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NORFOLK WEEKLY NIDWS-.lObilNAL ; FH1DAY , AUGUST 0 , 1907 , The Norfolk Weekly News-ournal THu HUSK "p'IBU6MfNa COMPANY IV N Hun N. A Hi MK NVK.iil HH-n-lnry _ _ "Ttvory Krlilny ! l y nmlt per yi'iir. ll.fiO. " TJn rwr" T llupcmiiillirn nt Norfolk. Not ) , , n * iiocontl rlnns njaUnr. _ _ _ TolBp ioiiB : KdltorUl Uopartniuiit No JX. llualiK" " * OUloo mill .lull Uuiiiim , No. II 8. KOHM 1'AUTNICUSMII' . 1'aoplo Ihlng JIIBI oulsldu the city llniltii ot Norfolk ought la BO Intel Norfolk , Uoncfiln l > rlntrihlp witli for both imrtlui would result. In llu flrat plsco people living just outJldo and Kclllng ninny benefits rrom the oily , ought to lid1 doing thulr nlmro In helping to pny the taxes with which Norfolk U maintained. And in the neoond placa , they ought to ! > onjoylng all of the privileges and advantages which would accompany uiioh a partnership. Norfolk has u good miiny actual clllr.uiis ! who hnvo never licun counted In nit olllolul federal census because they cluinco to llvo outsldo an Im aginary lluo which runa urouud Ihu center of the community. Some yours ago the Junction Joined Into a partner- Hhlp of thla kind and both the Junction nnd Norfolk have boon ilad ; over Hlnco , There are a good many reasons why the city HmltH of Norfolk should be extended and at onco. The city council could take the nec essary stops without any dllllcnlty and the whole matter could bo llnlahed In a very abort time. lloth the people Inside the city and those outside arc entitled to auch an arrangement. It ought to bo done now. WOULD DlflAL FOR NEBRASKA. Mayor Jim Dahlman ot Omahn would like to deal the cards In Neb raaka , but to deal on the square , wltli out slipping any acoa oft the botloni for hla own hand , ho wants 10,000 white chips per annum as a salary. At least that la what a report sent out from Omaha haa to offer. Omaha apparently Isn't taking the mailer any more seriously than Nebraska at largo , though Mayor Jim Is gelling a good deal of valuable space. The re port saya that Jim and Uryan have shaken hands on mounting buckskins and going out on next fall's round-up Jim to rope the Nebraska governor ship and hlB friend Bryan the presi dency. Hut Jim and Uryan may find the animals already burned with the brand of some other ranch. Perhaps a plain "II" will bo found on the sides of both the gubernatorial and the pres idential steers. Mayor ,11m says ho couldn't ho honest In the governor's chair unless his "salary was $10,000. Otherwise ho would have to graft. And thla point In Jim's Interview , while a lltllo strong la not so bad. The governor of Neb raska la not well enough paid on $2,500 per year. Perhaps the salary should ho $ G,000. At all events the state ought to bo able to pay Its olllclals enough to make the olllces worth hav ing for an unmoneycd man as well as one who can afford the luxury. THH DIQGEST FINE. Judge K. M. Landls on Saturday af ternoon Imposed upon the Standard Oil company the largest flno recorded in Judicial history. The penalties caruo as sentence In the cases In which that company was recently convicted of using Illegal railroad rates. When , under Indictment secured a year ago the Standard Oil company of Indiana was found guilty of violating the antl-robalo law , Iho fixing of the flno for that offense devolved upon Judge Lnmlls , and as ho had a free hand In assessing any flno between $1,000 and $20,000 on each of the 1- 4G2 counts In the Indictment , ho was confronted with a ralher difficult prop osition. Ho did not know how much punishment the company could stand and this was the reason ho summoned John D. Rockefeller and others prom inently connected with Standard Oil affairs , so as to learn some of the fi nancial secrets of the company which Its counsel were unable or unwilling to tell. The line assessed of $20,340- 000 , was the maximum possible under the law. The only excuse for not as sessing the maximum flno would have been the Judge's -belief that clemency was Justified or demanded. The case will go to the United States supreme court The Standard Oil company will undoubledly claim that It Is entitled to protection under that section of the federal constitu tion which says that excessive flues shall not bo Imposed. And In the meantime many other In dictments against the company for vi olations of the Elklns law will be pushed to trial. Some of those In northern Illinois are about as volumi nous as that on which the recent trial was based. GROUNDS OF OPPOSITION. 'Tho opposition has finally disclosed the alleged foundation of its objec tions to the rcnominatlon of Judge Sodgwick. It would have the voters bellevo that they should bo governed by the Billy and unjust criticism ol ho mipromo court , Indulged In by ox- Governor Mlekoy In hlH closing mow- Hago to the legislature regarding the matter of Iho Hartley bond litigation. It In a significant fact , however , that vcn the doughty ox-governor has never - or had the hardihood to claim that the duclBlotiB of the miprcmo court in Ihoso onsen are not tight an a matter of law , or aro-not fully supported by nounil precedent , Nor does the oppo sition now nmUo any mich claim. Thoflo opposed to Judge Sudgwlch HOOIII to want a judge elected this fall who IH pledged to doUmnlno a certain iB of oases , not according to law and precedent , but In response to pub lic elnmor , and when the state hap pens to be a party to n suit baforo him , to decide for the commonwealth without regard to law or precedent. In other wordi , they would have a Judge who would take It upon himself to correct the errors , mistakes and miilHfllmiht of Iho legal department of the stale and disregard Iho law and the well Hollled practice of the courts altogether. Such a Judge would not only bo a dlHgrnco to tlio state , but a menace to the lives , liberty and property of all persons who might have occasion to engage In lltlgallon or bo HOunfortu , nate ) as lo bo compelled lo reaort to the courts for a protection of their rights. Instead of being condemned for the result of the Hartley bond case , Judge Sodgwick should bo commended for hla fairness and courage In treating the state the same as any other party litigant. All any party la entitled to la an honest , fearless declaration of the law , whether such party bo the state a corporation or an Individual. The attempt of the opposition to create the false Impression that Judge Scdgwlck wrote the opinions In those cases or that the decisions are wrong In any particular and to thus dcfcal his rcnomlnatlou. shows the dlro ox remlty to which his opponents are ilrlvcn. Such unfair methods shouh bo promptly and severely condemnci jy the fair minded electors of all po- Itlcal parties. COAL FAMINE WARNING. Coal famine alarms continue to come. The increased demand for fuc and the fact that there will bo n tre mendous car shortage are assigned as causes of the coming famineIn fuc which Is to bo felt In the west nox winter. And for that reason the rail road people are advising the public o early lay In the supply of coa which will bo needed. An Inter dow given out by Julius Kruttschnlll illrcctor of maintenance- the Hard- man lines , la the latest word of warn ing to bo Issued In Nebraska and It may bo interesting to the coal-consum ing public as a warning. "If any one has space now to store coal , I say lot him get his winter's coal put away as soon as ho can , " said Mr. Kruttschnltt "I do not want to bo considered an alarmist , and I am In absolute earnest when I give out that advice. I am fearful that there will bo a coal fam ine In the west thla winter , but I shall hope that no actual Buffering may en sue. The consumption of coal In the country Is increasing faster than the production. The Union Pacific alone has increased Its consumption 40 per cent In one year. Ono can readily see what it means If all branches of In dustry find the same condition truo. "Tho Union Pacific is doing and will do all It can to prevent a coal famine. Wo are anxious to build spurs to coal lands In any part of our territory and wo tell the holders of the coal lauds so. Several spurs are now In course of construction. Quo of them I saw the other day at Kemmerer , Wyo. , whore at the request of coal land own ers wo are building a line eight miles lone. "There will bo n shortage of cars , oo. That comes as regularly as the ; rep movement , and It Is not surpris ing In view of the fact that evorybodj wants to move his grain nt the same time. I believe the situation will not bo as serious as It has sometimes been and as far as our lines are concernoc In this matler , wo nro conlrlbutlng heavily toward lightening the burden of the shipper. "We learned a lesson last year Look along the Union Pacific any where In Nebraska. You will see now cars standing on the sidings. In the last year wo have built upwards o 7,000 freight cars and have bought hun dreds of engines , having secured with In seventy-five of the number wo or dered. The sidings have been length ened and division nnd terminal yard have been extended , so that with n more cars than the road had last fall It would yet bo more efficient. " TREES FOR WEST. The forest service has Just issued circular devoted to the Interests o forest planters In the western portion of Kansas , Nebraska and Oklahoma northwestern Texas , eastern Colorad and New Mexico. This entire reglpn Is practically tree- loss. Hero and there , of course , tree have been planted , but forest plantln has In no way kept pace with agrlcu urnl development. There Is real need or forest growth. Hy careful selection of the spocloH , the choice of siillable Itos , and proper management of plan- atloiiH , enough forest can bo grown o exorcise a marked effect upon farm lovelopment and to supply wood for nest donutBtlo purposes. The object of the circular IK to show Just what It s practicable to undertake In the way of finch plantation ! ! . Planting may helene lone for any ono of three chief pur- IOSOB pioteellon , wood supply , and hade. A windbreak conslsls of ono or two rows of trees which form forest condl- ttoiiH and nerve a protective purpose. \ny specloB which IB adapted to Ihu region may 1m used for windbreaks. Whoto evergreens will succeed , how- ex er , they are i.ioro desirable , Hlnco they afford bettor winter protection than declduoiiM Irons. A windbreak consisting of a single row should bo compOHod of a densely growing species with branches closeto the ground. The main use of windbreaks la to shelter an orchard or a residence alto , to prevent hot wluda from scorching field crops , and to conserve soil mois ture within the protected area. They may also bo planted In open pastures for the protection of stock. Incident ally , the windbreak may furnish use ful material , but It must bo placed whore It will afford the most effective protection , without much reference to the character of the soil. Wherever agriculture is practiced in the plains region , the farmer will find It profitable to devote a few acres of good land to trees. It Is true that some tlmo must elapse before the plantation will become productive , but , by the choice of rapid growing species and by close spacing , Iho thinnings which will bo necessary In a few years will provide material suitable for fuel , stakes and the like. The choice of species for thla pur pose Is naturally very limited and will depend somewhat on the location. Trees that grow rapidly and at the same tlmo produce wood of good qual ity are best. If they also sprout from the stumps , the forest may be made permanent with a little care. The circular contains suggestions as to the choice of species , with notes on their requirements , and directions for planting and care. HOW .THE CROPS ARE. There Is Joy abroad in the land , or at least there ought to be. For the crop la going to bo a bumper one. And a bumper crop spells prosperity to the nation In general. The wrinkles of worry caused by a ate- spring have been rubbed away y the hands of a warm and contln- ous sunshine for several weeks , and s a result the American farmer Is bout to pocket a mighty volume of olu of the realm. Prosperity for 10 American farmer means prosper- ty all the way around and so the ubllc Is wearing a smile from ear to ar. In fact news that the Standard Oil company had been fined twenty- Ino millions of dollars sinks Into islgnlflcance , so far as the country's euulno Interest Is concerned , beside ho olllclal news that a big bounteous mrvest Is on the way. Reports from editors of farmers' npers all over the country have Just > een assembled by C. R. Erwln , presl- out of the Lord and Thomas adver- Islng agency of Chicago , and the oports are gratifying. Mr. Erwln sked particularly after the wheat rep , the oats and the hay. Ho re- olvod replies telling him about the orn crop , the cotton crop and the obacco crop as well as those for which 10 enquired. Corn seems to bo the only crop about which there Is much cause for alarm and the middle west Is fortunate n this regard , since it Is the middle vest that will produce a bumper crop of king corn. It Is from Now England that reports are received indicating njury to the corn by the late spring , and that shortage will only tend to nit the price higher on ono of the big- est crops Nebraska has over known. Practically nothing but cheering news has been heard from the all im- [ wtant wheat crop. Kansas will harvest 000,000,000 bushels tills year and good returns are expected from other states of the middle west. Reports from western states are of Interest and will bring a confidence In the coming winter's business which was not possible two months ago. Following are some of the summaries : North and South Dakota. Condi tions were never surpassed , with the possible exception of the low lands. There the crops have suffered slightly on account ot the unusual rains , but elsewhere there will be at least an av erage wheat crop , If nothing bettor. The yield of oats , barley , and flax will stand high in comparison with recent years , especially when the acreage is taken into consideration. Iowa , In most sections the crops are better than they have been in years. Late rains did some damage , but not enough to affect the general outlook. Corn , the big Iowa crop , will bo above the average , and one export bos boldly declared the yield within the state will bo over 300,000- 000 bushels. There will probably ho a normal yield of oats , amounting to about 150,000,000 bushels. Kansas. A wheat crop approximat ing 000,000,000 bushels spoilt ) prosper ity for thla state beyond doubt. The farmers are aa happy as they have been In a decade. Nebraska. Ono of the largest corn crops Nebraska has ever known IH confidently predicted. At first It Huuiuod aa if the yield would be short , but good , n toady weather mound the first of July did the work , and now a bumper runin in night. With an In creased acreage of wheat , there will be an average crop , and the yield of alfalfa will also ba great. The ranges wro reported In excellent shape. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UMPIRE. Two caies or monster Importance and both based on the same contention In defence , will now como before the attention of the United States supreme court for final dlclslon. Ono Is the case in' which the Standard Oil com pany haa Just been fined more than twenty-nine millions of dollars , and the other la the case emanating from North Carolina over a passenger faro law. All of which goes to show that after all It Is the federal government and the federal court that holds the reins. In North Carolina a passenger faro law of 2 % cents was enacted. Fines wore provided. The railroads secured an Injunction from the federal court restraining the state from enforcing the law until after It had been tested as to constitutionality. The governor contended that the law was law until proven unconstitutional and declared the railroads would have to obey. A couple of railroad agents were Jailed and an effort was made to fine the railroads refusing to comply with the law. The fines would amount to a couple of million dollars a day for ono road and more than a million for an other. A week's fines would cat up the profits of all the railroads in that stato. The railroads , therefore , con stitution which provides that "ex tend that the fines can not bo enforced and the law is unconstitutional he- cause of the clause in the federal con cessive fines shall not ho Imposed. " It will be for the United States supreme court to determine whether the fines are excessive and the law constitutional. Meanwhile , It has been agreed that the railroads sh.ill give to each ticket purchaser a rebate good , in case the law is upheld , for the re funding of the money paid In excess of the new reduced rates. A good deal of fuss was kicked up by Gover nor Glenn In a pyrotechnic way as to which court should prevail. The re sult would have been the same In any event the case would have to go to the United States supreme court for Its final test. The only difference Is that , pending the decision , the rail roads will not suffer the enforcement of what may be declared unconstitu tional law. And In case the law Is upheld , the public will get Its money back , where In the other manner of procedure the roads would have sus tained that much loss. In the Standard Oil case It Is not probable that the fine will be declared as excessive as that Imposed by the North Carolina law. For the Stand ard Oil company's profits has been so much larger that Its case Is quite distinct. It seems hardly probable In view of public sentiment that the Standard Oil company , If the fine Is sustained , would dare advance the price of oil , as has been generally feared. CREAM : RATES. Out of the cream rate Investigation which has been taken up at Lincoln by the state railway commission , comes the fact that the creamery In- ilustry of the largo city Is thriving off the life-blood of the country cream ery , through railroad rate discrimin ations. Here Is an opportunity for : ho state railway commission to live ip to Its pledges by giving a "square deal" to the small-town creamery along with the centralized Institution of the population center. We are told for instance that where Iowa has COO small town creameries , Nebraska has but twenty. And this number of twenty is all that has man aged to survive out of 200 that for merly operated In the state. Where the small creameries have had their life squeezed out , however , creameries In the cities have prospered to such an extent that today stock In ono of the big creameries Is as good an invest ment as a Nebraskan could well look for. Hero In Norfolk the matter comes home to us with particular force from the fact that a creamery which was operated hero years ago was moved to Omaha and has now , hy vlrturo of discriminations shown It , become one of the mammoth industries of the state. It has only been of recent months that the creamery Industry had courage to revive in this city and start over again. The present investigation at Lincoln has come about as the result of a re quest on the part of railway and ex press companies to Increase their cream rates Into the cities from the country. They claim that the rates are too small to give them a fair pro- lit for their work and that tbo present rate on butter fat is the same which many years ago applied to skimmed milk , thus making It legitimate that the butterfat rate should bo higher , slnco bulterfat IB many times as val uable and Involves several times the responsibility In carrying , as milk. An Increase In the rale would mean that Omaha and Lincoln creameries would have to pay moro for their cream shipments from the country. KaU'H Into smaller towns , such as Norfolk , would not increase since they are high enough now. As a result the Omaha creameries and the Nor folk creamery would bo put on equal fooling In buying cream and the Nor folk creamery , with a largo exclusive territory of Its own and by virtue of the fact that It could get the cream while It was still perfectly sweet , could build up an extensive business at the expense of the metropolitan institutions. The cream rate from Bonestcel Into Norfolk Is 34 cents and the distance 120 miles ; the cream rate from Bone- steel Into Omaha , a distance of 240 miles la only 45 cents. The discrim ination In favor of Iho Omaha cream ery and against the Norfolk creamery la apparent And It ought to bo cor rected by the state railway com mission. The big creameries claim that the Industry , In order to bo economically operated for the good of the producer , ought to bo centralized and that therefore a discriminatory railroad rate favoring the city creamery Is In the Interests of the public. Compar ative figures , however , show that the little town creameries are paying more to the farmer for their cream than are the centralized Instltullons. The big creameries claim that to In crease rates now would be like in creasing grain rates Into Minneapolis In order that the wheat would have to stay In the lltllo towns for grinding. Regardless of the points for or against - gainst centralization In many Indust ries , however , the fact must be home In mind with regard to the butter and cream business that long shipments make sour and therefore unhealthful butter. For the good of the whole public It would seem that competition should be maintained in the creamery busi ness and from the figures Introduced at Lincoln It Is apparent that competi tion today Is scarcely possible. The state railway commission should Investigate the cost of hand ling cream by express nnd railroad < companies , should allow them a fair profit for their work and then , In fixIng - Ing the rates , should see to It that the little town creamery gets fair play. WAR STILL ON IN OHIO. Peace and harmony were to come out of Ohio , but the peace dove has been slain. The republican factional fight In the buckeye state is still red hot and so It promises to continue for some time to come. And , although the republican stale central committee representing the last state convention , has declared for Secretary Taft for the presidential nomination , Senator Foraker still Intends to make a fight and apparently a fierce one. Senator Foraker contends that the endorse ment of Secretary Taft by the twenty- one republican commltteemen has no binding effect whatever upon the par ty of the stale at large , since that committee Is a remnant of a by-gone convention and can not speak for the people In view of new conditions which have arisen since that commit tee was appointed. Senator Foraker has found In the newspapers a demand for Taft's en dorsement hecause he Is the only Ohio presidential aspirant. Foraker takes exception to this contention , claiming that he has not announced himself as yet but Inferring that he is Just ns much a presidential candidate as Is Taft Senator Foraker has taken a strateg- c position with ono respect in his Dght. Ho has lined up with President Roosevelt as against Secretary Taft In regard to the tariff , and from his letler It may bo expected that upon the stand pat issue as against revision of the tariff the factional war in Ohio will ho fought out. Secretary Taft said when ho was in Norfolk last spring , and ho has often said before , that he Is In favor of re vision of the tariff. President Roosevelt velt holds that , while it may be pos sible that there are some features of the tariff which have been outgrown , It Is nevertheless too dangerous a mat ter to tamper with the sacred doc trine of prolecllvo tariff to begin on a few unfit portions. Ho clings to the doctrine which made William McKln- ley the Idol of American labor the protecllve tariff and the full dinner pall. pall.And And to back up his position , Senator Foraker points to the fact that labor was never In the history of this coun try so well employed or at such high wages as It Is today. Ho points to the fact that In Cincinnati 20,000 moro men could find employment than are available. He points to the high pric es being received by the American farmer for his products and the gener al unprecedented prosperity the conn- ry over. His doctrine will be "tho 'till dinner pall , " and "lot well enough alone. " as against a policy of tamper ing with the tariff. And ho threatens .o carry the fight Into the republican state convention which alone , ho slalms , has power to authoritatively indorse for the presidency. From now until the Ohio convention of republicans , regardless of the con- .nil committee endorsement , the light may bo expected to continue. AROUND TOWN. It was water gas for sure in the now drainage canal. Pick out your choices and wait for the primary election. Hero's ono case of trying to break Into the Insane hospital. ' What sort of brainstorm will that Brlstow man Iry lo prove ? Docs Ihc approaching primary elec tion have anything to do with these- storms ? You should have seen the people yawn who ventured down town Satur day night Norfolk's races nnd carnival Just got under the wire before the rain Hag was rung up. Don't blnmo a hay fever victim for things he says. How are the crops ? That's a pert inent question. Some mothers are not regretting the approach of school. How can Norfolk bother with a pri mary election when the circus Is com ing to town ? It is being demonstrated In Norfolk that an automobile is no good excuse for not having a wife. It might reasonably be charged that some teachers apply In Norfolk for the to. express purpose of getting their names . changed. It's hard lines for the small boy when his summer season has to bo Interrupted by the announcement that school will begin In less than a month. It's pleasanter to withstand a sum mer's heat than to suffer from a sum mer cold. They're not all dead yet. The fellow J low Is still at large who asks if it's hot enough for you. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. If you are lazy , there isn't any use lying about it. , After winning a triumph over an enemy the next battle to fight Is against an inclination to look it. What has become of the old-fash ioned man who said that a horse able to roll over twice was worth $200 ? This Is what daughter usually thinks about father : That if she were mother she'd make him stand around. Every young man is full of "schemes. " Every old man has tried a lot of schemes , and lost confidence In them. Wo Issue The Globe a litlle earlier lhan usual this afternoon ; there is a traveling man in town and we are anxious to sit down with him , and hear his Jokes. The smaller the town a woman lives In , the more she knows about laying out a corpse. We don't suppose there is a woman In New York City who knows how to lay out the dead. There is no place or occasion where time passes more slowly than whllo waiting for a reply over the telephone , the period between a death and the funeral not excepted. It is all right to lay off for the funeral of a first-degree kin , but when a man lays off for as far away as a fourth-degree kin , it Is nothing short of shiftlessncss. $100 Reward , $100. The readers of this paper will bo pleased to learn that there Is at least ono dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages , and that Is catarrh. Hall's Calarrh Cure Is the only positive euro now known lo the medical fraternity. Catarrh be ing a constitutional disease , requires a constitutional treatment Hall's Ca tarrh Cure is taken internally , acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system , thereby de stroying the foundation of the disease , and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and as sisting nature In doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for list ot testimo nials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co. , Toledo , O. Sold by all druggists , 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation.