Nebraska Newspapers

    TIIK NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , OCTOBER 11 , 1907.
GOVERNMENT AGENT INSTRUCT-
ED'TO CEASE THEN.
MEANS OPENING NEXT YEAR
The Government Has Notified the Al-
lotlng Agent to Receive No Applica
tions for Indian Allotments After
the Last of Next Month.
Lamoureaux , S. D. , Oct. 8. Special
to Tlio News : The government allot-
Ing agent has been Instructed to re-
reive no applications for nllotincnts Jn
Trlpp county after Nov. 30.
Thin Indicates tlmt tlio opening of
Trlpp county will take place next ycnr.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
L. A. Ilotlic wont 10 Nellgh nt noon
on business.
Mrs. C. II. Chandler Is visiting rela
tives in western Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Davis of Bassetl
were lu tlio city yesterday.
Mrs. Johnson of Yankton , S. D. , IB
visiting with her sister , Mrs. V. V.
Light.
C. C. Sheets of Osmond and P. J.
Hale of Atkinson spent Wednesday In
Norfolk.
13. P. OlniBted returned homo yes
terday from a visit to his farm near
Sutherland.
Mr. and Mrs. Ilowlns have left Nor
folk to spend the winter In Indiana
and Wlnconsln.
General Manager P. Walters of Oma
ha passed through Norfolk returning
from a trip to Lander , Wyo.
Mrs. Pred Leftcrt was expected from
Omaha Wednesday on a visit with her
daughter , Mrs. Oscar Johnson.
Emmet Kay of Fonda , Iowa , was
the guest of L. A. llntho while in Nor
folk to attend the horse sale Tuesday.
Den Bcchtcl has been in Carroll
looking after Fred KoostcVs dnm
store while the latter lias been in
Omaha on business.
Mrs. Metta Johnson and daughter of
Brunswick , who have been In Norfolk
the guests of Mrs. A. Degner and oth
er relatives , returned home yesterday.
Mrs. Will Drews and son Collie of
Chadron , and Mrs. John Magnuaon of
Laporte , Ind. , who have been visiting
at the home of 13. W. Jonas , left Nor
folk yesterday.
Prank Richardson of Sioux Falls , S.
D. , a city mail carrier there , was in
Norfolk yesterday. During his visit ,
he called at the poatofttco and Inspect
ed the federal building.
N. A. Halnbolt , J. S. Mathcwson and
P. H. Davenort visited the Elkhorn
Tuesday afternoon on a Joint hunting
I and fishing trip. There were fair re
sults In both llsh nn-J game.
Herman Klcsau is in Omaha on busi
\
ness. , ,
Mrs. Frank Lenzer of Stanton spent
yesterday In Norfolk.
II. P. Darnhart left at noon for Al
bion to attend district court.
Leo Williams has accepted a posl
Uon with the Klesnn drug company.
Harry Barnes , cashier of the Citl
/ens State bank at Battle Crcok , was
in Norfolk Tuesday.
Mrs. J. J. Lclk and baby of Stanton
arc visiting nt the home of her pa
rents , Mr. nnd Mfs. A. D. Howe.
Mrs. A. B. Baldwin nnd Mrs. E. S.
Munroo left' ' for Omaha and Plaits-
mouth , \vhero they will visit friends.
A dispatch received by Mrs. Ed Har-
ter states that Mr. Hartcr underwent
an operation at the hands of Dr. Mayo
and is resting nicely.
T. B. Pawling of Hooper , who has
been in Norfolk on a visit with his
Bister , Mrs. G. A. Bllger , returned
home at noon.
' P. J. Hale of Atkinson stopped In
.
Norfolk Tuesday with a carload ol
registered black cattle which he had
purchased in Iowa and sought to dis
pose of In Norfolk.
Mrs. Hugh McGill and daughter ,
Miss Mary McGill , returned to their
home at Wlsner at noon after a vlsll
in Norfolk at the homo of Mrs. Mo-
GUI's brother , Martin Kane.
John Duncan , construction engineer
for the Independent telephone com
pany , left at noon for Sioux City to
purchase supplies for the underground
conduits that the company Is laving
in Norfolk.
Mrs. Thos. Blthell returned home
last evening from an extended visit to
Aurora , 111. , Nebraska City , Lincoln
nnd Omaha. Uev. Mr. Bithell also re
turned last night fiom Omaha where
he had been attending the northern
Nebraska Methodist conference.
Mrs. W. II. Bucholz left at noon for
Omaha.
B. P. Weatherby was In Crelghton
Tuesday.
( ' . H. Reynolds nnd Dr. P. II. Sailer
went to Omaha on the morning train
Charles Stuart of the Madison State
bank was in Norfolk Tuesday on his
way to Tllden.
Mr. Zlngreo of Mason City , Iowa
who had been vlstllng at the homo o :
S. M. Braden , left for Mason City yes
terday. Mrs. Zlngreo Is still here.
Mr.- and Mrs. C. M. Thompson of
„ Newport have been in Norfolk for two
or three dnys. Mr. Thompson , a prominent
inont banl.e-r , was here in connection
wit'i the horse sales.
In Ihe list of sons of Charles Lodge
as given yesterday , "Gene" should
have been James.
The funeral services of the late
Charles Lodge , sr. , will be held Thurs
day morning In Madison , the funera
occurring at the Catholic church at
Madison at 10 a. m.
Among the day's oul of lown vlsil
ors In Norfolk were : Counly Judge
William Bates , Madison ; David Wil
son , Monroe ; Will Carroll , Clearwa
ter , C. M. Kearney , Slanlon ; W. R
Locke , Slanlon ; M. L. Thomson , Battle
tlo Creek ; Samuel H. Vosburg , Bel
- m-ade ; R. Hnrlzke , O'NellJ ; County
Atlorney J. A. Van Wngenen , Pierce ;
II. A. Luckcy , Grand Island ; P. Kalon ,
Crolghlon ; Andy Kccfo , Anoka ; O. C.
Hodman , O'Neill ; D. G. Wllnon , Bloomfield -
field ; K. 15. James , Palls City ; L. G.
Nelson , Long Pine ; Dr. Thomas ,
Pierce ; N . Clemens. J. Mohan , U. J.
Barker , Vertk-1 ; P. Mohler , I. N. JOHOB ,
Monroe ; Joe Cady , Platte Center ; D.
W. ThomnH , Monroe ; William Lloyd ,
Lindsay.
Meetings of the Norfolk board of ed
ucation Mil In the future bo held In
the Norfolk avenue coal office of Sec
retary H. C. Mntrau.
Chief Train Dispatcher K Sly Is
back nt his desk in the dispatchers'
olllco after nn absence of several
weeks In which he has been in very
111 health.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kell the rst of
the week celebrated their first wed-
ling anlversary nt their homo on
South Fifth street. About two score
friends were present.
It Is the Intention of the manage
ment of the Norfolk hand to give two
more open air concerts before winter
weather makes evening concerts al
together a memory. No concert , how
ever , will be given this week.
A moBRago has reached the S. P. Er-
aklno home in Norfolk of the death at
OolumbtiB early Wednesday morning
> f Vcrnum Ersklne , son of J. E. Er-
sklne of that city and a nephew of S.
f. Eraklnc of Norfolk. The death re
sulted from paratelltls.
Stnnton Picket : A. A. Kearney last
week returned from Oklahoma for n
short visit with his family. Ho Is still
working on right of-wny for the Yank-
on & Gulf road and Is meeting with
great success. He expects that con
struction on the line will begin next
vear.
Sol G. Mayr , C. E. Burnham and D.
Mathe\\sou have been named by the
Commercial club directors to repre
sent that body at - \ conference which
State Secretary Bnilcy of the Y. M.
? . A.sill hold with Norfolk people In
regard to the February convention of
the association in Norfolk.
A 1'ttle firl ? of ten , most of whose
life has been spenl near Norfolk , was
n applicant recently for admission
to the public schools. The child had
not only never before attended school
but was tumble to even read or write.
Despite her years the little girl was
placed among the klndergarden tola
n the classes preliminary to the flrst
qrnde.
Superintendent E J. Bodwell will
ittend the annual meeting of the prin
cipals and superintendents association
In Uncoln on October 21-C. Recent
legislation appropriating $50,000 for the
uoorer school districts , providing for
free high school tuition nt the expense
jf the resident district and appropriat
ing $50,000 for normal training in high
schools will be discussed in detail.
Rev. John L. Stine , pastor of the
Christian church of Norfolk , will on
next Sunday resume services In the
Best school house five miles west of
the city. The > services Sunday will be
held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
and will be continued .on the occasions
of Mr. Stine's vlslls lo Norfolk. These
services were suspended during the
summer.
A number of ladies from The
Heights spent a jolly evening Monday
at the home of Mrs , J. L. Weaver , the
party being In honor of Mrs. Wea
ver's daughter , Mrs. R. C. Hand , who
leaves in a short time to join her hus
band , Lcutenant R. C. Hand , who is
on his way to Fort Leavenworth , Kan. ,
after service In the Philippines. The
hours from five-thirty to eight were
spent nt the Weaver home.
Norfolk teachers are planning to In
vade onmnsse the schools of some one
of our metropolitan neighbors. A ma
jority of the teachers seem to favor a
visit to the Omaha schools , which were
Inspected by the Norfolk teaching force
last year. The board of education has
granted permission for the proposed
visit. The teachers will arrange their
trip for some Thursday and Friday for
some week In November. Two days
of school vacation will result.
The chautauqua project \sill not be
advanced by the Commercial club di
rectors. While not condemning the
project as not in the best interests of
the city the directors Tuesday decided
not to lend the support of the club to
the chautauqua movement which was
started In Norfolk by a booking bu
reau. To avoid too many irons in the
fire was the motive of the directors
In refraining from getting back of the
proposed movement.
Ground was bioken yesterday for
the Norfolk Long Distance Telephone
company's local exchange on Norfolk
avenue between Second and Third
slreets. The construction of the buildIng -
Ing Is to be pushed and pioperty
owners on the east end of Norfolk av
enue will be glad to see the new
brick telephone building go up in
their end of the avenue. Telephone
construction by the new company Is
being can led on , although somewhat
hampered by the scarcity of labor.
Councllmen Haase , Buchholz and
Dolnn are the members of the city
council whom Mayor Durland has se
lected to act with the city attorney In
tackling the "fee" problem. The
councilmcn are expected to bring into
the next council meeting an ordin
ance that will place police ofllcers on
a Ftrlctly salary bases and send all
police court fees Into the city treas
ury. If It can be done legally the
police judge will also be voted a re
gular salary in place of fees. Corres
pondence which Mayor Durland has
carried on has shown No : folk to
have occupied a rather Isolated posi
tion among Nebraska cities on the
matter of turning fees over to the
police court officials. An adequate In
crease in police salaries to make up
for the fee amputallon is generally
favored The "fee" committee may
meet today in anticipation of the
meeting of Ihe council next Thursday
evening.
LYNCH INVALID FIGHTS FIRE BUT
ALL IN VAIN.
HANDS AND FACE ARE BURNED
All of the Earthly Possessions of a
Crippled Man at Lynch Are Destroy
ed In Fire Which Started From
Opening Cook Stove Lid.
Lynch , Neb. , Oct. 8. Special to The
News : Flic completely destroyed the
residence of A. Sanders nnd all Its
contents last night. The Hro started
by catching in a curtain near a cook
stove , when cobs were fed into it by
Mr. Sanders , \vlio IB an invalid and
was alone in the house.
Ho struck the burning curtain wllh
a garment caught from the wall , the
Hro Hew over the room and started in
several places. He succeeded in put
ting out several blazes but was finally
forced to glvo up the fight after burn
ing his hands and face somewhat.
This lu a very sad case as all of Mr.
Sanders' earthly possessions were
burned in the fire and he is a cripple ,
one leg having been lost , and has been
sick for eight months.
A liberal subscription was raised
for them by the people of the commu
nity.
PETRIFIED BULLSNAKE.
Peculiar Specimen is Picked up on a
Farm Near Lynch.
Lynch , Nob. , Oct. 8. Special to The
News : S. W. Lightner is showing a
peculiar specimen of petrllled rock.
It is that of n celled bullsuake with
head and tail quite distinct , but coils
not so plain. The cell Is about six
Inches lu diameter nnd the inside is
liollow but the outside is perfect. He
picked it up in a sandpit on S. Bunk-
holder's farm west of town.
Death From Croup.
Nlobrara , Neb. , Oct. 8. Special to
The News : Little Leona Foster , thu
of and Sirs.
six-year-old daughter Mr.
Foster , died from membranous croup
yesterday. It Is thought that she con
tracted a very severe cold on her way
homo from Verdlgre a few days be
fore her death. Burial was made to
day.
FIRST BIB HORSE SALE ENDS
More Big Heavy Animals Were Sold
In Norfolk at New Yards.
Smith Brothers concluded their first
Norfolk horse sale Tuesday afternoon
with a second day sale nt the new
sales yards.
A number of horses were left over
from the Monday after.\oon sale and
to dispose of these together wilh some
late arrivals n special second day sale
was held Tuesday afternoon.
A few car load lols and a long
siring of single horses and pairs were
sent to the ring. There was n pre-
pondonderance of good horses , IB
fact like Monday the presence of good
heavy horses were commented upon.
A mare topped the second day sale
at $115. One pair sold for $225.
There were a few new arrivals for
the Tuesday Bale but most of the buy
ers at the ring hnO remained over
from Monday.
The solo on last Monday was called
at 1:30 : p. m. It Is very probable that
the next sale will be called at 10 a. m.
TWO FREIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS
Uncoln , Neb. , Oct. O.--Two freight
classifications are in use In Nebraska.
The new classification , filed by the
railroads with the interstale commerce
commission Is in effecl on Interstate
shipments , while the old classification ,
in effect the first of the year nnd when
the railway commission went into pow
er governs iutrastate shipments.
The Nebraska railway commission
has refused to approve the new classi
fication sheet. The railroads put up
the plea that if it were adopted the
commission might immediately order
the reductions in rates on articles
where the change in classification in
the newer sheet has raised them. The
commission , however , did not take this
view of it and refused to adopt the
now schedule.
A railroad man says that the new
sheet makes a greater number of re
ductions In rates than it makes in
creases , and that the stale would have
gained by Ihls reduction.
The Iowa railway commission years
ago adopled a classiflcalion for lhat
state and it Is said this is one thing
that the railroads dcnlro/to avoid In
Nebraska.
A move Is now being made lo secure
a national classification sheet thai can
be used on every road in the country.
At the present time there are several
classifications in force , one in the east ,
one in the south and nt least one in
the west. Texas has Us own classifi
cation schedules.
Writing Novel of the Dakotas.
Pierre , S. D. , Oct. S. Miss Agnes
Laut , a former resident of Winnipeg ,
who has removed to New York since
she is making a record for successful
work In fiction , is in this city for a
stay of several wecKs as the guest of
Doane Robinson while she collects ma
terial for a new story which she is
writing , with the Dakotas as the seen *
of her plot.
MORE SHORT TRIPS.
Feature Made Prominent by Applica
tion of 2-Cent Rate ,
Lincoln Journal : It Is claimed that
the movement of Ak-Sar-Ben crowds
by the railroads this week has added
evidence to prove what was surmised
during the state fair rush. Then rail
road men claimed they were handling
u larger number of short distance pas
sengers than ever before but that the
crowd from far out in the state was
smaller than on previous years. Now
it Is claimed that the railroads have
laken to Omaha a larger number of
people limn ever before from nearby
towns , bill Hint the Ak-Sar-Ben busi
ness from lowns far away has been
noticeably smaller. Discussing this n
railroad man says :
"This means lhat more trains must
be run for short distances to handle
passengers paying a smaller amount
of money to the company than ever
before. The passengers from far oul
In the state , who could bo cared foi
largely on the regular trains , nnd who
merely served to crowd these trains
In Iho western half of the state , arc
not being handled now. For Instance ,
If n man from the northwest paid $ S
for a tlckel , lhat was worth moro tc
the railroads than sixteen passenger ]
from a nearby town where Iho fare
each way is but Iwenty-flvo cents ,
making fifty cents for Iho round Irlp.
"This may mean lhat the slalo fair
and Ihe Omaha festival will dwindle
in Importance , and tlmt some big
events must bo arranged for other
western Nebraska towns to give the
people of the western half of the state
entertainment without traveling so
far. This may be the wrong way of
looking at Iho matter , but I think a
change of one kind is sure to como as
a result of the rigid two cent rate.
"There Is another thing that pas
senger men are noticing. That Is the
increase in number of short trips In
Ihe course of regular business. Take
a Iratn oul of Lincoln. The cars will
be filled , but at the first fenv stops they
will be emptied of the local traffic. A
little farther along the train begins to
pick up business for the next import
ant town , and business for each center
Is picked up and unloaded within n
few miles of the town. "
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT STRUCK
THE SHALLOW SPOTS.
WAS NO DANGER OF TIPPING
It is Reported In Washington That the
Pilot Who Guided Roosevelt's Boat
Down the Mississippi Found Bumps
Purposely.
Washington , Oct. 8. Presldenl
Roosevelt knows by personal experi
ence the shallowness of the Mississip
pi river , according to iv report which
has reached Washington.
The pilot who guided the executive's
craft knows every sand bar in the big
stream and it is said that he took pre
cautions on Ihe Irip down lo Memphis
to bump a goodly pbrllon of Ihem just
to show they were there.
The president's , safely was not en
dangered , it Is explained , because the
good steamer Mississippi is of the
flat-botlom variety common on the
river and could not be turned over by
a little gentle rocking.
Warnervillc.
R. W. Linn and wlfo wenl to Omaha
last week to take In the carnival.
School opened last week in district
No. 75 , with Miss Ellen Bay of Madi
son in charge.
Fred Petlilt Is building a barn 24x
32 on his farm north of town.
Roy Sleeper and Ralph Miller re
turned Sunday from a week's visit in
Omaha.
Alex Snider has traded his farm to
C. H. Brake of Norfolk , who will take
possession some time this month.
O. D. Munson came up from Omaha
Friday for a week's visit with his
daughter , Mrs. R. D. Fuller.
The dam which the Warnervllle
Produce company built on Antelope
run in order to put up Ice next winter
went out during the storm last week.
NO FAVORS FOR THE DIVINES.
White Tie Wearers of South Dakota
Will Have to Pay Full Fare.
Bad news for the men of South Da
kota who wear the long coats and the
white ties !
After January 1 , 1908 , clergymen
who have been traveling upon half
rates on all western railroads will be
compelled to pay full fare. Tills fact
was made certain by the action of a
general conference of the clergy 1m
reau of all tlio western passenger as
sociations.
The transcontinental passenger as
bociatlon will continue to Issue half
rate permits lo clergymen so long as
the rates are not reduced in Colorado ,
Montana , Arizona and the states west
of there to the Pacific coast. The per
mits may also be continued In the
states of Texas and Louisiana , where
their withdrawal depends upon the
state commissions of those stales.
This new ruling will have no effect
In Iowa , Nebraska , Minnesota , Illinois ,
Ohio , Indiana and other 2-cent stales ,
where clergymen have lo pay full fare ,
like ordinary Individuals. It will beef
of some effect In South Dakota , how
ever , where Ihe men of the clolh sllll
are traveling on one-half faro permits.
Fatal Wreck at Mitchell.
Mitchell , S. D. . Oct. 8. Traveling
at a rate estimated to be thlrly miles
an hour , the through freight from
Sioux City on the Chicago , Milwaukee
and St. Paul railroad crashed Into a
Blowly moving switch train In Iho ex
treme limits of the Mitchell freight
yards at 10 o'clock , and Engineer Dciv
nis L. Sunnier of Sioux City and Fire
man Welland of Yankton , S D. , who
were in charge of the freight engine ,
were Killed almost instantly.
One of today's want ads , may contain -
tain "your cue. "
PROMINENT PIONEER OF MADI
SON COUNTY SUCCUMBS.
MARRIED NEARLY FIFTY YEARS
Shortly After Noon Charles Lodge , sr. ,
Expired in His Home South of Nor
folk He Had Many Friends All
Over Madison County.
Charles Lodge , sr. , a prominent
farmer and pioneer settler of Madison
county , died nt 12:15 : Tuesday noon nt
his home seven miles south of Ihe city.
Mr. Ledge was sevenly-lhreo years
old al Ihe limu of his death nnd for
thlrly years hud been n resident of
the county.
Since nboul a year ago last March
Mr. Lodge has been In poor health
and was supposed to bo suffering from
licnrt trouble. This illness resulted
in hla death Tuesday noon.
Mr. Ixdgo was a native of Ireland ,
coming to America wllh his mother
when a lad of eighteen. Ills first years
in America were spent In the stale of
New York.
Coming lo Madison county in the
seventies Mr. Lodge homesteaded his
prcBent farm exaclly Ihlrly years ago.
There he made his home , gaining n
wide llsl of warm friends throughout
the county during his years of resi
dence here.
If Mr. Lodge could have survived
until next January ho would have had
the opportunity of celebrating his fif
tieth wedding nnnlveisary. Twelve
children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Lodge , six sons and six daughters.
In addition to Mrs. Ledge the chil
dren who survive are three sons ,
Charles Lodge , jr. , Samuel Ixidgo and
Gene Lodge , and five daughters , Mrs.
J. M. Brown of Madison , Mrs. John
Roarden of Jollet , 111. , Mrs. Joseph
Brltt of Fairmont , Minn. , Miss Fannie
Lodge of Chicago and Miss Ida Lodge
who made her homo with her parents.
Mr. Lodge was a convert to the Cath
olic church , which he joined thirty-
eight years ago.
Mr. Lodge was a popular man over
the county , as well as a good husband
and a kind father.
J. J. HILL DISCUSSES PROSPECTS
Money For Terminal Construction Can
not be Secured.
hi an interview at St. Paul J. J. Hill
said of the present railroad conditions :
"Why do I think that railroad build
ing in the United States is a thing of
the past ?
"I don't think anything about it. I
know. I certainly am glad that the
inland waterway commission visited
here , even If it didn't stay long , for
the after effects will bo great. The
question of transportalion Is a leading
one in Ihls country , on account of the
great distances. Investment in such
facilities is next to the value of Ihe
soil on which we live.
"Twenty-five years ago railroads
thought that , like the sacred cows , of
India , no profane hand would be laid
on them , but profane hands were laid
on them.
"This country loday Is In most Im
minent danger from want of transpor
tation. Business has grown so that
the railroads can't handle it. If , from
the first to the fifteenth of November ,
you undertake to ship a carload of flour
from Minneapolis to Liverpool , you
can't get a bill of lading to New York
In thirty days , or if you get It , the
goods will not be delivered. It Is a
physical impossibility.
"The trouble is , there are not suffi
cient terminals. Terminals arc like
hands and feet to men. The head may
save our feet. Trunk lines are mort
gaged to the fifth time , and money
can't be raised.
"Some time ago I asked a real es
tate man what It would cost ot get a
tier of blocks , one of the narrowest ,
from the Harlem river to thirty-third
street , New York.
"He came back In a week and said
$550,000,000 wouldn't buy it.
"That means lhal it would cost for
terminals alone $105,000 a mile for
every mile from Chicago to New
York , before the line was built. The
railroads can't pay rent on such high
priced property.
"This matter of transportation is a
most urgent one. People think there
Is no limil lo what the railroads can
do. There is a very present limit to
many railroads in the volume of busi
ness we have to do. It takes money
to run railroads. Last year the Great
Northern earned 5.C8 per cent.
"The Great Northern Is bonded to
less than $40,000,000 of its value , bul
people are not anxious to Invest in a
railroad which pays only 3.C8 per cent
and have to sit up nights planning how
to defend the property , when they can
get 7 to 8 per cent from other secur
ity.
ity."I
"I repe-at thai railroad building has
stopped in Ihls country. There Is a
want of money In every center. Where
business has grown the fastest , there
Is the greatest want , as In Germany
and the United States. Newspapers
tell us the trouble is in our own house
holds.
"Is Wall street in trouble when It is
now getting C and 7 per cent , and
when last year It got 3 and 3 per
cent ? Hardly. The scarcity of money
Is world wide. It Is not time for po
litical ghost dancing.
"There was n bad time lasl winter
when a total of 107 bills were passed
by the- state legislatures against the
railroad ? . Not one of them was based
on information. The-y did have a hear
ing in Minnesota and Invited testi
mony , bul the report was contrary to
the testimony given.
"Traffic Is growing five times as fast
as the mileage and we are up against
a Btono wall. Even the amounl need
ed to pul UB In n condition where wo
outlit ; to be Is BO large us to bo beyond
Iho possibility of the country to fur-
nlBh. We might as well put railroad
Improvement oul of the question. The
public will use what they liavo got un
til they get more1 , nnd that will not bo
In a short time.
"Tho iiowspaporB talk of a deep
clinniu'l from Duluth to St. Paul. Sup
pose wo build n canal. Wliero are
you going to get water to Moat Ihe'
boats. The water would have to be
pumped ICO miles. "
Ho suggoBtod a canal placed on
rockors. Into which a llttlo water could
lie flooded from one end and then
tilted with JackscrewH so thai boats
would bo floated to the other end
"Hut lot us do what can be done
There are others In tlio world besldo
ourselves , and some of them are * ac
tive1. There Is talk of a canal from the
lakes by the Ottawa river to Montreal.
This would pul Montreal fifteen miles
nearer Duluth than Buffalo Is , and It
would bo almost Impossible to got
trulllc to take the longer route. Chicago
cage wants a whip canal and would bo
glad to have them build it , bul lliere
are some difficult problems. Where
would you got the water ? The shores
of the greal lakes louch Iwo countries ,
tnd people nt the upper end of the
lakes will object If enough Is taken
to operate such a canal.
"But don't delay the whole move
ment on this account. There IB water
enough from St. Ixnils down to make
i channel wllh all tlio water In the
country. All the movement wants Is n
man with intellect and money to pay
Llie bills. Such a channel would save1
from three to five cents on every hush-
el of grain exported. Such a canal
from St. Louis to New Orhmns , will
be worth as many Panama canals as
you can imagine. "
Then he Bald that a six-foot channel
with a three mile an hour current
would not be sufficient. If grain could
ho carried thus In boats , and Iho boals
could be sold al the end of the trip
for ready money , the companies haul
ing grain would about break oven.
But the craft must como back , and it
costs money to go against the current.
Unless twelve or thlrleen feet of water
Is available boals would not be In n
position to do cheap transposing. "
Mr. Hill said this country has made
: is good use of its railroads as any.
He said thai Ihe railroads of England
are capitalized al $230,000 per mile ,
and lhal Ihey average 500,000 per
miles per annum , and only pay half
the wages wo do bore. The roads
here on a capitalization of $57,000 n
mile make a showing ot 800,000 ton
miles per annum ,
"The question of transportalion , "
continued Mr. Hill , "is a question this
country is up against. There is a cry
ing need for the improvement of the
Mississippi river. It can't he delayed.
Every day It costs more and moro
money to every one In the Mississippi
valley as far east as Columbus , Ohio.
Don't delay the work for a canal be
tween here nnd Lake Superior. We
will need more rain than we have been
setting to get that. "
Mr. Hill gave some stnllslics of Ihe
falling off of trade that the Great
Northern has carried on with Japan.
When that service was begun the road
carried 5,000,000 tons annually. For
the year ended December 31 , 1905 , It
carried 81,042,000 tons. The next year
it dropped to 2,000,000 tons , and this
year it Is much less.
"There is nothing we can furnish
Japan cheaper than others do. The
means of transportation are arrested
now and it will be a long time before
they will bo started again. Wo can't
raise money. The railroads have gone
as far as they can in increasing the
capacity of the present equipment.
"What we have suffered in the past
is nothing lo what we will suffer In
the future. I would not be surprises
If congress Is asked for money to con
tinue building railroads. The people
will do it. They are not bad. "
STANTON MAN ISSUES CHAL
LENGE FOR $50 EVENT.
RACE TO BE RUN IN NORFOLK
* _
William Zilmer Says He Feels He Did
Not Get a Fair Chance at Stanton
and Will Deposit Cash Here for a
Sprint With Battle Creek Man.
Stanton , Neb. , Oct. 8. Editor News :
Feeling tlmt under the circumstances
I did not have a fair chance in my
race with Mr. Losoy at the Stanlon
county fair , I wish to announce that
I stand ready to run him a 100-yard
race at Norfolk at any time for $50 a
side and will deposit the money with
the Huse Publishing company or any
bank in Norfolk lhat he may suggest
( Signed ) William Zilmer ,
Slanlon , Neb.
George W. Losey of Battle Creole ,
Ihe man to whom this challenge is
issued , is the democratic candidate
In Madison county for sheriff nnd for
merly was sheriff of this county. Norfolk -
folk people were not aware of the
racing rivalry that had been worked
up , but the race would unquestionably
prove a slrong drawing card.
Bank Officers.
Alnsworth , Neb. . Ocl. S. Special to
The News : At a meeting of the di
rectors of the Citizens bank of this
city Ge-orgo B. Campbell was re-elected
cashier and Robert Hcrre assistant
cashier Mr Herre has been a clerk
In the bank for some time and is a son
of the late Fred Herro who was in the
newspaper business at Hooper. He Is
a bright young man and popular.
PAUL BLANK CRAWLED IN AFTER
A RABBIT.
AND THEN COULDN'T GET OUT
Catching His Coat on n Nail , n Little
Norfolk Boy Found Himself Fast In
the Narrow Street Trough Had a
Bad Fright.
( From WeclncRilny'i * Dully. ]
t'rawllng Into a street culvert alter
i Hoeing rabbit llttlo BOVOU year old
'nttl Blank spent nearly thirty mln
lien yesterday beneath the roadway
When a horror Hide-kern llttlo Ind
Inally squirmed out of the opposite
end of the narrow wooden culvert It
wun a boy HO begrimed with mud HS
Hcnrcely to bo recognized by hli
'riends.
It's Bport to cliano rnhliltn oven in n
mrrow underground passage , but It's
10 Joke to spend long dreary minutes
suffocating In n muddy culvert beneath
noath the roadway.
Paul Blank goes to school In Uu >
first grade In the Lincoln building
Yesterday nt Third street and Madi
son avenue ho flaw n big rabbit , a ,
ict of a neighboring household , run
nto the street culvert. In after the
rabbit went Paul , then ho ntuck.
The rabbit may have darted out of
: ho opposite end ofho culvert but
Paul didn't. Seven years old and
big for hlfi ago he Ktuck In the nar
row culvert.
Unable to back out Paul Blowly
edged his way across the street , ttn-
lcriround. Then bis coat caught on
i nail. Paul stopped.
After many long mlntitPB had passed
it became known that a IHUo boy was
caught In n Third street culvert. A
crowd collected.
Just aB men were getting ready to
attack the street wllh pick nnd shovel
a Htllo hand reached oul towards the
culvert opening. Llttlo Paul had got
ten out of his coat.
A man reached In nnd grasping the
little hands pulled the mud coated
boy oul of his slrret dungeon. Tbn
boy was trembling , exhauslcd and
dirly.
Then Paul collected himself together -
er and ran home to tell his mother
that two bad boys had pushed him
Into a muddy ditch.
Paul Blank Is a son of Gotllieb
Blank and lives on South First street.
SHORT SLEEVES OR LONG ONES ?
9
Reports From Paris and Clrfcago Seem
to be Conflicting.
The latest from Paris Is to the ef
fect that short sleeves must go !
How can the feminine world know
what to do ? The National Dressmak
ers' convention in Chicago cmphatical-
ly declared that only one sleeve out
of twenty would be long nnd the short
er the sleeve the more style in the
gown.
Poor woman ! She is only too will
ing to follow the dictates of fashion
but when such contradictory stale-
ments are made , what will be lur
decision ?
The short sleeve lias been the joy
of every woman's heart for the last
three years and how hard It would bo
to part with It ! It is more comfort
able and more attractive. The tailored
waists tried hard this year lo gain
universal favor , but fair woman clung
to the dalnly short puffs. A race be
tween the short and the long sleeve-
spcms Inevitable , but which one will
win out It Is hard to prophesy.
In the meantime Norfolk women
may take Ihelr choice between Chicago
cage and Paris.
Tuesday Horse Sale.
Smith Brothers' Monday horse sale
which ran over to Tuesday afternoon
from Monday , was presided over by
Auctioneer Tim Prcece of Battle-
Creek. A number of horsemen re
mained over for Ihe Tuesday after
noon sale.
OATS IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Doane Robinson Says Market Price
Will be Four Million Greater.
Pierre , S. D. , Oct. 9. Doanc Robin
son , in his estimate of the oats yield
of the stale Ibis year , gives an In
creased acreage over last year , with
a reduced yield In bushels , bill at a
market price nearly $1,000,000 greater
than for lasl year.
His estimate for this year Is 1,331 , .
301 acres , with a total yield of 30.912-
508 bushels , which he estlmales nt tin
present market price U > bo worth t
the farmers $10,254,703.
While the market value Is gre-a tr
than for the crop of last year , it will
not bring so much money Into the
stale , as there will not be so great a
surplus lo dispose of , n grealer per-
ccnlago of the crop being required for
homo use.