IM1K NOltFOI.K WKKiaY NKWS-IOUKKNAIi : I-'WP ' \ Y
ON WAY TO ATTEND MOTHER'S
FUNERAL , RAN INTO WRECK.
HALF ACROSS THE CONTINENT
Mrs. Earle Flsk of San Franclnco , En-
route to Norfolk , la In a Wreck West
of Denver In Which Several Persons
are Killed.
Cattail linlfvny across Ilio contln-
out to Norfolk by ttio death of her
mother In IhlH city , Mrs. Earlo Fink
of Snn Francisco narrowly missed beIng -
Ing seriously liijiired or killed In a
rullnmd wreck west of Denver. Mrs.
Flsk Is a sister of Mrs. .1. A. Retailer
of Norfolk nnd It was the death of her
tnotlior , Mrs. Hannah Qulgloy , at the
Kuloliur homo that necessitated the
long Journey from the coast.
As a result of the wreck the funeral
of Mrs. Qulgloy , which was to have
taken place Tuesday , was postponed
until Wednesday. Tuesday evening
Mrs. Flsk arrived In Norfolk over the
Union Pacific , having heen delayed
twenty-four hours by the wreck.
Mrs. Flsk canio through the wreck
without Injury. Most of the coaches
were inoro or less demolished save
the sleeper In which she rode. Sev
eral lives wore lost In the wreck.
The remains of Mrs. Qulgloy , ac
companied by relatives , were taken to
the former home In Danbury , la. , for
burial , the funeral party leaving Wed
nesday morning by way of Sioux City.
Monday short services were held at
the Keleher homo , Father Walsh offi
ciating.
The wreck occurred in New Mexico ,
the heavy Santa Fo train plunging
from the track on account of a defec
tive rail. The engineer and fireman
were killed. One other life was lost.
WILL MISS GARRETT.
Traveling Man Will be Missed In
> North Nebraska Baseball Circles.
Pelrce Loader : This part of Neb
raska will miss an enthusiastic base
ball fan as well as a splendid umpire
of ( he national game , next year. Frank
Garrett who , for the past fifteen years
has lioen covering Nebraska territory
for the Harlo-llass Drug company of
Council Bluffs , has boon called Into
headquarters and promoted to secre
tary of the company. Ho was popu
lar with those whom he did business
and also was well liked by basebal
players all of whom will bo pleasei
to learn of his promotion , yet miss
him on the baseball diamond. It was
Garrett who umpired the 13-lnning
game of ball between Stanton and
Pierce at Norfolk during the races
last fall , and at that time our team ad
mired him for his fair and just de
cisions. That was probably the hot-
cst contested game played In north
east Nebraska last season. Pierce
won it.
JOHNNIE JONES IN NORFOLK.
Little Johnnie Had Forty-two Appe
tites Which Were Appeased Here.
Little Johnnie Jones was in Nor
folk yesterday. There were forty-two
of Johnnie , "mostly girls. "
Johnnie Jones , who Is a musical mel
odrama , stopped In Norfolk for dinner
hour yesterday on his way from Fre
mont to Sioux City.
Little Johnnie ate forty-two dinners
at the Junction eating house , travel
ed in n special car with two baggage
cars for fixings.
"Little Johnnie Jones" was written
by George M. Cohan , author of "Forty-
five Minutes From Broadway. "
Little Johnnie advertises seventy-
five people but only forty-two had
appetites In Norfolk.
Among the other visitors through
Norfolk were two coach loads of sold
iers , the "regulars" being bound for
Fort Robinson.
Real Estate Transfers.
Real estate transfers for the week
k ending November 29 , 1907 , furnished
by Madison County Abstract and Guar
antee company , office with Mapes &
1 lazen :
Ethan L. Show to C. W. Lemont
Q. C. D. , consideration $100 , lot 1 , block
5. Pasewalk's Third addition to Nor
folk.
Lllllo Trine to Mike Dusal. W. D.
consideration $275.00 , lots 5 , o , 7 and
8 , block 70 , Northwest addition to
Mndlson.
John V. Klein to Chris P. Peterson
W. D. , consideration $4,000 , lot 11
m.
. block 3 , Norfolk Junction.
Anna Lovelace and husband to An
drew C. P. Christiansen , W. D. , con
slderatlon $1,400 , lots 2 , 3 and 4 and
part of lot 1 , block 33 , Pioneer Town
Site Co.'s Second addition to Battle
Creek.
D. S. Woyglnt to Geo. F. Mills , W
D. , consideration $50 , part of the SE'A
of the NE > 4 of 20 , 24 , 4.
Geo. F. Mills nnd wife to L. C
Rueggo , W. D. , consideration $300 , par
of the SEV4 of the NEVi of 20 , 24 , 4.
Samuel Heckman to Charles Denny
W. D. , consideration $300 , part of the
NEV4 of the NW 4 of 19 , 24 , 4.
C. B. Burrows and wife to Fred H
Cornell , special W. D. , consideration
$100. lot 20 , block 7 , Riverside Park
addition to Norfolk.
C. B. Burrows and wlfo to Fred H
Cornell , special W. D. , consideration
$100. lot 1C , block 9. Riverside Parl
addition to Norfolk.
Albert D. Holbrook to Rose F
Sheets , W. D. , consideration $1,100
part of out lot 1 , Meadow Grove.
J. E. Crum and wlfo to Minnie E
Biown , W. D. , consideration $3.000
lot 13 , block 4 , C. S , Hayes' addition
and lots 3 and 4 , block 1 , Bear & Mat !
owson's addition to Norfolk.
j. The Mills Real Estate company t
Standard Stock Fond Co. . W. I ) . con-
Mlilcrailon $32r $ > nO , SIC'4 ' and K'fc ' of
SW',4 ' and part of SUV , of NK'4 ' of
III , 21 , 1 , and lot 2 and part of lots 21
mil 22. Wnid's Suburban lots , lot 10 ,
block 2. Canlner nnd llraasch's addi
tion , lots ! , 10 , II and 12. block I ,
1'aHowalk's Third addition , lots 7 and
8 , block 12. Western Town Ixit Co.'s
iddltlon. tots 1. 2 , II.I , f > , 11 , 12. 11 ! , It ,
in and 1C , block 1) ) , and blocks I and
8. Sunnyslde addition , lot 7 , block 1 ,
ots It , ! ) , 10 and 11 , block ft , lots 5 and
0 , block < ! , lots 2 , II ! nnd 12 and part
of lots 0 and 7 , block 7 , lots 1 , 2 , 3 ,
1 , fi , C , 7 , 8 , ! ) , IS and M , block 12 ,
lots 1 to 11 , block 8 , lots 1 to M , block
. ) , lots 1 to II , block in , and lots 2 to
11 , block 11 , Horsey Place addition ,
ill In Norfolk.
.lames C. Stltt to Cora M. Stilt , W.
n. , consideration $1,350 , west Cl feet
of lot1 , block 1 , Pasownlk's addition
to Norfolk.
TEACHERS MEETING TO BE HELD
IN MADISON THIS WEEK.
FRIDAY EVr.NING AND SATURDAY
State Superintendent McBrlen Will
Address the Meeting Friday Evening
and Superintendent Pile of Wayne
Saturday Afternoon.
The first of a series of three Madi
son county teachers' meetings will beheld
held In Madison this week. State
Superintendent McHrlen nnd Presi
dent Pllo of Wayne college arc an
nounced as the speakers.
Friday evening In the G. A. II. hall
Superintendent Mcnrlen will deliver
a public address on "Our Young People
ple and What to do With Them. "
At the Saturday afternoon session ,
also in the Madison 0. A. II. hall , Sup
erintendent McHrien will speak on
"The Teacher of the Future , " and
President Pile on "Experimental Life. "
While teachers over the country are
invited to the sessions at Madison the
addresses are intended specially for
the'teachers of Madison and vicinity.
The addresses which are to bo giv
en at Madison tills week represent an
( novation Introduced by County Super
intendent Perdue , Dispensing with
the customary evening lectures dur
ing the recent institute In Norfolk ,
the county superintendent announced
that in substitution for the Institute
lectures special lectures would be
given at three places in the county
urliig the school year.
UBLIC INSPECTION OF NORTH
WESTERN STATION.
7
E HELD WEDNESDAY EVENING
The Commercial Club Decides to In
vite the People of Norfolk to Visit
the New Station Before it is Placed
In Use on Thursday.
The Northwestern depot "opening"
s announced for Wednesday evening.
Next Thursday the Northwestern
vill establish Itself In its new up-town
assenger depot , moving over from
he present temporary quarters. On
Vednesdny evening preceding , the
lew depot will be thrown open to the
nspection of Norfolk people , the opon-
ng taking place under the auspices
> f the Norfolk Commercial club.
The opening will bo Informal but
iromlnent officials of the Northwest
ern are expected to be present. In
addition to the Norfolk ofllclals of the
oad It Is thought that General Man
ager F. Walters , General Freight
\gent S. F. Miller and General Coun
sel B. T. White will be up from Oma-
m.
Refreshments will be served on the
occasion of the opening and the ser
vices of an orchestra have been en
gaged. Norfolk people generally , It
s expected , will take advantage of
the opportunity offered to visit the
lew depot on "opening night. "
Visitors to the depot will be pleased
with the Interior of the now depot. It
las a tile lloor , oak wood work ol
lark finish and neat appearing fix
tures. The walls of the now building
are tinted green , the celling a cream
color. Although not the large union
station that Norfolk hoped for the de
pot has an adequate wailing room and
; wo private rooms in addition to the
ticket and baggage quarters.
Yesterday the depot underwent Its
final Inspection by representatives of
; ho architects who designed the build
ing.
ing.Tho
The depot opening was voted by the
commercial club directors Tuesday
morning.
MARRIAGE , DIVORCE , MARRIAGE.
Diversified Domestic Relations of an
Alnsworth Couple.
Alnsworth , Nob. , Dec. 4. Special to
The News : Henry Lockmlller was
remarried to his former wife Hellene
at his residence In this city last Fri
day evening. There was n disagree
ment and a misunderstanding and then
a divorce that was last spring , fol
lowed by a division of the property.
Hut they have never thought well of
the separation and the re-marriage
was what many looked for. There was
a big gathering of relatives and friends
to congratulate them upon their re
union. There was a big supper and
such a jolly evening following as only
Germans know how to have. Every
one Is wishing them the happiest life
that can come to mortals.
UNFINISHED INDIAN ALLOTMENTS
MUST BE COMPLETED.
NOT HALF THE WORK FINISHED
A Mitchell Story to the Effect That the
Trlpp County Lands May Not be
Opened Until the Latter Part of
Next Year.
Mitchell , S. I ) . , Dec. ! . Intending
settlers who are looking for nn early
opening of the government lands In
Trlpp county on the Rosebud Indian
reservation will have to wait longer
than was first anticipated. Such Is the
Information given out by Hon. J. II.
Scrlven , the government's allotting
ugont , who 1ms been at work on these
lands since last spring. As to the
progress being made In the-work of
allotment Mr. Scrlvon made the fol
lowing statement when asked as to
the possibility of nn early opening of
ttio government lands , It being under
stood that the opening depended large
ly upon the time It would take to allot
the lands :
"Wo were forced to suspend our
field work last week. When the
ground was burned over last fall It
had frozen so deep that we could not
drive stakes or dig pit holes. We
have allotted , since the beginning of
the field work Juno 1 , 700 different
applications , and will have about 900
more to make In the spring. This
winter the force will bo occupied In
enrolling what has been allotted , tak
ing family records and listing new ap
plications for next year's work. I am
satisfied wo will be able to get all of
this kind of work done by the time
the frost Is out of the ground so wo
can begin field work again next spring.
The department requires me to take
the family record or census of each
person that I allot , and as this Is anew
now departure from the old time
methods , when all an Indian had to
say was , "Allot my child , " and the al-
toting agent did the rest. The Indians
were very , very slow for ttio first two
or three months In giving in their rec
ords. Tills made It very Inconvenient
and difficult work , as we frequently
bad to make drives much too far In
order to reach our day's allotlng.
"With all details arranged I can
systematize and bunch the allotments
so that wo can easily do twice as fast
work as wo have been able to accom
plish this year , and If the frost Is out
of ttie ground sufficiently for us to
begin field work by April 1 wo will be
through by August 1 , and with all the
little details arranged it will not be
necessary for mo to put in much of
my time in the field , which will give
mo ample time to work on my books
and records. Thus I will be able to
keep up very close to the field work ,
and will bo able also to send in my
schedules in about two weeks after
all the allotments arc made.
"This ought to be in ample time to
admit of the approval of the allot
ments and allow the president to Issue
his proclamation so that the actual
opening or filing can begin by the
middle of October or the first of No
vember , 1908. This season will bo
the very best time to file on the land ,
for the homesteader will then have
until warm weather the following
spring to establish his actual resi
dence.
ALL GREGORY COUNTY BOOSTERS
WERE ENTERTAINED.
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED GUESTS
The Real Boosters of the Rosebud
Country , and There Are Many of
Them , Took Part In the Festivities
at Dallas.
Dallas , S. D. , Dec. ! . Special to The
News : Since the business Institutions
of Dallas got Into sbapo to transact
business about a month ago , there has
been no lack of titles conferred upon
the town. "Dallas the Gateway" Is
the most common , owing to the fact
that Dallas Is the only gateway to
Trlpp county , which will be opened to
settlement next summer. The recent
organization of a company which buys
produce at higher prices than Omaha
has given the town another name. A
farmer from across the line In Ne
braska who sold hogs here last week
nt $4.00 per hundred pounds when the
same grade were only $3.85 In Omaha ,
dubbed Dallas "The Llttto Chicago , "
and that name hafe also stuck and be
come a favorite with the farmers. By
strangers the town has been called at
first sight everything from "wonder
ful" to "perfect. " But It remained
for J. M. Hackler , president of the
Gregory State bank , to allude to the
town as "Tho Catch of the Season , "
explaining that ho meant to convey
the Idea that Dallas Is the handsom
est , healthiest , and has the most ad
mirers of any of the Gregory county
family of towns , which Is saying a
good deal , as all of them are beauties.
It all happened at the banquet given
by the Dallas Commercial club on Sat
urday night. The tickets to the affair
stated that It was a "Dallas Boosters'
Banquet to the Gregory County Boost
ers , " and nearly all of the real ones
wore hero , about 175 guests being
present. Most of them arrived on the
evening train , the largest number be
ing from Bonesteel , which town , by
the way. Is a perfect hot-bed of "boost
ers , " being a very close second to
Dallas In that respect , and , once more
by the way , Dallas graciously admits
that the term "booster" arrived In
1 Fought Against the Indians ,
I First Mayor of NorMk
Few men now living have had their
lives moic closely connected with the
history and development of Norfolk
than Herman ( loreeke , Norfolk's first
mayor. Coming to Norfolk In ISO ! ) , n
resident of the city for nearly forty
years , Herman ( Jorecko has seen Nor
folk grow from notlijng , lias seen I ho
rich north Nebraska country around
It develop Into a prosperous and Im
portunt section of a big common
wealth , 1ms seen u town's hlstor\ un
fold from the first chapter.
Herman Gorccke. Is rightfulb a pioneer
neer of Nebraska. Ho came to the
state In the war times , a boy veteran
of the battle of Shlloh. In Nooraska
ho was In the Indian wars and cam
paigned against the savage. The story
of those days brings close the pioneer
days of Nebraska , really not far dls
tant , when the state wns quite truly
on the frontier and the life of Its people
ple was the frontier life.
Gerecko was In Norfolk almost at
the town's birth. Working at his
trade , Gerecko , with tils own hands ,
helped build that first town , erect the
first frame building , the early mill ,
the pioneer residences of Norfolk ,
Herman Gerecko's part In Norfolk
did not cease when tic laid away the
saw and hammer after helping put up
the first buildings of the now town.
In business and municipal affairs he
has boon an active figure , doing his
share towards ttie town's progress.
Gerecko was Norfolk's first mayor ,
serving three terms In all. lie wns
first elected In 1880 and again In 1889
and 1890. It was during his occupancy
of the mayor's chair that the sugar
factory was built.
Herman Gerecke knows Norfolk ,
lie has seen the town in poverty and
struggle , as an inland town awaiting
the coming of the steam locomotive
and the system that was to make Nor
folk a center in the northwest , he has
seen the town in the exultance of the
boom days when many plans were con
ceived and some carried out , ho lias
seen the town In the hard lines of the
nineties and in the progress nnd pros
perity of the new century when the
old milt center on the Northfork is
coming Into her own.
It was on August 28 , IS 11 , In the lit
tie village of Zichlau in the province
of Saxony in Prussia , Germany , that
Herman Gorecke was born on a day
that chanced to have been his mother's
thirtieth birthday. His childhood
days were spent in that little German
village. Ho started to school when
seven and continued until his parents
sailed from the old land.
In August 1854 father and mother
with their five children left for the
west across the seas. No ocean rac
ers plowed through the seas In the
fifties. It wns two months before the
sailing ship landed In Quebec.
Mr. Gerecke's father moved at once
to Hustlsford , a small town In Dodge
county , Wisconsin , about forty miles
northwest of Milwaukee. Here the
father worked as a plasterer , brick
layer and stonemason and hero the
boy attended school until thirteen.
Herman Gerecko when twelve years
old was hired out to a farmer for $2 a
month. Then for the sum of $20 he
worked for a farmer for the whole
year , save for three months when ho
was In school. When fifteen the Wis
consin lad went to work with his fa
ther and In time picked up the carpen
ter's trade.
It was Wisconsin which furnished
the first pioneers who came into the
country about Norfolk. Ixonia , where
the first Norfolk colony originated ,
was only a few miles south of the vil-
lago'wherc Mr. Gerecke grew to young
manhood.
The man who served as the first
mayor of Norfolk was one of the boy
soldiers who enlisted In 'Cl. A lad of
seventeen on December , 1801 , he en
listed in Company D of the Sixteenth
Wisconsin infantry. His war experi
ence was short and dramatic.
The young soldier was wounded In
his first fight , the battle of Shiloh. lie
was shot In the leg early in the action.
The hospital followed close upon the
whistle of the first rebel bullet.
In March , 1802 , his regiment had
been sent direct from Madison , WIs. ,
to Plttsburg Landing In Tennessee ,
where It was assigned to General Pren
tice's brigade. The Wisconsin sol
diers had been south only a little more
than a week when they were plunged
Into the great two days' fight as Shl
loh on the morning of April C.
The attack came as an/entire sur
prise. Gerecke out on picket guard
heard the first charge and the first
shots on the union camp. Running
back to camp he found all confusion ,
soldiers , aroused from their sleep by
the shots of the enemy'tumbling out
of the tents. His own company scat
tered , Gerecke fell In with another
Wisconsin company. His regiment
came under fire early In the morning
and about 9 o'clock Gerecko received
a bullet In the leg. After laying on
the battle field for a while the wound
ed soldier discovered that he could
walk. On the first attack he had
helped a wounded man to the hospital
but lie now found the hospital gone.
Ho found an ambulance In time and
was taken to the hospital boat which
that evening steamed down the river.
In two or three days ho got In a hos
pital , where ho wag taken 111 with
camp fever and whore ho remained un-
Dallas from a point no farther east
than Bonesteel , where It was first
coined and used with splendid allitera
tive and business effect by the Justly
famous Bonesteel Boosters.
Aside from the Bonesteel crowd
HERMAN GERECKE
til the latter part of April when he was
taken to Cincinnati. Ho was given a
furlough on .lune 22 , 1802.
Onlered to report In Milwaukee In
August , Mr. Gerecko on August 20 was
discharged on account of his wound.
So In the summer of ' 02 lie found himself -
self out of the army and a veteran of
Shlloh. He remained in Wisconsin
until the following summer when ho
set out for Nebraska.
Herman Gerecke walked to Ncbras-
ka. On that long trip across the coun
try ho rode only five miles. Leaving
Wisconsin during May , 1803 , with a
neighboring family , Gerecke followed
behind the wagon from Hutlsford ,
WIs. , to Burt county , Nebraska. On
July 0 , 1803 , the little party crossed
the Missouri at Omaha. They stopped
at Tokamah.
The first real Nebraska experience
that came to Gereeke was the Indian
war. In December , 1803 , ho enlisted
in the Seventh Iowa cavalry. The bat-
tallion was sent out on the frontier.
Until May of 'fit headquarters were at
Nebraska City but in the late spring
the cavalrymen were ordered on to
old Fort Kearney and then to Cotton
Wood Springs , afterwards Fort Me-
Pherson , near North Platte.
The Indian war broke out In July ,
1801 , when the Indians attacked and
annihilated a mule train. A campaign
agulnst the Indians was carried out
luring the summer and fall and in the
winter the troop was sent to Jules-
> urg , Colo. , following the Indian attack
there. Headquarters were maintained
it the old California crossing near
lulesburg until May , ] SCC , when the
company was ordered to Leavenworth ,
Kan. , to be mustered out.
It is one of the interesting memories
of those Indian war days that Gerecke
campaigned with Colonel Cody , hailed
as "Buffalo Bill" the world over. Cody
was the chief guide of an expedition
that left McPherson in December of
' 05 and took up headquarters In the
Republican valley. Gerecke was a
member of the expedition and on the
second morning out volunteered for
scouting duty. "Buffalo Bill" was also
among the little party of five who rode
out from camp and who that evening
slept together on the prairie. The second
end day the scouting party was joined
by a party of Pawnee Indians under
Lieutenant George Bilden of Falls
ri.ty. Riding through the snow that
afternoon the party came across buf
falo. But no buffalo were gathered infer
for a clash with a small scouting party
of hostile Indians intervened.
Cody and his band pursued the In
dians for some three miles when the
Indians crossed a creek and took up a
position. There was intermittent fir-
ini ; but towards sundown Cody advised
a withdrawal as ho had reasons for
thinking that a big body of Indians
were nearby. Followed by the Sioux
the party struck back to join the main
expedition. That evening they camped
with saddled horses and at daybreak
struck out again.
A snow came with sunrise and it
became impossible to see more than
a few feet ahead. It was then that
the scouting genius of Cody showed
itself. Straight ahead the famous
scout went with unerring Instinct , tak
ing the band to the exact spot on the
Republican river that formed their des
tination.
Later , on another expedition , Ge
recke found that an Indian camp two
miles long and with probably 1,500
Indians had been within a few miles
of the spot where the clash with the
scouting party had taken place.
Gerecko has never seen Cody since
the Indian war. But If ever Cody
comes to Norfolk or Gerecke Is In a
town where the famous Wild West Is
on exhibition a meeting between the
two Is pretty certain to take place.
Returning to Tekamah from Wiscon
sin In September , 18CG , Gerecko work
ed as a carpenter until the summer of
the following year when ho went to
Omaha to work In the Union Pacific
supply yards loading ties and Iron to
be used on the new road across the
continent. In the same gang with
Gerecko were the late C. W. Braasch ,
Fred Wlchman and the late Frank
Wlchman.
The Norfolk residence of Herman
Gerecko dates from April 29 , 1809 ,
when ho came to Norfolk to work on
the mill as-a carpenter and millwright.
llii'ro were many from Herrlck , Burke ,
Fairfax and the other towns
The visitors were Immediately sur
rounded and marched from the depot
up town whore they were mndo to stop
nnd listen to the Dallas yell , given in
During the year of 1807 and 1808 he
had woiked on the Wlnnobago reser
vation , where Col. Charles Mathewson
was agent. In the winter of 1808 he
nuulo his last visit to his Wisconsin
homo.
Herman Gereeke arrived at the birth
of Norfolk , lie came to work on the
mill that determined the location of
the town , the old Mathowson mill. It
was a houseless Norfolk when ho nr-
Ivoil and the morning after his arrival
he went to work on the mill store that
was to replace an early store In a log
building with a dirt roof. Ho worked
in the mill and about Norfolk until
May , 1870. For Charles McGtilre ho
milt one of the first frame houses In
S'orfolk , a house that now stands the
( irst building west of the Norfolk
creamery.
Working for about n year In Waterloo
lee , Neb. , Mr. Gerecke bellied build a
'iilll ' and placed the machinery. In
Juno , 1871 , ho returned to Norfolk and
nn July 22 , 1871 , ho married the daugh
ter of the mill owner at. Waterloo , Miss
Sarah E. Brlckloy. Ho was married
in Omaha nnd drove overland to Nor
folk with his bride. Ills homo baa
over since been In Norfolk.
Mr. Gerecko's first homo In Norfolk
was near the Junction , but in 1879 ho
milt the frame house just south of
ho iKJBtolllce. In 1888 ho bought the
splendid Norfolk residence property
mown then as the C. P. Mathewson
and later as the Gorocko property.
Here he raised his family and made
ils own homo until the present stun
ner.
In 1874 the firm of Gerecko & Hardy ,
furniture dealers , was formed by Fred
Hardy and Herman Gerecke. Business
was conducted in a building just east
of the Wetzel gun shop. The first
stock was hauled overland from Oma
ha , Hardy and Gerecko driving two
teams to Omaha to haul their first
stock to Norfolk.
When the railroad came In 1879 Go-
recko went Into the lumber business
with A. P. Pllger under the firm name
of Pllger & Gerecke , Mr. Gerecke man
aging the business. Three years later
lie bought Pllger's interest and con
tinued the business until 1887.
The year that he sold his lumber
business he took charge of the Nor
folk brick works and went in as one
of the three owners of the Norfolk
Brick and Tile company , A. P. Pilger
and Dr. Verges being the other propri
etors. John Flynn , now chief of police
hi Norfolk , had developed the brick
yards under the name of Pllger &
Flynn. After a time Gerecke pur
chased his partners' interests and has
since run the business as the Norfolk
brick works.
First of the list of Norfolk mayors
stands the name of Herman Gerecke ,
Norfolk's first executive. In 1880 he
became the first mayor of Norfolk.
In 1889 and In 1890 he was elected to
two more terms. And the Initial or
ganization of the village In 1881 under
village government Gerecke was large
ly Instrumental In bringing about that
first village government.
Mr. Gerecke served on the Norfolk
school board when the Grant and Lin
coln buildings were erected. In coun
ty elections ho was twice the candidate
of the democrats , being defeated once
for the legislature by C. F. Eiseloy and
once for district clerk by Chris Schav-
land. It is recalled that Gerecke wal
loped Schavland five to one In Nor
folk but that Schavland swept county.
Elected in the early seventies as peace
justice ho held the office for fourteen
years.
Herman Gerecke is a true democrat
of the real democracy. A northern
man living In the midst of republicanIsm -
Ism , a veteran of the union side of the
civil war he has stood with democ
racy because he thought it the party
of the fair deal and the plain people
and the party farthest away from cor-
rnptlon and manipulation , which he
bitterly opposes. He has always been
prominent In the affairs of the minor
ity party.
Of Norfolk organizations Mr. Ge
recke was a charter member and after
wards commander of Mathewson post
of the G. A. R. He was a member of
the first fire department and with
Julius DeRiier fashioned the first
"hook" of the department , Norfolk's
first piece of fire apparatus. Ho is a
member of Mosaic lodge , No. 55 , A. F.
& A. M.
The first big land deal in Norfolk
was when he sold a twenty-five foot
Norfolk avenue frontage for $1,000.
At one time Mr. Gerecke's holdings
near Norfolk avenue were quite exten
sive , lie also held 400 acres of land
near the Junction.
He was one of the incorporators of
the street car company and was one
of the first stockholders In the Nor
folk Electric Light & Power company.
In 1871 Mr. Gerecko was a member
of what was probably the first grand
jury in Madison county , at least the
first grand jury to return an Indictment
for murder. The jury held Frank Cot-
tie for the Fletcher murder. And
eighteen years ago ho was foreman of
the jury that acquitted Herman Boche ,
charged then with the Ives murder.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerecko have five sons
and two daughters , Alfred N. Gerecko
of Holdrege , traveling for the Lincoln
Drug company , H. E. Gerecke with the
Northwestern at Fremont , Clarence W.
Gerecko and Fred G. Gerecko with a
sugar factory at Los Angeles , Calif. ,
Charles Gerecke now in Hastings , Mrs.
Asa K. I eonard of Norfolk , r.nd Mrs.
Nellie M. Emery of Oakmont , Pa. , a
suburb of Plttsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerecko will spend
the winter In Pennsylvania , Mrs. Go-
rocko having already loft for the east.
Jackson's and C. N. Thompson's
host style Here it goes :
"I'mph1 I'mph ! Wee-oe ! Who are
wo ?
Dallas mog-buyers ; yes slr-eo !
Red , black , white hogs weigh 'em on
RECIPE EASILY PREPARED , AND
MANY SWEAR BY IT.
OVERCOMES PAIN IN THE BACK
Many of Our Citizens Speak Well of
the Home Prescription Which
Helped Them to Health Cureo
Worst Forms of Bladder Weakness.
Mix the following by slinking well
In a bottle , and Inko In teaspoonful
doses after meals and at bcdtlmo :
Fluid extract dandelion , one-half
ounce ; compound knrgon , one ounce ,
compound syrup sarsaparllla , three
ounces. A local druggist Is the au
thority that these simple , harmless In
gredients can be obtained at nominal
cost from our homo druggists.
The mixture In said to cleanse and
strengthen the clogged and Inactive
kidneys , overcoming backache , blad
der weakness and urinary trouble' of
all kinds , If taken before the stage of
Brlght's dlseaso.
Those who have tried this sav It.
positively overcomes pain In the back ,
clears the urliio of sediment and regu
lates urination , especially at night ,
curing even the worst forms of blad
der weakness.
Every man or woman bore who fuels
that the kidneys are not strong or
acting In a healthy manner should mix
this prescription at home and give It
a ( rial , as It Is said to do wonders for
many persons.
The Scranton ( Pa. ) Times was first
to print this remarkable prescription ,
In October of 11)00 ) , since when all the
leading newspapers of Now York , Bos
ton Philadelphia , PlttBburg and other
cities have made many announce
ments of it to their readers.
the jump !
Bring 'en In ; get your moti. Umph !
Umph ! Umph ! "
Paper and typo fall to convey the
thrills caused by the above when it
Is first heard by a stranger. Suffice to
say , Messrs. Jackson and Thompson
render it in a way that makes the
dogs bark.
The visitors were escorted to the
club-rooms where a reception was held
and Ernest Jackson as president of
the Commercial club introduced Rev.
Kerston , who delivered a very elo
quent address of welcome to the. visit
ors , who were then decorated with
badges carrying a small key nnd the
words , "Welcome to the Gateway. "
The company then went to Butt-
rick's cafe , where the banquet was
spread and where C. M. Rose , mayor
of the city and editor of the Tripp
County News , presided as toast-mas
ter. Toasts were responded to by
J. R. Cash , I. T. Jones , W. B. Backus ,
S. F. Lucas and A. E. Kull , of Bone-
steel ; Opio Chambers , W. S. Slaugh
ter and John Gormoly of Herrlck ; J.
M. Uacklor of Gregory ; J. M. Johnson ,
mayor of St. Elmo.
At the conclusion of the feast the
festivities were merged into a decid
edly informal social frisk , which every
body enjoyed to the utmost until at
least midnight.
Hogs Rooting for Dallas.
The first special trainload of hoga
purchased by the Dallas Produce Co.
left the yards here last Thursday.
They were bought at $1.00 and sold in
Omaha very satisfactorily. Another
trainload will be shipped tomorrow
morning. No one can fall to know that
these hogs come from the Gateway ,
for they are top grade and moreover
each car boars a sign slating that the
cargo is "rooting for Dallas. " The
company is now paying $1.05 here.
LOCAL INTEREST REMOVED.
Elimination of a Number of Norfolk
Cases From Term of Court.
Norfolk attorneys who have been in
attendance at the district court came
up from Madison Tuesday night but
most of the Norfolk lawyers will bo
called back to Madison later In the
week.
The continuance granted in the Bo
che case and the postponement of the
damage suits against Norfolk and Bat
tle Creek removes considerable of the
local interest that has been attached
to the present session.
The Turner and Beer cases against
Madison county for witness fees dur
ing the time that the plaintiffs were
held as witnesses In a Junction murder
case , were thrown out of court on de
murrers.
Anna Lovelace of Battle Creek in
her claim against the Joseph Sovera
estate was awarded $551 by the jury.
She sued for $3,000.
The cases of II. J. Backes against
Carl Relnccclus and A. B. Tashjean
against the county wore sot for trial
Wednesday.
RAPID RISE IN BUSINESS WORLD
Henry Wllmering , Formerly of Pierce ,
Expert in Oklahoma.
Pierce , Nob. , Dec. 4. Special to The
News : In a letter received by Attor
ney Douglas Cones of this city from
Henry Wllmering , jr. , who formerly
resided near Foster in Plorco county
and later conducted a restaurant lu
Pierce , the Information Is contained
that the latter has been rising rapidly
In the business world. After leaving
Pierce Mr. Wilmering removed to Chicago
cage and engaged in railroading , latov
being agent at Cleveland , Oklahoma.
Last fall ho was elected county treas
urer of Pawnee county , Oklahoma ,
nnd linn just recently been appointed
tib t xpi rt in the la'o ' dc-imrtnu-nt of
the ii' w railroad eommlsxiMi of the
state of Oklahoma Mr Wllnurlng IB
now In Texas acquainting himself with
the methods and rules as employed
by the Texas commission.