TIIK NORFOLK WEEKLY NUNS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , OlTOHKK IS , 1007.
NORFOLK WILL SOON DE ITS
PROPER SIZE.
COUNCIL RECEIVES REPORT
A Committee From the City Council
Have Gone Over the Ground and
Mapped Out the City Limits as They
Ought to be For Norfolk.
Actual Noifolk and legal Norfolk
are on the road to become one and the
Hnnio thing.
The city limits committee of the
council has filed Its report and an or-
dlnanco reforming the legal boundary
lines of Norfolk Is before the city
council for passage. This ordinance
passed two readings nt the meeting
of the council Thursday evening. It
will probably bo up for final action
next Thursday.
The reform embodied in the now
ordinance is thorough-going. It rep
resents the Thursday afternoon labors
of Councllmen Craven , Hanso and
Kauffmnn and City Attorney Hazon.
The ordinance was not drawn up by
the city attorney until after every
piece of property affected had been
personally Inspected by the commit
tee.
tee.Tho
The new ordinance will do a num
ber of things. It will bring within the
legal limits of the city property which
Is In other respects really a part of
Norfolk. It will construct the city
limits on regular lines and rcscuo them
from their present topsy-turvy condi
tion. It will add at least 500 Inhab
itants to the city's legal population ,
removing once for all any suspicion
that the city Is below the 5,000 class
In population. It will pave the way
for needed Improvements. It will give
to the outlying districts the privileges
and responsibilities of city government
and will make Norfolk n city of the
first class.
Every parcel of town territory adja
cent to legal Norfolk is annexed to the
city by this ordinance. Hero are the
additions that are taken in : Blocks
1 , i and 5 , Beacon Hill addition ;
Ward's additional suburban lots ;
Kdgownter park addition ; King's addi
tion , King's second addition ; Barker's
addition ; Uraasch's suburban lots ; all
of Queen City Place In section 22 ;
Hellman's addition ; Hamann's addi
tion ; Hllle's addition ; Charles Rudnt's
subdivision ; Carl Voeck's subdivision ;
all of Park addition east of Birch
street ; C. B. Durland's Second addi
tion ; Durlnnd's suburban lots ; Gard
ner & Brnasch's addition ; C. W.
Braasch's addition ; P. C. Storey's ad
dition and all streets and alleys , rail
road rlghts-of-way and unplatted land
lying within the boundary lines set.
The principal residence section an
nexed lies east and north of the river.
At the Junction the ordinance will
bring the Northwestern depot , eating
house , round house , coal chute and
switch yards Into the city limits. A
long stretch of M. & O. and Northwestern
Is included.
western right-of-way also
When final action Is taken and
every Indication is that it will bo fa
vorable the new territory will have
been annexed under the provisions of
the state law which provides that property -
erty so annexed cannot bo assessed
for bonds or Interest on bonds already
voted or for Indebtedness already In
curred by the city.
In making up the new city limits
the committee did not Include the fol
lowing additions which were found to
bo thinly settled and to consist In the
most part of farm land : Walnut Hill ;
Horr's suburban lots ; Nenow's addi
tion ; north half of Queen City Place ;
Glen park ; Kldder's suburban lots ,
Haskell and Snttler's addition ; Bea
con Hill , except the east three blocks.
The annexation ordinance will como
up for final action next Thursday even
ing.
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
Fred Volpp , the Scrlbner banker ,
was In Norfolk Saturday.
Loon Tompklns arranged to spend
Sunday at his home in Inman.
C. A. Wolfe went to Omaha this
morning to bo gone over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Llndstrom left for
Colorado Springs to be gone two
weeks. They will visit at Blair , Kear
ney and Fremont. Mr. Whlttlcar
takes Mr. Llndstrom's place.
Mlao Mlnnlo Rasmusscn of Newman
Qroro Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E.
E. Oolemnn.
WfWam Krotter of Stuart , president
of tke Krotter Lumber company , was
4 la Norfolk yesterday on business.
Urn. H. G. Corroll of Plalnvlew and
har later , Mrs. Ketchum of New York ,
are TinHing with Mrs. C. H. Reynolds.
A. ! > . Shannon of Ewing was called
to Norfolk by the fatal Illness of his
mother , Mrs. B. F. Shannon.
Misses Bertha Pllgcr and Jennie
MlHs , Stanton teachers , came up from
St&Btoa to spend Sunday at home.
Mien Patrica Kenney of Scbuyler
who kas been in Norfolk on a short
visit with her cousin , Miss Edna
Loucks , leaves for a visit with her
grandparents at Inman.
Phillip Blatt of McCook , who has
been in Norfolk visiting his son , "R
Blatt , will leave Monday for a visit
with hla daughter In St. Paul , Minn
His present trip to Norfolk marks Mr
Blatt's first visit to Norfolk since the
early eighties.
Mrs. Conrad Stroh , living north ol
the city , was operated on for cancel
the latter part of the week , the opera
tioa being performed by Drs. Beai
and Pllger. The operation was sue
cos srnl.
S. F. Ersklne and wife have returnee
from Columbus , where they attended
the funeral of Mr. Erskln's nephew
M. B. Ersklne of Fort Dodge , Iowa , i
brother of S. F. Brskino , accompanied
Mr and Mrs. Ernklne homo for a short
visit In Norfolk
Among the day's out of town visit
ors In Norfolk were : K. Crook. Fou
ler : N. I * , .loppeson. Plalnvlow ; C. A.
Whllaker , Blair ; W. 0. Wronn , Ne
braska City ; E. O. U-wls , Falls City ;
R. G. Rohrko. Meadow Grove ; 8. A.
Mathews , Odoll ; Miss Mlnnlo Dt-wl ,
Piorcr ; J. L. Tulkcon. T. C. Tulkcon ,
Hurtlngton ; John David , Randolph ;
D Wilson. Monroe ; William Lloyd ,
'Lindsay ' ; Mrs. H. V. McFayden , Greg
ory. S. I ) ; Mrs. W. C. McFnydon , St.
Edward : C. M. Taylor. Leigh ; the Em
ily Waterman concert company ; N.
Uunro of Lnmro , 8. D. ; Mlsn Mlnnlo
( Jordan , Rosebud , 8. D. ; W. R. Locke.
Stnnton.
Miss Otella Pllger was given a "mis
cellaneous shower" Friday evening by
loven young ladles of her acquaint
ance , the occasion of the shower being
Miss Pllger's approaching marriage to
lev. Hubert Robert , the pastor of the
lurman Lutheran church at Tccumseh.
Cloven young Indies were guests at
the Pllgor homo during the evening ,
hose present being Misses Nolle
Schwenk , Jennie Schwenk , Ina Mills ,
Inrrlot Allbery , Jennie Mills , Ethel
Doughty , Cnrrlo Brush , Mnttlo Daven-
> ort , MVrtlo Tomplln , Clara Rudatand
21nrn BruegKemnn. The "shower"
brined n pretty feature of the evening
The Robort-Pllger wedding will take
> lace during the present month.
John W. Gray has been appointed
postmaster at Gross , Boyd county
. . vlco J. N. Fuller , resigned.
The automobile continues to "cdRe"
n north Nebraska. At Nollgh Mail
Carrier Olmsted has forsaken the
lorse In delivering mall on his route.
Olmsted has purchased an Olds auto-
nobllo which ho placed In service
his week.
The Nebraska national guard sit-
intlon Is beglning to look very favor-
vblo for an early admission of the
oca ) militia organization Into the
auks of the state guard. Members of
.he Norfolk organization following
nit a suggestion of Adjutant General
Schwartz have been meeting weekly
and drilling without arms. This the
idjuntant general said was the quick
est course to Insure favorable action
> n the petition filed by some half bun-
Ired young men of Norfolk who seek
o be mustered In as a companv in
one of Nebraska's two Infantry rege-
neuts. In the soldier line things
seem to be coining Norfolk's way for
reports from Lincoln Indicate that
here Is liable to be a general shaking
ip of the state gunrd In the coming
nonths in which a number of com-
muies may be mustered out of service.
Vnd the first company that is muster
ed out will probably make room for
a company In Norfolk.
10 , M. Searle , jr. , secretary of the
Nebraska Stock Growers' association ,
will Issue a call shortly for a meeting
o nil stockmen to bo held at Alliance ,
January 31. This call Is In accord
with the decision of the stockmen who
cccutly held a meeting at South
Omaha for the purpose of discussing
quarantine. The general government
refused to Inspect cattle sold locally
and the state has no appropriation to
my for the inspection and dipping of
cattlo. This meeting Is for the pur
pose of getting the Individual stock
rower Interested to the extent that
10 will clean up his own cattle It Is
said Nebraska Is behind Colorado ,
Wyoming and South Dakota In the
matter of clean cattle and for that
reason at the coming meeting It will
be urged that growers dip their own
cnttle , making the preparations during
the coming spring months. The
health officers from these states who
Imvo superintended the cleaning up
In their respective states will be at
the meeting and tell what was done
l > y them.
NEW ORDINANCE IS PASSED BY
CITY COUNCIL.
TO BE EFFECTIVE NEXT WEEK
Chief Is to Receive $70 , Uptown Night-
watchman $50 , Junction Officer $50 ,
Towards Merchant Police $10 , Spe
cial Officers $2 a Day.
Police fees for police court arrests
were killed by the city council Thurs
day evening.
The same ordinance that said po
llccman's fees should be turned Into
the city treasury set a new salary
schedule. The new police salaries
are : Chief of police , $70 ; night watch
up town , $50 ; night watch at Junction
$50 ; merchant police , $10 ; special of
fleers , $2 per day.
The new anti-fee ordinance passed
the city council without opposition and
will become effective next week. II
kills a practice of many years and IE
thought to spell reform.
The Increase In salary is not BE
great as was anticipated. The chiel
received a boost of $10 , while $10 a
month was voted towards morchanl
police service which it Is quite pos
slble that Norfolk avenue merchant
may Install.
Another similar ordinance turning
the police judge's office from a fe (
office into a salary office was intro
duced for initial reading. The ordl
nance fixes a monthly salary of $2 !
and requires that all court fees should
bo turned Into the city treasurer. II
Is thought that Judge Elseley's con
sent to the change will have to oe ob
talned before it can go into effect dur
Ing his present term of office. This
ordinance will como up for actlot
later.
Norfolk is among the last cities It
the state to outgrow the custom o
turning police court fees over to th <
police court officers.
THOSE CONFEDERATE CURRENCY
MEN WERE BOLD.
WENT FROM HERE TO BEEMER
And From Beemer They Are Thought
to Have Gone to Pender Worked
Gordon , Alliance , Atkinson , Nellgh ,
Norfolk , Beemer.
The ways of last week's "wild cat"
money fakers may have been dark
but their trail across the state has
been well lighted with publicity , a pub
licity that was given In the columns
of The News before the pushers of
fraudulent twenties had even reached
Norfolk.
Now word comes back from the trail
ahead. The wicked bad money artists
were not swallowed up In Norfolk but
did a nourishing business In defunct
southern currency after leaving Nor
folk. At Wlsner business was dull but
at Beomor one of the bad twenties
sailed over the bar counter with prof
itable results to the swindlers. At an
other Wlsner saloon , however , the pro
prietor had been forewarned by his
paper and the two men made a hur
ried getaway.
From Beemer the men were thought
to have gone to either Ponder or Ban
croft.
The trip of the money fnkcrs acrosj
north Nebraska Is hardly to be
matched In audacity. At Gordon , Al
liance , Atkinson , Nellgh and Beemer
the worthless paper was successfully
passed , each town being boldly visited
In turn. And at Merrlam and Wlsner
fruitless attempts were made to drop
the bogus bills.
FRIDAY FACTS.
Mrs. A. N. Anthes has been In Oma
ha on a short visit.
Herman Klcsau is home from a busi
ness visit to Omaha.
Dr. J. H. Mackny was in Fremont
Thursday between trains.
Charles Miller returned to Omaha
yesterday after a short visit in Nor
folk.
folk.Dr.
Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Peters were In
from Stanton yesterday for a brief
visit In Norfolk.
Miss Helen Little of Madison , In
Norfolk for the Percy-Covert wedding ,
was the guest of Miss Mlno McNealy.
Miss Little and Miss Covert were class
mates in Bellevue college.
John R. Hays has gone to Omaha.
Mrs. Will Hall arrived home last
evening from a visit at Columbus.
A. J. Durland returned from several
days spent In Omaha on business.
M. D. Tyler went to Battle Creek
Friday noon to attend a meeting of
the republican cential committee.
Mrs. Gus Mlttlcstadt of Winside ar
rived In Norfolk Thursday afternoon
for a few days' visit with relatives.
Miss Grace Matrau , who Is em
ployed as stenographer In Senator Al
len's law office , has returned to Madi
son after a short visit In Norfolk.
Mrs. E. P. Weatherby and Mrs. Burt
Mapes were expected home Friday
evening from Hastings , where they
liave represented the Norfolk Wo
man's club at the state federation
mooting.
Dr. Conwell , manager of the Neligh
baseball team and members of the
Nellgh nine were in Norfolk Friday
noon returning from Bonesteel , where
they lost to Herrick in the big Thurs
day game. Nellgh's season closed
Thursday.
Among the day's out of town visit
ors in Norfolk were : Miles L. Albert ,
Leigh ; C. F. Kalk , Plalnview ; C. F.
Roe , Lynch , cashier of the Ponca Val
ley bank ; E. Hendrlckson , Wakefield ;
E. H. Grlbble , Dakota City ; L. M. Par-
Isho , proprietor Commercial hotel at
Monroe ; Wm. House , Wayne ; Mrs.
Lilllo Herrell , Weyne ; R. J , Hayden ,
Lynch ; William Sherman , Monowi ;
Rhoda Balr , Winside ; S. E. Archer ,
Winside ; Herman Freese , Pender ;
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Binginhelmer ,
Crelghton ; J. G. Ostdiek , Madison ;
Carl Porter , Fairfax , S. D.
The next Elks dancing party will
be held November 8.
Mrs. J. M. Pile of Wayne presided
during the educational session of the
annual convention of the Nebraska
Federation of Women's clubs meeting
in Hastings.
A letter from Denver says that W.
H. Johnson Is Improving steadily in
health and Is gaining in weight. He
has recently purchased a flat of twenty
two apartments which he will rent.
The young ladles of Queen Esther
circle met Thursday evening with
Miss Lena Mills. The circle is plan
ning a church entertainment to be
given this fall at the Methodist church.
A special meeting of the city coun
cil will ho hold at 7:50 : p. m. on No
vember 7 for the purpose of levying a
new assessment against sewer district
No. 1 , the recent assessment having
proven faulty.
A system of police clocks to be used
In connection with a regular beat with
periodic reports to be registered by
the uptown nlghtwatch or nlghtwatch-
es may be Installed here. Local conn-
cllmen are discussing the proposition.
John Boschcn , a pupil who lives in
district No. 29 of Madison county , is
starting out In life right. For five con
secutive years he has been neither
tardly nor absent from school. And
he lives two miles from the school
house.
An effort will be made at once to
provide more hitching posts In side-
streets for the convenience of the
city's visitors. It is quite possible
that a largo number of hitching posts
may be placed on vacant lots adjacent
to Norfolk avenue.
Albert Kell , at the present time n
fireman at the Norfolk hospital , is to
bo Norfolk's new night officer , suc
ceeding Olllcer Brnasch. Mr. Kell will
assume the duties of his now appoint *
ment as soon as he can give the prop-
ur notice to the hospital authorities.
One of the triplets horn to Mr. and
Mrs. John Horst on Sunday died
Thursday. Sunday three little daugh
ters were added to the Horst homo
just north of Norfolk. One of the
babies died Thursday hut the other
two are retried to be In excellent
health.
Bloomfleld Monitor : Congressman
J. F. Boyd was In the city on Wednes
day afternoon visiting friends and
making the acquaintance of others.
The "Judge , " as we all call him up
hero , Is the same genial gentleman as
of yore and Is making the big Third a
splendid representative In congress.
G. F. Sprecher has been expecting
word for some time from State Secre
tary Bailey of the state Y. M. C. A.
Secretary Bailey Is coming to Norfolk
to confer with local committees which
liave been named to meet with him In
regard to the association's state con
vention which will bo In session In
February here.
The tuneful of the late Charles
Lodge , which was held from the farm
homo and later at Madison on Thurs
day , was one of the most largely at
tended funeral services that has been
Known In Madison , a great many people
ple from all over the county driving
: o Madison to pay their tribute of re
spect to the memory of the well known
pioneer.
If Norfolk's legal boundary lines
are changed to conform with the re
port of the council's city limits com
mittee then the Ill-famed "row" over
the river Is going to cease to bo n
county problem and become a prob
lem for Norfolk as a city to solve.
For the new ordinance brings the
'row" within the limits. Just now a
jrusado against the "row" is being
carried on from the county attorney's
olllce.
The brotherhood of locomotive engi
neers has planned for a gathering of
union engineers at Chicago on Oc
tober 20 and 21. Grand Chief Stone
fins consented to be present and all of
the grand officers of the brotherhood
liave been Invited. On Sunday evenIng -
Ing there will be a secret meeting at
the colllseum annex , and another will
tie held on Monday from 9 a. m. to 5
p. in. The committee In charge of the
meeting will have headquarters at the
Palmer house.
The Deadwood Norfolk train on the
Northwestern which has for years
been the Chicago-Black Hills through
passenger , Is soon to be relegated to
the backwoods so , far as Chicago-Dead-
wood through traffic Is concerned.
Mail is soon to be sent between
Chicago and Deadwood over the new-
Rapid City-Pierre line , and passenger
traffic will also go that route. The
line will bo from Deadwood to Pierre ,
then to a point in Minnesota and then
Into Chicago. The new through train
will start next Monday.
Oscar Wasem , the Lincoln wrestler
who recently drove thirty miles over
land from Norfolk to Wayne whore
he won his match in two straight
throws following his arrival , has been
signed up In a wrestling tournament
to be given nt Uie I/irson theatre In
Fremont next week. Wasem Is
credited with being the "light heavy
weight champion of America. " These
three bouts have been scheduled In
Fremont : Oscar Wasem , light heavy
weight champion of America , vs.
Peter Schumaker , heavyweight cham
pion of Illinois ; Kid Hubert , light
weight champion of Missouri , vs. Max
Tretch , heavyweight champion of Can
ada and Dago Kid vs. Otto Franklin.
Norfolk Is to enjoy the metropolitan
luxuries of a weed ordinance. The
ordinance does not assume municipal
ownership over the weeds of the city
but holds each Individual property
owner responsible for any rank growth
of weeds that may nourish either on
or In front of his property. August
1 is to mark the danger line for weeds
In Norfolk if a new city ordinance in
troduced Thursday evening passes the
city council as it promises to do. A
$10 fine may be levied against those
who fail to lay violent hands on thqp
weeds. The automobile ordinance
which was to have been launched on
local legislative seas along with the
weed ordinance failed to appear be
cause a state law was found to fully
cover the subject.
SCORE OF 11 TO 3 IN BIG BONE-
STEEL GAME.
NELIGH PLAYED IN HARD LUCK
The Game to Settle Supremacy Be
tween Nellgh and Herrick Was Wit
nessed by a Large Crowd at Bone-
steel Thursday Afternoon.
Bonesteel , S. D. , OcT. 11. Special to
The News : The Herrlck-Nellgh game
was pulled off here yesterday with a
good crowd In attendance. The Her
rick team was at its best and the Ne
llgh team seemed to bo traveling In
hard luck. The score at the end of
the ninth inning was eleven to three
in favor of Herrick.
The game was played for $200 a
side and gate receipts.
Following was the line-up :
BATTLE CREEK SPRINTER WILL
ACCEPT CHALLENGE.
BUT HAS RUN A NAIL IN FOOT
The Battle Creek Enterprise Is Author *
Ity for the Statement That Ed Losey
Will Accept the Challenge of William
Zllmer for Norfolk.
The Battle Crci'k Enterprise Is mi-
thorlty for the statement thnt Ed Lo-
soy. the Unttlu Crook footrncor , will
accept the challenge of William XII *
mcr of Stnnton to run a raci > In Nor
folk for n $50 purse. Kd Losoy Tues
day morning rnn n nail Into tila foot
which may Incapacitate him for n
time , but the Enterprise declares It
Informed he will accept the Stnnton
challenge and that paper also says
thnt the event , when It Is pulled off ,
will draw a largo crowd of Battle
Creek and Stnnton people , as well na
people from other nearby towns.
Concerning this sprinters' rivalry
between the two racers , the Enter
prise tells of the race last week at
Stanton as follows :
"Zllmer has qulto a reputation In
this section , having defeated several
good men , and naturally ho had a
strong following In n match against
Losey. The latter Is little more than
a boy and , except for a scrub race at
Tllden about two weeks ago , there was
not a performance by which his ability
could be judged. The Stanton people
figured that their entry should win
without trouble , although they were a
little too much afraid of the unexpect
ed to back their judgment extensively.
lxsey got the jump on his man by
some feet at the start and , although
pushed out In a hard finish , won de
cisively. The time for the hundred
yards was announced as ten and three-
fifths seconds. There was some com
plaint by the Stanton crowd about the
way Lobey ran his race , but Impartial
judges say he won fairly. "
Xllmer this week Issued a challenge
through The News to meet Losey In
Norfolk at a time which Losey may
select , for $50 a side , the money to bo
deposited with the sorting editor of
The News or with any bank that Lo
sey may select.
"FISHING AT THE DAM. "
Dr. J. H. Mnckay of This City Writes
in "Field and Stream. "
The following article appeared In
the October number of "Field and
Stream" over the signature of Dr. J.
H. Mnckay of Norfolk :
Glance at the map of the United
States and observe how many of Its
cities are located on water courses.
Consider likewise what inestimable
blessings these streams confer on
cities drainage , modification of tem
perature and drouth , water supply ,
power , ventilation and breathing spac
es ; for here are not alone streams but
above each a river of air extending up
to the skies , open and not covered or
polluted with buildings. Dammed ,
bridged or obstructed , the stream
( lows irresistibly onwards over , under
or around obstacles. It is a typo of
something apart from the buildings ,
streets or other features of a city ; a
prehistoric thing set down among mod
ern paved streets , bridges , tenements
and livery stables ; a thing everlasting ,
unlmpressiblo and unchanging , coming
if out of infinity and going out Into
eternity ( lowing down year after year ,
yesterday , today , tomorrow , as It has
done since the stars first lit the firma
ment and the earth awoke from the
void of Nature. How many lives Its
music has comforted and ennobled ;
what vice , idleness and misery It has
prevented : what health It has brought ,
what Inspiration It has given , how
many thousands of boys have shunned
the allurements of town to go fishing
and what boy could think of mean
ness when fishing ? What great lives
have grown from the germs of a boy's
meditation while fishing. To those
who have never heard the brook callIng -
Ing to them , the Ineffable wooing of
Its rippling music , the mystery , the
yearning In every boy's heart that goes
down after each bit of driftwood
down , down over the ripples and
through the eddies between those tree
fringed banks , out into the unknown
world , the big vorld whose voice is
the river forever calling to boys ; you
can not comprehend the feelings of a
boy's heart as he sits by the dam fishIng -
Ing and dreaming of the outside world
and the great things to be done by and
by. To him the pot of gold at the end
of the rainbow Is tangible , the Indian's
traditions real , and the great world
with Its ungarnlshed treasures and un-
bestowed rewards lies beyond In that
mysterious realm towards which the
river Is ever hastening.
Thus , after the day's work was fin
ished , I mused , as I sat on a pile at the
dam , filling my pipe and waiting for
the light to leave the water ; for the
sun was still up the height of a broom
handle in the western sky ; and hath
not that great philosopher of angling ,
the venerable Izaak , said : "No man
can expect to get the hook Into the
mouth of a fish unless ho uses good
store of tobacco. " It was the same
genial soul who said : "There is night-
fishing as well as day-fishing ; for you
are to note that the great old trout Is
subtle and fearful , and lies close all
day , but in the night feeds boldly. "
And although there were no trout in
the pool below the dam , I suspected
there were pickerel there , hiding from
the boys who had been lashing it all
the afternoon ; and that they would
bo hungry and moving at sunset , now
that the boys had departed. Though
the pickerel has more courage than
the trout , he Is "both subtle and fear
ful. " Therefore I determined to put
the advice of the philosopher into
practice.
The dam was deserted. The water
trickled over it in a limpid cascade ,
mingling its music with the rumbling
bass of the flour mill and the gentle
lowing o : cattle winding homeward
In single fllo from the pasture. What
a wonderful range of notes running
water seems to give voice to ! Sour *
i rylng from the fields athwart the open
j space above the river , crows and
'blackbirds ' In serried lines crosqod ,
swallows skimmed low over the mill
pond , foraging on nocturnal Insects
that ventured forth to enjoy the even *
Ing air : the subdued hum of the town
blended with the other Hounds ; bats
0111110 out of the shadows ; hugs bu//ed
back and forth , and a muskrat dropped
Into the river with n startling splash
As the light failed I changed my halt
to a bright spoon hook , which I trolled
silently near the surface of the water
until at last resvarded by a strike that
stuck. The stars come out , the broo/.o
died away , and night had fallen as 1
{ mounted my hlcyi'lo and rode home In
'
'triumph with my prlzo.
WILLIAM ZILMER OF STANTON
READY TO RUN.
MATTER NOW UP TO ED LOSEY
Stanton Footracer Has Deposited n
Check for $50 With The News as a
Stake In the Footrace For Which He
Challenged Losey.
Stanton , Neb. , Oct. 12. Editor
News : Enclosed please find my check
for $50 paryablo to your order , same to
bo retained by you as stake-holder for
the 100-yard footrace between myself
and Mr. Ijoaoy. Now if Mr. Losoy
means business let him put up his
money at once and wo will draw up
and agree on articles of agreement ,
The said race to be run on date wo
agree on but said date to bo not later
than Oct. 25 , 1907. As you paper of
Oct. 11 reported that Mr. Losey would
accept challenge , I presume ho will nt
once deposit the money with you.
Very respectfully yours ,
Win. Kilmer.
The above letter has been received
by The News. Enclosed was a check
for $50. Mr. Kilmer some days ago
challenged Ed Losey of Battle Crock
to u footrace for $50 on a side to bo
run In Norfolk. The Battle Creek En
terprise stated that Losey would ac
cept.
WRESTLING MATCH AT WAYNE.
Minneapolis Man Worsts Philadelphia ! !
in a Bout There.
Wayne , Neb. , Oct. 14. Special to
The News : Columbus Danlelson , the
Dane from Minneapolis , got second
and third falls In a wrestling match
here Saturday night with Hilly May-
nard of Philadelphia , at the opera
house. A big crowd saw the bout and
a lot of money changed hands.
Battle Creek.
A set of thieves were operating In
Highland park early Wednesday morn-
lug. They broke Into A. P. Brubak-
er's cellar and stole a jar of butter
and other things. John Schacher , his
neighbor , Is missing some cans of
fruit. At John Hongstler's they en
tered his dwelling and got into a room
where they took about $17 $ or $18 out
of his trousers. O. H. Mans' residence
was visited also , as the screen of one
of the kitchen windows was taken off
and some priming done on the win
dow. All they got there was some
stockings , woolen , too , but they were
hanging In the yard on the clothes
line. The last victim was our neigh
bor K. I. Nllos. He heard the noise ,
got up and thought that his cow was
loose , because someone was picking
on the vines growing at a kitchen win
dow. He got up and rapped at the
door , shouting "You go back , " and he
saw one man go back with a piece of
crow-bar in his hands for priming.
We have no clue of the burglars and
It is believed that It was homo talent ,
because The News scribe Is a neigh
bor of all those molested , but we have
a good bull dog at home.
Miss Clara Risk , who has been an
employe at the Wollf Bros , store at
Nellgh for some time , went to Stanton
Monday , where she will clerk at the
department store. Miss Risk Is a
fine young lady , a native of Battle
Creek.
Earl Oliver departed Saturday for
Reno , Nevada , where he Is going to
make his future home with his sister ,
Mrs. Verna Manhelm.
Monday Fred Kuhrts went to Ne-
ligh where he has taken Imployment
with Carsten Peterson. The Norfolk
News Is making Its appearance at
that home every day.
Herni. Eyl , jr. , was at Sioux City
Sunday , where his wife is In the Luth
eran hospital.
W. W. Crosby , prescription clerk at
the Stocker drug store , was visiting
Sunday at the homo of his uncle , Phil
ip Wilson , at Oakdale.
Webster Whitla , who moved to Ute ,
Iowa , about three years ago , returned
Monday to Battle Creek. As we were
informed , he will put up hay again on
his mother's place east of Battle
Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. P. II. Ingoldsby and
Mr. and Mrs. R. Collins and baby de
parted Thursday for the old mother
state , Virginia , for an extended visit.
They say they will como back from
"back yonder" sometime the coming
spring.
W. II. Stocker will occupy the P. H.
Ingoldsby residence during hla ah
sence In the south.
Miss Eva Cartney of Tilden was
hero Sunday visiting relatives.
H. L. Mentzer arrived hero Monday
from Omaha. Ho Intends to make his
homo here. His wife and little son
have been hero for some time with
nor sister , Mrs. Buyss.o , in the Blue
Front restaurant.
Henry Walter was a business visit
or to Norfolk Monday.
Mr and Mrs. John Sobotko and
children of Inraan tfero hero visiting
Sunday with relatives.
COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL INVE8.
TIGATE THE MATTER.
BUSINESS MEN FAVOR THE PLAN
The Commercial Club Directors Will
Consider Fall Festival at Their MeetIng -
Ing Next Tuendny Morning Trade
Promoters May Take It up.
The question of a big fall festival
for Norfolk will bo a matter of discus
sion before the Norfolk Commercial
club. The club directors. It IH sidled ,
will take the fall festival proposal up
for Investigation. Somewhat similar
action may he taken by the trndo pro *
motors association which meets Mon
day evening. The Commercial club
dlroctorn moot Tuemlay morning
Olllcers of the Commercial club and
the trndo promoters association have
declared tholr Interest In a harvest
festival for Norfolk and the northwest
and the proposition stands to bo tfilcon
up for InvoHtlentlon.
"A fall foHtlval would bo In line with
a prenent day movement and If w can
devise Romu festival plans which not
only hnvo the necessary local touch
of color hut which nro also expedient ,
I would be in hearty favor of the fes
tival , " said Prtvildent C. E. Rurnliitm
of the Norfolk Commercial club. "It
Is undoubtedly trim that the marked
tendency of short dlstnuco travel to
predominate on the Aksarbon bound
trains this fall means that the tenden
cy under the now faro laws Is for poo-
[ ile to travul In greater uumbwH and
Tor shorter distances for the holidays.
That means looul centers for festival
gatherings. There IH no town of Nor
folk's size In the west that Is situated
lo better ndvantngo for the successful
lioldlng of an after harvest gathering.
About the advantage of a festival such
as Is held annually nt Mitchell there
Is no doubt. But the question of ways
and menus Is very Important and the
difficulties that must bo overcome to
score the first success should bo care
fully examined. Once make the fes
tival In Norfolk a success and It would
perpetuate Itself. "
"Norfolk merchants I find are very
generally in favor of the fall festival , "
said W. R. Hoffman , president of the
Norfolk trade promoters association.
"I think It Is something to be pushed
and something whlc'i ' ought to bo taken
up by the Commercial club and pos
sibly also by the merchants. Wo
could set to work t once to got need
ed Information through correspon
dence. " 'i
"I can so both the advantages and
the dlfilciiltlos that nro Involved In the
fall festival Idea , " oommontod C. C.
Gow , secretary both of the Commer
cial club and the trade association. " [
think that the chief obstacle that the
situation seems to Involve would He
In the difficulty of securing the requi
site number of mon who could duvote
the required amount of time lo the bit ;
proposition. "
"I am both enthusiastically and fi
nancially In faror of the after harvest
festival , " was the expression of a
prominent Norfolk business man "I
can see Norfolk's future written blij
and I think the festival Is In line with
what we want to do. We want to turn
the eyes of the people of this big terri
tory towards Norfolk. Wo want thorn
to think of Norfolk as tholr business
center , as the natural center of this
territory. We are not a county sent
and we can have something distinc
tive from a county fair from which wo
are naturally barred. We want some
thing big ami wholesome to which wo
can invite all the people of the north
west. "
"It is less difficult to hide a thousand
guineas than a hole In our coat. " A
merchant who lacks enterprise can
hide a great many holes In his coat
easier than ho can hide that fact.
Anyone Interested can find your
classified want ad. In half a minute.
Farm-Ranch.
To the party who Is looking for a
place to raise cattle and horses and
at the same time have a pleasant place
to live , we wish to direct your atten
tion to the Ghihsburn ranch in the
northeast part ol Wheeler county , Ne
braska. Situated in the beautiful
Clearwater valley , in the midst of
grass , liny , alfalfa and grain , with
abundance of pure water easily ob
tained , In a county that never fails to
raise a crop , dotted with trees and
homes , with its abundance of natural
re&ources apparent to the most cas
ual observer , Is the Glassburn ranch.
It is In compact form , easily operated
from a common center where a fairly
good set of buildings are now located ,
consisting of a frame house , 5 rooms.
Barn 30x32. II feet high. Sheds 11x32
and 14x32. Granary and crib 24x32.
Granary 14xlC. Chicken house 11x11
There arc In all 1,300 acres. About
800 acres of this Is level hay land , part
tame grass. 110 acres now under cul
tivation , part sown to tame grass this
spring , balance more rolling , hut all
good pasture , with good shade In each
pasture. Fine bearing orchard. Prlco
$20 per acre or will sell the square
section with the buildings , orchard ,
etc. , at $25 per acre. All of this Is
under good fence and will run 400 head
of cattle the year round and plenty of
corn can bo bought at ranch to feed
them out If desired. It Is 14 miles to
Ewlng and 18 miles to Clearwater , 22
miles to Elgin or Nellgh and prospects
of new railroad town C miles away. 2
miles to Delolt , where there is a store ,
P. O. and cream station. School house
on land and telephone In house If
you are looking for a place to make
money , don't let this pass Terms
given nt C per cent if desired.
A. F. Ballah , Owner , Nellgh , Neb.