mental diseases , declared that ho was insauo. Three months observa tion in the state insane hospital proved the man to be perfectly rational and he was consequently sent home. Such an Indifference to punishment for crimes will provp costly to nn > community. Such failures on the part of the state to bring wanton murderers to justice are the foundation stones for lynch law that acts quickly and without attention to technicalities. Society tolerates such lawlessness only to repent when the disgrace of A mob nnd a human strung to a tree is wrought in the name of justice Mob violence is deeply deplored as a burning shame upon a community ; and the failure of a community to do its duty in bringing the criminal to justice is equally a shamo. Since the Thaw trial of last winter "brainstorm" nnd "unwritten law1 fcavo afforded frequent pleas for free- nt ( innnJOrdrH. , The reaction will como when the . 'number of holnotiu crlmca Is multiplied because of the apparently enity gallows escape. There should bo less of technicali ties , less of no-called "export" testi mony , ICHS of prejudice In our juries and more genuine Justice. Wo sliml- ilor at lynchliiKH of the south , but the failure of courts to do tliejr duty In punishing the lawloBU Is n tax upon unman patience. OFFICIAL HUNTER. \ HOW feature of government ser vice , of InturoHt to dwellers in forest countries where wild animals abound , Ims recently boon added. The now Horvlco will bo afforded by an official hunter , " whoso duly It shall bo to go about with n real gun and kill wild game at so much per head , to bo paid for by the United States government J. M. Moody Is the man who has been selected for the job and his duties begin today In the forest reserve of Utah. The appointment is said to have more significance than appears on the face. It Is n fulfillment of the promise of the forestry department of the gov ernment to do something to relieve settlers nil over the west of the losses which they have sustained from the ravages of wild animals. The experi ment will bo watched with interest in the west , nnd It seems destined to bo successful In aiding the pcoplo who are undergoing pioneer hardships to set tle up the country. The bulletin In part says : 'From the time of the first settle ment of the country this has bcon one of the greatest sources of loss to the rancher and farmer. The country is not suited to cultivation , and always furnished refuge to cougars , wolves and other animals of their class. Now that the government has undertaken the administration of land of this char acter , active work has been started to exterminate such animals. "It Is part of a forest ranger's duty to hunt predatory animals , and with the addition of skilled hunters the force , whoso business is to hunt , ox- ccllcnt results are expected. "Tho appointment in the Dixie na tlonal forest was made directly in re1 1 spouse to a petition to the forester by i the citizens of Pine valley. Condi iI I tlons there are so bad farmers are afraid to allow their children to go after the milk cOws In the evening and the losses from stock killed wore heavy. " WATER'S HARVEST THIS SEASON. Drownlngs of the season arc placed at 208 by a Chicago paper that has jccn trying to keep track of them. u northern Nebraska there have been oven. It Is probable that not more than alf the drownlngs of the season have eon reported to the Chicago papers. i number of these of northern No- raska are omitted from their schcd- ties. So that lu all probability the 1st of dead as n result of swimming ind boating and wading and fording ias totalled up close to the half thou- and mark. It Is probably true that drownlngs vlll go on just as long as the human ace exists and the rivers flow ocean- vnrd. There Is a fascination about ho water which tempts the risk In curred . Newspapers nnd magazines or years have given advice In order o try to prevent drownlngs. They mvo frequently told us that you should icvor go near the water until you earn to swim ; that the fool who rocks he boat ought to bo prohibited from jolng on the water ; that these who can not swim ought never to venture nto water deeper than the waist line and that these who can swim ought o bo careful in not attempting too great distances. It is probable that a ; reatcr percentage of drownlngs oc- : ur among expert swimmers than among these who are unable to swim at all. The expert will take greater risks and , exhausted , sink before aid can come. Cramps seize many a fine swimmer In water beyond his depth. When twenty young men lose their lives at football in a season , wo re form the game. When a half thou sand lose their lives by drowning before - fore the summer is half over , wo take th fatalities as a matter of course. P < < ps there never will bo a means ercomlng the frightful death har vest of each succeeding summer duo to boat and bathing. Advice as to Just how to get Into a boat , or Just where not to swim Is soon forgotten. But perhaps If the public In general could bo brought to understand a little more vividly the terrible extent of life loss in the water , that realization would act as its own check against disaster. If the fact that seven persons In northern Nebraska , several hundred lu America have already been drowned tills summer , could bo written into the memories of every person in tho.coun' try , there might bo more precaution Hero in Norfolk the danger of the Northfork's cold and treacherous un dercurrent of springs ought to stand out as a warning to nil against bath Ing in its waters. And the already heavy sacrifice giv en upto the water god this summer ought to stand out emphatically to shako a finger at all venturing out for bontlng or bnthlng , cautioning thorn to use inlellrgenco in their mancu- verH. UNJUST TO THE WHOLE PEOPLE. Announcement comes from Chicago that freight rates are to bo Increased five percent In the west , between the Mississippi river and the Rocky nionni tains. It Is fair to presume that the railroads - roads , In making a flvo percent In-1' crease In rates , will bo prepared to demonstrate to the Interstate com-,1 inorco commission the justice ot the rnlHO. Otherwise the Increase would bo shaved down shortly nnd the tem porary boost would bo without par ticular object. A good many state legislatures last year . devoted much time to enacting lawu to regulate the railroads. Among other things , passenger rates were re duced one-third. It was pointed out at that time that the reduction of pas senger rates , If the reduction meant J IOBH , would result in hoisting freight rates to equalize the loss. If passen ger rates proved to bo non-compensa tory , as some railroads claim , it is not unnatural to look to freight rate rises as a means of offsetting passen ger service cuts. If it can bo proved by the railroads that the two-cent fares are not com pensatory and that they are compelled to increase freight rates as a means of earning fair profits in face of higher wages , higher priced materials , short er hours and lower passenger Incomes , the general public will have a com plaint to make , nnd a Just one. The general public Is more Interest ed in freight rates than in passenger rates. The general public pays the freight charges on every article that It consumes every bit of clothing , fuel , food , etc.that It buys. There fore a freight raise takes money out of the pocket of every consumer. On the other hand , passenger rates are paid by only that portion of the public which uses the trains. Some people will ' seldom get on a train. Others ride all the time and practically live on board the cars. ' If it should develop that Increased freight rates have been due In part to reduced passenger rates , the general public will have little difficulty in fig uring out that the whole people every individual in the land Is being asked to pay , in freight , for the rides of the traveling public. That the trnvellnir nubile should my a fair rate for its own rides , and not compel the whole community to jcar a portion of the burden , Is ap parent. But In enacting two-cent fare aws , state legislatures were too busy : o take time out for Investigating the Ituatlon for the purpose of finding ust what percentage should be borne > y the traveling public nnd just what proportion by the whole public In relght. Because this investigation vas not made in New York , Governor lughes vetoed the two-cent fare bill , n many western states the law be- ; nmo effective nnd on September 1 relght rates will rise. ' NEWSPAPERS AND THE PRIMARY. The State Journal wouldn't have ho dear public believe for one moment hat there was any selfish motive In lint newspaper's support of the prl- nary law which has been enacted in Nebraska. It laughs at the idea sug- : ested In these columns some days ngo that newspapers are principal gainers under the new law because , mder the primary candidates for of fice must depend almost altogether .ipon the newspaper publicity In order .o win. The Stnto Journal wonld.put ho country papers in the hole by ask- ng whether or not the small sums to bo derived from political advertise ments will bo of enough consideration o sway editorial " support "Does The News mean that this Is sufficient to buy the support of all the papers in the county , or merely that their ad vertising columns are so Influential that people will vote only for candid ates whoso names are found there ? ' asks the Journal smiling the while. The editor of the State Journal was recently appointed to a political posl tlon which gives him some honor and a nice little trip down east to help look over the naval academy at Anna polls. Another Nebraska editor Is jus now seeking to have himself appointed to a Job that pays $4,500 per year for so little work that ho can kee'p rlgh on wielding the typewriter and moulding public opinion. Offlcehold ers have rewards in ono way and an other to deal out to friends who helped. Under the primary system news paper publicity is the most poten lever for getting public office. Because this is true , the newspapers are chle beneficiaries under the now law , In asmuch as the increased power wll bring office holders more strongly than vor under obligations to the editorial typewriter. And there can bo no question hu that many a newspaper , pretending sincere reform , ardently advocatoc the new primary law purely from th selfish motive of gaining more in ( luenco and more power in politica affairs. That the primary system ha proved a failure in Minnesota and al | placet | ? else , an'd that iU4l ] , prove un- 'popular In Nebraska , tyVtercd not It would bring politicians' more than over under obligations to the Influent tlal I printed page. . It makes little difference whether thoHo ' obligations are paid off in fat contracts < for state printing nt good rates i , or whether they are liquidated | I In < appointments to this or that job of ' political velvet , or whether the I favors ' are turned Into the making of n ' powerful and arbitrary political ma chine. The motive of selfishness Is , 'just the same In either event and the charge of selfishness can not bo off- Hot by any reply holding that the best men , regardless of the rewards that they may or may not give out , will bo supported ; for lu advocating tho' primary , which was proved unsatis factory In other states , those same reformers" made It appear that it as tholr love of the commonwealth nd not their dcslro to build for themI elves a potent political machine , ctuatcd their columns of burning rgumcnt in favor of the experiment. Newspaper publicity is the most ital factor in making political office aiders under the primary law. Vhether or not there was any selfish ess among journalistic leaders of the rlmary movement may best bo Judg- d when it is recalled that these same caders cither have gained or are coking political plums as rewards for ast favors rendered , and that they efend the acceptance and the scram- lo for these plums upon the principle hat "to the victors belong the spoils. " NORFOLK NEEDS INDUSTRIES. To make a city , a community must mve people. To have people , there must bo industries with payrolls and Ists of employes. Norfolk is steadily cqulrlng these. But more are needed. A systematic , organized effort to se- uro more of these institutions will be a systematic effort toward adding to Norfolk's population. And no town on earth over had a more advantage ous location for distributing the pro ducts , once they are produced. There are strong reasons today drlv- ng large industries employing labor * rom the largo cities. In the first place , rent on property needed , or tax es If it be that , Is very materially higher In the large city than in the smaller town. Labor Is higher priced n the city because It costs the labor ers so much more to live there than n Mm Htnnllnr town. Ami Inhor trnn- iles which are forever blocking the vheels of Industry in the city are un- cnown In the smaller places because he smaller town is more democratic and there Is peace nnd harmony in he air which works for the good of all parties concerned. With manufacturing plants looking for smaller cities , Norfolk should ap peal strongly as a favorable point If only Us natural advantages were > rough t before the proper people. Every new Industry employing la bor will build up Norfolk's population and Importance. Aside from the re- : all expansionNorfolk's / only path toward a larger population lies In the acquisition of new industries , Norfolk s willing to Ho awake nights or to dig into its pockets to help along some effective plan for accomplishing such acnulsltlon. If Norfolk is to have 10,000 people n 1910 or 1920 or 1930 , It may be safely put down on paper that Just a certain number of new industries , em ploying a certain number of people , must first be brought to town. And It may also be put down In black and white that the more confi dence Norfolk shows In its own fu ture and its own natural advantages as a railroad and distributing center , the more easily may manufacturers and other investors be Induced to pitch their tents in the new north west gateway. For Norfolk to Invest some of Its money today In snbstan- : Ial and needed public Improvements , such as the sewer and the paving of Norfolk avenue , means that outsiders may the more quickly bo persuaded to locate here , and the location of new citizens and taxpayers will mean that people not now residents of the town , but who are attracted hero bv public Improvements , will come in and help to pay , themselves , for those very improvements. Substantial public Improvements in Norfolk will prove good Investments producing results , if the city's advant ages are but properly placed before the army of manufacturers and investors looking for just such a location as Norfolk presents. Other cities secure new industries by going after them and there seems every reason why Norfolk , even more than almost any other city of Its size in the country , ought to be able to ac complish the same results. Norfolk Is steadily growing today But its population Is limited unless new Industries are brought In to give work to now people. If Norfolk Is to materially grow , that growth must de pend almost entirely upon Norfolk's success in securing now enterprises which .will issue pay checks every Saturday night. To remain passive and to seek no new industries wll mean that the city will retain prac tlcally ite present size * The new trade expansion plan being adopted by business interests of the city can not fall to mean growth in the city's busi ness volume and Us prosperity. It is taking advantage of an ideal opportu nity for trade extension. But If Nor folk Is ever to have materially more homes , materially more brcnd-cators , there must bo Inaugurated and car ried through a vigorous campaign for now Industries just as there is now to bo a vigorous campaign for new trado. AROUND TOWN. Long llvo the king ! Necessities first , luxuries after. Don't ' burn your fingers. Don't bring back any money. Don't shoot holes In the pavement. The nation never gets ashamed to have I a birthday. Not all the powder displayed on the Fourth will be gunpowder. Brink got out just in tlmo to cole bratc. He ought to be careful In shooting firecrackers. M HB MKH A north Nebraska girl once lost a chance to go abroad with an uncle , Imply because she couldn't comb her own hair. Well , the old Leap Year club Is rap dly disintegrating. Wisdom is said to go hand in hand vlth false teeth and a cracked voice. Norfolk Is still In the constructive tage. And every day should see the accomplishment of some upbuilding. Now for the Norfolk race meet and street carnival. Don't forget the dates July 31 and August 1 and 2. Twenty years ago Norfolk had busl ness men "silly" enough to believe hat Norfolk would be Improved by re placing a muddy thoroughfare with a clean pavement. A good permanent roadway to the function , navigable in rainy weather as well as fair , will bring the Junction ust that much closer to the business portion of Norfolk. It's a wonder "taxpayer" doesn't re monstrate against mowing the weeds along Norfolk streets , since improving .ho city's appearance might give sat- sfactlon to some "silly boy. " Again : We may not be able to pave this summer , but the paving of Norfolk avenue should bo finished be fore any other extensive public 1m provement is undertaken by the city of Norfolk. A public Improvement that dldn'i get a few knocks , wouldn't be worth .alklng about. But there's no denying the fact' that Norfolk would move sev eral years forward with a paved streei : hat would bo dry and clean and neat In season and out. Wayne Democrat : Everything seems so high at the Jamestown exposition One man was fined ? 20 for kissing a Norfolk girl. It maybe , however , that the price Is not unreasonable for'the Norfolk article , If It is like the kind they have in Norfolk , Neb. Nellgh and O'Neill each had 1,000 people at their race matinees. Norfolk lad much less an attendance than that and should have had as many. Bui : he attendance Is going to make up lost time when the three red letter days July 31 and August 1 and 2 roll around. When Johnny burns his finger with powder , unless ho wants to Join the angels , ho should run to the house ant get his wounds cleansed. The woum should be washed In warm water ant a disinfectant applied. This is said to bo a good poultice : One part lin seed oil , ono part lime water. Kansas City is generally conceded to bo the liveliest city in the west A Kansas City man wouldn't buy a hat in any other town If he had to go bareheaded. But oven Kansas City has troubles. The Journal prints this red line across its front page : "A city's worst possible handicap is a non-progressive , pullback city admin Istratlon. " The Grand Island Daily Indepen dent issued a hummer of a special pa per last Saturday , giving Illustrations of the city's institutions. On the front page was this timely paragraph "Let us therefore , brethren , boost ant not knock , for it Is written that , bj knocking only useless and unpretty dents are made , whereas by boostlnj wo lift up , advance , go forward ant accomplish. Morovor let us remembe that , long though the way and gener ous the years that are given us , we shall never , diligent though our ef fort , bo able to saw wood with a ham mer. " The annual race meeting and streo carnival which Norfolk is going to pul off the last of July and the first o August , is going to bo a hummer Charlie Grocsbeck is president , Pcto Barrett secretary , E. B. Kauffman vie president and Julius Haaso treasure of the association. The officers alon are a guarantee of the success of the event and Norfolk is going to make i the I Iggest race meet ever exploded In these parts. Somebody has written : "I'm the best pal that I ever had ; I like to el vith meI like to sit nnd tell myself htngs confidentially. I often sit and sk me If I shouldn't or if I should , nd I find that my ndvlco to mo Is al- vnya pretty good. I never got ac quainted with myself till hero of late , and I find myself n bully chum I treat nyself simply great I talk with mo nnd walk with mo nnd show me right and wrong , I never knew how well my- elf and mo could get along. I never ry to cheat mo. I'm as truthful as can bo , no matter what may como and go , I'm on the square with mo. It's ; roat to know yourself nnd have a pal hat's nil your own ; to bo such com- mny to yourself you're never loft alone. You'll ' try to dodge the mass and you'll find a crowd's a joke , if you only treat yourself as well as you rcat other folk. I've made a study of nyself , compared mo with a lot , and 've finally concluded , I'm the best friend that I've got. Just get together with yourself and trust yourself with you , nnd you'll bo surprised how well yourself will like you If you do. " ATCHI80N GLOBE SIGHTS. The woman who tells everything she hears always hear so much , too. The only way some women have of showing their love is by Jealousy. With some people the price of peace s complete surrender to their ideas. Politicians and pugilists are very similar in the matter of their retire ments. When you do exactly as you please , , remember you are the only person pleased. If a girl is homely , it is safe to as sert that she is a great deal of help- to her mother. After a heart has been broken a few times , the healing process becomeo- greatly simplified. What has become of the old-fash ioned girl who said she wouldn't marry the best man living ? Every time we see a boy of twelve- smoking , we confess a feeling of dis position to spank him. Perhaps these men Included In the American Racing Pigeon association are those who have amassed a com petency raising squabs. Some children are so ungrateful they feel they have cause for complaint be cause they did not Inherit an educa tion. Some children , when whipped , scream so that the neighbors may hear them , with very little provocation. Wo used to do It. A plug of chewing tobacco Is a pret ty hard hill for Love's Young Dream to get over , but It Is usually equal to the climb. If you want to hear a strong anti trust speech , get an agricultural Im plement dealer started who handles anti-trust goods. Make your home comfortable. You won't occupy It long , and when you leave it you will be a long time away. A girl is as sure to try to make a man believe she Is timid as a man is to try to Impress her with his courage A man can't show his sympathy for a woman In trouble , because custom does not permit him to put his arms around her. and pat her softly on the back ; at least that is what women do who are described as "so sympathetic. " It Is said of an Atchlson crazy wo man : "She isn't dangerous , but great Caesar , what a tremendous auc ir she uses ! " There are as many jays in a big town as In a small town. They are jays In a different way ; that's the only difference. Hartington Wants the Road. Hartlngton , Neb. , July 3. Harting ton Is considerably stirred over the possibility of a new railroad. Mem bers of the Commercial club went to Yankton to consult Fremont Hill , the head of the proposed Yankton & Gulf road , which has already surveyed 400 miles south , or to the southern line of Kansas. The survey from Yankton In liv wnv of Prnftnn nnd Wmisa. thence south to Norfolk over the old railroad grade that was thrown up be tween Yankton and Norfolk fifteen years ago. Hartlt ton wants the road If built to com this way , and th.o promoters are wl1 ag to have a survey made from Yankton to Randolph by way of Hartlngton If the people here will take ? 2,000 in stock , though do not promise that this route would bo used unless found the most advantage ous. An effort will likely be made teat at least have a survey made by this route. How'a This ? Wo offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of catarrh that can not bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co. , Toledo , 0. We , the undersigned , have known A , F. J. Cheney for the last IB years , and ' believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions made by his firm. Waldlng , Klnnan & Marvin , Wholesale Druggists , Toledo , O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally , acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 76 cents per bottle. Sold by alld rugglsta. Take Hall's Family Pllla for consti pation. '