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PT1R NOKFOT.K . WKKKLY NKWS JOUURNAL : FRIDAY. NOVHMHKU I 1007.
HEALISTIC SHAM BATTLE FOUGHT
AT PINE RIDGE.
OLD RED CLOUD STILL LIVES
Though Many Times Reported Dead ,
Famous Sioux Warrior , Totally
Dllnd , Was Striking Figure at Annual -
nual Festival Ouster Cousin Here.
The great suinnu'r festival of the
Ognllala Sioux InillaiiH , one of the
chief features of which IH a realistic
reproduction of the Ouster massacre ,
has Just taken place at IMne Ridge. J.
A. Glister of Norfolk Is a second cousin
of the late C'uster , slain In that light.
The statement that Hed Cloud , the
most famous of the Ogallala Sioux
chiefs , IK dead , has often hecn printed ,
but the aged warrior was there In the
flesh participating In the celebration
of his people which has now been con-
ventlonalUed as a sort of Fourth of
July.
July.Old Hed Cloud is totally blind and
very feeble ; and his mind la wavering ,
but his people carried him reverently
to the camp grounds , about three tulles
from the I'lne Kldge agency , and paid
him all the deference that ho has
earned by many ycora of wise counsel
and courageous leadership.
His son , Jack Red Cloud , acted as
herald for the numerous functions.
On the breast of the young man were
two silver medals fully five Inches In
diameter. Ono of them had been giv
en to his father and , the other to hla
uncle , and ho wore them proudly with
his war bonnet of eagle feathers and
his clothing of heavily beaded buck
skin. The medals were dated 1871 and
bore the portrait of General Grant , and
his famous saying : "Lot there bo
peace. "
During his sons' loud oratory and
the throbbing of the tomtoms and the
rytbmlc yelping of the war dance , the
worn-out old veteran , Red Cloud , lay
under a leafy shelter , his muttering
lips showing plainly that ho was re
calling the events of his own life.
Eastman In the Caste.
No matter how much culture had
been acquired by the Individual mem
bers of the tribe , or how much they
Jiad assimilated of the white man's
'
'ways , the old Indian ceremonies
brought forth the Indian's love of his
own people. Every fullblood entered
Into the ceremonies with complete
abandon ,
Or. Charles A. Eastman Is a gradu
ate of Belolt. Knox and Atnherst. He
Is one of the best educated Indians In
history. He has traveled about the
world and addressed many audiences ,
always appearing In dress and manner
exactly as any other cultured gentle
man. His Yankee wife and his six
children were at their homo In Amherst -
herst while Dr. Eastman was at Pine
Ridge among his people. It was with
evident pride that the distinguished
scholar donned the eagle feathers and
took the most prominent part , that of
Chief Crazy Horse , In the realistic re
production of the great Custer battle.
To see him with his erecf bearing , his
towering head dress , and his Hashing
eyes , one would scarcely imagine that
this was a man accustomed to addressIng -
Ing mutiopolitan audiences in polished
accents.
There were others , too , who had
been away in school at Carlisle who
laid aside their acquired culture , for
got for the moment the white man's
ethical theorizing , and threw them
selves heart and soul into the spirit
of the festival , even including the feast
of dog llesh.
Re-Enacts Battle Scene.
Heside Dr Eastman playing the part
of Chief Crazy Horse , there was also
the famous warrior No Flesh going
through the same part that he took In
the actual coutlict over thirty years
ago. it was he who killed the color-
bearer of ( 'lister's command and cap
tured the ting. His old eyes kindled
and his seamed and aged features
glowed as lie le-enacted the events ol
his youthful days.
$ Old Chief nine Hoise was amoup
his people , but evoked less attention
than Red Cloud , for the reason that he
always preached peace and took pride
In the statement that he had nevet
fought the whites His son , who serv
ed as a scout under Generals Ciook
McKenzlo. Sheridan and Miles , was
also present. His name is Standing
Soldier. Stands First was anothei
brave and ancient warrior , who re
joiced in the festival and renewed his
youth. Other piomlnent Sioux win
were paiticipunts were Red near anr
Afraid of Hear. Little Ciow , Bear-Lays
Down and Clown's Horse.
B. S. Curtis took advantage of the
opportunity to collect materials for hli
work on the North American Indian
the lirst two volumes of which wil
appear in .January. The difficulty o
obtaining data and photographs fo :
this great ethnological and hlstorica
. record Is almost beyond belief. Flv <
- more years will be consumed In com
pletlng It.
Just Saved the Children.
Wayne Democrat : There was i
thrilling , hair-raising episode at tin
farm home of John Elchtencamr
north of Wayne last Tuesday morn
Ing. Mr. and Mrs. Elchtencamp hai
gone out to husk corn , leaving the !
three small children asleep upstairs
Tney had not been at work long befor
observing their home In flames. Jnmr
Ing Into their wagon the horses wer
lashed Into a wild race for the seen
of the conflagration. Mr Elchtencanv
hardly knows how he got to his llttl
ones , the length of his name being n
Impediment.That he saved their live
hostfly toss'l'i ? " them , wrapped li
ill-nee , lint In view of the narrow es
cape of the children Btieh a loss Is of
small consideration.
Wayne Herald : We are Informed
that on Tuesday morning lire de
stroyed the hniiHo occupied by Henry
Klohteneamp , right east of the Ger
man chinch northeast of Wayne. Mr.
Elehtoiicamp was out In the field at
the time and his attention was first
ailed to the burning building by the
xploslon of some shot-gun shells by
ho flames. He hastened to the house ,
nil arrived Just In time to break In
window and rescue the children ,
vhll < > his wife had barely succeeded
i getting out herself. The household
oods were destroyed. The cnuso of
he flro Is unreported.
NORFOLK A DISTRIBUTING POINT
independent Telephone Supplies to be
Shipped From Here.
Norfok Is to be a distributing pointer
or Independent telephone supplies for
orth Nebraska.
The Norfolk Long Distance Tolo-
ihono company has decided to estnb-
ish such a supply station here and
as notified the Independent Interests
o this effect. Poles , wire and heavy
ardwaro for telephone construction
ill bo carried in Norfolk. In follow-
ng out this Idea shipment was made
his week of a car of telephone poles
o Madison and a half car of poles to
losklns.
It Is the Intention of the Norfolk
ndepcndent people to make Norfolk
ho Independent telephone center for
lorth Nebraska.
FINANCES OF THIS SECTION NOT
AFFECTED BY EAST.
NO TROUBLE FEARED IN WEST
'rosperlty of the West Precludes Pos-
Dlblllty of Danger Being Read In the
Financial Troubles of New York
and the East.
The recent financial flurry In Wall
treet and New York financial centers
las , It Is pointed out In Norfolk , only
3crved to place emphasis on the now
ndependenco of the west In matters
financial.
In none of the big western financial
centers have western bankers read
langer to their section from the
course of the finances of New York
ind the east. Western prosperity , It
s pointed out , Is firmly planted and
he west has neither over-reached her
self In Improvements nor built with
jorrowed money.
The feeling of western stalbllty , no-
Iceable In the bigger cities of the
vest , Is nowhere stronger than In
Norfolk , where the fact that Norfolk
jank loans are founded on the riches
of north Nebraska rather than on
'astern industrial paper puts this city
n another field from the seat of east-
> rn trouble.
The recent flurry has brought no
change In the banking business of
\orfolk , which In respect to loans Is
n-oceedlng In the same conservative
ourse that was followed before the
copper difficulties.
Prosperity is written In large let-
ers all over north Nebraska this fall.
\ fundamental basis of north Nebras-
prosperity Is the bank roll of the
farmer and ranchman and from po-
: atoes to fat cattle the year has the
real sign marks of the season of plen
ty.
Because the west is not dependent
.m eastern markets it can not have Us
'ash supply cut off by an eastern strin-
jeiicy for the cash supply of north
Nebraska and the west this year lies
in its own bank vaults and the big
3hecKs that h Is cashing from the sale
jf its produce.
" . "
Publicity "Temptations.
The merchant is "led up Into niottn-
ains of temptation" very often in the
ourse of planning his advertising.
He is assailed almost every day , by
he various floating schemes for so-
called advertising by the gentry who
work" town after town and city after
pity with advertising "schemes" of
various kinds. Now and then one of
these is somewhat novel , and losing
sight of the otUer fact that it is other
wise quite worthless the merchant
throws away a little of his advertising
appropriation. He could be just as
effectively original If he changed the
dollars he Invests In such schemes
Into pennies and amused himself bj
scattering them from housetops. He
would "attract attention" by such n
proceeding but ho would not appeal
to his fellow-citizens as a good adver
User.
The "scheme-proof" merchant is the
one who has learned to concentrate
ills fire upon the target. He has le > arn
ed that the best advertising Is thai
afforded him by the best newspaper ir
his city ; that ho helps this best news
paper to grow still better , still more
cieditable to the city , by a liberal ad
vertlsing patronage. And he knowi
that every dollar of his advertising ap
proprlatlon foolishly spent has to b (
withhold from his real advertlslnj
campaign.
Of course , every merchant knows
that not all newspapers are worth
while advertising mediums but tlu
poorest newspaper Is Immeastirablj
better than the best of the vagran
"schemes" that come along.
All over this country , In villages am
In metropolises , are successful busl
nesses , monuments to consistent ad
vertislng.
Answering want ads. gives you ni
CATTLE RANGE HAS SHORT TIME
YET TO LIVE.
WILL BE EXTINCT IN FIVE YEARS
Big Rangemen on South Dakota Plains
Say That Their Reign Over Limit
less Prairie Domain Will Soon be a
Thing of the Past.
Five short years more and that pic
turesque figure of the western fron
tier , the "big" ranchman of the bound
less range , will have made his exit forever -
ever from the stage of real life.
Ever slnco the white man learned
that America was a continent extend
ing a little way west of Now England ,
this quaint character has been with
us. He has all this time been king of
the frontier borderland , monarch of
the all beyond , n pioneer In Us most
literal sense , plucklly and fearlessly
pushing on and on westward beyond
the limits of civilization. He has lived
a reckless , perilous , big-gauged life.
He has ventured Into the midst of the
redmon when they had their old time
strength and war paint , and ho has
stood his ground with a nerve of steel ,
a skilled aim and a reliable weapon
against the cunning and cruel design
ing of that red race. He has been a
free lance , and his world of thought
and action , shut off completely from
the world of normal men , has ranged
from Canada to Mexico and from civi
lization's western boundary to the blue
waters of the Pacific. He 1ms been a
rugged , alert type of man this fron
tier rangeman. Ho has fought the cat-
tlethleves and the horsothleves and
lias hanged them without ceremony.
At times lie has fallen In love and
when ho has , It has been a love of
depth and permanence. Off on the
limitless rolling plains , tucked away
in a little ranch house just under the
protecting wall of a little hill , lie has
forgotten when it was Monday and
when It was Friday ; almost has for
gotten when It was July and when
September. His pleasure has boon
the joy that comes to a man from
drinking In the fresh , crisp ozone of
the open prairies ; from gazing long
and intently at the blazing stars In
heaven's dome in the night time ; from
the excitement of the "calf roundup"
in the springtime and the "beof round
up" In the fall ; and from such diver
sions (18 ( "shooting craps" or a game of
draw poker at a penny a corner , after
the day's work were done , In the little
lonely ranch house away off a couple
of hundred miles from anywhere. Ho
has learned to love nature and he has
studied nature's creatures ; .he knows
the steer and the wild horse as a lo
comotive engineer knows his engine ;
he knows the tricks and poison of the
rattlesnake , for he has killed and kept
the rattles of eighty or a hundred
every summer , just for pastime ; and
he knows , If anyone knows , the means
of trapping the mammoth grey wolves ,
big as some horses , which will eat up
two or three calves In a night.
Drama About to End.
But this life drama Is about to end.
The western rangeman sees his finish.
He sets the end of this type of life at
five years hence.
There Is a sort of tragedy In this
final scene of the rangeman's life , just
before the curtain shall fall. Made of
wire and knowing no such thing as
fear , this sturdy fellow has pierced
into the unknown and has resisted the
combined attacks of red devils , rust
lers and human foes ; but , courageous
and powerful though he be , he is to
be swept off his feet and out of his old
stamping ground by the irreststable
wave of civilization. Before civiliza
tion's onslaught he has retreated back
and back and back , and at length ,
pocketed In a narrow field , he must
fall for good and all.
The rangeman knows that his time
lias come. Even now he Is mentally
preparing himself for the end of his
regime. lie knows that the plow and
harrow will shortly be upon his now
unbroken realm and he accepts the sit
uation calmly. For the cowman Is
withal a philosopher and ho Is In no
wise disposed to quarrel with the in
evitable.
"Five years more will wipe us off
the map , " said Jack Whlpple , owner
of the big S. O. S. ranch away out In
northwestern Meyer county on the
Rosebud Indian reservation. This
ranch today lies 130 miles west from
Dallas and Dallas , the end of the
Northwestern railroad , is just a half
mile from the reservation lands which
have not yet been thrown open to
settlement , but which will be allotted
out to 5,000 new settlers next summer.
"Five years more , and the fanner
will be here , " Whipple remarked. And
they hate to admit that the farmer Is
going to drive them out.
"What will you do then ? Go to
farming ? "
He scorned the query. Too much
work , he said. No the rangeman will
not throw down his lasso rope and tie
his cow-pony in the barn to take up
any plowhandle. His life has been
too full of adventure , too free from
prosaic hard labor to surrender now
as a prisoner to the narrow confines
of any quarter section of land that
needs diligent tilling. Ho will make
his stake during the five years that
are left , Just as he has been making It
for years in the past , and then well
then ho will disappear from the west
ern panorama In which he has been
so picturesque , so Indispenslble , so
exclusively a figure.
Though rather rough to look upon ,
the most wholesome generosity dwells
In this plainsman's heart. There is
nothing penurious In his make-up ; he
-J.bna Jlwnrf In o hltr / niintrv with lllG
with big dreams and hopes and work.
He detests the man of small calibre ,
the man fearful lest he lose n penny
or n man without n generous Instinct.
Generous by Nature.
It was haying season on the range ,
Just before the beef round up , when a
tired team drew three Norfolk mon
A. II. Klcsati , Sam Reynolds and a
News man Into the ranchyard of old
Jack Whlpplo , away out in the west
ern cdgo of the big Rosebud reserva
tion. The strangers wanted to leave
their exhausted pair of horses for the
night , rent a fresh one from Whlpplo
and make a long drive before sunrise
In order to return early next day and
save twenty-four hours In the return to
civilization. Whlpple's horses were all
being heavily worked at the haying.
To give up a fresh team meant losing
their work and a man's work for a
day. He hesitated and noted the de
pressing effect upon his visitors. Like
a flash he turned to a cowboy near nt
hand.
"Go out In the hills and bilng In
that grey team , Jack , " he simply said ,
and iho strangers drove Whlpple's
horses out Into the night.
When pay was mentioned next day
for the service , old Jack Whlpple ,
bronzed with a lifetime of sunshine ,
turned upon his unknown guests with
bitter resentment and injured feeling.
"Why , hell , " said he , "I never charg
ed a man for a favor In all my life ;
and I guess I don't start now. "
And then later , when he'd cooled
down , he remarked : "If you really
want to do something for me , I'll tell
you what you can do. When you get
back to Norfolk , you Just drink a good
cold bottle of beer and think of Jack
Whlpple out in the hot haylleld.
That's what you can do. "
It was one night just at dusk when
the same strangers drove into the
ranchynrd of Nels Nelson. A cowboy
appeared from the little shack and be
gan unhitching the team. "You'll stay
here tonight with us , " he simply said.
The ranchmen had had their supper
an hour before. The unknown guests ,
nnlntroduced and not even their names
given , sat on the bed talking with Nel
son , the ranchman. Suddenly came a
queer voice from the other corner of
the room. "Supper's ready , " said the
voice. The cook had gotten a second
meal. And it was a square one. Pan
cakes , fried potatoes , coffee , bacon ,
pie these were features. The cow-
b'oys called the cook "Gene. " He was
a big , black bearded fellow with a high
pitched voice. He waited on the
guests at supper better than any metropolitan
|
ropolitan Walter ever did , keenly
watching for every wish and removing
the paper covering from the syrup
bottle or the butter plate the paper
coverings were protection from Hies
it the slightest look on the counten
ance of a guest. He walked around
softly. Dishes washed , he "turned In"
for the night without a word. There
seemed to be a mystery lurking over
this fellow. Where was he from ?
Why was he away out here on the
plains cooking In a ranch house ? What
story was told by the pallor of his
cheeks ? What had been the nature of
: iis Indoor confinement and why had
he stolen away from the busy world ?
Perhaps he had Just gotten out but
In the thought there may have been
Injustice.
Cowboys Not So Rough.
And those cowboys they weren't
so rough. One of them looked llko a
college football player and had big
brown eyes that looked straight at you.
And they had recently changed their
shirts !
By 8 o'clock the whole crowd had
crawled , without too much preliminary
ceremony , Into the bunks. For a little
while they answered questions of
their strange bedmates. But they
were mysterious concerning their own
affairs. They only turned the subject
gently and politely when anybody
asked what their brand was , how many
cattle they had , or how many they ex
pected to market. They might have
boasted of the enormity of their prop
osition but the lack of companions to
gossip with had taught them to keep
their own business 'pretty well to
themselves.
Tills much was conceded by the cap
tain of the flock Nelson himself be
fore slumber fell over the little room :
That within five years there'll be no
more of the range.
Just before he turned over to go to
sleep , somebody asked what effect the
settlement of this country would have
on the range. "We'll have to quit , "
said Nelson.
"And how long how long will It be ,
do you suppose ? "
'Five years at the most , " said the
ranchman "Five years more and the
farmer will have crowded us out. "
MARKET GOES DOWN TO 96'/2 '
CENTS MONDAY.
SATURDAY CLOSE WAS $1.00/8
Between Three and Four Cents Was
Lopped Off the December Wheat
Market Between Saturday's Close
and Monday Morning at 10.
Chicago , Oct. 28. Special to The
News : December wheat fell almost
four cents between the close of Satur
day and 10 o'clock this morning. The
close Saturday was at $1.00 % and to
day the market stood 9G' cents.
Ladies' Night.
"Ladles' night" at the Elk club
rooms Friday evening was taken ad
vantage of by n number of clue mem
bers and their wives. Cards and
dancing were Indulged In during the
evening.
FOOTBALL AND POLITICS MIX AT
MADISON.
IS LAST WEEK OF CAMPAIGN
Names Written In on the Primary Bal
lots Will Not be Printed on the Mad
ison County Ballots , Following Rul
ing of Attorney General.
Madison , Neb. , Oct. 28. From n
staff correspondent : Politics , football
and Saturday trading wore Saturday
features In Madison. At football Mad
ison defeated Norfolk thirty-six to
nothing. In politics several touch
downs were attempted and two or
three off-side plays complained of. In
trading Madison had one of the busi
est fall days of the year.
Only seven days more and "last
bell" will bo rung for the fall cam
paign , Another week and the can
vassing board will have supplanted
the candidate.
Tuesday , November 5 , Is election
day. The polls as usual will be open
from S n. in. to G p. m. In addition to
county and precinct tickets the elec
tion of n supreme Judge , a railroad
commissioner , two university regents
and a district judge Is at stake.
The apparent certainty of repub
lican success as regards the state and
a greater part of the county tickets
has led to a noticeable political apathy
over the county , particularly in evi
dence in Norfolk. Madison , however ,
lias worked up a political atmosphere
that attests the closing days of the
campaign. What Interest has been
instilled in other parts of the county
has largely resulted from the two or
three warm contests in the county
campaign where political stateglsts be
lieve offices are to bo gained or lost.
Norfolk is expected to "warm up"
to the campaign somewhat during the
week. This week will see most of the
county candidates in Norfolk on dif
ferent days for the final "round-up"
of the campaign.
Names "written In" on the primary
election ballot will bo disregarded in
making up the Madison county official
ballot. This Is the decision of County
Clerk George E. Richardson and In
making It the Madison county clerk
followed the ruling of the attorney
general and the precedent set by the
secretary of state.
As a result the populists , prohibition
ists and socialists will be credited with
no county nominations and republican
and democratic candidates who an-
lexed minor party nominations at the
primaries will have to sail under the
party label for which they registered.
County clerks in north Nebraska
have not been unanimous on the ques
tion of the validity of the "writing in"
of names on the primary ballots.
The fact that stock campaign "ar
guments" seldom die but continue to
stalk through successive campaigns
long after they have lost all semblance
to reason and common sense Is again
attested by the appearance in this
campaign of the "suggestion" that the
wisest policy would not dictate the
election of a deputy treasurer to suc
ceed his chief. Most voters are now
aware that such checks exist at this
time in the shape of bonding company
and state inspection that a deficit In
the county treasurer's office cannot
possibly go undiscovered by either
the bonding company or the state in
spector. A man's experience in the
county treasurer's office as deputy can
not be urged against him as a candi
date for treasurer but is considered
by many as a good argument In his
favor.
Discussing this last week the Tilden
Citizen said :
"The main objection to electing a
deputy treasurer to succeed his chief
no longer exists. Under the old re
gime , the county treasurer had abso
lute control of the funds and by con
nivance of the outgoing officer with
the treasurer-elect , a shortage might
bo covered up and carried along In
definitely. But under the new order
of things , the county board selects the
depositories and the Interest on coun
ty funds is turned into the treasury
where It belongs. Not only Is this the
case , but the treasurer Is required to
give a surety bond , and the company
furnishing the bond has Its represen
tative make a rigid examination of the
treast rer's accounts every month. In
addition to these safeguards of the
public money , the state examiner visIts -
Its the office frequently and makes a
thorough Inspection of the books and
accounts. It Is evident from these
facts that misappropriation or short
age would readily be discovered and
that there Is no possibility of a treas
urer inheriting a deficit from his pred
ecessor. "
County Superintendent P. S. Perdue
arrived home Saturday from Lincoln
whore he attended the meeting of the
superintendents and principals' asso
ciation. The most important piece of
work turned out by tills teachers' con
vention was the appointment of a com
mittee to begin work on n uniformed
course of study for the entire public
school system of the state. The com
mittee is to be permanent and to be
gin work immediately through sub
committees. It comprises the state
superintendent , chancellor of the state
superintendent , chancellor of the state
university , principals of the two state
normal schools , Inspector of accredited
schools , president of the state teach
ers' association and pre-sldent of the
superintendents and principals' asso
ciation.
These suits have been brought In
by Theodore Wolf against Carl and
August F. Vollbrecht on a note for
$ : iii : ; 30 ; a Bult to petition the northeast
quarter of section twenty , township
twenty-two , range two , belonging to
the Every estate ; two equity suits by
the Edwards-Bradford lumber com
pany ; a suit by C. B. Burrows ngnlnst
17. B. Hammond on a promissory note
for $1,000.
Recent divorce suits filed at Madi
son are : Mrs. Christina Ronnor of
near Madison from her husband. Emll
Ronnor ; Mrs. Bertha Endros of Nor
folk from her husband , Michael En-
dres ; Mrs. May C. Pnlmateor from her
husband , Thomas J. Palmatecr.
Saturday the farmers' elevator
scheme In Madison became n reality.
What IH known In Madison ns the
Omaha elevator was purchased by the
Farmers Elevator company from
Thomas O'Shea. The purchase price
was $7,500. The new company , orga
nized this fall , la said to have a mem
bership of about 110 stockholders and
will bo ready to go In the market for
grain at once. There arc two other
elevators In Madison.
Mndlson Is preeminently a "Satur
day and Monday" town. Lying In the
heart of a rich agricultural region
Madison streets and stores have a
weekly upheaval of business when
"shopping day" nrrhTB. Several
blocks of farm wagons line Madison
side streets on a fall Saturday. Farm
ers about Madison weren't all In town
Saturday for many have entered their
cornfields for the big fall husking
bee. In fact the husking season is
"on" and In some fields a good show
ing has already been made.
Tom Mortimer of the Marshall Field
ranch over In Stanton county has Just
sold a carload of young Hereford bulls
of pure breed to Seattle , Wash. , stock
men.
NORFOLK HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GO
TO COUNTY SEAT.
TEAM HURRIEDLY ORGANIZED
Norfolk Had Not Expected to Play the
Game This Year But a Challenge
From Madison Revived Interest and
Quick Preparations Were Made.
A Norfolk-Madlbon football game
at Madison was the feature of Madison
county's sporting program Saturday.
Down at the Olnoy building , where
the Norfolk high school and the sev
enth and eighth grades are housed ,
there has been a recent revival of foot
ball. To meet a challenge from the
Madison high school a foolball team
was put In the field to represent the
Norfolk high school at Madison Sat
urday afternoon. As a result of the
best players on last year's team hav
ing left school the high school line-up
this year will be lighter than usual.
This is the line-up of the Norfolk
high school's new team : Bridge , left
end ; Beeler , left tackle ; Morrison ,
left guard ; Hibben , center ; Taft , right
guard ; Durland , right tackle ; Keloher ,
right end ; Erskine ( captain ) , quarter
hack ; Lulkart , left half back ; Thomp
son , right half back ; Ogden , full back ;
Gwlnn , Anderson , substitutes. A. G.
Kennedy , Latin Instructor , will man
age the team.
The team , accompanied by a delega
tion of Norfolk high school students ,
left Norfolk Saturday morning to take
the measure of their Madison oppon
ents.
ents.The
The Norfolk boys did not leave Nor
folk very confident of victory. Sever
al of the best players were reported
to have been Injured In the last prac
tice and the Norfolk team had the
prospect of being outweighed by the
Madison line-up. The average weight
of the Norfolk team was given at 135
pounds , of the Madison team at 115
pounds.
The high school at the beginning of
the season did not expect to put n
team in the field. After the Madison
challenge enthusiasm for the great
fall sport revived.
MANAGER HAVILAND PROMOTED
Western Union Man is to be Trans
ferred to lola , Kansas.
C J. Havilnnd , slnco January 11 ,
1907 , manager of the Western Union
office in Norfolk , has been notified
that he Is to be transferred to the
company's office at loin , Kan. The
transfer Is a promotion in the tele
graph service.
lola is a Kansas town in the center
of the Kansas oil fields. It Is a larger
town than Norfolk and the lola office ,
according to the superintendent's ad
vice to Mr. Haviland. transacts about
twice the business of the local office.
Manager Havlland has not been no
tified when the transfer will become
effective. Neither la It known who
will relieve him at the Norfolk office.
It is a peculiar coincident that Mr.
Havitand's transfer will take him to
( lie vicinity of his former homo and
where he still has many friends. Man
ager Havlland has been In the Western
Union service for three years. The
position at lola carries an Increase In
salary.
TO BEGIN DIGGING.
Bonesteel Water Works Trenches Will
be Dug This Week.
Bonestnl , S D , Oct. 28. Spe-cinl to
Tin- News : Therk < > uf digging the
trenches for the waterworks In this
city will be commenced on Tuesday
The material Is about all on the
ground awaiting the arrival of the
COUNTY SEAT HIGH SCHOOL
TEAM VICTORIOUS.
TO PLAY RETURN GAME HERE
The Norfolk High School Football
Team Went Down to Madison Satur
day Afternoon and Met Defeat , 36 to
0 , on the Gridiron.
Madison , 30 ; Norfolk , 0.
Norfolk high school , wllh on untried
team of Inexperlonced players , wnn
defeated In their opening game of
.football . Saturday afternoon by the
MadiHon high school at the Madison
fair grounds. The Norfolk team * ( H
accompanied to Miulltum by about
forty high school students who encored
their team In Its plucky fight against
odd * .
Outweighed and outplayed by Iho
south county boys Norfolk was unable
to get within striking distance of th. >
Madison goal line whllo the Norfolk' ' * *
goal line netted a total of thirty six
points to Madison. The defeat Satur
day was not unexpected , while the
showing made by the Norfolk high
Hdionl In the second half dnmonstrat
ed that material for a good team ex
ists In Norfolk.
Twenty-five points worn scored bv
Madison In the first half but In the
second after the new men had caught
the swing of the game Norfolk I fold'
her heavier opponents to eleven points
Tlu game Saturday was won by
straight football. Norfolk wna unable
to break up the Interference and Mad
ison players skirted the Noifolk ends
for long gains.
A return game will lie played In
Norfolk a week from next Saturday.
The line-up :
Norfolk : u
C. Bridge. Joft oiid
W. Boolor left tackle
II. Anderson loft guaicl
R. I Ilbben center
II- Taft riBht guard
C. Durland right tackle
II. Kelohor right end
L. Ersklno quarter
R. Lulkart loft half
C. Ogden t\i\\ \ \ \
L. Thompson right halt
Madison :
N. Smart left mid
R. Garrett loft tacUo
T. O'Shea left guard
C. Autisdel center
S. Faes right guard
A. Donovan right tackle
L. Belling right end
B. Garrett quarter
C. McFarland left half
C. Yeazel full
O. Prather right half
Substitutes : Norfolk , Gwlnn and
Morrison ; Madison , Rubondall , Fn
lick and Brauman.
Notes of the Game.
Football memories will be rerlved
In Norfolk on the occasion of the Nor
folk-Madison game In Norfolk on Sat
urday , November 9.
The officials at Madison Saturday
were : McGregor , umpire ; Blakcman ,
referee ; Superintendent Dorenius ,
timekeeper ; Cunningham , lineman
A. G. Kennedy of the Latin depiut-
ment of the high school , who Is acting
as manager of the Norfolk team , ac
companied the eleven to the scene of
their first game. The high school
girls who formed part of the Norfolk
delegation to Madison were chaperoned
by Miss Paine , principal of the high
school.
The Madison high school opened
their season with a tie game with Co
lumbus , neither side scoring. Madi
son plays a return game at Columbus
on Thanksgiving , in Norfolk on No
vember 9 and probably at Nellgh with
Gates academy next Saturday. Man
ager Prather of the Madison eleven Is
looking foi other games to fill his
schedule.
While Madison was winning from
Norfolk at football the Madison high
school girls were losing diaastrouslir _ _
to Newman Grove in basket ball. The
game was played at Newman Grove
during the afternoon and work from I
the latter town announced a score of
sixty-two to four in Newman Grove's
favor.
Gwinn relieved Bridge at left end
during part of the game. No Injuries
were received on either side and eub-
stltnes were not In demand
Mormons at West Point.
West Point , Neb. . Oct. 28. Special
to The News : Several mormon mis
sionaries have made West Point a
base of operations for the spread of
their faith. It would be hard to find
In the state of Nebraska a more un
promising field for their efforts than
the city of West Point , the population
being confined almost altogether to
the sturdy , stolid children of the GI-I
man fatherland whose education an > I
training preclude their forsaking the
faith of their fathers and the last people
ple on earth to follow strange godn
In spite of the unfruitful soil the so-
called missionaries are making stren
uous attempts to convert the people.
So earnest are their efforts that the
local protestant clergymen have unltv-
ed in a signed warning to their pai *
Ishloners , published In the local n-nvs-
papers adjuilng them to avoid the
errors and fallacies of the new n-li-
glen and exposing some of Its Incon
sistencies.
Ladles Aid Select Officers.
At this week's meeting of tinla n-s
aid soelt-t > of i hi' Methodist chu-.Ii
the following officers \sire eH-c' l
Mrs G A Kulil , pii'sldent Mrs Iitm
KrantHierotarj , Mrs 1 GVesUr
velt , truaburer.
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