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No. 22 lliinlno'H Olllcc and Juli KOOIIIK ,
No. 1128. _
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The clly council tit Norfolk ought
to take curly steps toward extending
the clly llmltH of Norfolk. Tlio In-
li-ivtitH of I ho people living outside the
city limits , H well an the Interests of
thorni wllliln the city limits , demand
this expansion.
Norfolk has ronlly iimny more people
ple than It can ever got credit for In
the United States census roporlH. he
cause HO many hnndredH live Just out
Bide the city limits. This Is nn Im
portant matter for Norfolk ns \vholo
nnd for every business and private Interest -
torest In the community , .lust BO long
nn the city llmltH do not Include ov
cry avallnhlo citizen , Just no long '
Borloim Injury and InJiiBtlco worked
upon Norfolk.
On the other hand , people living
Just outside will undouhtedly more
than meet the city authorities In this
matter , since to them the city limits
would bring Hi'o protection , cheaper
Insurance rates , city water , lights , sewer -
or , etc. Every day that they lose In
getting Into the city works Just that
much Injury and Injustice to them.
Norfolk people trust and hope that
the city council will tnUo up this mat
ter In the near future for dellnlto ac
tlon. It Is one of the Important mca
mires before the city of Norfolk at the
present time.
INDEPENDENT PACKING PLANTS
Two Independent packing houses
lire about ot ho started In small towns
of Nebraska. The establishment of n
successful packing plant ut either
place would bo a much moro dllllcul
feat than the establishment of a slm
liar Institution In Norfolk. The fac
that two companies have been orga
nlzeil and that two packing houses
will bo started going , ono at Alliance
and ono at Havolock , therefore cnigli
to cause Norfolk to take partlcula
note , with the object lu view of trying
the same venture.
Alliance Is located In the cattle sec
tlon of the western part of the state
but Is not so much a railway cento
for the cattle country as Is Norfolk
Uavolock , a few mllca from Soutl
Omaha , lacks many of the feature
which are to bo found In Norfolk a
n prospective- packing house town.
Norfolk Is at the gateway of a vast
cattle country , stretching off to the
northwest for many hundred miles ,
All of the cattle grown In that district
como through Norfolk on their way tc
market , either by way of the Done
steel line or by way of the main line
of the Northwestern. No moro ad
vantageous point for a packing house ,
therefore , could exist than Norfolk
today.
But moro than that , Norfolk has
empty factory buildings which ought
to bo converted Into a living Indus
try's homo. They are reached by rail
road. A mammoth plant could there
bo established.
Independent packing houses pay In
other places. Bud Powers Is making
one pay at Jacksonville , 111. Capital
ists have faith that they will pay at
Ilavelock and Alliance. Why not a
packing house In Norfolk ?
A NERASKA ACHIEVEMENT.
There Is reason for Nebraska to
feel proud of Its Arbor day achieve
ment. The plan of J. Sterling Morton
to restore the forests of the earth may
yet belt the world. It has already
reached Ireland with a vim.
Ireland Is trying to re-establish Its
claims to bo known as the "Island of
Woods. " The American Importation ,
"Arbor day , " Is being made use of
largely in furthering the end of for
estry.
Since arbor day started In Nebraska
thirty-five years ago Its observance 1ms
spread all over the United States. The
tangible result In tills country has beei
the planting of ever 000,000,000 trees
for the most part by Individual schoo
children , besides the Interest aroused
in animate and inanimate nature am
In forestry. In Ireland a similar move
ment is now fairly launched and IE
rapidly spreading throughout the conn
try.
try.Last
Last year a circular was Issued bj
the Irish Forestry society to all tin
bishops , clergy and public bodies , urg
ing hem to organize an arbor day li
the various districts. A hearty response
sponso was received , and the supper
came from all sections of the commu
nlty , from peers , peasants , clergy am
artisans , not omitting the school chll
dren. The time set for the planting 1
the week commencing October 29. It
this country arbor day varies in dlf
forcnt states , but falls generally In th
spring. ,
Perhaps right now as much as a
any time in the nation's history ma :
bo felt the Importance of Arbor da
and all that it means. Lumber rate
\vlll advance on October 1 flvo and tei
er cent , duo to advanced freight rates
nil because Minnesota and \Vlscon-
lu mills are no longer able to supply
lid trade ,
With a greater planting of trees ,
umber prices would more easily bo
ept down.
PIIUMC HEALTH.
The experience of L. M. Heeler of
his city with a tubercular cow should
ilrciiKtlum In the minds of Norfolk's
teoplo the necessity for protection
uultiHl such diseased animals. The
cost of meat nnd dairy Inspection
vonld be much less and much moro
ileasant than the cost of funerals
mused directly from allowing tuborcu-
ar animals to remain at large.
It Is not dllllcult to mistake tuborcu-
OHS ! In a cow for a minor allllctlon.
President Roosevelt says that the tu-
lercular cow Is a menace to the com-
niinlly. Particularly Infants are vie-
1ms to milk from these diseased mil-
ualH and physicians say that grown-
ips may be.
The time will como some day when
here shall bo no death excepting from
) ld age. Most of the diseases of to-
lay are preventable. Leprosy at one
tlmo raged In London but today It
ins been wiped out. Much moro sim
ple would bo the wiping out ot tuber
culosis.
Individuals and society at largo
spend millions each year In fighting
the great white- plague after It has
taken hold of Its human victims. If
little of that expenditure were ap
plied to the root of the disease In do
ing away with the tubercular cow ,
licneflt would result.
No retailer wants to sell tubercular
meat or milk. Without Inspection
there Is no way of knowing. Private
citizens now owning tubercular cows
would probably suffer their loss If
there wore public Inspection , but they
ought to bo destroyed , any way. There
Is no argument against Inspection of
this sort for the public's safety. The
public health ought to be argument
enough In favor of the service. Until
the state provides such an Inspection ,
the city council of Norfolk could ap
point nn Inspector and authorize him
to make complete Inspections , with
power to act. People whose animals
were Inspected would no doubt be
glad to pay the small cost.
STATE AND FEDERAL POWER.
It was rather a coincidence that the
clash between state and federal au
thority should arise In n Carolina ,
Now that It has como up , however ,
there Is apparently to be a light tc
the finish between the state alllclalf
nil courts representing the Unltct :
tales government.
The trouble arose over the enforce
\ent \ of the new 2VI cent passcngei
ate law In the state of North Care
na. The state legislature. . cnnctc (
ho law and the state officials attempt
d to enforce It. Two railroad agents
vero arrested for violating the law
ml sent to Jnll. The railroad men ap-
cnlcd to Judge Prltchard of federal
ourt nnd ho suspended the law , re-
easing the prisoners on a writ of
mbcas corpus. The state declares
lie state law will bo enforced , even
f It takes a mllltla to do It. The fed-
nil court can call upon the United
itatcs government to back up Its or-
ors with armed force If necessary.
The case demonstrates plainly the
.pproach of a division of opinion ns
o the regulation of Interstate nnd In-
rastate commerce. The president be-
loves that the regulation , In order to
> o uniform , should all rest with the
central government State ofllclnls ,
eallzlng that this would cost them
power , are fighting the theory.
Between Norfolk and Anoka the rail
road rate Is two cents a mile. From
N'orfolk to Boncsteel It Is three cents
a mile , though the same track Is cov
ered , with the exceptional mileage In
South Dakota. The state of Nebraska
enforces n two-cent rate from hero to
the state line. The trip across the
state line can not bo Interfered with
by state authorities , because it Is in
terstate commerce. The president be
lieves that In this the people riding
across the line are discriminated
against ; that South Dakota Is discrim
inated against ; and that the matter
ought to bo equalized so that all would
pay the same. Because of the varying
acts of various legislatures , ho con
tends that the federal government ,
through ono set of ofTlclals , should
have this matter In hand , so that it
would bo uniformly managed. It Is
this principle Involved , primarily , In
the fight In North Carolina.
NORFOLK TRADE GAUGE.
Yes , thank yon , Norfolk Is going
ahead. Every barometer that can be
selected as an Index to the city's conv
merclal condition , points toward prog ,
ress. The biggest bank deposits that
the city has ever known , the greatest
number of people employed , the great
est number of occupied homes and now
the year's postofllco records , showing
the biggest volume of business ovci
known In the town's history , all satis
fy Norfolk people that the city's com
merclal health was never so good.
Not only has Norfolk attained todaj
higher marks of prosperity than evei
efore , but the gain of the post year
as been an extraordinary bound ,
; 'hls Is Hhown by all trade gauges In
ho town and most recently by the
act that the postal receipts during
ho past year have been marked by a
argor percentage of Increase than
ver before.
It will not do to toll a person who
ins seen houses go up In Norfolk dur-
ng the past few years , nnd 111 ! as
'nst as they were built ; or who has
witched the business activity In all
parts of the city Increase at a steady
gull ; or who linn kept track of the
ixpress tralllc , the bank deposits or
ho postal receipts , that Norfolk docs
.lot today have n very much larger
lopulntlon than over before.
It Is true that a great portion of
Norfolk's population resides Just out
Ido the city limits HO that when the
next federal census comes along the
own will lose credit for much of Its
size , unless steps are Immediately tak
en to expand the city limits so as to
ncludo outlying portions of the com
niinlly.
If the ofllclnl showing In the federal
showing Is to keep pace with the
trade barometers of the city in their
iiscendancy , It becomes a duty which
the city olllclals of Norfolk ewe to
every citizen of the town nnd every
loldor of property In the town , to see
hat all of the people of the commu
nlty are made citizens of Norfolk
proper within the next little while.
That people living just outside the
My will welcome such a movement
.mil co-operato for the expansion of
Iho city's olllclnl population , stands to
reason when it is considered that such
xtenslon will take to them all of the
many conveniences and methods of
protection which go In this day and
ago to make life worth living. City
walcr , lire protection , lights , sewer ,
and reduced Insurance rates would al
accompany the expansion of the city's
boundaries.
There is no denying the fact that
Norfolk has grown materially during
the past year. And Norfolk people
have a right to full credit for that
growth.
THAT POSTAL DEFICIT.
Perhaps when a few moro scandals
In the postolllce department are un
covered , It may not be found neces
sary , as was thought by one of the
assistant postmaster generals last ,
year , to boost the postage rates now
assessed against newspapers and mag
azines of the nations. It begins to
appear that the dellclt which gave so
much worry to Mr. Madden may be
accounted for In some other way than
from the periodical postage rates. The
latest development Indicates that the
government has been spending about
a million dollars a year too much for
hauling malls west of Chicago , St.
Louis , St. Paul , Minneapolis and the
Missouri river.
The revenue derived by railroads for
his service Is to bo cut a million dol-
ars annually as the Immediate result
f reports of 125 Inspectors who have
eon looking Into the affairs for the
fist six months.
When Postmaslor General Cortelyou
, vas at the head of the department he
: nado a ruling reducing the compensa-
, lon for carrying the mall and also or-
ored Inspectors to make reports on
ho compensation allowed for car
ipace.
Under the terms of the postal laws
ho railroads are not allowed compen-
atlon for car space under thirty feet ,
but between thirty and forty feet the
railroads collect $25 a mile per an-
: iuni ; forty to fifty feet , $40 ; fifty feet
and over $50. It makes no difference
as to the size of a car , it may be fifty
'cet or it may be forty. If the govern
ment says the work can bo accom
plished in thirty feet of space the rail
road cannot collect any compensation.
Nearly all the cars built In the last
flvo years are sixty feet in length , ex
cepting a few which are used on the
fast mall trains between Chicago and
New York.
Last week odlcers in charge of malls
on the western railroads having head ,
quarters la Chicago , received notice
from ho postofllco department cut
ting down the space allotment in the
railroad postal cars to forty feet on
various routes , making a reduction ol
$15 a mile , or a saving for the govern
rnent of $7,500 a year In a 500-mile run
for a single car. There are likely tc
bo six cars on the route , making a to
tal saving of $45,000 for ono postai
route.
It is estimated that there Is mon
back of the Inspectors' report thar
has appeared on the surface. Rumen
are rife that a scandal may be uncov
ercd when the reports are given pub
Hclty.
Heretofore the inspectors have beei
under a second assistant postmastei
general In taking personal charge o
the work and having the inspector !
report direct , is taken as evidence o
a desire to know Just what has beei
going on for years.
The postal authorities have orderei
the weighing of all malls on every rail
road in the United States during thi
month of October. It is the first tlmi
in the history of the poatofflco depart
inont that such action has been taken.
Heretofore It has been customary to
weigh mall In ono section each year ,
the country being divided Into four
sections ,
I'I'JACE IN OHIO.
Tnft and Fornkor are going to com
promise , after nil , It appears. In Ohio
there Is to bo a meeting of the state
central committee. Each candidate
has been claiming that ho would be
endorsed by that committee. It ap
pears Unit both are right nnd that
both will bo , ns was predicted when
Hess Cox announced that harmony
would prevail , endorsed for office.
Tnft will ho endorsed for the presi
dency and Fornhcr for the senatorial
togn. At all events this Is the sum
mary of the prospective meeting next
Tuesday which Is now coming over the
vires.
When Taft announced his candidacy
nts friends enlisted the hostility of
Senator Forakor by declaring that the
Issue would bo ono between the Roosevelt
volt administration and Forakcr , who
had fought the president on the
Brownsville and some other doctrines.
It Is now admitted that thus throwing
down the gauntlet to Forakor was an
unwise move and that It could bring
but ono result the split of the re
publican party In Ohio.
It has also since been learned by
Secretary Taft that a good many of
the friends who let It bo known early
In the game that the Issue was one
between himself and Foraker , were
working the Issue for all It was worth
merely because they had ambitions to
step Into Foraker's shoes. And while
stirring up the factional fight , those
same friends were trying to get Taft
to pull their chestnuts out of the fire.
Meanwhile Foraker had some
strength behind him , reports to the
contrary notwithstanding. He never
seriously considered entering the pres
idential race but he did accept the
Issue between himself nnd Taft and
challenged the secretary of war to
abldo by the result of a primary elec
tion in the Btat which should decide
<
which one of these two men would bo
supported in the republican national
convention for the presidential nomi
nation. The challenge was accepted
Taft had to fight because If ho were
to bo considered effectively in the
convention ho ought to have his own
state. Foraker had to fight because
losing the battle meant the loss of his
toga.
Then It dawned on somebody that
there were no funds In the state to
pay for the primary expenses. So
that was out of the question. Boss
Cox came out and announced tha
Taft ought to bo given the endorse
ment for presidency and Foraker for
senator. That was a compromise. At
first It appeared all right. Foraker
was willing , and apparently Taft was.
But later returns showed that Taft
wasn't. He had been led to believe
that he could have the state regard
less. But Foraker kept on fighting. It
became apparent that endorsement by
the state committee for one as against
the other meant the success of one
and the defeat of the other In a perma
nent way. Practical politics would
dictate that there was no sense In
tearing the party to pieces because of
the ambition of either man over an
other , or because of their enmity , one
for another. There was and Is some
thing more at stake than the personal
defeat of either. And so , according
to report , when the state central com
mittee meets It Is going to endorse
Taft for the presidency and Foraker
for the senatorshlp , and peace will
reign.
HAYWOOD'S ACQUITTAL.
With the acquittal of William D.
Hay wood of. the charge of conspiracy
to assassinate Governor Steunenberg
of Idaho , one of the prominent mur
der cases of the country has come to
an end. While it Is true that Mayor
Is held on $25,000 ball for a similar
charge , and Pettlbono remains in Jail ,
It Is not to bo expected that either of
these men , with Haywood acquitted ,
will bo convicted. Orchard , the self-
confessed murderer , stands well In
line for the gallows for his part in the
crime. While there was some surprise
over the fact that the Jury had reached
a verdict in a comparatively short
time , It was not particularly unexpect
ed that Haywood should go free when
the instructions of Judge Wood wore
taken into consideration.
At the end of the closing arguments
of the opposing counsel there np
pearetl reason to believe that the Jurj
might find only disagreement out ol
the bulk of testimony , but the instruc
lions' of Judge Wood to the twelve
men were so clear and so significant
that conviction was at once removet
from any probability. In part Judge
Wood said :
The court Instructs the Jury thai
under the law no Jury should convict
a citizen or citizens of crime slmplj
because there Is strong reason to be
Hove that ho Is guilty , but before tin
jury can lawfully convict they mus <
bo convinced of the defendant's gull
beyond all reasonable doubt.
The jury Is instructed that the wit
ness , Harry Orchard , claims that lu
10 was an accomplice in the commlsslor
t-lof the offense charged in the indict
nent. Under the statutes of this state i'
i person cannot be convicted of a
crime upon the testimony of an ac
complice unless such accomplice Is
corroborated by other evidence which
of Itself , nnd without the aid of the
testlnufy of the accomplice , tends to
connect the defendant with the com
mission of the offense charged and
the corroboratlon Is not sufficient If It
merely shows the commission of the
offense or the circumstances thereof.
By corroborative evidence is meant
additional evidence of a different char
acter to the same point.
The law views with distrust the tes
timony of an accomplice on account
of the motive ho may have for laying
the responsibility of his crlmo upon
another , when by so doing ho may secure -
cure Immunity for his own participa
tion in the crime charged. For this
reason the law exacts such corroborn-
tlon , and although the jury may be-
Hove that the testimony of an accom
plice Is true , still the jury could nol
convlcl the defendant upon such testi
mony unless they further find that the
testimony of the accomplice Is cor
roborated by other and independent
evidence.
The prosecution relied mainly upon
Orchard's testimony to send Haywood
to the gallows. Orchard confessed
himself to have committed so many
heinous crimes that it was not hard
o bellovo that ho would , if ho saw
ay immunity for himself by throwing
ho responsibility upon others , perjure
Imself on the witness stand. There
ore , while the Jury might have really
ellevcd ho told the truth , and while
lany people do bellovo It , the Idaho
aw held them within a limit which
ould have made a conviction ques-
enable , since the law's required cor-
oboratlvo testimony was not so strong
s it should have been.
The prejudice which was forecasted
n the trial was not present nnd the
rosecutiou was conducted In a dig.
ifled manner. Ono thing brought out
the fact that a good many out-
ageous things have been done by
oth operators and miners things
lint ought to make civilization shud
or. There seems hope that out of
10 trial , with its exposition of these
r'lmlnal procedures , there may come
ess lawlessness and more good cltl
enshlp. If that results , the trial will
ave been productive of some good , at
east.
The one disappointing feature of
ho trial lay not in the prosecution
ut in the defense. Attorney Darrow
roved himself to be nothing as a
awyer and an anarchist and danger-
us person as a citizen. Instead of
rgulng his case , he used his time in
vhich to lambast the constitution and
he rich , preferring to arouse class
.atred . than to speak with calm dig-
ilty. "What are constitutions for ex
: ept to bo used by the rich to destroy
aws made for the poor ? " he shouted
Ml of which probably disgusted the
ury as it did the public at large. The
defense won its case but chiefly be
cause Orchard's testimony was no
sufficiently corroborated.
AROUND TOWN.
It will be a horse on the track If i
doesn't rain.
It's sad to think of the things this
column misses , which It might print
every day.
There Is not so much true heroism
about stopping a runaway horse as
here is in being up before 7 a. m.
Last chance nt the season tickets
They give you three days' racing a
cheap as you can buy two on separat
tickets , and vou may receive extra
rewards. Season tickets are off sal
at S this evening.
If Plalnvlow and Osmond could only
; et somebody to hold their coats
Pierce county might see some real ex
cttemont.
The Omaha Bee editor says it i
sometimes dangerous to kiss grown-
ips. The Bee ought to bo a little
more explicit.
How can the weather man be so
kind ?
Don't smolco too many baby-rack
cigars.
The carnival concessionaires hope
you will spend more than your time.
A small boy's good tlmo depends
upon how many Ice cream sodas he
bus consumed.
Wouldn't some Jdnd and considerate
policeman Jail that carnival "band"
for disturbing the peace ?
How much would it take to hire you
to ride down the Incline on a bicycle
and plunge into the tank of water ?
Hero's a tip : Don't bet on the rac
es unless you have a tip. And by all
means , don't put any confidence in
tips.
When do they eat ?
Have you had a rldo in ono ?
"Machine" Is said to bo quite proper ,
People who don't own "machines"
still insist that the horse is superior ,
The problem now Is how to get n
stand-In with those fellows who own
"cars. "
Norfolk candy and Norfolk pickles
will soon bo marching hand in hand
ut over the northwest.
.
C-h-a-u-f-f-e-u-r.
Beware of sure-thing tips.
This weather Is the proper dope.
How do you enjoy listening to a
mouthy" boy ?
What did that Plerco woman want
vlth a saloon license , anyway ?
If automobiles and Sadie's sheep are
allowed on Norfolk avenue , why not
ho goat ?
It's hard lines that the circus comes
on a scho > 1 day. It won't bother the
toys' but the teachers will miss the
inloadlng scenes.
Expansion of Norfolk's city limits
would mean moro than the literal ex
pansion. It would mean commercial
expansion of genuine importance.
It Is said that the circus has con-
racted for ono of the local automo
biles to be rr.ashed up In the "loop the
gap" act. This will give the act local
color.
It would be a very simple matter for
ho city council to expand Norfolk's
city limits. Tlio Interests of Norfolk
and of the people living at the edge of
Norfolk , demand such action.
Where is there a worse sight than
chair car filled with sleepers , mouths
wide open , at 3 a. m. ? If Interested
n the spectacle , take a look at any of
he early morning trains from Bone-
steel , from Chndron or headed out of
icro for Deadwood.
The fifteen-year-old boy Is pretty-
well worn out when he will go homo
rom the street carnival of his own
free will.
The trouble with running a ball
game all the while is that the national
ame Is apt to get moro attention than
the horse flesh.
When two horses drive down the
track close to each other , the knowIng -
Ing ones say : "Now , that's a horse
race. " The pqor grandstand Is led to
believe that every heat will be a horse
race , but It isn't.
Flvo years ago farmers of this sec
tion used to bring packages to town
wrapped up in store wrapping paper.
Today when you see a bundle under
the arm of a farmer , It is wrapped up
in a copy of The Dally News.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
It is "light housekeeping" when a
couple eat two meals out of three with
kin.
When a man thanks you for pointIng -
Ing out an error ho has made , ho
doesn't mean It
A man Is all right If his wife en
treats him to have more gravy , in the
same voice she begs a woman caller
to stay.
There are several other Jokes In the
papers besides the accounts of men
who are going to the harvest fields for
their health.
At least this may bo said about the
firecrackers : They have not grown
as fast in the past five years as the
dolls sold for the girls.
When a new good looking young
man comes to town and "goes" with a
young widow , how mad It makes the
young girls.
Wo never intend to say there are
no bright spots left in life so long as
wo can look out of a window and see
a woman go by driving.
When a man goes Into a grocery
store to select cantoloupes , ho exer
cises all his intellectual powers , and
then selects the worst ones.
When a woman has a new dress that
Is becoming , she Isn't satisfied until
the man she likes best , and the wo
man she likes least , have seen it
An agent has n scheme , in which
there Is great possibility for him.
There Is nothing but bother and ex
pense In It for you. Don't bo worked.
Nothing hurts a boy's feelings more
than to act smart In the presence of
a girl who Is staying all night with his
sister , and then get whipped for it in
her presence.
How enthusiastic some people be
come over the medium or clairvoyant
who happens to tell them something
they already know.
No doubt you often fuss because
people are not good to you. Ever oc
cur to you that possibly you alienate
your friends by being impudent to
them ? It Is a rare man who does not
become Impudent when people are
good to him. There Is an old story
of a king who once found a drunken
tramp beside the road. The drunken
tramp was picked up , and cleaned up ,
and , when ho came out of his stupor ,
found himself on the throne , wearing
a crown. The king thought the Joke
a good one , but the tramp was the
most Impudent king that ever lived ,
and it was necessary lo depose him In
a few hours. Thousands of people are
that way : as soon as people are good
to them , they think they are coming
Into their own , and become impudent
and unbearable. Do you do it ? Look
yourself over.