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8 THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NUWS-JOUURNAL : FRIDAY , OCTOBER II , 1907. JIM CRAMER IS FINED $10 AND COSTS IN COURT. IT- WAS NO LAUGHING MATTER Norfolk Young Man Pleaded Guilty In Court to Passing Bogus Paper Mon ey , But Said That He Had Done It All In Fun. fFrom Woiln < "nlny'8 Daily. ] Jim Cramer of Norfolk has learned that it la expensive to pass bogus money oven an an alleged "Joko. " The cost of Creamer's "joko" of Mon day evening was J21.9S , inflicted by Justice ElBoley. A farmer near Norfolk has learned that It Is not advisable to "swap" bills with a Htrnngor even when the strang er volunteers that hla old hill will wear better in the farmer's pockets. For the bill that Mr. Farmer traded for was bogus and there were some excit ing minutes until ho had landed his good 1)111 ) buck in his pocket and Jim Crcnnier In the city Jail. Creamer , who said that ho had "bor rowed" the "wild cat" twenty for n , little - tlo fun and In a moment of Joyful hi larity traded it off for n brand new twenty , wont into Justice court Wednesday and pleaded "guilty" to the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. It was all a Joke , Creamer said , but the justice assessed a fine of $ .10 and costs , the total amounting to $21.95. Creamer arranged to pay the fine. Tuesday Creamer spent in the city Jail , unnblo to give the $200 bond re quired to secure his temporary release from jail. "It was a Joke , " said Creamer. "It wasn't any Joke when I worked to earn that good twenty , " said the farm er who was also in Justice court. The ' vild cat" bill will do no more harm for Creamer says that he has de stroyed it. CRAWFORD ANEBRASKA BOY _ One of World's Championship Baseball Players Known Here. "Wahoo" Sam Crawford , who was one of the hardest hitters in the first world's championship baseball game between Chicago and Detroit Tuesday afternoon , and who made one of the throe scores for Detroit , Is a former Nebraska boy and Is known in Nor folk. Crawford played baseball with the West Point team when there was a strong rivalry between West Point and Norfolk. He came originally from Wahoo , Nob. He is one of the fastest baseball players in the world today and was n factor In the first world's champion ship game. The Associated Press re port declared that when such excellent batsmen as Crawford could not land , the pitcher must be a wonder. The first game resulted In a tie , 3-3 , in twelve Innings. For Mr. and Mrs. Dudley. At a meeting of Mathewson post Tuesday evening a special social ses sion was hold In G. A. R. hall for Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dudley , who leave in n short time for California where they will spend the winter near Los An geles and possibly locate permanently. Refreshments wore served during the evening by the Woman's Relief Corps. The ladles of the corps took advantage of the occasion to present Mrs. Dud ley with a handsome gold W. R. C. pin. CONVICTED MURDERER HERE. Gregory County Sheriff Takes "Doc" Wilson to Sioux Falls. Joseph W. Wilson , alias "Doc" "Wil ' ton , who recently was convicted In the 'Jti. district court of Gregory county , S. D. , of the murder of Charles Meyer , was taken through Norfolk by J. W. Me- Mullan , sheriff of that county , on his way to the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls. Falls.Wilson Wilson In the trial was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon and his sentence Is for two and one-half years. Meyers was formerly a citizen of West Point , Nob. To Build New Boat. London , Oct. I ) . Sir Thomas LIpton has decided to build a new Fife do- Mgncd cutter to compete In the Brit ish regattas In 1008. It is intended that the cutter shall eclipse the White Heater II , the present champion of the British yachts. Nebraska Beef Won. The cornhuskers romped away from South Dakota Saturday on Nebraska field , the coyotes being drubbed 39-0. The Dakotans played sturdy football in spots , once rushing the ball nearly feisty yards on short charges , but they iHinbled miserably at critical moments and permitted the beefy cornhuskers lo annex two of their touchdowns vir tually without effort. Coach Cole's Rlants , however , snatched the laurels strictly on merit and weight. They were better drilled , displayed superior tnctics and possessed more beef and also more speed. Their offense moved as a machine and the coyotes , while battling vali antly , wore swept from their foot. Only straight football was attempted by the cornhuskers , who kept their repertory of forward passes for future opponents. Captain Wollor and Krogtr did the hulk of the work in carrying the ball , their terrific charges through the South Dakota line netting many yards , The ends and tackles were also called Into action , tactics which gained the desired distance on nearly every down. Quarterback Bluer shifted to right half in the final half , twice skirted the South Dakota line for long runs , while Cook , the midget quarter , returned a punt Hlxty yards nnd also broke loose for a dnsh half the length of the field. Nebraska was penalized seventy yards for holding and offside plays , the corn- liuskerH forfeiting nearly 100 yards for Infractions of the rules. Hypnotist nt Spencer. Spencer , Nob. , Oct. 9. Special to he News : Spencer people witnessed 10 greatest novelty of the season in rof. Earl's Hypnotic show which as boon held nt the opera house each Ight this week. Prof. Earl used poncor boys and men as subjects ml while under his power they did 11 sorts of funny things. The feature ct was the fake medicine show and 10 soiling of Hokus-Pokus corn salve y Arvnl Sarlos , Harry Boals and iorn Storm. But what brought the ouso down was the climbing of the conory after an apple by young .modon and the political speech by ynn Woods. This show was the rst of Its kind In Spencer and made big hit. HERRICK'NELIGH GAME PROVES DRAWING CARD. FANS FROM LONG DISTANCE People Have Gathered at Bonesteel From Hundreds of Miles Away to Watch the Big Baseball Event of the Season Thursday. Bonesteel , S. D. , Oct. 9. Special to The News : Great preparations have been made for the baseball game which will be pulled off hero Thursday between Herrlck , S. D. , and the Neligh Neb. , teams. There are men coming 'rom hundreds of miles to witness his contest and largo sums of money will bo wagered on the game. It wll ! be one of the great baseball events of he season. TACKLES WRONG INDIAN. assenger With a Jag Comes to Grle on Yankton Train. Tyndall , S. D. , Oct. 9. The Yankton Platte passenger last evening between Ynnkton and Tabor was the stage set ting for a little one act comedy which brought In evidence the advancemem of the American Indian. A stalwar young Sioux from the Yankton agency was occupying a seat across the Isle from an obstreperous and broad shoul lered white , who , under the influence of a pint of splrltous Inspiration , wa handing Insulting epithets to his fcl low passengers , and the Indian in par tlcular. The fellow's profanity brought no response from the Indian whereupon , with the remark , "I'l make you talk , " he landed a punc ] on the Yankton's eye. There was 1m mediately something doing. The In dlan jumped to his feet , caught hi tormentor a left swing , and with a smashing right square to the point o the jaw put the bully down and oul Rearranging his necktie as he resumoi his scat , the Indian remarked : "M friend , I trust you will recognize gentleman hereafter when you inec one. " The Indian was returning from Carlisle and is a member of th track team of that institution. i 1101 ONE OF THOSE COUNTERFEI1 BILLS GIVES TROUBLE. JIM CRAMER BEHIND THE BAR Cramer Traded His Bad Bill to Farmer for a Crisp New $20 Late the Farmer Found Mistake Crame Charged With Serious Offense. One of those $20 "wild cat" ban notes dropped in Norfolk last week b the two bad money men put Jim Cra mor of Norfolk behind the bars of th city jail. Cramer repassed one of the bogu twenties Monday and was arrested b Chief of Police Flynn. Tuesday morn Ing a complaint was Issued from th county attorney's ofllce charging Cra mer with obtaining money under fals pretenses. The charge was filed wit Justice Lambert. Cramer entered a Norfolk saloo Monday evening. In his pocket h hold one of the "wild cat" notes tlm the strangers of last week had left i Norfolk. Cramer says he borrowed from a local resort. In the saloon Cramer found a loca farmer with a brand now $20 btl "Let's change bills , " said Mr. Crame graciously , "I have an old bill tlm will wear better in your pockets. They "swapped" twenties. On his way homo the farmer steppe at a Norfolk avenue bar to lay in quart of whiskey. The bartender wh reads The News nearly fell over th counter when ho saw the notoriou twenty from the ancient Farmers an Planters bank of Georgia. It was a hurry-up march for th farmer until he landed on Jim Crame and effected another exchange. Cra mer , according to his own statemen then destroyed the bogus bill. "Just for the fun , " was Cramer's c.\ planatlon. lint It didn't keep him ou of jail. The charge of obtaining money nn dor false pretenses is a serious one. A want ad , Is a "partnor"that is eas to get along with WELL KNOWN CHARACTER IN SOUTH DAKOTA. EXPIRED AT FORT RANDALL At the Ripe Old Age of Eighty-six , MaJor - Jor John H. McLafjhlln Died Sud denly From Heart Failure at His Home , the Old Military Post. Boncstcol , S. D. , Oct. 9. Special to The News : Maj. J. II. McLaughlin , : ) r nearly thirty-five years a resident f this county died at his homo at Ft. tandall of heart failure at the age of Ighty-slx years. The major for years was connected Ith the military post there and after ho fort was abandoned and the mill- iivy reserve opened for settlement , e homcsteadcd the old grounds where ho government buildings wore local- d. Since then ho acquired several undrcd acres of land adjoining his nd had ono of the finest ranches in lie state. Tlie major was a prominent Mason nd Odd Fellow and those orders took hargo of the funeral and buried him n the old military cemetery on his arm. He was a prominent cltlzon and ook an active Interest in affairs pollt- cally up to the time of his death. lie eaves a large estate and a wife to nourn his loss. During the last years of his life , Major McLaughlin was anxious to sell ils fine property overlooking the Mis- louri river at old Fort Randall. With- n the past few years the major had vritton a number of articles which vere printed In The News. He wrote some time ago of the early life of Buf- 'alo ' Bill , having known Cody in his younger days. Major McLaughlin was voll liked all over southern South Da kota. Yankton Press and Uakotan : Ma- or John H. McLaughlin , who died sud- lonly at old Fort Randall , in Gregory county , on Sunday , Oct. G , was In nany respects a remarkable man and md experienced many vicissitudes of fortune before he had reached half way across his life's journey. He was born In Limerick , Ireland , on the 22nd lay of Juno , 1S2C , being a little over eighty-one years 'of age at the time of : ils death. John McLaughlin must liave been born with an Intense love of adventure , for he scarce waited until Ills school days were over before ho embarked In August , 18-10 , upon a fa mous craft which was bound for Amer ica. The ship referred to was the Jane Black which had become famous , or rather notorious , from the fact that some time before one of its passengers had suffered deatli at the hands of his follows and all was clouded in mys tery. The "Jane Black" set sail auspi ciously for the United States , but the sailors' superstition was soon verified the blood of a murdered man had fallen upon her decks , and no good could conic of It. The "Jane Black" tossed about disabled upon the Atlan tic ocean for thirty-seven days and just as all had given up and were ready to die another vessel hove In sight and rescued passengers and crew , while the luckless "Black Jane" wont down. Mr. McLaughlin was finally landed at Galway , Ireland. His Intrepid spirit had been aroused , however , by his recent peril , and he decided to follow the mast thenceforth. He soon cm- barked upon another vessel bound for Calcutta , the Mecca of all true mari ners , and after another eventful jour ney he arrived there. During his stay In the famous Indian city he was of fered the position of chief of the Chu- berasses or a native police , but as he could speak none of their wonderful language was compelled to decline the offer. The terrible Asiatic cholera next claimed him , and he was only pulled through by his wonderful con stitution and the excellent nursing a native woman physician , who saved his life after the English men of med icine had called his case hopeless. Mr. McLaughlin soon after shipped aboard a merchantman bound for the West Indies. From there he was tak en on by a vessel whoso destination was Baltimore , and arrived upon Amer ican shores without further serious mishaps. Ho had learned the paper trade when a young man , and forth with went to Brooklyn , where he ob tained employment in a paper factory. This , however , pro\ed to bo too pro saic life for one who had sailed the high seas and braved the dangers of faraway India , so ho gave It up and enlisted in the regular army In 1850. Major Mclaughlin served during the civil war a portion of the time under the famous General Miles and after 1SC5 continued In the service doing duty against the Indians on the west ern frontier , re-enlisting several times until In 1877 at Fort Randall he found himself too advanced in years to con tinue in the service. lie was then ap pointed a wagon master as a civilian and was connected with the army until Fort Randall was abandoned In 1891 , when ho took np a homestead on the site of the abandoned fort , was ap pointed postmaster of the office which was continued there , and was also made the custodian of the various buildings. Mr. McLanghlln was married to Mrs. Michael Moran. Ho was a prominent secret society man , being an Odd Fol low , Mason and colonel and Inspector of the Army and Navy union , and a post commander of the G. A. R. IIo was a man of good education and pos sessed a great knowledge of the world In general. In consequence of his trav els and adventures in many countries from the equator to the frozen north , and his happy faculty of expression ho was one of the most Interesting of con- vorsatlonallBts nnd ono who never needed to borrow fiom fiction to fur- nlHli a tate or adorn an experience , His has been a lifo truly remarkable III Its way. Ho wa" ono of the land- mnrliH who furnish a connection be tween the picturesque western wilderness - ness of the past nnd commonplace civilization of today a typical border land soldier , a man of that fine cour- go , that adventurous Impulse and that eon quick-witted action which made nd saved the pioneer of the north- OHt. OHt.Major Major McLaughlin was well and fa- " -ably known throughout the stnto , ' 1 particularly in Yankton , where ho ( i njoycd the Intimate acquaintance and stoem of scores of old-time friends. MORFOLK BUSINESS MEN SAY IT MUST BE HELD. TRADE PROMOTERS DISCUSS During the Month Sales Amounting teat at Least $1,300 Resulted From the Fare Refunding Plan Meeting Next Monday May be Refreshments. Norfolk business men are in favor if some sort of fall festival on a largo cale , after the harvest , which would ) dng to the northwest what the Ak > arbon is to Omaha's immediate vl clnlty. This was the sentiment of merchants who gathered last night at he meeting of Trade Promoters. Such a festival must bo held in Nor oik , they declared. Though no for nal action was taken , it was apparent hat nothing can stop Norfolk busl less men from mapping out some such plan for a big fall festival and carry > ng it through. Doing Business. Members of the Trade Promoters did business to the extent of at least > 1,300 last month on the strength of : he new faro refunding plan. Fares mve amounted to ? G8. One merchant sold one bill for $1-15 and another a bill for ? G7.50 as a result of the new plan. The meeting last night was en liuslastic for trade expansion and de velopment of Norfolk's territory in a retail way. way.Meet Meet Again Monday. Another meeting will be held at the city hall Monday evening to discuss and map out a campaign for keeping the t fare refunding plan before the pee plo. i It was suggested that a lunch o coffee and sandwiches may be servei next Monday. t TWENTY ACREJS YIELD $2,484 , IN FINE SPUDS. AVERAGES $124.50 AN ACRE Twenty Acres of Potatoes In Brown County on the Farm of Joseph Bljo Yielded on an Average of 276 Bush els of Potatoes to the Acre. Ainsworth , Neb. , Oct. 9. Special to The News : Joseph Bijot , who live a few miles east of Ainsworth , has jus harvested and marketed his no tat crop. He had in twenty acres. Th yield was 5,520 bushels , an average o 27G bushels per acre. He was pal forty-five cents a bushel , or $2,484 an average of $124.50 per acre. Surely the potato Is king and Brown county Is his realm. SCARLET LETTER. Rev. Hopkins Suggests Punlshmen for Men Who Ask Women to Drink. Chicago , Oct. 9. There will be largo number of men walking abou Chicago with the letter "D" embro dercd In vivid scarlet on the breast o their fall overcoats , if suggestions ar adopted which were made by Re\ Frederick E. Hopkins to a congrega tion which jammed the Pilgrim Con gregational church. Mr. Hopkins , speaking to the topi "What ought to bo done to a man wh asks a woman to drink , " laid down specific rules as to the treatment of th men of whom ho was talking. He d : vlded Into classes the men who invit feminine acquaintances to listen i < the frolicsome popping of champagn corks and ho offered a punishment fo each class. The address was a. con tlnuatlon of his crusade against wo men drinking in public restaurant and elsewhere. According to th speaker , the man who asks a girl o woman to drink in a restaurant is n gentleman and should not be treate as one. The most picturesque sngges tion by Mr. Hopkins was as follows " "Tho man who insists upon a wo man drinking after she has said sh 'thought she should not' this citizen should bo ostracized by society. Th church and the public at largo shoul compel him to wear the old scarlet lei ter 'D' pinned on his breast , for he i a debauchee , a devil. " DESERTS WIFE , ELOPES. W. L. Williams of Sidney , Neb. , Hel at Omaha on Serious Charge. Yankton , S. D. , Oct. 9. W. L. Wll Hams , who eloped from hero wit ] Clara Beals , a 15-year-old girl , is In custody at Omaha , whore the girl i In charge of the police authorities The parents of the girl will attend th trial of Williams , which will bo hel In Omaha. The prisoner has a wife and chili at Sidney , Neb , and the parents o Mrs. Williams will also take a llvel > interest in the case as they have been searching for Williams for some time Mrs. Williams' father Is A. B. Re gan , a merchant of Sidney. GROUND IS BROKEN FOR NEW IN DEPENDENT EXCHANGE. UNDERGROUND CONDUITS DUG Wire Stringing Will Begin Next Mon day Survey to Battle Creek Began Yesterday 477 Poles Have Been Placed In Norfolk by New Company. The Independent telephone system n Norfolk may at last bo said to ho veil under way of construction. The ground for the Norfolk avenue xchango has boon broken and next Monday Is expected to sco brick Iny- ng. With the force of men that will > e put to work it is thought that the > rlck work on the exchange will bo Inishcd in three weeks. The last of the manholes for the inderground conduits was finished estorday while one block of the con lult tiling has boon laid. Underground lulls will carry the Independent vires np the alley between Norfolk uid Madison avenues from First to sixth streets , and up the avcnuo bo ween Norfolk and Braasch avenues rom First street tot Fifth. These par illel lines of conduits will bo connect > d at Second street. One block of the conduits have been aid. These conduits arc constructed o hold regular telephone cables run : hrough the long narrow holes after the conduits arc laid. It may appear complicated but the cables are brought through by the simple trick of first pushing a wire through from one man lolo to another and then drawing through a stout rope. Norfolk's quota of telephone poles has doubled In the last few weeks Telephone poles to the number of 477 have been placed about the city by the independent people , these poles representing all the poles that will carry cables. _ Next Monday Is the day set for the initial wire stringing. Work will then start to place wires on the indepcn dent line laid out between Norfolk ant Hosklns. The work of surveying an Indcpen dent toll line to Battle Creek was started yesterday. Other independent long distance connections will be brought to Nor folk. Yesterday Manager Stadelman received word that the Sioux City in dependent company was starting to build its line from Wayne to Hoskin to connect with Norfolk. THURSDAY TIDINGS. E. P. Olmsted left at noon to visit a farm at Atkinson. Jack Koenlgstein returned last even ing from Stanton. Mrs. W. P. Wlgton of Albion was in Norfolk Wednesday. Mrs. Walter Braasch of Plattc Cen ter spent yesterday in Norfolk. Bert Egbert of Neligh was in Nor folk during the day on business. Ralph Blood was In Norfolk fron Crelghton yesterday , visiting friends Mr. and Mrs. Asa K. Leonard have been camping for the past few days on the Elkhorn. Mrs. Hulda Pitt was in Norfolk yes terday returning from Fullerton to he home In Crelghton. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Ware returnei yesterday to Norfolk from a visit t Oklahoma City , Okl. George Davis returned to Chlcag yesterday after a business visit of several oral days In Norfolk. Mrs. Snyder nnd Mrs. Spence o Madison have been In Norfolk on a short visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Flynn wen to Madison Thursday morning to nt tend the funeral of the late Charle Lodge , sr. Willard S. Harding of Nebraska City , special state agent of the Spring field Fire and Marine insurance com pany , was In Norfolk. Among the day's out of town visit ors in Norfolk were : Georue A Brooks , Bazlle Mills ; A. J. Thatch Representative T. E. Alderson , Mad Ison ; W. H. Brehm , Button ; Frank R Hulsmlth , Creighton ; M. Hart , Sllve Creek ; W. A. Peoples , Bonesteel , S D. ; C. H. Reed , J. Price , Madison ; A L. Norden , St. Paul ; Mrs. Sadlo Pitts Wood River ; II. F. Harris , Ewing Frank Phillips , Hosklns ; H. C. Friend Lynch ; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reynolds Creighton ; Dr. Thomas , Pierce ; Wll Ham House , Wayne ; Robert C. Ander son , Genoa ; Mr. and Mrs , Stephei Jones , Madison. Mer/.bers of the men's club of the Congregational church will entortah the ladies and children of the churcl Friday evening at S o'clock. The ladles of the Sorosis club o "Meadow Grove met witli Mrs. H. Ma son Monday afternoon. After the lit erary program closed the hostess served luncheon. W. A. Witzigman Is moving Into the W. H. Johnson property on Kocnlg stein avenue which he recently pur chased. L. A. Rothc , who has beei occupying the Johnson residence for several months , has rented E. P Weatherby's former residence. Dallas News : The Austrian gango ] workmen are busily engaged In com pleting the switches in the rallroai yards bore. The yards will receive the finishing touches In a few week. and when completed will be the larg cst this side of Norfolk. There wll bo twenty-three switches In all , A carload of Kansas brick to be used In completing the new Northwest ern pasbonger depot building arrived In Norfolk yesterday after a consld orablo de-lay i-nroute. The arrhal 01 this brick will permit the depot con tractor to make short work of the depot pot walls that remain to go up. The committee from the council on the reform of Norfolk's overgrown clt > RscanimoiKled by loading physicians and chomlsts FIVE 'REASONS WHY ban obtained the cnnfidcnco of the public. 1. It oompllrs with tlio 1'uro Food Laws of nil stntrs. 2. It It the only Inijlirndo Powdrr si < ld nl u modcruto price. 3. It U not nimfe by linking I'owdtr Trust. 4 , Food prepared null it Is free front Kni'ticllc Salts or Alum. S. U U tlm htrougcst Making I'owdur on tliu tnurket. SI.OOO.OO Rlvon for nny subatnnoo Injurioua to health found In Cnlumot riilniiit'l 1 RO carefully unit nclnntlllcullr iirrp ir"il tli.it Ilia inMitinllxiitloii of tlio iittrmllcnlH i iilisoluiulv iiciloct. Ttiete- ( err < ulunirl lo IVH no Korliotlo Sain or Alum In tliu doj It Is rlii-inlc.illy lori-i'vl. All Grocers are Aulliorlzcd to Guarantco this i'lilunicl Hikltipl'owilcrcoit lltllo CosM a little IIIKIU linn the thvap , ( nUirl'Mis powdura nuxv nn ( Mr 1-1 irlirt , tint It Is a 1 > I cavliij ovrr the trust iimnlfra. Try Calumet Imlts will probably not bo able to present its report at the meeting of the council tonight. The matter has not been urgent and the absence of the city attorney from Norfolk lias pre vented a possibly earlier conclusion of the work of the committee. The new reel of moving pictures , put on at the Auditorium last night , are considered by many the best se ries that has yet been seen. A num ber of clever comics and some unus ual colored pictures are Included. The light vaudeville stunts continue a fea ture. Moving pictures will bo seen at the Auditorium the balance of the week with a matinee Saturday after noon for children. A social session of the retail clerks' association Is being planned for next Tuesday evening. The meeting will bo held in the city hall and special committees are working to make the session a pleasant one. These com mittees were named for the Tuesday evening meeting : on refreshments , Miss Helen Marquardt , V. A. Nenow and Miss Agnes Raasch ; on amuse ments , Charles Hulac , Fred Frohloff and Ed Redmond. H. K. Owen of Norfolk , contractor for the Saratoga & Encampment rail way , Is In Cheyenne , according to a Denver dispatch from Cheyenne , at tempting to recruit 500 laborers. He Is offering from $2.50 to $ P a day for grade laborers and $13 a month and board for teamsters , despite which In ducements he is having a hard time getting men. Ho reports that the new railway Is completed several miles bouth of Saratoga and will be at Dag- gelt Rocks , which guard the canon of the Encampment river , within the next' 10 days. In the canon the heaviest grading on the line must be done and this will delay the work of completing the road Indefinitely. The temporary | ! terminus of the railway at Baggett Rocks will leave only a short freight' ' haul between steam transportation and the smelter at Encampment. | 1 Members of the firm of Smith Broth ers Land and Live Stock company who have remained in Norfolk to fin ish np odds and ends of this week's i first range horse sale In Norfolk have i declared themselves to be very well satisfied with the initial sale and es pecially with the prospects for build- Ing"up a big sale point here. Smith Brothers were pleased at the attend ance and the class of buyers at the first sale. The Initial sale has also served to show the Kind of horses that are In greatest demand by the buyers who Come to Norfolk. C. M. Thomp son , the Newport banker who Is a member of the firm , returned home ! last evening after spending the greater part of the week in Norfolk. J. S. Smith , who Is the active head of the horse sales department , has been lookIng - Ing for a home here and may move to i Norfolk In a very short time. According to a newspaper report Campbell Brothers' circus has been purchased by W. P. Hall of Lancaster , , Mo. , the now owner to tal\c possession nt the close of the proHont season The Campbell boys of Falrbury Imvo boon prominent figures In Nebraska and their olrais , one of the best train shows In the land , has become well known In Norfolk through annual vis its hero. What lends color to the newspaper report of the sale Is the fact that "Hoc" Campbell , the real head of the big Nebraska circus , died during the last HoaKon shortly after the show visited Norfolk- . The show encountered bad weather during the early season but was reported to have made good their losses later. Mr Hall , who Is reported to have pur chased the Campbell circus , IB an ac quaintance nnd friend of Robert Schil ler of the Oxnard. At one time Mr Hall purchased the Walter L , Main shows which he put on the i > ad one season as the Win. P. Hall shows. , At the meeting of the Nebraska Feu- oration of Woman's clubs at Hastings It was announced that the vice-presi dency of the third district would bo vacant , owing to the Illness of the present Incumbent , Mrs. W. 15. Reed , who refused re-election. Mrs. John A. Ehrhardt of Stanton was talked of us her successor. Another vacancy to be filled at the Hastings meeting IH . / * ' the corresponding secretaryship , ow ing to the departure from the state of Mrs. Charles Marriott of Ponder. Norfolk children had better go to school or something more terrible than goblins will got them. Goblins may be all right to frighten children In fairy tales but Its the real live po licemen that the Norfolk school board Is going to put on the trail of truant ' children , many of whom have never reported at school at all this fall. The ( last legislature passed a very stringent - gent school attendance law and thv Norfolk school board intends to ar range with the local police to make an Impressive visit on some of the delinquents. This action was voted at the last mooting of the school board C. J. Denpree , once proprietor of the Square Deal restaurant In Norfolk , has exchanged his Interest In the At- lantlc hotel at Nollgh for the manage- mcnt of the Pacific hotel at Orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brown of El gin are hero visiting Mrs. Brown's sister , Mrs. Harry B. Alexander and family. TO GRADE GREGORY STREETS. Streets There Will be Put Into Splendid - did Condition. Gregory , S. D. , Oct. 5. Special to The News : Contractor Treadway , who ( is at present completing the work on the railroad extension to Dallas nnd 'the ' Tripp county line , will begin work s'on the streets of Gregory the first of the week with his big graders. A large force of men will be kept busy until the principal business streets are put in the best of condition and cut nnd filled according to the grade established - lished by the city engineer. v-.f Where you want II When you want it No smoke no smell no trouble. Often you wanl heal in a hurry in some room in the house the fur nace docs nol reach. It's so easy to pick up and carry a PERFECTION Oil Heater ( Equipped with Smokeless Device ) to the room you want to heat suitable for any room in the house. It has a real smokeless device absolutely preventing smoke or smell turn the wick as high as you can eras as low as you like brass font holds 4 quarts of oil that gives out glowing heat for 9 hours. Fin ished in japan and nickel an ornament anywhere. Every healer warranted. it the Ump lor the iludfnl or' ruder. It OIVM a Lrillunt. ttcady light that makea tludy a pleasure Made ol bnsi , nickel plaled and equipped with the litest Improved ctntnl drill burner Every lamp warranted. 11 ) ou cannot obtain the Perfection Oil Healer cr Rayo Limp Irom your dealer wnle to our nearest agency ( or descriptive circular , STANDARD OH. COMI'ANY ( Incorpor ldt III \\\\u\i\i\\\i\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\u\\\\u\uiin\u\\\j\\\\\\\\\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \\\\\\\\\v \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \