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THE NOIIFOLK WEEBJLY NEWS-JObBNAL ; FRIDAY , OCTOBER 11 , 1907. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal The Now * . Kntnnllshccl. 1881. Tito Journal , Kstabllnhod , 1JB77. ' TH.L HUBE piiBUslSwa'ifoMPANY W. N. HUM : N. A. Htm : ProiltlHit _ Hi-crotnry Kvi-ry l'Triijiy ] "TTyjniTl ( pcFjf yi r jjT-fio Hntoreil at tlio poHtoilIco nt Norfolk , Nab , , iiH m-conil Pinna matter. TeTcpTi'tiFieH : ' Uflii"orlivT "Department. No. 22. Hunln < ! " > Olllco nnd Job Ilooins. No. If 22. MIiM6UIAL LAV. ) Could anybody rend tlio life story of W. A. Mohlcnlmuor of Norfolk wlth- out more tbnn over resolving thnt Mo" morliU day should bo n dny of sincere tribute to the soldiers who fell In bat tle , nnd that Its mission should bo perpetuated ? Little do people of the present day who did not go through that awful conlllct realize what n terrible war.lt was , or how great the suffcrlncs of the bravo soldiers who fought nnd fell for the stars and stripes. Hanks of the Grand Army of the Republic arc not BO well filled as once they were. If Memorial day and nil that Its services mean arc to bo per petuatetl , It would appear that the younger generations should bo Im pressed with the Importance and seri ous significance of the day. HHYAN-SULLIVAN PEACE. It Is said that Mr. Bryan has patch ed up a peace with Roger Sullivan of Illinois. Illinois democrats arc said to favor the NcbrasUan as a president ial candidate In preference to Johnson of Minnesota. A number of conference are reported to have been held in 111 Inols last week at which the fighting factions were brought together In har mony for Uryan. Governor Johnson of Minnesota says ho doscn't believe that Sullivan 1ms patched up peace with Uryan , but that's the way the story goes. It Is said that Sullivan nnd his fac tions of Illinois democrats are to make no war on Bryan for the presidential nomination. In return Bryan demo crats are not to disrupt the party In Illinois. For the time being , 'tis ' said , things have been smoothed over be tween Sullivan and the peerless leader. But could Bryan accept this truce ? Would it bo fair to the party to allow Sullivan to remain In it ? Is the Sullivan - van whom Bryan read out of the party as corrupt and until last fall , reformed to such an extent thnt his support Is now agreeable to the Nebraskan ? Could such a thing come to pass ? MADISON COUNTY ROADS. Itj Is no small compliment that the Nebraska state capital people should turn to Madison county as a county In which the example of good roads is to be found. Madison county people have always been progressive. They have always been thrifty and Industrious and they have always had enough good hard sense to see the advantages and bene fits in any proposition. Thus it Is that the movement for . better roads has found a responsive chord among Madison county people. The farmers have realized that bolter roads would mean less expense in haul ing their products to market ; towns have realized that better roads would bring towns nnd farms closer together to mutual advantage. And so when the present board of commissioners In Madison county be gan to build better roads , the people of the county encouraged the plan. Good roads have long been of recog nized value In the east ; they are com paratively new In the west. It Is something to bo proud of that Mad' ison county has been placed In the lead of this movement In Nebraska That the Lincoln Dally Star should call attention to Madison county's good roads Is a compliment both to the pee pie of the county and to the board ol commissioners. TURNING ON ROOSEVELT. The Omaha World-Herald Is making full use of the efforts of some of th ( Nebraska "reform" newspapers whicl chose to call themselves republicans * and which arc doing their utmost tc Impair the efforts of President Roosevelt volt In his movement to place regula tion of Interstate business institution IS ! where it will be most effective. Am it must be admitted that such effort ! as these to hamper the president , com Ing from elements which pretend t < ing from elements which have heretofore toforo pretended to be the only slmon pure Roosevelt papers , are rather sut prising to say the least. President Roosevelt.states clearl ; ' that the only way In which rcgulatloi of Interstate railroads and corpora tlons can ever be made efficient on th one hand nnd within the limits of con stltutional justice on the other , i through the federal government. II argues that such authority belongs t the federal government , by virtue c the constitution , and that such authoi ity must be exercised for the good c the country at large. He points ou the inefficiency of regulation whic varies In different states. He appai ently believes that one bullet , with th country's entire shooting power bchln U , will be more effective than fort . : four little scattering shot , none c which Is effective. Ho points out th fact that this vital principle was re ; ( ognlzud even as early as the days c the cnnstltutlou'W convention. Effe ( soirie protection against purely vicious nnd frenzied legislation without Investiga tion on the other , ho says , can como only through centralizing regulation In the federal government. It la rather surprising thnt any who pretend to bo republicans nnd who have sought political power as "re formers" by proclaiming their past loy alty to President Roosevelt , should , now that ho advocates a well defined republican principle , abandon him nnd become rebels against him. But It must be berne In mind thnt the president's plan , while ono for the benefit of the whole people , would draw the fangs of some of the "re formers" who have sought political power by arousing class hatred and who , having attained power , would prefer to dictate all things , regardless of the fact that the national govern ment could accomplish much more good for the people as a whole than the scattered commonwealth. " " OTHER FALL FESTIVALS. Last week marked a fall harvest festival for not only Omaha , but for Kansas City. While the Aksarbon fes tivities were going on In Omaha , the Priests of Palace held sway In Kansas City and tens and hundreds of thou sands of visitors from Kansas City tor rltory gathered there for the event , The national corn exhibit at Chicago Is also n similar after-harvest event Practically all of the large cities now hold some such annual fall festlva and some few smaller ones , such as Mitchell , S. D. Norfolk , while not so largo as those cities , is peculiarly lo cated as to territory nnd could , its cit Izens believe , undertake and success fully operate some such gala week. The cornpalace of Mitchell , which was suggested by commercial travel ers out of Norfolk , has been discussed pretty generally by Norfolk business men of late and there seems to bo a unanimous sentiment In favor of eome such plan. The Mitchell cornpalace attracted exhibits of agricultural products and fine live stock from all over the state of South Dakota. Special trains car ried thousands to the city during the entlro week. There were attractions worth while when the visitors arrived. The city put on Its holiday attire. Norfolk business men seem to be pretty generally agreed that Norfolk could undertake some similar plan with eminent success. Apparently all that Is needed Is the proper organiza tion to head the movement and bring about a cornpalace for this section. In connection with the cornpalaco there could bo the finest agricultural exhibits of this part of the state , a fine blooded live stock * show , and high class attractions. A cornpalace such as that at Mitchell could be built. For a week northern Nebraska peo- pie could como to Norfolk to shake hands with their neighbors. To the world could bo shown the products of the fertile new northwest. Land vnl- lies would be benefited as a result. . Farmers of the entire region could get a look at the best blooded livestock of the territory and as a result better blood would bo introduced into the whole northwest. Norfolk is peculiarly located for such , a fall festival. There Is a vast and prosperous territory which Would take an interest in the exhibits , because of the benefit resulting for the entire sec tion. It would be primarily a festival . for the whole northwest , placed at Norfolk , the gateway. As It now stands northwest people go to Omaha to see the Aksarben. ' With a cornpalace here that was worth while , they would make the shorter , . journey and como to Norfolk. . The cornpalace Is worth looking up THE TARIFF AND 1802. Grover Cleveland was elected pros' Ident of the United States in 1S92 be cause of his cry that the then existing tariff rates were robbing the people The country during the late eighties and the first year or two of the nine ties had been enjoying a splendid pros perlty. Business was brisk in everj line , farmers' products were brlnginp good prices and worklngmen were nl employed. They were days of the fill dinner pail. ts Cleveland took nn ax to the tariff Two years after his election the mills and factories shut down their machln ery. Mammoth manufacturing plant ! nailed boards across their doors Worklngmen became Idle. The din ner palls became empty. Coxey am Kelly led them across the continent The soup house became a necessity. McKlnley was elected * i bring or 1C der out of chaos. The protective tarif once more became effective. Whecli is started running in the mills and tin le smile of contentment that conns fron to Industry and a square meal , Hghtei of up the face of Labor. That smile has remained nnd i of broadest today. There Is prosper ! ! ; ut abroad In the land. The country I 2h crying for more and more lahorln ; ir'i men to fill the orders that prospcrlt ; 10 | has sent In. id I In some quarters there Is a cry tha .y-1 the present tariff rates are robbln ot the people and should bo rrvlsei lie While conditions may have made I possible to reduce a protective tarli of here or there , It must be borne I mind before the knife Is applied tha Iff may mean n tuintiUous slashing , In the human way of lawmaklng , that would be nothing short of Cleveland's ax. It will be an extremely dellcato mat ter to undertake nud a difficult one to accomplish , to sllco down those tariffs which appear susceptible of the shav ing , without In any way disturbing the overwhelming balance which could not be touched without Injuring and Im periling our present prosperity. There Is prosperity In the laud today as there was before the election of Cleveland. Wages nro good , labor has plenty of employment. There Is a full dinner pall , and everybody has the wherewithal to satisfy his demands , though commodities do bring good prices. The products of the farm , live stock and grains , are tremendously high , Just as the products of labor. In 1892 the country voted to reduce the tariff , and Cleveland reduced It. The whole country remembers , to Its woe , what happened afterward. And that experience , lest It bo for naught , should bo heeded at this time. We should look to the trusts nnd the Illegal combinations In restraint of trade , rather than the tariff , for relief from cxhorbltant prices. And If the trusts bo not effectively dissolved , the reduction of the tariff would never be In any way reflected In the prices paid by the consumer. For a trust can con trol the trade of commodities Imported under a free tariff as well as It does the goods made here under a protec tlvo tariff. And under the tariff , It Is American labor that does the work. Where prices are shoved up by a trust as high as the consumer will stand , It Is the combination that does the work and the tariff plays no part. The tariff Is not n drop In the bucket on those commodities which are now controlled by trusts and for which cx horbltant prices are being charged. The lack of competition and the agree ment to charge certain rates Is the guilty cause. It Is apparent thnt some effective remedy with the federal government concentrated In Its application , and by which competition in the various com modities concerned could bo reestablished lished , is the relief needed by the country. And that the tariff reduction wonld not , as President Roosevelt has pointed out , give. With the conditions as prosperous as they are today , It is well for the country to remember the days just fol lowing the Cleveland election , before going blindly Into a repetition of the soup-house season. FALL FESTIVALS. Omaha thinks a fall festival is a fine thing for pleasure and for busi ness. Chicago thinks a fall corn fest ival Is a fine thing for pleasure and business , Sioux City thinks an Inter state fair after harvest is a fine thing for business and sport. Lincoln merchants think the state fair is a fine thing for the state and for Lincoln business. Mitchell , S. D. , thinks a corn palace after the harvest Is a fine thing for pleasure , .for the territory around and for Mitchell business. Omaha has just finished the thirteenth Aksarben celebration. This is what Omaha business men think of the fall testlval Idea : William Hayden of Hayden Bros. "Our business has been fine during the carnival days. Rainy weather hurt some , but the goose now hangs high 1 and everything Is lovely. Have noth ing to complain of about our trade. " Emll Brandeis of the Brandeis store. "The business of the Brandeis store during Ak-Sar-Ben has been notice . ably fine. The fall festival Is a grand thing for Omaha and Omaha trade. " Robert Cowell of Kilpatrlck & Co. "Our business during the past ten days has been exceedingly satisfactory. I , think the Ak-Sar-Ren fall festivities sr are a fine thing. The poor weather early in the week hurt our trade some but the good weather later more than ' made up for it. " In fact every city in the country has come to the same opinion. Fall festivals are good things. They bring In the people ; they give the people entertainment ; they retain the vis Itors for a number of days ; and il helps business. If fall festivals stimulate business and give pleasure to other cities and their tributary territories , why not in Norfolk ? If Mitchell , S. D. , has made spied 1- ded success of the corn palace projecl not only by stimulating trade bui its" even making the corn palace self BUS tainlng , why not Norfolk ? Norfolk has a territory that can no Oc equalled In the United States bj a city of this size. Why should no Norfolk establish a fall festival o merit that will give to the people li this territory a pleasure week wort ! while , once each fall ? Railroad experts claim that unde the new two-cent fare system , shorte trips are the rule. It Is reported tha U attendance at the Aksarben and stati fair were better this year from town 13 : close In than ever , but that attendant from distances fell off very apprecl ibly. The result will be , railroad ex perts say , that smaller cities ou through the state must establish fal at festivals for the entertainment of per ip | within their territory. This being true , was there ever bel tor opportunity for the establlshmen ' Iff of n fall festival In Norfolk than righ In now , for the next year ? at Norfolk's tributary territory extend rlnv than 2 nyiro Into South Dakota. The only rail road entering thnt territory comes straight from thcro to Norfolk , U takes people of that territory three days to make n trip to Onmlm and back , or to Sioux City and back. Three days Is too long. A market center , a commercial center must , by the very geography of the tcrr'tory ' , be estab lished In the northern part of Nob- braska. Norfolk Is that logical point. Then why not meet the opportunity half way nnd establish n fall festival worth while which would allow these people of the northwest to como to Norfolk , shako hands with ono anoth er nnd enjoy life for a few days ? Next summer the government will throw open a million acres of land In territory naturally tributary to Nor folk. That will mean G.OOO new farms , 5,000 new homes to furnish and build. Later It will mean 5,000 new homes to be supplied with not only necessl ties but luxuries of life. For a time that territory Is going to bo tributary to Norfolk. But the day will come when other cities will be brought close to thnt region. A few more miles of railroad ou from Dallas will connect that territory with the Rapid City-Pierre line , which divert Inter est toward Pierre and other points Some day a railroad will be built to ward Pierre and other points. Some day a railroad will be built from Nlo brnra to Sioux City , making that a short route. Logically , then , It is to the Inter est of Norfolk to get acquainted wit ! that territory now. Today there Is the opportunity , tomorrow It may have vanished. Today the Interests of Norfolk nnd that new country are Identical. A fall festival here would mean mucl for both. And when once that terrl tory gets Interested In Norfolk and finds that things can bo had here as well as from Chicago , Norfolk's busl ness will grow. Norfolk has done much within the year to expand in business. The Trade Promoters have established a fare re funding plan. An exchange day for farmers of all this section has been practically worked out. Botli arc splendid plans and neither should be allowed to die. Little or nothing has been done since the first announce ment of the fare refunding plan to keep it nllve In the minds of the people whom Norfolk merchants de sire to impress with the Idea. It would seem that , if this plan Is to ' grow , it should be constantly and per sistently kept before the territory and to that end the meeting tonight should be wejl attended. But aside from the fare refunding plan and the exchange day , both of which should be successful , there seems every reason why a fall festival of quality and dimensions should be established In Norfolk. It would ap peal greatly next fall to the new home dwellers in , the reservation lands. It would appeal to all the territory already established a territory which must be shown that Norfolk wants Jts patronage. 'The original outlay would not be great. The Investment would pay for itself , as It has in Mitchell. It would be to this territory what 'the Arksarben is to localities near Omahn. AROUND TOWN. If they run , It ought to be a real race. . What a lot of trouble a little bad money can stir up. It may help some to know that Zll- mer Is a republican. Whom are you betting on if this footrace comes off Losey or Zilmer ? Trade promoters are urged to bear , In mind the fact that they will meet tonight. Georp" Lospy has run a good many political races ; will he turn down this challenge for a footrace ? Apparently Cramer thought those confederate bills had worked all over northern Nebraska and that they must bo still good. Arc you going to wear your sleeves short or long ? It would seem that they've worn the short ones long - enough already. People who read The News didn't get caught with any $20 confederate " money. Sometimes a dime In time saves 520. It is said that a Norfolk whist clul is in danger of being abandoned an other season because the members have all learned to dance. That Pierce romance ended right after all. The father and mothei blessed the children just as they do Ir the story books , and the lawsuits wen dismissed. Cupid Is hard to bent Ir the final wind-up. Where is there a finer season of tin vear than this ? Crisp , cool morning ! they are , with just enough frost t ( stimulate the blood nnd inspire met with energy and enthusiasm ; with jus' ' 11 enoimh sunshine to flood the work with cheerfulness and good spirits ind with lust enough red and browi to the tiVf leaves to add a touch o . sentiment to the time a touch of pa thos at the dying of the summer's life a touch of new life over the harvee that Is safe ! arn rerv roucu.lrqpr fised. Fought and Bled For Stars and Stripes Nester of Norfolk Business Men Today t To have fought ami bled for one's ountry ; to have learned early In vouth how toork with the hands nnd o have mndo an honest living In that vny ; to have boon the father to a 'amlly of twelve ; to have helped In ho founding of n city and to have mrtlclpntod in the business of that city longer than any other man ; nnd 0 have led an honorable and peaceful life , marked by Industry and thrift , ujoylng the respect of one's neigh bors could Roosevelt nsk for more In 1 man ? Such has been the life of William August Moldcnhauer of Norfolk , the last pioneer business man of the early .lays to have remained In business ac tivity up until the present time. Ills has been a life of terrible war when It was war , a life Rf serene and Ideal peace and quiet and contentment when It was peace. Conquering two rebel bullets which sank Into his flesh during the battle of Chancellorsvillo and which were considered mortal wounds , W. A. Moldonhnupr lived to le ) on hand almost at the birth of Norfolk - folk and to remain a factor In the com munity's life from that day to this. He Is now sixty-six years of age , and still actively piles his trade as a shoe maker. Twice Wounded In Fierce Battle. It was In the Twenty-sixth Wlscon < < lii Volunteer Infantry regiment that W. A. Moldenhauer enlisted In 18f.2 as 1 noldler under the stars and stripes. Vt Wstertown. WIs. . he joined the soldiers and with him lu this company were a number of volunteers who , af ter the war , came to Norfolk and be came prominent ns pioneers of the town. In that company there were August Raasch , Uio late C. W. Braasch , \umust Bergman , August Htiebner and the lute Ed Apler all well known Norfolk - folk pioneers. And it was In the battle of Chan- 'crllorsvllle ' , in Virginia , ( sometimes nl'ed the battle of the wilderness ) hat Mr. Moldenhnuer fell a victim to wo rebel balls of lead. It was on May 1. 1SG3 , that he was shot twice In that pirible conflict. Twenty thousand sol- Hers were slain In that flght and the vomler was that this man who after ward came to Norfolk ever recovered. The first bullet passed through Mr. Moldenhauer's right thigh. It was the first engagement of coiispqupnco Hint his regiment bad participated In. The first bullet gave Its victim a sling like the sting of a bee and , though he felt ho sharp twinge , this young soldier illd not falter In the line of imrch. Carries Second Bullet Still. It was about nn hour afterward that : ho second bullet struck Mr. Maiden- lauor's left groin and imbedded ttse'f n the flesh. To this day he carries : hat bullet and it gives him trouble : io\v and then. A surgeon after the jattle told him that ho would carry .his bullet to the grave and advised lira never to allow anyone to .attempt o take it out. With two bullet wounds , Private Moldcnhauer kept on marching ami carrying his gun until from loss of jlood he became too weak to go fur- her. About topfull from Hue , two strange soldiers from another regiment approached and gave him their arms. At length this union army was-over hauled by the confederates and these two comrades were taken away as wlsonors. Their names were never learned by the man they helped. The wounded Moldenhauer dropped to the ground nnd lay there all through the night and until 9 o'clock the next morn ing. Confederates came along and kicked him , ordering him to get up and bo taken away with prisoners but lie was too weak to go unless he was carried , and this none ventured. In his canteen was fresh water that his parched throat craved but tills was stripped off and taken by one of the victorious fighters. Out ou the field ho lay nil through that night with bul lets raining nil about , and at 9 next day he crawled to a hickory tree that had been severed by a cannon ball , whittled off a ccue ami crawled to a house a half mile away that had been converted into a hospital. It took until o'clock that afternoon to make the short half mile of distance. During that time the confederates were charg- 'ng the union fortifications and to es cape the charge this wounded soldier was forced to lie down flat on the ground throe different times on his way across that fipld. It was a terrible sight that he saw along the way. The dead ami wound ed , bleeding and mangled , lay strewn hero and there and everywhere. Those dead were burled , all together , In trenches that were dug for the graves. General Had a Human Heart. Once he had gained the hospital house , Mr. Moldenhauer crawled on hands and knees up to the building ind through the door. The sun out side was scorching and ho lay down just Inside the door that he might escape - cape the torturing heat. In the room on a mattress lay a wounded general. the idea for a Noifolk cornpnlacc , such is thcro Is at Mitchell. S. D. , " said a prominent Norfolk merchant ycster- Jay. "I believe the plan Is worthy the very serious attention of either the Commercial club or the Trade Promoters motors or bqth. Every city has a fall harvest festival such as this , and Nor folk ought to get In lino. IL would be eminently wor'h whll ° . I hope that HIP business or anlxatlons mentioned will take up the- matter nnd act. " ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Every man who has strong , worthy qualities comes to the front , but many W. A. MOLDENHAUER. No one else was In the room. Pres ently a surgeon approached , saw the private nnd asked how ho came then1 "I just crawled In to get out of UIL heat ; I'm wounded , " answered the sol dlcr. "Well this IH no place for privates , " retorted the surly surgeon. "This room Is for officers. Get out ! " "I'm too weak to walk out alone , so that you will have to carry me out if you want mo away , " answered the wounded man. "All right , " came the response. "I'll get my assistants. " But he never did It. Over In the other corner of that room there rose up on one elbow , de spite his terrible wounds , a dying man who wore the shoulder straps of n union general. He had heard the conversation - j versation and , though weak and torn to pieces with bullets , ho had strength enough to rise up nnd give an order to the surly surgeon which meant the life of W. A. Moldenhauer. "Doctor ! " commanded the riddled general , "Leave that man where he Is ! He needs attention ns much as the officers. " The surgeon subsided and the gen eral , turning to the private , bade him crawl across the floor nnd join in the comforts of the mattress. Profusely thanking the general but protesting at first against sharing his couch , that wounded private was at last Induced to crawl up beside the general and there to rest his head. Through the afternoon general nnd private rested there , both suffering from their heavy wounds , side by side ; night stole on and the long night dragged through. When another day dawned the generous-hearted general had found relief from his suffering and had gone to the land that knows no war. He had died bcsldo the private whose life he had saved. The name of that general is no doubt written prominently in 'the history of the United States. But who ho was the wounded private beside him has never been able to learn. That night was a terrible one. Out side n terrific thunderstorm came up and bent down the thousands of dead and wounded soldiers with its tor- rents. And while W. A. Moldenhnuer lay protected within , he could hear all through the long night the cries and moans of the men' lying out on the ground in the storm , unable to move on account of their wounds. It was nine days before the wounds of this man were dressed. And ho survived in splto of that. 75c For Coffee. For three .weeks he lay In that hos pital. Then ho was traded back to the union army In return for prisoners held by them. One day during that period a confederate soldier came around with cups of coffee which were eagerly bought nt seventy-five cents each. The food consisted mainly of flour and water. At the end of the three wool > s Mr. Moldenhauer was moved to the home of General Leo , which had been converted Into a hos pltnl. Here ho remained three weeks and then , on a freight car , he was transferred to the Chestnut Hill hos nltal , Philadelphia. It was a severe ride , and the jarring over freight trucks was no pleasant experience for men with wounds. Following that ride Mr. Moldenhauer suffered an attack of fever and ono night It was thought that he was dying. After he had partially recovered he asked for a furlough but was told that , owln ? to the fact that so many sol diers who had secured furloughs had never returned , the government was shutting down on these and a dis charge would be a simpler matter. So ho took a discharge and , with still an open wound , returned to his mother's farm in Wisconsin. After a year on the farm , Mr. Mol- denhauer went to Fond du Lac and worked for a hotel. A year later ho returned to his trade and established himself In business at Juneau ; In 18CC ho was married to Miss Amelia HIrth of the best women are burled In homes , and are never heard of. The loafer always has time to find fault with a hustler. Times come to every optimist when ho has to llo a good deal to Hvo up to his reputation. Talk to the average woman five minutes and she will tell you how lie has overdone herself. A plug girl , If she Is young , can pass anywhere ns a princess if she can keep her father nnd brothers out of sight. ind In 1870 came to Norfolk. W. A. Moldenhauor came to Norfolk ipcauso of the German colony that mil cotnu from Watertown ami who uid founded the town. From Herman ilraasch , who laid out the townslto , 10 bought u lot nrroxH the street from the flouring mill. Hero ho built n homo nnd In this house piled his trade until olghtoi'ii years after , when ho built hlH store. Unique Site Selection , The Motdonlmiior houito and tin * J , 3 Mcdury IIIIIIHO were started the self Kiimo day , within nn hour of ono another. Mr. MctMury led by that margin. Both almost built ou Braasi'h avoiiuo , but didn't. A man named Marsh conducted tlio 'Stovepipe" hotel ou Braasch nvotiuo. Ho declared Braanoh nvonuo would bo the mnlii street of the town and Me- "lury ami Moldonhauor had both selected - loctod sltoH ou UrunHch nvouuo , ready to start building next day. Noxtmorn- ug Mr. Moldonhnuor found the Me Clary lot dencrtod ami the luiulx r 'nuiBfi'iTod to a lot on Norfolk avenuo. lloas glad , for ho preferred Norfolk avenue and Immediately transferred his deed. For ton years W. A. Moldenhiiuer was Norfolk's only shoemaker ami shoo dealer. Ho took a homestead north of the AugHt Itunsch farm , west of the city , ami owns It today. Also ho took a forty-acre pre-emption a half mile north of the sugar factory Kite , which ho still owns. W. A. Moldonhauor has been a lupin- jor of St. Paul's Gorman Lutheran . hiirch from the tlmo ho reached Nor folk , when the church was a small luilding , until now , when Its new mine IH being built ns the finest church In all this northwest and at n cost of between ? 20,000 and JliO.OOO. I io , s a member of the school board In ounoctlon with the parochial school In 187C he was elected county commis- sloncr of Madison county , In which capacity ho served for thrco years with credit. Other than that ho has declined to consider political ofllcr , though at times his ninno has been prominently mentioned about the city In connection with councllmanlc and mayoralty offices. Up until 189G Mr. Moldenhauer was a democrat but he voted for McKInlo.v and has been a republican slnco that tlmo. W. A. MoldoThauer was born eight miles from Berlin , Germany , Septem ber Ifi , 1811. His parents came to America In 1843 and settled on a farm near Watertown , WIs. , having bought government land at $1.25 per ncro. Of ten children , ho ( who Is the youngest ) and his oldest brother arc alone alive today. The father died when this youngest son was six years of age. Ho , with the other children , attended school In the typical little log school house In Wisconsin. There was no regular teacher and the minister taught four half days during the wppk. At the ago of fifteen this boy began learning his trade as n shoemaker. In those days the trades were entered by more boys than today , since there was little machinery and hand work was absolutely essential. His First Fifty Cents. The first half dollar earned by W. A. Moldonhaupr was In trapping quail. He sold the "birds In town for fifty cents , having caught them In a trap made by himself. With his first half dollar he left home to make his way. At Oconomowoc he secured work , and Ut wages that look small from the present day viewpoint. It was for fif ty cents a day that ho labored there at his trade. Then he worked In the harvest field at $13 per month and later made , with four others , $100 building a plank road near Lake Su perior in Michigan. That was big money In those days , too. After that the young man worked a bit at bis trade , then worked on n farm a couple of winters in order that ho might at tend English school. This was near Janesvllle. And shortly after that he enlisted In the army. Of Mr. Moldenhauer's twelve chil dren , seven are living. Besides following - ing hla trade , lie has long conducted a retail shoe business. Ho was one e > f Norfolk's very first buslncns men an'i ' he is the only one left in business to day. day.By By virtue of his thrift and upright methods Mr. Moldcnhauer has had his share of prosperity , though he came hero , like the balance of the pioneers , with Industry and hope as his main capital. Times have changed since those ear ly days. Ho almost saw Norfolk born and ho has seen It grow Into n sub stantial city , the hub of a great terri tory. In the early days , when the town was small , everybody knew every body else nnd there was a democratic atmosphere of Informality that was as sincere and wholesome as the kinship existing among members of one great family. And those eld days with their good fellowship , when nil were on the equal basis of trying to build a sub stantial and worthy city to live In. appeal to Mr. Moldenhauer as da > s never to be forgotten the days when grasshoppers ate up the crops an < l when everybody , as James Wliltcoml * Rlley would Eay , was "so happy and so poor. " Ilrviiirr of Dlntiurntu for Cntnrrli Tlmt Contain Slrrcury , nn mercury will mirrly ilonlrny the Hence nf Kmoll nml rmnplrtHv d ranc the wliolo By-stem when enlerlnif It tlirniieh Inn miioous t\irtncn \ , Hueh articled should nnvcr lie UHf < l except on prescriptions from rcputnhln phy- | oluMH , nn the (1-inmKC thpy will do IM ton fold to tlie h'ooil ynn van pnBcllilv ' ! < > rl\ ' - from thorn. Hiill > Cntnrrh r > r * innnurni-turcil by K. J Phcncv . < f . T"leilo. O. . cnntnlni" no mercury ami 11 taken IntiTimlly. iirtlnj , ' directly upon the blood and mucoim mirfnora of the Hj-Hlcm. In buying Hall'd Ciitiirrh Cur bo sure you Ret the Rcr iln . It In tak en Internally and madu In Toledo , Ohio , by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tentimonlali free. Soli ] by druggists. Trice , 7Eo per bottle. Tnke Hall1. Family Pllli patlon.