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THK NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUIlNALl''lUDAY : ' , OCTOBEK ! , 11)07 ) The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal Tlio NOWH lOHtabllHliuiliil. Tliu Journal. ICHlnhllnlicd , 1871 TH.L HU8K P'lBLIBHING ' CO MPANV N. HCHI ! N. A. 1'riMlilniit Kv < Ty"T > i'iiiny iiy niiTTTTior KnU-rri'i at tlio poxtolllco fit Norfolk. Neb. , a H mTfiiul oltiHH tnattor. _ _ ' ' ' botmFttnunl 'J'eTojViniH } ( ) 1'illtorlal No. 22. HiiNliiouu Ulllcp ni\il Job lloomiv No. H 22. _ mrrin.ir\ ; > TUKIT : : , Stnlr. Vnr JiiHtlrp niiproinu court M. II. Itl'KSILincoln , For riillnniil oottiinlHMloiior II. T. CI.AIIKK. Jr. . Oiniilni. lo r runouts. Htulu iinlvurHliy CMAHLICH II. ANUUHHON , Croto. COUIM.ANI ) , .hi.ll.'lnl. Kor JuilKR , Ninth district A. A. WKLCM. Wnyno. Kor jitilKi- . Ninth dlHtrlct to till vacancy A. A. WI'lAMI. Wiiyno. I"or Judge. KlKlitti dlHtrlct A. H. OLSON , WlHiiur. Kor JuilKi'H , Kll'temitli dlHtrlct J. A. POITOLAH. HiiHMott. L ) . II. J1TNCKICS , Clmdrcm. ( 'otinly. Tor < M rk 01:0. K. lucii Kor truiimiror KUANK A. IM- Kor sheriff J. J. C'LUMKNTS. Kor judge CHUIHTOI'llF.ll SCIIAVLAND. Kor clerk of district court W. II. KIKhU. Kor superintendent KUANK 8. l'I5HUU15. Kor iiHHUHHor I' . W. HUTU. Kor coronur DIl. II. I * KINUUKD. Kor mirvuyor A. J. THATCH. Kor commissioner. Tlilrd district JOHN II. IIAUDING. Norfolk I'rrrlncl. Kor justices of the peace C. V. 10IHKU3Y. G. C. LAMHI2UT. * Kor constables O. K. HI1.OKK. J. M. CO V HUT. Kor road overseer J. A. MOOUR A GllDATiail NORFOLK. Norfolk IH todny working toward tbo growth to which HH natural adYnnt- acea entitle It , In moro effective fault- ( n than at any time within the past flfUvm or eighteen years. Prosperous uuil thrifty , the city IH taking on an ptimistlc view of life nnd the entire community , apparently , IB solidified In Hie determination for a greater Nor- To the people of Norfolk , as well ns of this great northwest territory whose welfa.ro Is linked hand In hand with tbo growth of Norfolk , this new spirit of hope and determination Hhotild ho most encouraging. Kor a determined organized effort toward a greater Nor folk will mean rapid growth and thnt rapid growth hero will moan advance ment for the entire region roundabout. Norfolk la to bo congratulated upon the action of the city council In ex panding the city's limits so as to In clude those people who are properly oiUzcns of the city btit who have never before been counted as a part of the legal population. This will benefit botti Norfolk and the people who are to ho brought Inside the city limits. There Is reason for congratulation , Iso , In the development of a number t now Industries for Norfolk within tbo past year. Now small factory buildings are constantly being built .nd new Industries started. Not a vn- cant building in the business portion ef the city is to he found. And employment - ployment has become available for all local young folk desiring it. In fact there must soon bo importation of workers to operate the Industries that are here and coining. The Commer cial club has done much during the past year to systematize the work ol gaining new Industries and otherwise advance the city's Interests. The Trade Promoters have been a wonder fully effective organization in promot ing and expanding the trade of the city and thus holding it for northern Nebraska , where it used to go to citlef altogether out of the territory. One element that has worked well for the city's advancement of late has been the harmony that exists amoni ; all business men in this centralized determination termination to bring Norfolk Into Its own. The people of Norfolk realize that without harmony and united ac- tlou toward the gonl of a greater Not- folk , growth can not be so sure 01 rapid. And more tilings are still to come. The Trade Promoters are to meet Monday night to discuss methods ol perpetuating the excellent movement which as been inaugurated by them to expand the city's retail trade. It is a meeting which should be well attend ed. The city is apparently unanimous In the belief that a permanent and wor thy fall festival , such as the corn pal ace nt Mitchell , S. D. , the Ak-Sar-Ben at Omaha , is not only desired but need ed at once for the best Interests of the town. The opening up of a million acres of land , 5,000 new homes , In Nor folk's territory next summer will add much to Norfolk's Importance as commercial center In two states , and the people very generally are of the firm opinion that some high grade fall festival , superior to any thnt can be found anywhere in this part of the country , must be established In Nor folk for Ihe sake of inviting the city's neighbors out through the northwest to assemble hero in the after-harvest season of every year for the purpose of shaking hands , renewing old times and enjoying entertainment of a high Quality order. Another high ! ) Important stop that has been taken has been the move ment toward the organization of a trade or exchange day In Norfolk. In this the farmers of the territory round about the city are anxious to cooperate rate , realizing thiil It will be their vent. On trade duys , Norfolk will bo the Mecca of people from a great many miles who have things to dispose of or who are looking for trades. The plan linn worked miccessfully In Wis consin towns and the farmers around Norfolk ro of such enterprise that the movement can not fall here. Another matter of very vital Import ance to the business interests of Nor folk hau been undcrtnknn by A. J. Onrliuid In the building of a perma nent roadway between the business portion of the city and the Junction. When this roadway Is dually estab lished so that It can be used In nil sorts of weather , Impressions made upon visitors arriving In Norfolk will enjoy an uplift and more Junction people ple will be able to come up town , par ticularly If arrangements can be made to establish some sort of streetcar or automobile service for those peoples' bom-fit. All of these highly constructive movements have been going on stoad- lly and simultaneously for the good of Norfolk. And on top of these , the Commercial club has been In touch with the Industrial agents of railroads with the vlow of getting in touch with new Industries available. For now In- dustrleH are one of the most essential factors needed for the greater Norfolk. With new Industries , there will bo em ployment afforded and the people will come in their wake. A number of different sorts of Indus tries have been sugge ted here nnd there which might bo established suc cessfully In Norfolk. A condensed milk plant has been thought of by one man ; a shirt factor } ' , which requires Hinall capital , and an overall factory both of whlok enterprises have recent ly been secured by and are being suc cessfully operated at Nebraska City have been suggested ; and many moro snob Industries have been discussed as possibilities. That Norfolk could successfully start an advertising campaign for such purpose , nfl has been profitably done by many another city of late , is the belief of many who have studied the situation and the results of city ad vertising In other localities. In fact many cities no larger than Norfolk have employed exports , the business men paying the cost , to devote their exclusive time nnd energies to going after new Industries , advertising the city's advantages , and In other ways looking after the development of the city's opportunities , just as experts do in largo business institutions. The Commercial club of Montgom ery , Ala. , has set itself to the task of doubling the population of the city by 1010 and has raised a fund of $10,000 to be used in advertising. The club expects to do this entirely by adver tising and thus far has had excellent results. Business blocks , public build ings , churches and suburbs are being rapidly built and it looks as though the club would succeed. Des Molnes has concluded to grow and twenty-five representative bust- ness men have formed a corporation known as the "Greater Des Molnes Committee. " They are raising a fund of $100,000 for their use. Several new factories have already been secured. Among other planks In the Des Molnes committee's platform are : Securing new factories and helping those that are In the city ; encouraging public In stitutions ; publishing beautiful book lets. Tusoola and Paxton , 111. , have sub"- divided land and used the money real ized from the lot sale to secure new industries. Cedar Rapids , Iowa , merchants have for three years past gone out on four trade excursions Into Cedar Rapids territory. They say It pays. Fort Worth , Tex. , has made good growth and is prospering , largely through advertising. The board of trade tried all methods and finally adopted newspapers. They have dis continued bonuses and bribes of all sorts and now take stock In enterpris es started by men who bring money and skill Into the city. Waterloo , Iowa , has been working for Industries for years and has been successful. Last year nearly 400 new buildings were erected there. Pueblo , Col. , Is paving ten miles of streets , building a $500,000 sewer sys tem nnd securing new industries through organized effort. The business association at Lansing , Mich. , has doubled the town's popula tion In six years. The local business men raised money by subscription for the development of a piece of suburb an real estate which it sold after de velopment at a profit of $25.000 and the money was used In securing indus tries. The association promoted trol ley lines , etc. They offer sites with buildings to industries , the sites and buildings remaining the property of the commercial clnb. Three men In I-ipeor , Mich. , secured a cheese factory for that town , raising $1.500 $ In three hours. The company was successful from the start , paying C percent. And dozens of other Instances could be cited where towns are being made to grow by means of advertising and consistent pushing Norfolk is peculiarly attractive as a city of homes. Its public schools are high grade , and a handsome new school building lit going up ; It Is a city of sociability : the people support high grade amusements and entertain ments ; and there are nil modern con veniences , with electricity , gas , a new sewer system , etc. Never was a time more opportune than now for a Ions , strong movement toward H greater Norfolk. The city s prosperous , the territory for several in ml rod miles round about the Rrent- st region of fertile country tributary : o any city of this size In the world ms been developed wonderfully with in a few years and Is Immensely prosperous - porous ; 5,000 new quarter section farms in the Hosebud will be opened In this territory next Hummer ; and all In all , possibilities are apparently vury great. Twenty years ago people came to Norfolk confidently expecting it to be i city three times its present size by now. The territory upon which those hopes were based Is just being devel oped to Its fullest extent. Thnt ter ritory's interests and Norfolk's Inter ests are today identical ; tomorrow thnt region may be grldlroncd by rail roads which will attract the Interest of many of these people to other plac es. Now , therefore , Is the logical time for Norfolk to come Into HH own. Many towns In Nebraska which were a short time ago only hulf Norfolk's size , have caught up with us. Nor folk's location entitles It to greater than Its present size. Other cities have doubled their pop ulations by persistent and consistent advertising and organized effort. Now is the time to launch a move ment for a greater Norfolk for a pop ulation of 10,000 In 1910. NEW ILLINOIS PRIMARY DILL. As a substitute for the Illinois pri mary law which was recently declared unconstitutional by the supreme court of that state , a new measure has been Introduced in the Illinois legislature which is pronounced by Chicago pa pers to bo "appalling In directness. " And yet the law as proposed is not much different from that now in force In Nebraska. The new bill provides for nomina tions of all olllcerS ) from county testate state by the direct primary. Dele gates to national conventions would bo nominated by the primaries. Na tional conventions would be the only delegate assemblies recognized by the law at all. It Is said that the new law has been pronounced legally flawless. NORFOLK DRUMMERS. Norfolk has always claimed for one of Its most Important factors of up building , the residence of a large num ber of live commercial travelers. The more commercial travelers In the city , the better for Norfolk's welfare. Con sequently all that can be done to make Norfolk attractive to the commercial travelers in the way of a home should be done. Among other ways in which Nor folk commercial travelers could bo well treated by Norfolk , there Is the trade that Norfolk business Institu tions could glvo to resident commer cial travelers. Other things being equal , it would seem clear that local commercial travelers should be fa vored with orders. And such a policy , universally adhered to , would do much toward showing the local drummers that they are appreciated by Norfolk. Which they are. THE POST-CARD/ When will this post-card craze let up ? Or will it ever abate at all ? These are questions which are puz zling the curious student of affairs in the United States just at this time. And so far as evidence at hand may Indicate , there is little reason to ex pect the post-cards to cease. Three years ago there were post-cards on sale in 100 stores of the United States. They had flourished for four years pre vious to that time in Europe. Today they may be seen by the tens of thou sands in every city and town , indeed In every village. Last year 500,000,000 post-cards passed through British postofflces. At Lelpsig , Germany , a post-card con gress was held , such as a stamp col lectors' congress. It Is estimated that $200,000 Is dally put into post-cards by people of the United States. As a re sult the industry of printing these souvenirs has come to be ono of some size. Perhaps the post-card Is a sign of prosperity. As an Inexpensive luxury It serves to tell things that letters could not tell. Apparently the post card has come to stay to a certain ex tent , even though the fad wear away. For It fills a certain utclic that Is well filled. CONVENTIONS. Among other features which are helping to advertise Norfolk are the many large conventions which are se cured for this city In the course of the year. During the past year there have been a number and during the coming year more are promised. Ono of the largest conventions scheduled Is the Y. M. C. A. In Feb ruary , which will bring several hun dred delegates from all over the state. One result , it Is hoped , will bo the es tablishment of a handsome Y. M. C. \ . building In Norfolk. Y. M. C. A. buildings in all cities prove splendid institutions for young men. With gymnasiums , baths , etc. , they afford places for physical development In a wholesome way not known tlrough : iny other source. Every convention that can be irought to Norfolk helps the city. Norfolk should keep an eye out for all conventions Hying around in the air mil looking for places to light. HASEHALL CHAMPIONSHIP. During the last few days of last week the president's bear hunt took places of secondary Importance In the news columns , giving way to the world's championship baseball con tests between Detroit nnd Chicago. And the first glnnco at the telegraph pages of the papers was for the pre vious day's results. America Is a peculiarly broad and cosmopolitan country. The country's Interests are confined to no one type of activity. Business occupies Its Held but other things crowd In In season and got their full share of attention. The whole country goes wild over baseball during the summer months , not only In the big league centers but In the little towns as well. During the past season the whole new north west enjoyed life looking at fast base ball contests between rival teams. Politics has its day and clastic cur rency comes in for a share of thought. The divorce evil comes In for discus sion and reforms in this line and that are given Impetus by enthusiasts of various sorts. It Is cause for congratulation that for a period of three or four days base ball occupied foremost position in tlic country's viewpoint. It shows that the country Is as a whole evenly bal anced nnd that Americans can do ono thing about as well as another , if not a little better. THE YACHT RACING. The New York Yacht club was called all sorts of harsh names for re fusing to accept the challenge of Sir Thomas Llpton for another try toward the cup. The club now comes forth with a defense of Itself. And the tan gle has developed to a point where there seems practically no further chance for another lace. All of which , while the defense of the New York club may bo technically well based , will give regret to the great Americans who would like to see another good race. race.The The New York club says that Lip- ton's challenge Is made with a boat smaller and slower than the cup calls for. Llpton's yacht builder refuses to build another boat of the typo which the New York club insists upon , claimIng - Ing that it is unworthy and a freak good for nothing excepting this race. The New York club Insists upon the fastest boat that can be produced. Llpton' boat builder refuses to make one. So Llpton challenged for a race with a smaller and slower , though saner boat. The challenge was turned down. And thus the Inability of the two to get together apparently puts another race out of the question. Meanwhile , however , Swedish boat men have written- asking if a chal lenge from them would bo accepted. And so , unless the New York club has determined that it will run no more races and thus keep the cup secure , there may be future sport , though not with Lipton. SUGGESTION OF FIRE HORSES. The communication from a News reader , appearing in another column , suggesting that the maintenance of a team of horses and a paid driver night and day at the city fire house , to take apparatus immediately upon receipt of an alarm to any part of the city , would pay In the added protection , is ono which will appeal to many prop erty owners of Norfolk as worth con sideration. The criticism appears not to be in any way a criticism of the present highly efficient volunteer fire depart ment. The News believes it is safe In the assertion that no other city In the United States can produce a vol unteer fire department so alert and so genuinely efficient as the Norfolk vol unteer fire department. This Is one of the many institutions of which Nor folk is justly proud. No blaze that the Norfolk volunteer fire laddies ever get at , can last f r long. Under their keenly persistent and systematic fire fighting , a blaze that is once under their attack is just as surely doomed as anything could be. And It has hun dreds of times been noticed and re marked by the people of Norfolk that almost Instantly upon the sound of a fire alarm , the Norfolk volunteer fire boys are at the various fire houses in the city and started speeding toward the blaze. Frequently visitors from out of town have declared that the Norfolk firemen are started on the road to a fire almost with the dispatch of a paid city department , and spec tators at Norfolk fires always admit that the work of the Norfolk volun teers Is truly phenomenal. It matters - tors not how cold the night , nor how stinging the north wind , the Norfolk volunteer fire department Is on the spot to fight for hours If there be need. They will stand with nozzle In hand ori nights when the temperature Is far below zero , and never utter word of complaint. And this suggestion from the letter writer apparently intends merely to Impress upon the people of Norfolk that these untiring and always-on-hand volunteers should be reinforced nnd supported by the city to the extent of having a driver and horses main tained for the purpose nf getting the llrcmen on the ground at the earliest possible moment. What Is effective work now would be doubly effective j then. That the maintenance of n' ' team of horses and driver would aid the fire boys seems unquestionable , and that such aid should ho given thorn , both because of their efforts In Norfolk's behalf and for the better protection from fire , seems undebat nlilu. LIVE STOCK SHOWS. It seems to be the general view that In the fall festival or corn palace plan which Norfolk business men are considering for next year , a blooded livestock show would bo an Important factor. And this feature would de serve much attention from both the show promoters nnd the stockmen of this section. At the agricultural department of the university of Nebraska , the In structors are constantly urging upon students the desirability of livestock shows In n community as a means of the best possible education. The the ory is that an exhibition of fine blood ed stock will furnish the example of the superiority of good stock over common stuff , and as a result the country will begin to be stocked with better blooded material. Nebraska City's Commercial club made a livestock show one of the most attractive features of a year. Fann ers came for miles and took great in terest in the show. Better stock has resulted. Hooper and Wlsner have both made great successes of livestock shows. This word of encouragement from the Hooper Sentinel may be of Interest In connection with Norfolk's plan : The close of the second annual ex hibit of livestock at Hooper by the Dodge County Stock Show association was the most successful attempt of the kind that has taken place in the state and was voiced by exhibitors and visitors alike as such. Nothing had been left undone by the management and directors that would tend toward making the show a big success and their expectations were fully realized. The unsettled weather of the first two days of the show kept many sightseers away , but as It was the crowds were large and enthusiast ic. Many of the farmers came to see It the first day and were so well pleased they went home and the next day returned with their whole family and visited the show in full member ship during the next two days. There was something doing all the time from the noon hour until 9 o'clock in the evening for the amusement of the visitors. Many of the local breeders had their stock on exhibit nnd two of the best known breeders In the state were pres ent with their large herd. It would be impossible to give the show the wrlteup that It deserves , but It was certainly evidenced that these exhibitions of livestock arc the very best thing that can bo done for the schooling of a stock raising communi ty , and there is no question but what the shows will grow better year after year. AROUND TOWN. Soon the tick-tack. Why don't the files fly away ? All thai a fall festival idea needs in Norfoll ; now Is organization. Isn't it rather nervy for a wasp testing sting a man this time of year ? It is high time young women were organizing. Next year is leap year. These preliminary details regarding Trlpp county can't help taking you back to the Gregory county days. Ono Norfolk woman recently made a ninety-mile trip to hear the details of a wedding that she didn't attend. Hastings has a fall festival in the nature of frontier day. It was adver tised on Norfolk billboards. Ten thousand attended the show the first day. Congregational church men In Nor folk were paid a compliment. Their wives attended the dinner prepared ex clusively by the men , without taking a bite in advance. "I never got out of Norfolk Junction in my life , " said a passenger conduct or , "without having my train stopped to let on somebody that was late. " Beatrice Express : In order to per petrate a rich joke , as he alleges , a Norfolk man worked off a bogus $20 bill on a farmer , and the fun cost him $21.95 In police court. The farmer couldn't see the joke and had the jok er promptly arrested. London , England , Oct. 1C. King Edward - ward denies thnt his empire recently received a visit from Dr. Mackay of Norfolk. The king says ho has a hunch that Doc was down In the Okla homa cancbrush hunting bear. The king thought It was a good Jest that the post-card one. He says a bunch of post-cards addressed to the doc's Norfolk friends were received in a package with instructions and postage for romnlllng back to America , in or der to get the right postmark. "He's a sly old dog , " said his majesty , mean- the doc. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHT3. It seldom pleases a man to bo told of the goodness or greatness of an other. There never was an ugly man who * 1 | t A Pioneer Business Man of Norfolk | Has Lived in This City For 37 Years ] J. S. M'CLARY. The name of McClary became asso ciated with the life of Norfolk almost with the very birth of the town Itself ; and It has continued to be Intimately linked with the city's being ever since. For moro than thirty-seven years John S. McClary has lived In Norfolk. Ills has been one of the "first" families of the town from any viewpoint you care to take. A pioneer merchant of north ern Nebraska , lie built n store In Nor folk when there was but one other store In nil this vast territory , and for twenty-eight years he was actively en gaged In the retail business hero. For twenty-six years of that I line his fa ther-in-law , Col. S. W. Hayes , was as sociated with Mr. McClary In the Nor folk business enterprise. Together In the same magnificent home the two families have dwelt In comfort and happiness. Pioneers of the communi ty , they are still today among Nor folk's prominent citizens. John S. MrClnry has been more , In his life , than a pioneer In a frontier country. Ho was a union officer dur ing the civil war. He helped to locate railroads in the new country west of Chicago. And ho was for live years receiver of the United States land of fice when It was located In Norfolk. It was as lieutenant that J. S. Mc Clary enlisted In the Thirteenth 1111- nols Infantry for war. Ho was ap pointed quartermaster of the regiment. He was at the fall of Vlcksburg. And he lived to see his oldest son go thhorngh another war campaign as first lieutenant. John Soinerfleld McClary was born at Onondaga , N. Y. , February 17,1833. His father was a farmer. Four years later the family moved to Madison [ county , N. Y. , and In 18-19 came west , locating near Belvldere , 111. There were three sisters anil ono brother. That brother went west to the mountains twenty years ago and has not been heard from since. J. S. McClary at the age of eighteen joined an engineering party which ran the preliminary line from Savannah to Freeport , 111. , the first line that was run to the Mississippi river. The fol lowing year he helped locate the Chicago cage & Northwestern railroad from Marengo to Freeport ; then he helped locate a road from East Chicago ( then Turner Junction ) to Fulton , 111. For three and n half years after that he ran a train , as conductor , between Centralln , 111. , and Diibuquo , Iowa , on the Illinois Central. From there he went to the Burlington railroad and ran a train from Burlington to Ottum- wa. fn the spring of 1801 ho resigned and enlisted in the Thirteenth Illinois Infantry April 9. He was mustered out at Springfield Juno 18 , 1SG1 , and on the twenty-sixth of September , that year , was married to Miss Ix > ttiu C. Hayes. Shortly afterward he went to Minnesota and accepted a place as roadmaster between Wlnona and Owa- tana on a road which has since be come the Northwestern. He resigned this position in 18C8 and came to Fro- did not excuse his looks by thinking he was smart. We don't see how some women wear the funny things they wear. "A reporter asked a farmer for news today. "Nothing carrying on , " said the farmer , "except everyday doings. " What has become of the old-fash ioned woman who went out to th woods and fields In autumn and gath ered material for a "winter bouquet ? " A town woman who visited in the' ' country yesterday fainted dead away twice In her hostess' kitchen. Once when she saw her put at least a pound of butter on the mashed potatoes , nnd again when she saw her use Real Cream In making chicken gravy. Those Marcel waves the girls are wearing do not cost to exceed a dollar lar , though they look as If It broke Father to buy them. A girl saves her combings for years , and these Marcel waves are a result. There are BO many different ways of to to for uslnc up lost hairs that the girls no longer permit one to get away on a man's coat. In Coolldgo , a man made great prep arations to engage in business , but all of his acquaintances knew he was doomed to failure before ho started In. A man always has out a lot of signs , thus enabling his neighbors to tell a good deal about him. 11 "About the safest business a man mont. where ho started u nu-rcmitiio store Norfolk Looked Good to Him. Two years after Mr. MeOlnry dime up the Elkhorn river to look at the < "iuntr\ Norfolk , lying at tin- June tlou of the Elkhorn river and Its north fork , had Just been started. The mill had been built the previous wlniiT. There were about twenty-live poopln and one store Unit of John Oliiry lion1 at that time. The location looki-d good to the stranger and Mr McClary located In Norfolk. He bull ! a store on the site where now stands the brick block of H. A. Pasewalk. For years and yearn these two stores were the only miMvantllo establishments In the northwest and people drove to Nor folk to trade from ns far wont a * O'Neill , from Niobrara on the north and from the point where Humphrey Is now built , on the south. In that store the firm of McClary ft Hayes remained for ten years , when the brick store building , the McClary block , now owned by Col. Hayes , was built at the corner of Norfolk avenue and Third street. And this Is ono of the substantial business bloeks of Nor folk today. Here th firm remained actively engaged in business until about nine years ago , when both Mr McClary and Col. Hayes retired. Receiver of Land Office. J. S. McClary was appointed rccolv or of the United Slates land olllco In Norfolk In 1875. There was then only ono other land olllco In the slnto , and that at Lincoln. The Norfolk land of fice had conic up from Omaha. First II had slopped at West Point , then It moved to Norfolk , later It was trans ferred to Nollgh and thru It. was split to handle the buslnoBfl of the two val leys of which Norfolk IH the junction one land olllco beliiK established at Niobrara and one nt O'Neill. Mr. McClary was appointed by Pres ident ( Jriint and WUH rcnppolnfod In 1879. 1879.The The McClary home , one of the most spacious and one of the mo t sploit- dldly appointed In all northern Ne- brafka even todny , wan built In 188.1 when the only homes weal of the rail road tracks wore those of "Deacon" Cotton , Fred Hardy nnd Ferdinand Haaso. It was upon a six-acre tract that theMcClary residence wim lo cated , and the property today , running through an entire block from Norfolk to Koenlgsteln avenues , with a broad blue-grass carpet sloping from the house to the line of immense trees that borders the lawn , Is one of the most Imposing residence properties In all this northwest. And this massive homo has been the center of wany n notable social gathering - ering in Norfolk. Here church lawn socials have been held , In these spa cious parlors high school alumni hare held receptions now and then , and this homo , not so very long ago , wan ablnaa with the glory and joy of Norfolk's most prominent golden weddlne nn- nlversary. In 1900 J. S. McClary wan one of the census enumerators who h lp Ml to count the people living in Norfolk. He enumerated the Flrst and Second wards of the city. Always a republican , J. S. McClary cast his first vote for Abraham Lin coln for president. During his thirty-seven years' life In Norfolk , Mr. McClary has been a liberal - oral contributor to public Improve ments for the city's benefit , such as the sugar factory nnd other enterpris es. He has always enjoyed the re spect of his fellowmen and Is a promi nent Mason. Of his three children , J. W. McClary lives in Norfolk , S. H. McClary Is as sistant superintendent of the big Sprockles sugar factory in California nnd his daughter , Mrs. L. M. Keene , Jr. , lives in Fremont. 'Iho first house built by J. S. Mc Clary was on the present site of the Oxnard hotel. The old building stands today opposite the Oxnard , on South Second street. can go Into , " said a Mlssourlan on market this morning , "and the busi ness that will-bring In the greatest returns for the capital invested , and the business In which the loss Is the smallest , In case of fall.ure , is that of fishing for catfish with a piece of liver. There Is no man so poor but that ho can raise a piece of liver for bait. An Atchlson man says ho has na turally a gloomy disposition. He sel dom smiles at a funny play , the funny papers only make him frown , his friends' Jokes are so tiresome to him that he has to use all the politeness ho can command to look pleasant. But he says there was one time in his life , when he roared with laughter : The first time he saw his wlfo "let down her hair. " He says that during his engagement to his wlfo all ho noticed was that her head was covered with hair nnd looked like ether women's , and then when he saw these pitiful strands of hair and saw his wife braid them carefully into a pigtail the slzo of a slate pencil , he nearly laughed himself to death. Hon'n TliInf We offer ono hundred dollars reward for nny cnso of catarrh tlmt cannot bo surcd by Ilnll'8 Catarrh Cure. K. J. Cheney & Co. , Toledo , O , Wo , the undersigned , have known P. J. Cheney for the last fifteen , years and liellovo him perfectly honorable In fill liiiHlnc.sH transactions , and financially iblo to carry out nny obliKitlons L > y his ( Inn. made Wnlcllnfr , ICInnan & Marvin , \ Hall's ' \Ylinlc8ulo Catarrh DniKRlHts , Toledo , O , Cure Is taken Intor- - inlly. noting directly uid upon the blood mucous sin-fares of the system. FcHtlmonlnlH sent froo. Price , 76o jottlo. Hold by all druRKlsta. per Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation.