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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1908)
WHAT NORFOLK HAS BEEN DOING IN A PLEASURE WAY. LEAP YEAR DANCE NEXT WEEK On the Coming Friday Night a Number of Norfolk Young Women Will Give the First Leap Year Party of the Season. Cold waves have joined forces with the grip epidemic In waging battle on the social calendar. As a result the week has been rather light In regard to the usual lint of Htnall parties. The luncheon given by Mrs. A. nnndklov on Thursday nerved , how ever , to give a touch of social activity to the week. The one on'clock lunch eon and the. afternoon at the Randklev liome was enjoyed by about seventy- 11 vo gueiits. H Is predicted that the period of social gayetles Is not far distant and that on account of Easter sliding back on the 1908 calendar Norfolk society will bo afforded an opportunity for many pleasures before the advent of Lent Next week holds the Trinity leap year dance. Pleasures of the Week. A rather uneventful week was brok en Thursday by Mrs. A. Randklev's one o'clock luncheon at which Mrs. Rand- Kiev was hostess to about seventy-five Norfolk ladles. Cut ( lowers were used in the decorations In the Randklev home. . The luncheon was served In three courses. The afternoon was Bpcnt at six handed euchre and nt lllnch. At euchre first honors were won by Mrs. Sutherland , the "shouting ptlzo" by Mrs. J. S. Mnthewson. Mrs. B. Sly and Mrs. S. G. Dean divided the honors nt flinch. The various prizes consisted of cut roses , save the "shout- Ing prize" nt euchre which was a pretty hand painted plate. The lunch- con was ono of the most pleasant affairs of the winter. The Tuesday evening meeting of the Chess club at the homo of A. Degncr was a rather unique session of the club and nt the same time as pleasant a meeting as the members of the club had enjoyed in many months. At the meeting two silver wedding anniver saries were celebrated , the silver wed ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. Degner and the silver wedding anni versary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bciersdorf. Presents were received from the club members. A new card club organized by n dozen ladles living in South Norfolk lield its Initial meeting Tuesday even ing nt Railroad hall. The early part of the evening was spent at progressive - ive high five , the prizes being won by Mrs. Frank Russell and Mrs. W. B. Hackctt and by Matt Shaffer , jr. , and Oscar List. Refreshments were served about 11 o'clock , the latter part of the evening being devoted to dancing. These card parties nre to be given every Tuesday evening. Miss Phyllis Daye , the former Nor folk girl who appeared at the Audi torium Friday evening in the "Wizard of Wall Street , " was "at home" to former Norfolk friends at the Pacific hotel at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon The young actress lias many old time friends In the city. Mrs. M. A. McMlllen on last Satur day afternoon was made an unexpected hostess 'by ' a party of friends who gathered nt the McMlllen home on the Occasion of her birthday. A Modern Woodman dance was enjoyed - joyed by a number of young people Wednesday evening nt Marquardt hall. A number of young people from Nor folk were guests at a dance at the Norfolk hospital Tuesday evening. * The West Side Whist club was pleas antly entertained Thursday evening by Dr. and Mrs. A. Bear. Trinity social guild met Thursday evening with Miss Clara Rudat. The B. Y. P. U. of the Baptist church held a box social at the G. A. R. hall Thursday evening. Mrs. Roy Gleason entertained Thursday afternoon. f The Wednesday club met with Mrs. f J. S. Mathewson. Hymenlal. On Thursday at the homo of the bride's parents , Mr. and Mrs. Seth Kethledge , In Coleridge two young people ple formerly residents of Norfolk , Mr. James C. Morrison and Miss Pearl Kethledge , were married. The bride is a graduate of the Norfolk high school of the class of 1897 , living In Norfolk while her father was In business hero. Mr. Morrison was In the city as a mem' ber of the Norfolk baseball team several - oral years ago. Following the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Morrison left for Denver on their wedding trip. They will live In Vl Coleridge , where the groom Is cngag- ed In the real estate business. Mrs. D. N. Vail of Norfolk was among the guests at the wedding. Dr. Ernest Kelley , assistant physl clan at the Norfolk hospital , and Miss l Bernlce Carson of Omaha were mar ried In Omaha on Wednesday evening. Of the wedding the Omaha World-Her ald says : , ? The wedding of Miss Laura Bernlco Carson daughter of Mr and Mrs , Whit ney Carson , to Dr Ernest Kelley , took place on Wednesday evening at the homo of the bride's parents at 2024 Miami street , the Hov. D. K. TIndall of Norfolk performing the ceremony. The hniiKo had a pietty decoration throughout of pink and green. In the parlor , where the ceremony was per formed was an elaborate trimming with p.'ilms , feniH and blossoms. The dee ) ) bay window where the marriage lines were read was a bower of green , lloth Hides were lined with ( ho palms and ferns and In the center of this was a tall screen of gieen on a back ground of white. To the music of the I/hcngron wed ding march played by Mists Corn Evaim the first of the wedding party to enter were little Isabel Rauklu and Mnstrr Ward Kelley , who stretched ropes of Htullax from the newel posts to the dow , forming an nlslo through which the wedding party passed. The first to enter was Dr. TIndall and after him the groom and Dr. John Kelley , best num. Then came Miss Mablo Kelley , gowned In pink and car- rylng the ring in a basket of ferns. She was followed by Miss Iconise Car- win , stater of the bride who was maid of honor. She wore a gown of pale green mull , and carried n shower of pink roses. I ast came the bride , gowned In a girlish co.stume of white opera batiste and yoke of fine French embroidery , medallions and trimming of Valenciennes lace. The gown was dancing length and the tulle veil , which was short was held In place bv a wreath of narcissus. The wedding bouquet was a shower of bride roses and hyacinths. The ceremony was followed by a re ception. Assisting through the rooms were Mrs. E. A. Parmeleo , Mrs. Frank Foster and Miss Boulah Evans. As sisting In the dining room were Miss Blanche Whitlock , Miss Elizabeth Stewart , Miss Ona Troxell , Miss Llla Bowcn , Miss Emma Rood and Mrs. Frederick Wllmoth. Dr. and Mrs. Kelley left the same evening for a western trip and later will go to Norfolk to reside , where Dr. Kelley Is assistant physician at the Norfolk hospital. Coming Events. The week at hand holds the possi bility of several pleasant visits to the Auditorium to Norfolk theater-goers who have always liked good stock com panies and who are promised a cred itable stock organization in the Sped- din-Paige stock company. This company opens a week's engagement at the Auditorium Monday evening with "For Honor's Sake , " a civil war play. Many nlco things have been said about the company. The leap year dance of the Trinity social guild at Marquardt hall on Fri day evening promises to be the social event of the coming week. GREGORY COUNTY FIGHT. Yankton Paper Advises That They Get Together in Harmony. Yaukton Press and Dakotan : The county seat war of Gregory county , which is so agitating the citizens of that county , like it has other citizens wherever such a scrap has been start ed , was transferred to Yankton in the hopes that Judge E. G. Smith could assist in unravelling the big tangle. The contestants , having great faith In the noted jurist , had agreed to abide by Judge Smith's decision and the hearing brought down quite an attend ance , so much depending on the result of the suit. The case depended largely on the mandamus proceedings , brought by the town of Herrick petitioners , to compel the county commissioners of Gregory county to act on their big petition , which had considerably over a thousand names on It , but which pe tltlon the county board had seen fit to turn down , without action , for the rea son that they happened to be loyal to Fairfax. There were side Issues too , which called for decisions. This office was given the results at 3 o'clock yes terday but had unfortunately just gone to press , so that the outcome had to wait for publication until this Issue. Shorn of legal technicalities the re sult was the upholding of the petition crs and the complete discomfilture of the county board. Judge Smith held the petition was necessary , as was a two-thirds vote in support of it , as against a majority vote , as claimed by some. He will now issue a mandamus compelling the county commissioners to net on the petition. He also held that only two towns could legally run for county seat honors , which will limit the Impending struggle to the two towns of Fairfax , the present county seat , and Herrick. The last named town claims the geographical center of the county , while , as Is well known , Fairfax Is only two miles from the county line of a very large county. It is hard to refrain from advice in a matter of this kind and no doubt Gregory county will now try and settle Its affairs quietly and orderly for the good of all her citizens , as the county can find plenty of evidence in this state where county seat wars have re tarded development most seriously for many years. Gregory is one of the finest counties in the state and her sister counties will all hope her trou bles arc practically over. Incidentally , Yankton county will feel glad of her share In helping to throw oil on the troubled waters. This Is not the first county seat war that Judge Smith has assisted In settling , either. PERDUE IS BEING BOOMED. Madison County Superintendent Urged to Enter State Race , County Superintendent F. S. Perdue of Madison county Is being vigorously pressed by his friends to enter the race for the republican nomination as state superintendent. Mr. Perdue has not yet stated wheth er or not ho is a candidate. He is regarded by school men as ono of the strongest executive and Instructive forces In Nebraska schooldom , Till ! STATE CONVENTION WILL BE HELD HERE THIS MONTH. THE PROGRAM IS OUTLINED The Nebraska Y. M. C. A. State Con tention Will Meet In Norfolk Feb ruary 13 , 14 and 15 Foreshadows Important Local Campaign , The state Y. M , C. A. convention Is ess than two weeks away. On Fob- nary 13 , II , 15 and 1C this Important gathering will be In Norfolk. And the mportanco of the convention Is great- y Increased by the fact that it fore- hadows a campaign for a Norfolk ranch of the association. Sol G. Mayer Is In receipt of the con- entlon program as now outlined : Thursday , Feb. 18 First M. E. Church 2:00-8:00 : : Assignment of delegates o places of entertainment ; getting ac quainted. 3:00-1:00 : : The beginning : Call to with brief address , President E. Bennett. Appointment of com mittees. Rejwrt of state executive committee , W. J. Hill , Lincoln. Re port of nominating committee. Intro duction of officers-elect. 1:00-1:30 : : Prayer and song service. 4 : 30 Adjournment. Thursday Evening Hall. (5:00-7:00 ( : : Good fellowship. 7:00-8:00 : : Banquet. 8:30-10:00 : : Toasts , songs and senti ment. Friday. Feb. 11 First M. E. Church. 9:00-ft : : 30 Prayer , Promise and : > ratse , conducted by G. A. McMichael. 10:00-10:30 : : Bible study , Rev. Dan- el Jenkins , D.D. , Omaha , Presbyterian hoologlcal seminary. 10:30-10:15 : : Symposium : "Bringing he Association to the Young Man , " directed by W. M. Parsons , interna- lonal secretary , Minneapolis , Minn. 10:15-11:30 : : Address by President Turner , Hastings college. 11:30-12:00 : : "What I Want to Know. " Cross fire of question and answer , led by Harry Curtis , general secretary , Council Bluffs , Iowa. 12:00-1:30 : : "We'll break bread to gether and walk and talk and sing a song or two. " Friday Afternoon. 1:30-1:45 : : "We'll pray together , " led > y Harry Schley , general secretary , 3hadron. 1:15-2:15 : : Bible study , Dr. Jenkins. 2:15-3:00 : : Symposium : "Bringing the Young Man to the Association , " directed by Geo. P. McDlll , internatlon nl railroad secretary , Chicago. Paper , Prof. W. W. Stoncr , York. Paper , B. B. Huellor , Hastings. 3:00-3:45 : : Convention address by Rev. J. W. Conley , First Baptist church. 3:45-1:30 : : Messages from our rep resentatlvos in other lands , presented by W. S. Rolhery , assistant secretary , Omaha. 1:30-5:00 : : Our chance to talk. 5:00-5:30 : : Let's take a walk. Friday Evening Auditorium. 8:00-8:45 : : Brief testimonial for the work by prominent business men. Ad' dress : Rev. Frank Loveland , D.D. , Oman * . . Saturday Forenoon Church. 9:00-9:30 : : Prayer for our state work. Led by Arthur Jorgensen , state university association. 9:30-10:00 : : Bible study , Dr. Jenkins Conference , county and small town work , W. D. Mead , jr. , chairman com mlttee on county work presiding. 10:45-11:30 : : Round table and testl mony service. 11:30-12:00 : : Business. 12:00-1:30 : : "Go Thy Way , Eat Thy Bread With Joy. " Eccl. 9-7. Saturday Afternoon Church. 1:30-1:45 : : Praising the lord in song , Led by Bcllevue quartette. 1:13-2:15 : : Bible study , Dr. Jenkins 2:15-3:00 : : Reports of committees discussion , etc. 3:00-3:43 : : Address , "The Assocla tlon and the Student , " by Arthur Elliott , international college secretary , New York. 3:15-1:00 : : One minute talks on this topic. 4:00-5:00 : : Street service. Saturday Evening Auditorium. 7:30-8:00 : : Colloco concert. Practlc al demonstration of Y. M. C. A. work and life ; the social side ; the welcome ; the introduction ; gathering about the piano ; the game and reading room ; the educational side ; class work ; prac tical lecture ; the blblo class ; the phys ical side ; the gymnasium ; the spirit ual side will be fully shown by - Sunday day program. Sunday Forenoon. 8:30-9:30 : : Group meeting for prayer. 10:00-10:30 : : "Secret Service in the Association , " conducted by Arthur J. Elliot. 10:30-12:30 : : Church services. Con gregational church , Mr. McDlll ; Meth odist church , Mr , Parsons ; Baptist church , Presbyterian church , Christian church. 3:00-5:00 : : Meeting for men only. Auditorium ; stereopticon lecture , W. O. Henry , Omaha. Boys 12-15 Baptist church. Women only , Methodist church "Keep Thyself Pure. " Sunday Evening Auditorium. 7:30-8:00 : : Song and thanksgiving. 8:00-8:45 : : Addresses by Wm. E. Parsons , G. D. McDlll , A. J. Elliot. 8:45-9:30 : : Farewell , under direction of Mr. J. P. Bailey. FOXY IN OMAHA. Minutes Are Deceptive , Norfolk Busi ness Man Finds , Don't gamble on minutes. They are deceptive. If you could raise n dollar a minute how long would It take to float a library slto ? A promoter , who has a now enter- prise that needs the hacking of $100- 000 was In Norfolk this week. "They told me In Omaha that I could raise. $100,000 In that many min utes. " the young man told a Commer cial club member. "Well , " remarked the Norfolk busl- IOBH man , "those Omaha follows are 'o\y with tholr figures. " Thou they figured out that 100,000 nlnutes meant about two months and en days. "Wo might hit that gait In Norfolk , " said the local man. It happens that this promoter has nn article with real merit and It Is equally probable that he will find his 100,000. But he has dropped the inln- ite basis. LIKE THE CAT , HE CAME BACK. The Man With a Bad Foot Is Back In the Norfolk Jail Again. Llko the traditional cat , ho came : > ack. Back In the city jnll Friday light was the mysterious stranger , he man with the bad foot. The man took up his habitation In he city jail more than a week ago. Nor could ho be persuaded to leave ho cheerful confines of the caged rooms of the city bastllc. He was an nvalld with a bad foot , he said. Arrest had no terrors for the man. [ fo welcomed It with open arms. It was apparently his only want. It was only when Chief Flynn an nounced that the troublesome foot would bo amputated with the coming of the mom that the strange prisoner was willing to pry himself away from ils prison home. Then he opined that ho climate at Beatrice would be bet- : or for his foot and started south. But Friday night he was back In jail. Not since he left Norfolk had had a pleasant day , was the man's complaint. He said ho went south till he struck a barb wire fence. Then le lay down. Then back to Norfolk. Saturday the police arranged to send the stranger south to Columbus , pry- iig him loose from his dear Norfolk jail. jail.The The man gave his name as Ed Wllll- son. Nothing else was known about lini. SCHOOL MEN IN TOWN. Three Well Known Nebraska Instruc- ors Here Over Night E. O. Garrett of Fremont , probably the democratic candidate for lieuten ant governor next fall , E. A. Murphey of Center , county superintendent of Knox county , and E. D. Lundak , su perintendent of the Verdlgre schools , were among those who were won by the clever acting and singing of Phyllis Dayc at the Auditorium Friday even- Ing. The three school men chanced to be In Norfolk and dropped over to the Auditorium. Mr. Garrett , who was toastraasterat the recent banquet of the North Ne braska School Folks club In Norfolk and who cut quite a figure in the re cent Missouri river navigation con gress at Sioux City , came down from the Rosebud on the evening train , ar riving in Norfolk on the crest of the cold wave. Mr. Murphey and Mr. Lundak were opponents for the office of county su perlntendent of Knox county at last fall's election. The former won by a narrow margin , succeeding Fred Mar shall , who is well known in Norfolk. Mr. Lundak was on his way to Win- side , while the Knox county superln * teudont was in town to confer with some other school men. "Governor" Garrett , as the Fremont man is now known over north Ne braska , Is more or less an avowed candidate for the democratic nomina tion for second place on the state tick et. So far he Is the only candidate la the field. "You know , " observed Garrett last night , "It Is an office for which I am peculiarly qualified. The feature of the office Is , as you know , that it re quires no time and pays no salary. " Garrett Is a good "mixer" in the political sense and made quite a showIng - Ing for Fremont at Sioux City. It was he who got the convention out of the tangle that followed the ejection of Mayor Jim Dahlman of Omaha from the convention floor. J. K. BOAS RESIGNS POSITION. Succeeded by J. W. Ballantyne as Ed wards & Bradford Manager. J. K. Boas has resigned his position as resident manager in Norfolk of the Edwards & Bradford Lumber com pany's yards. Beginning with today J. W. BallaiUyne becomes resident manager. Mr. Boas , who has served as man ager for some years , has not definitely determined upon his future location. He will remain in Norfolk for a time in the employ of the Edwards & Brad ford company. GOVERNOR HANLEY WILL COME He Will Be One of the Speakers at Teachers' Association. A western executive of note , Gov ernor Hanley of Indiana , will be the principal speaker at the annual meetIng - Ing of the North Nebraska Teachers' association In Norfolk next April. The committee last year secured Senator Dolllver of Iowa to give the leading evening address before the teachers. Plans for the big gathering of teach ers In Norfolk are maturing. ThP pro fessional spirit among teachers was never better , It Is said , and it is thought that the convention attendance will pass the 500 mark which was nearly reached last year. In the opinion of members of the executive committee who have been In Norfolk the new high school building will not be completed In time to be of any use to the teachers' convention , which assembles the first week In April. The general sessions of the convention will be held at the Audi torium. > t * " IJ FORMER NORFOLK YOUNG MAN WILL GAIN A FORTUNE. IS THE SON OF JOHN QUICK An Invention to Revolutionize Stamp Mill Process In Mining Has Been Produced by a Former Well Known Norfolk Resident. Harry C. Quick , who left Norfolk ten years ago for Salt Lake City , has In vented an ore crusher which Is receiv ing attention in the mining world and which In believed to hold a fottune 'or the former Norfolk young man It Is claimed that the new crusher will do the work of a ten stamp mill for the cost of a one stamp mill. Some men have hailed It as a revolution In mining. H. C. Quick Is thirty-two years old. He now lives at Los Angeles , Cal. He got his Idea for this Invention from : ho centrifugal machines In the old Norfolk sugar factory. Mr. Quick , who will be a rich man If : ho Invention can do what Is claimed for It , Is the son of John Quick of this city. city.The The Buster Quick Mill company , with H. C. Quick as president , controls he patent which mining exports say lolds a fortune. The details of Mr. Quick's Inven tion are given as follows In a recent number of Mines and Mining , pub- Ished at Denver : This machine is a new invention fully patented in the United States and applications for patents made in foreign countries. It Is the Invention of Mr. Harry C. Quick , ofMS \ Angeles , Callfotula , and a close corporation known as the Buster Quick Mill com- i > any of the same city own the patent. The device is a simple affair , but If it does all that Is claimed for It , it Is destined to revolutionize rock crush ing. It Is not a large machine , barrel like In shape , filled with triangular teeth of case hardened tool steel , each ono separate and distinct from the other. The barrel ( so-called ) Is sur rounded with Iron staves each about a half Inch apart. The rock goes In at a hopper on the top at one side , drops to the bottom and Is caught by the teeth , which are revolving at a high rate of speed. The centrifugal motion at once elevates the rock and throws It in violent contact with itself and crushes it to powder. The motion of the little giant like machine then throws the crushed rock out from the Interstices of the staves through screens attached thereto , the same as water Is thrown outward from a swift ly revolving grind stone. There Is little or no friction on the machine or any of its mechanism , as the pieces of rock or other substance nre crushed by coining In violent contact with each other. It is a wonderful invention and at a recent trial of a model eleven and three-fourths inches high and twelve Inches In diameter , rock , glass bottles , river boulders , pieces or granite , scrap iron , wheat , corn , wet putty and many other things were thrown Into the hopper and in less than a minute the produced congromerate was thrown through the 120-mesh screens in a dry powder. This same little machine can "eat up" from twelve to fourteen tons of the hardest rock In a day. Larger machines will soon be nianti facturcd In Denver , Salt Lake City , Los Angeles and other places. Power of any kind can be used. The com pany controlling the patent have a fortune-making Invention and already many orders have been'taken , for the machine Is attracting much nttontlon , especially among mining and cement men. The claim is made that the ma chine will do the work of a ten-stainp mill and cost less than the price of one stamp , and weigh less than a thousand pounds. No foundation is required. It is dust proof , easily handled , and perfectly safe. It can be used wet or dry , and will do the work of a ten-stamp mill at comparatively small cost. It can be used in the bottom tom of a mine , on the surface or else where. It can be packed on burros and conveyed to any nlaco where It Is Intended to be used. In a few hours it can be set up and ready for use. It is durable and will revolutionize min ing and prove a blessing and a money maker , to mining men. H. C. Quick , the inventor , Is a young man and president of the company ; E. J. Phelan , a hardheaded business man , Is vice president , and .T. E. Ward , formerly In the banking business at Modesto , California , is the secretary and tieasurer. Mr. Quick Is modest , keen-eyed and bright as a new dollar. While he does not claim to be the only pebble on the beach , he does claim and Is entitled to the credit of solving the problem of rock crushing In a scientific and economic manner. SATURDAY SIFTINGS. Miss Jennie Wheeler , attending Doane college , at Crete , is quite ill , being threatened with pneumonia. F. W. Richardson of Battle Creek , the father of County Clerk George E. Richardson , was in Norfolk Friday. Rev. Thomas Blthell left Saturday noon for Meadow Grove. Rev. Mr. McClanahan of Madison was In Norfolk Saturday ou his way to Coleridge. II. P. Stafford , now assistant super intendent of the South Short line , who has been visiting his brother in Nor folk , left at noon for his homo In Mich igan. igan.N N A. Ralnbolt has been threatened with an attack of the grip. Mrs. Alex Peters , who lias boon very ill with the grip , was able to bu up for dinner yesterday for the first time since- her Illness. Monday , June 8 , is the date an- horses announced by Smith Brothers for the new Henmm. The next nutlvo sale Is Monday. Mrs. M. D. Wheeler left on the early iraln Satuiday morning for Crete to : te with her daughter , Miss Jennie Wheeler , who Is quite 111. Miss Wheel- r Is n student at Iloaue college. Bert C. Woolever , ( he Duluth switch- nan who lost n hand under the Bone- steel ( rain Thursday , Is now resting ilcely nt the home of his sister , Mrs. W. M. Brcakblll , and his condition showK Improvement. Grip Htlll keeps Its hold on a fair lerccntago of the local population while a number of cases of pneumonia exist about the city. Norfolk doctors mvo been forced to more or less dis regard olllce hours In keeping up with the calls on the sick. The republican county central com mittee at their meeting In Norfolk Frl- lay afternoon decided that ballots tu indicate the Choice of the voters of president should be furnished to such ireclnct caucuses as might desire to ako a straw vote on the presidential ( references of the men nt the caucus. The now safety deposit boxes of the Nebraska National bank were received estorday. There are an even himc dred of the new steel boxes. The do- sit boxes were ordered when the ) fink moved Into Its present location n the Cotton block. The delay seems to Indicate that in the steel business at least there Is no evidence of slack business. The Madison band gave a minstrel show this week It was a good show. The songs weie clever and the jokes ocal. The audience laughed they aughed too much Complaint was rog- stored on behalf of some of the joke victims. The minstrel boys retaliated by saying that no offense was Intend ed and that the whole discussion Is the work of gossips. Stanton Picket : Messrs. Klngslcy & Pliant , proprietors of the New Elk- liorn hotel at this place , have closed a deal whereby they also become pro prietors of the Pacific hotel at Norfolk : aklng possession February 15. The [ 'aclllc hotel Is one of the leading hotels of north Nebraska and was at one time owned and managed by Knox Tipple , of this place. This trans action will In no way affect the hotel at this place , as the firm will continue to conduct it as well ns the one nt Norfolk. Mr. KIngsley will manage the Norfolk hotel and Mr. Pliant will conduct the one at this place. Postmaster John R. Hays desires to call attention to the practice of some patrons of rural delivery of plac ing loose coins In their boxes each time they desire to dispatch letters Instead of supplying themselves with postage in advance of their needs. This prac tice imposes undue hardship on rural carriers in removing loose coins from boxes and delays them on the service of their routes. The postmaster , there fore , urgently requests that patrons of rural delivery provide themselves and keep on hand a supply of stamps con slstent with and In advance of their needs. H is also very desirable that rural patrons place in their mall boxes small detachable cups of wood or tin in which to place co'ius , when neces& ary , In purchasing supplies of stamps. SUGGESTS TWO REFORMS. Norfolk Business Man Says Charity Board and Chimney Inspector. Two things that Norfolk is said to need a chimney inspector and a branch of the organized charities. "A city of Norfolk's size , widely strung out are and varied conditions has real need of a charity organiza tion , " said a Norfolk avenue business man yesterday. "I do not mean so much that there are people in Norfolk In actual want of food so much as that there are people living In this city ag no human being ought to live. "I have had occasion to go to some places within a few blocks of my store and I know of two or three actual in stances where human beings are liv ing right here In Norfolk in dirt and filth. These conditions are not only wrong from a humanitarian point of view but they are absolutely dangerous to the health of the town. "Charity Indiscriminately bestowed Is of course a ereat evil. Wo oncrlit to have some kind of a charity orga nization , however , that could go after those things and in tholr work keep the public Interests constantly In mind. "There are many surprising condi tions that could be unearthed even in a city of Norfolk's size. "But I have another reform a chim ney Inspector. We can't have a man go out gunning for the ever present 'defective flue , ' of course , but we could have some one designated who * could keep an eye on chimneys that are liable to topple over to the damage of anyone the falling bricks chance to strike. "Of course too many reforms lead nowhere but I want to suggest these two things. " TEACHERS SAY "DANDY. " Norfolk Teachers Have One Pet Slang Word. Few teaching forces In the country arc superior to the Norfolk corps of teachers and few are more precise In their language , but Norfolk teachers have one pet slang word. Everything that is "very much so" is "dandy. " If she says "dandy" she's a teacher. TWENTY YEARS AGO. Had Teeth Then But Laughs at Dent- 1st Now , One of tin ! prominent pioneer citi zens of Not folk stopped Into n local rlentisi'H olliro this week Ho had a hill finti ) the dentist for nulling teeth "Wh.Me " ' said. "I haven't had a tooth In im head for tentjears" And the Norfolk dentist who hadn't ' been out of college that long admitted that something was wrong. 1OLDEST NIGHT OF PRESENT WINTER - TER HERE. ; AME NEAR DEING A BLIZZARD The Weather Man Mnde Good Hl Forecast and the Mercury Took a Fall Out of Itself In Norfolk Cleared Up Saturday. Well. Mr Weather Man made good with bin cold wave , all right , all right. It struck Norfolk Hquare In the face with an elght-bolow-zero splash. And there was wind with it. Ywr. t was almost nlmosjt but not quite in old fashioned rip-roaring blizzard. It made people stick to tholr fire sides If they had llresldes at ? It was. Pho wind whistled just like the wind whistles on the Btagu In a thrilling nelodrama. Except that if they'd make the stage wind whlntlo llko the wind really did whistle In Norfolk Krl- c lay night , people would say 'twas over done. Saturday morning brought n clear sky , just as The News said It would. The center of the area of high pres sure had arrived , and so the wind went lowu. Twenty degrees above was ( ho warmest point In the day Friday. Mer cury In the barometer In Norfolk Sat- inlay morning stood thirty Inches ilgh and that's some high. It showed : hat the air was unusually heavy and that's why It was cold. It was the coldest night of the wln- cr. "WANT AD" WIFE. Viola Choan Claims Her Randolph Hus band III Treated Her. Omaha , Neb. , Feb. 1. "No more want ad wedding for me , " declared tVrmanda F. Choan today , when Judge Itedlck Issued a decree of divorce to Viola M. Choan , his wife on her peti tion In which she charged extreme ruelty. Choan for many years has lived on a farm near Randolph , Neb. , and two years ago felt the necessity for a help mate. He placed a want ad In a Sioux City paper telling of his wealth and oiling of Ills sterling qualities and abil ity to provide for a wife. Viola an swered that advertisement with the result that Choan , dressed In his finest visited Sioux City and , as he says , "It was the proudest moment of my Hfo when I led that woman to the altar at Randolph " Life on the farm proved not to Mrs. Choan's liking , and after 15 months as a ruralite she declares her husband's trcrttmont became unbearable. Manual labor , she declares was assigned as her portion of making Choan's life a happy one. Her failure to perform all ot his tasks , the petition stated brought out the uncontrollable wrath of her husbnml , who 111 treated her dally. One evening Choan returned from plowing corn to find his wife departed for Omaha. He heard nothing more of her until he was Informed of her suit for divorce. Ho retained counsel and fought the petition with vigor. Choan was well known In Randolph and brought witnesses from there to testify in his behalf , but the wife was able to produce an. equal num ber , who swore to the truth of her allegations. In granting the decree Judge Rodlck said that in his opinion Mrs. Choan had not mateilally aided In filling the family coffers and for that-reason he clipped the alimony to $1,000 which Choan may pay either in a lump sum or quarterly installments. NORTH NEBRASKAJCHOOL PAPEft v New Journalistic Project is Launched In Norfolk. A now school journal , the "North. Nebraska Schools , " was launched at a meeting of a number of north state school men in Norfolk Saturday. The publication will be a new school journal , a moiily school paper that will aim to thoroughly cover the- north Platte country. It will be pub lished In north Nebraska and edited by north Nebraska school men. The project is far enough advanced that it has been definitely decided to publish a monthly Xebiaska school paper. A working organization haa buen formed to that end. The initial issue of ( lip new paper will probably be out the first of April. The "North Nebraska Schools" will be backed by a corporation with a cni > - ital stock of $5,000. A majority of this stock has already been pledged. The paper has also been guaranteed a subset Iptlon list of 700 , up-to-date. This list will , it Is said , increase rapid- ly. The subset Iptlon price of the paper It Is announced , will be a dollar u- year. The need of a publication of this Kind In north Nebraska has been felt for a long time. School men have commented on it at conventions and as a sort of a substitute have at dif ferent times conducted county school papers. MADISON TAKES ANOTHER. Defeats Basket Ball Team of West Point High School. The Madison high school boys packed up another basket ball victory Saturday evening , winning from the- strong West Point team 31 to 28. The game was played In the Madison opera house For a tlnu In the sicoud half the ganu- was tied. MudlbJti bos lost but one game this heaoon The game lost was one of a series of thiee games plajed with Stanton A return game will bo played at West Point the latter nart