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TUB NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FU1DAV , KE13HUAUY 7 , .008 IFRDVIKENT NORFOLK PASTOR MAY GO TO IOWA. TO 'A PLACE IN 8HENANDOAH % V. J. Turner of tl-c First Con- grejvrtlonal Church of Norfolk Has Been 'Called by the Congregational .Church of Progressive Iowa Town. UCT. W. J. Tumor , pastor or the H-Mnt , CuvKrugatlnnnl I'litirch In Nor folk for Kiivcial yinrs past , hna ro cehed n call front ( ho Congregational vJiureh nt Shonnndonh , Iowa , which it I < B thought tuny hu nccoptcd. IMembcrs of tlio Norfolk congrega tion Elated Wednesday tliat whllo they had Intltnutlotis of the Suonati- call , Mr. Turner's resignation 4iad not horn placed with the church. t < t was thought , however , thnt the mat sler. would coino up at the prayer meet ing Wednesday evening. Mr. Turner has been prominently rldcnlillcd with Norfoll : during the Ifyoars of his pastorate here. Shcuan iflonh , the Iowa town which Is seeking : C.o Eecuro the popular Norfolk , Is a yirosrofiBlvo city of ahout Norfolk's sHlzo situated in southwestern lown. Mr. Turner tilled the pulpit nt the : > hcnnndonh church u week ago last itiunday. He was pleased with the tlown. 'WILL SERVE MEALS DOWN TOWN iOnly Waif the Delegates Have Been Provided For Thus Far. At Ji fully attended meeting of the ontertalnmont committee for the Y. M. C. A. convention held last Tuesday evening In the ofllce of Mapes & Hazon it was voted to servo the delegates with dinner and supper both Friday .vuul Saturday at Marquardt ball. This stop was taken In the hope Jthat the relief afforded by taking out rthesf Jour meals from the household itnigM. luduce the ladles to volunteer UiUfllrJe.nt entertainment at the homes > 'o accommodate the delegates who " Hiave jilanned to attend. At present uanmcthlng less than half of these dele gates arc provided for. ' The service of the four meals at Wfirquardt hall will be entirely of the i.stag order , no call being made upon ( .the ladles for assistance In this part of the undertaking. It Is earnestly hoped that the people < of Norfolk will rlso to their accus- rtomed high plain of hospitality at this Knost important time. All pledges of entertainment should M > e made at once to relieve the anxiety itvhlch no\v rests upon the committee. The committee is composed of the following gentlemen : Dr. C. W. Ray , I. C. Hasten , L. M. Beeler , E. A. SMoorc. llev. W. J. Turner , D. Mathew- : fion , W. J. Gow , Dr. Parker , Herman IKiesan , Rev. J. M" . Hinds , Ray Hyde , 3tev. J. L. Stlne.V. . W. Weaver , Dr. SMeredlth , E. E. Coleman , L. H. Led- 'Crer , M. W. Decker , Rev. J. C. S. jtVoille , J. IJ. Maylard and Fritz As- itnus. tt-MV.ESTIGATE HOSPITAL WAGES. Says State Board Will Come to Norfolk. Linci'ilii , XrlL , Feb. 5. Special to The Nowo : The Nebraska state ; ioanl of public lands and buildings . announced thin afternoon that It will investigate tiiv wages of nurses in the tlljavliipB imd Norfolk insane asylums. 2tVUK .saiil that the maximum scale at Is ? 13 monthly and at Nor- k flOO. Dr. CJ. A. Ycung. superintendent of < tbf' Norfolk hospital , received first fxoriL of the proposed investigation , Ttntsntioued in the above Lincoln dis- palch , when telephoned by The News. .Or. Young wus in no way alarmed over the telegram , stating that the : figures were entirely untrue. The maximum w\e ; paid to nurses In the Norfolk hospital , Dr. Young said , Is UJI'X ' The superintendent of nurses , who ( s an olllcial of the institution , iiSPtS but $75. "I hope the board will como this voek , " Bald Dr. Young , "for I am rnnxious to leave next week for a short tacation in New York. The board will learn that the figures given in the dispute ! ! are unfounded. They tiinve no ground for complaint against 'tin1 wages in the Norfolk hospital. At ithe present time we have $1,700 to ; the good , over what we were allotted Jby the legislature to have expended mp to date for salaries. " . .REGARDING . KILLING DOGS. ( People Comment Upon Shooting Ani mals In Public. There has been considerable unfavor able comment in Norfolk over the shooting of a dog on Norfolk avenue toy a member of the official force of ithe city nnd over the general practice if dispatching the local canine popu lation on public streets of the city in i too plain view of women and children. 'The last case seems to have aroused somefeeling. . It was claimed that on .account of the frozen earth a bullet might Jiavo glanced with disastrous results , liut a more serious objection i to the killing of dogs on the principal ; sti'tvt of the city seems to be that a . -public execution of that kind In the of women and children is nl- objectionable. UD HITS PASTOR. Who Performed Ceremony Charged With Violating Sunday Act. Winnipeg , Man. , Fob. 5. Egged on < the local branch of the Dominion : . c.\ which has been agitating for S'bbath ' observance , the police i r Iy I took the names of over three hundred pontons accused of breaking the provlhlotiH of the Ixml's day net , , nnd the local onforcerH of the law not only shut down tight the Sunday lid l ul Jumped on It until no respectable citizen dared be noon walking on Main street. Previous campaigns along this line were faded IIH the result of a raid that Included in its widespread net news paper reporters , cab drivers , a minister who was performing a ceremony , mer chants taking stock , railroad employes , druggists , shoe-shine artists , livery men , newsboys Helling American Sun day papers , restaurant and hotelkocp- ot-H and fruit venders. All are sup posed to have been pursuing their oc cupations in violation of the new Sun day act , which specifically says that no work is allowed except it Is a nec essity or an emergency. The alliance has been carrying on a campaign for several weeks , and has complained of the lack of enthusiasm of the local police force. Open-air skating , and even In covered rinks , and concerts "profane and sacred , " have lately besmirched the fair repute of the gateway city as n strict sabba > tnrlnn observer and yesterday the police became busy. The recent law passed at Ottawa hinges for its enforcement on the in Itlatlvo of the local provincial author ity , and therefore the three hundred or so citizens apprehended must be first reported to the attorney general of this province , who will then decide as to whether action shall be taken. The newspaper olllces were raided about 5 o'clock and reporters caught writing up stories of morning ser mons. Read Them. 13o sure and read the ads. calling attention to the real estate bargains offered In this issue by the Grain Belt Realty company of Colby , Kan. NOT SO TERRIBLE. Hackenschmidt Downs the Terrible Turk at Sioux City. Sioux City , Feb. G. Before a crowd of 1,200 spectators Charles Hacken schmidt , of DCS Molnes , the Swedish lightweight wrestler , won two falls out of three of a gruelling contest from Ahamnd Karaknoff , a Turkish wrestler of ability from Montreal , Can. At times the contest on the mat be came so Intense that Referee Tom Burns , brother of "Farmer" Burns , had to caution the men about using rough tactics. The match was catch- ns-catch-can , pin falls , two points down , strangle hold barred , and was for a percentage of the gate receipts. STEALS OFFICER'S GUN AND LAMP Nervy Sneakthlcf at Junction Enters Livingston's Home. The nerve of some sneakthief or sneakthleves at Norfolk Junction is pretty nearly unlimited. Last week the Second Congregational church was en tered and robbed. Now it is the home of Policeman Livingston that is invad ed and looted. It was the officer's trusty revolver nnd flash light that this sneakthief got. The touch was made while the officer slept. It was last evening at about 5 o'clock when the theft took place Cattle in Good Condition. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Feb. C. Reports from western and northwestern South Dakota , where considerable herds of range cattle yet are grazed , are to the effect that cattle on all parts of the range are in excellent condition. Ow ing to the line winter thus far but little If any feeding has yet been done , although many of the cattlemen have immense quantities of hay standing ready in the stacks for use whenever it becomes necessary. Baby Named for Evelyn Thaw. Yankton , S. D. , Feb. C. It Is gener ally conceded that the naming of a baby is quite a task. Evidently a Vo- lln family found it so , as was noticed here at the court house when a family of the name of Peterson handed in the birth of a girl for recording. The freshly arrived miss will answer to the name of "Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Peterson , " which it is thought here will hold her for a while. Eighth District Court Dates. Ponder , Neb. , Feb. G. Judge Guy T. Graves has set the following dates for terms of court for the year 1908 in the respective counties of the Eighth judicial district : Cumlng , February 3 , September 14 ; Dakota , February 17 , September 28 ; Stanton , March 2 , October 19 ; Cedar , March 10 , November 9 ; Dlxon , March 110 , November 30 ; Thurston , April 13 , October 5. " Madison Soldiers Lose. The Genoa Indians took a basket ball game from the Madison soldiers this week , defeating the militia com pany's team 30 to 18. County Super intendent F. S. Perdue acted as um pire. Madison has the basketball fever. From one to two games are played at the opera house every week and draw big crowds. Letter List. List of letters remaining uncalled for at the postofflce at Norfolk , Neb. , Feb. 4 , 1908 : Mrs. S. Baity , Mr. S. J. Coffman , W. M. Garriclr , Mr. Clarence J. Godwlell , H. S. Grelner , Mr. T. K. Johnson , Thomann Mathies , Mr. C. D. May , Mr. C. O. Moench , Mr. George Roblson , Mr. Charlie Stephens , E. A. Ward , Charley Woodword , Miss Myrtle Wright. If not called for in fifteen days will bo sent to the dead letter office. Parties calling for any of the above please say advertised. John R. Hays , P. M. NEW BUILDING NOT TO BE USED THIS TERM. MUCH WORK TO BE DONE YET Heat Will be Turned Into the New High School Building by Saturday , and Plasterers Will Then Begin to Finish Their Job. Norfolk school authorities do not expect to gain possession of the now high school building In time to admit pupils during the present school year. The clns of 1908 will graduate with out over having been In the now buildIng Ing- IngThe The members of the board of cdu cation wcro slow to admit that the building would not be ready for use this spring but In the fuco of the progress < gross up to this time that fact is now generally conceded. January 15 , 1908 , was the contract date for the completion of the building. For every day that lapses beyond that day the contractor is to suffer a penal ty of $10. By today , it was said at the high school the last of the radiators will he connected. The heat will probably be turned into the building Saturday. With the building heated , Contractor Vnlin says that ho will put a big force of plasterers to work and get through with that part of the contract in short order. "But I still see something like three months of work on our new high school , " said a board member yester day. "And there will then be a cer tain amount of delay In getting the big $40,000 building ready for the students. We will , however , insist on the work being hurried through as rapidly as possible although hopes that our present school building con ditions will be remedied before Sep tember school opens seem rather vain. Despite the handicap of the lack of a regular school building for the high school and upper grades members of tlie board agree that the Norfolk schools were never doing more effec tive work than right now. This Is said to be especially true of the high school , now housed in the Olney build ing , where an unusually efficient fac ulty have triumphed over the obstacles interposed by last spring's fire. OUR TRAIN ACCIDENTS. Railroad Editor Declares Death List is Near Minimum. W. H. Boardman , editor of the Rail road Gazette , in discussing train acci dents , said in the current issue of his paper : "Wlillc it is true that 5,000 passen gers and employes have been killed on the railroads in the last year , never theless people generally accept this as meaning train accident killing and as sume that all of it or nearly all of It can be stopped. This common be lief is misleading and does a lot of harm. An "injury" is a variable , from a bruised thumb to a lost leg , and the minuteness of reporting varies on dif ferent railroads and in different count ries , so that fair comparison can only be had from the more accurate records of those killed. Let ns separtate the items and try to see how much of the killing is within control of railroad officers , or anyone : Only 1,421 people were killed in train accidents. Of these , 77G lost their lives in collisions , and it is quite nearly true to say that every collision is due to disobedience of orders a lack of discipline so that at least this much is pure waste and can be stopped. Of the 515 lives lost in derailments this is nearly but not quite true. A detailed examination shows that at least twenty-two of these lives could not have been saved by the railroad man's vigilance. Un usual disturbances by the forces of nature and malicious Interference are beyond control. Also by no means all these derailments were due to a lack of discipline ; a considerable proportion fully one-fourth were caused by de fects In equipment , preventable but not by the same methods. Equipment includes the roadway and its struc tures , as well as all rolling stock. One hundred and thirty lives wcro lost in unclassified train accidents , and these cannot be analyzed fully , except that we find the same causes , human er rors , defects of equipment and uncon trollable elements. "The other killings which go to make up the total of 5,000 are 3,579 lives lost on the right-of-way , and a careful examination of these losses is most instructive. For example : Seven passengers lost their heads by stick ing them out of windows and 147 pas sengers were killed while trying to save time in getting on and off trains. Due to the same foolishness , more than 2,000 passengers were wounded self- inflicted injuries , beyond the control of others. "In coupling and uncoupling cars , 302 employes lost their lives last year. In the year 1890 a greater number , 393 , were Killed while doing that work , al- thougn the number of freight cars in service has considerably more than doubled during the period and the yard and terminal work has increased by a much large proportion. This subject is worth a little further study. Rail road accident statistics show , uncer tainly that 15 are Injured for each one killed ; but in car coupling acci dents the ratio Is about 23 to 1. In 1890 7,812 were Injured while coupling less than half as .many cars were coupled as last year , when only 3,948 were in jured ; that is to say more than 75 per cent of these injuries have been elim inated. We may assume that this rela tive reduction in killing and wounding Is entirely due to the use of the auto matic car coupler. "In tending switches anil other simi lar work about trains , yio were KIIIOU this year , This , too. is a proportionate reduction , duo to the increasing use In busy yards of n power movement of switches In connection with the inter locking machines. "In contacts with overhead bridges nnd structures 1 i2 lives were lost last year. The method of classifying acci dents has been changed so that wo cannot in this case make exact com parisons , except thnt bore , there has been an enormous reduction duo en tirely to the invention of the Westinghouse - house air brake , with the result that brakcmen rarely need to ride on the freight car roofs. "There remains unclassified the large number of 1.S73 lives lost on the railroad right-of-way. Perhaps the largest single Item is the killing of trackmen. The formen of a track gang has a heavy responsibility. Ho knows the time table nnd watches his timepiece but he needs to be alert nnd watchful for extra trains and light en glncH. Nevertheless , foremen vary In tlertness and the killing goes on. These workmen , Italians and the like arc apt to be stupid but with a low cunning. In night work it is difficult to keep track of them and protect them. They will skulk and bo found dead on the track behind n passing train , Material improvements have been made in the methods of watch ing out and warning , but we need not expect much reduction in this kind of killing. "It would seem therefore , that only a small reduction can now bo made in the above mentioned total of 3,559 lives lost outside of train accidents. It ap pears also that nearly nil of the 1,421 lives lost in train accidents would bo saved If there were strict obedience by employes and if the design and ma terial of rolling stock nnd permanent way were perfect. Perfection is not attainable In this world , and therefore a somewhat careful examination has been made of the accidents which in volved these 1,121 lives. Without goIng - Ing Into detail , it does seem possible to reduce that loss by two-thirds that is to say , our problem is limited to the saving of 1,000 lives of passengers and employes a year In railroad op eration. Warnerville. C. J. Lodge went to Oakdale Tues day to visit his brother-in-law , John Conley. Monroe Horner went to Moorcraft , Wyo. , Monday to visit his brother. Floyd Chamberlain and Roy Sleeper went to New Mexico last week to look over the country with a view of locat ing. Peter Bove , who has been laid up with the grip and kidney trouble for two months past , is able to be out. C. J. Lodge sold his personal prop erty at auction last week and will re move his family to Lincoln the first of March onto the ten-acre fruit and poultry farm which he recently pur chased. There will be a , wolf hunt Thursday , Feb. 13 , at which Norfolk sportsmen are cordially invited to be present. It is purposed to start at 1:30 : o'clock p. m. and to center on section nine teen , one mile west of Warnerville. Northwestern- Agent Resigns. Hot Springs , S. D. , Feb. G. C. P. Sage , local agent of the Chicago and Northwestern railway at this place for the past sqvqral years , has re signed his position and leaves this week. He has been confined to his work so closely .that he will spend some time visiting and traveling be fore he settles down to business again. About Summer'Rates. The Western Passenger association has appointed a committee to confer with eastern lines and arrive at an understanding with reference to sum mer tourist rates for the coming sea son. son.The The western men have been unable to reach an agreement with respect to such rates. One strong faction is in favor of refusing to make a lower rate for summer tours. A second faction favors charging the same fares as last year -which would be $30 from Chicago cage to Colorado points , about 1 cents a mile. A third has proposed a rate of $26.50. It is considered likely that the rate of last year will prevail. "Appearances" Make or Mar a Mod ern Store. "Appearances" are so deciding arc such scale-tipping factors that it is of. fundamental importance that an important store's advertising should look important ( by occupying Import ant space in an important paper ) as well as that it should be important ! The "appearances" of a store's ' ad vertisements should be continuous , too , or they will lack the magic force generated by reiteration they will lack the persuasive quality which lies alone in insistence ! Advertising that carries good news , always , to a store's patrons ; that is big with store-facts , as well as big In space used ; that is never missing when a reader comes to look for it that sort of advertising sets "the law of appearances" to working for that particular store ! ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Men arc so stupid at the beginning nnd end of their lives. It takes so much to astonish a man ; so little to astonish a woman. Tact is always remembering that a fine needle requires a fine thread. Some people hit you a tremendous blow on the back and think it Is wit. In your opinion , how heavy should the fine be for the woman who first thought that a leaf of lettuce helped out the eating qualities of a sand wich ? COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT PERDUE - DUE IS SILENT. IN REGARD TO STATE RACE Says the Annual North Nebraska Teachers' Association Will Open Thursday Instead of Wednesday for Country Schools' ' Sake. County Superintendent F. S. Per due of Madison was in Norfolk Thursday - day afternoon but did not comment on ills proposed candidacy for the nomi nation for state superintendent. Mr. I'erduo's name is being proposed in this connection over the north section of the state but the Madison county school man has so far refused to dis cuss the matter. It is known , how- over' Hint no announcement concernIng - Ing the state superintendent's office 1ms been authorized by htm. "Sickness is to some extent inter fering with the work of the country schools Just now , " said Mr. Perdue. "In spending four days among Madi son county schools I have found live of our schools temporarily closed on account of sick teachers. The Battle Creek schools have opened again af ter a smallpox scare. "Everything looks encouraging for country school work. In the next few years , comparatively speaking , the country schools are going to make far greater progress and development than the city schools. "Something of this will be forecast ed at the big teachers' convention in Norfolk next April. Arrangements have been made to have the conven tion open Thursday instead of Wednesday to encourage country at tendance. "More money is to be spent on coun try schools. The country school will not try to imitate the city school butte to develop so as to do its own work best. "You already hear the consolidated district school discussed In some parts of Madison county. That of course is a slow development. "The Norfolk convention will be big ger and better than over this spring. The Madison high school has pupils drilling for the annual oratorical con test in Norfolk , and exnocts to t.nkn away some of the honors again this year. " Mr. Perdue was accompanied to Nor folk by a nephew , J. A. Shanks of Cen- tervllle , Iowa. The latter came to Nebraska to take the pharmaceutical examination at Fremont next week. THURSDAY TIDINGS. Roy Bock of Kearney is in Norfolk on a short visit with friends. S. G. Mayer and F. E. Davenpor were business visitors in Tilden Thurs day. day.Burt Burt Mapcs , receiver for the Hanson Mercantile company at Tilden , went to that city last night to hold the re celver's sale. County Attorney Jack Koenlgstein was in Madison Wednesday in con nection with the meeting of the county commissioners. W. S. Harding of Nebraska City , special agent for the Springfield fire and marine Insurance company , was in Norfolk calling on Chris Anderson who is the company's special agent In the north section of the state. O. J. Johnson arrived in the city last night from his new home in Cali fornia , to arrange for the shipment of his horses and other personal effects. Mr. Johnson spent the greater part of the day meeting old friends in Nor folk. folk.Mr. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Viele , who were expected to arrive in Norfolk Wednes day from a Michigan visit , sent word Instead that the blizzard which was sweeping over the northern states would prevent them from starting for Norfolk until train service was free from interruption. Officer Livingston is again able to ho on duty after a short illness. Ray Gerdell returned homo to Scrlhner after a few weeks' visit with Norfolk friends. Miss Regina McGann arrived homo last evening after enjoying a few days' visit in the east. Miss Maude Wliitla , who spent the past week with friends in Norfolk , re turned to her home in Battle Creek last evening. Fireman Hammnn at the Junction is the proud father of a ten-pound daughter , who arrived Tuesday even ing. His face is all smiles nnd the mother and babe are doing nicely. Miss Jennie Nyland has been quite sick. sick.Born Born to Mr. and Mrs. Burt Hammond mend , a daughter. Mrs. Elton Sherdeman was quite ill yesterday , following a fainting spell. Edwin Vail of Albion has been ad mitted to practice before the Interior department. H. F. Barnhart was able to be out yesterday despite the slippery walks. The wound lu his knee has virtually healed and he is able to walk without a cane. Crelghton Engleman has come down from Wayne to join his father , J. C. Engleman , in Norfolk. Mr , Engleman has taken his son into his office in the Mast block. J. W. Ransom has been acting as manager of the creamery company during the Illness of Manager Ander son. Mr. Ransom has been putting In his mornings at the creamery. On account of the Y. M. C. A. con vention next week interfering with prospective plans there will bo no meeting of Beulnh chapter , O. E. S. , tonight. All members take notice. Agnes Kell , the six year old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kell , and Hattlo Koll , u younger daughter , have'I "both been very sick. Llttlo Agnes has been dangerously 111 with pneumonia. | M. C. Hnzen returned Wednesday i morning from Nellih. I C. A. Reed of Madison was In Nor folk Wednesday on business. Miss Mamie Ward will return Mon day from a visit at Nolmwka , Nob. Miss Minnie Berger of Cheyenne will bo the guest of her aunt , Mrs. Joseph Schwartz. MiHM Kdlth Barrett has resigned bur position as teacher of the Tnnnehlll school , smith of the city on account of 111 health. She was taken 111 with the grip about three weeks ago and Is Htlll In poor health. State Veterinarian MoKlin has ap pointed a number of assistant state veterinarians , among the number be ing G. J. Collins , West Point ; James * C. Myers , Norfolk , nnd W. R. O'Neal , Wayne. These assistants arc paid under the law $5 n day for actual time worked. The Norfolk district of the Ne braska telephone company received llttlo trouble from the sleet storm Tuesday night which brought consid erable1 ( rouble to the company's toll lines In other parts of the state. Trouble was reported from the vicin ity of Columbus. It wasn't a brendthief , after all , who took three loaves of bread from the Lewis & Goldsworthy bakery wagon on Norfolk avenue. As It developed later , it was merely the salesman from i store who had had a sudden call for the bread and , seeing the wagon , took the shortest way of getting the loaves loslred. The O'Lenrys lost out In their West Point matches. Jack O'Leary took the first fall from "Rastus" Thompson In eleven minutes but Thompson took the last two falls of the wrestle in ten and thirteen minutes. In the pre liminary Jack Casey of Wlstior throw "Jim" O'Leary , getting the necessary two falls. For next Saturday Thomp son lias taken on a handicap match at West Point , agreeing to throw Casey twice and Jim O'Leary once in an hour of wrestling. An Omaha Bee dispatch from Wash ington states : "Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Huse of Norfolk and Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Braden , Mr. Braden being general superintendent of the Chicago & Northwestern with headquarters nt Norfolk , are at the Shoreham hotel , having stopped over here on their way south. Tonight they dined with Judge Boyd. " Word was received yesterday that ex-Governor John A. Mickey was in a critical condition at his home in Osceolu , suffering from aterlal scicso- sis and uramic poisoning. Dr. James L. Greene , superintendent of the Illi nois hospital for the insane at Kanka- kee , formerly superintendent of the Nebraska asylum in Lincoln was sum moned from Illinois to examine the patient. Dr. Greene said that the ex- Governor Sheldon for requisition pa- little chance for recovery. Lincoln Star : A complaint has been filed with the pure food commission against U. S. Gunter of Ewlng , in which it is alleged that he is testing cream under old and now Illegal methods. The old method required the use of a pipette in making meas urements for tests ; under the new law the cream samples must be weighed. Tills method is regarded as much more accurate and as the quantity of cream used for each test is small it is necessary that the greatest care be used to obtain accurate results. The Lincoln Commercial club is making an earnest fight against the ruling of the Interstate Commerce commission relating to the long and short haul clause of the act to regu late commerce , and the Nebraska dele gation in congress has been urged to work for the passage of a measure similar to the Hardy bill , which pro hibits a transportation company from charging a greater freight rate on the same class of goods for a short haul than for a longer haul on the same line. Senator Brown presented the resolutions of the Lincoln Commercial club bearing on this subject and they were referred to the committee on interstate commerce. The authorities of Gregory county arc preparing to make a demand upon Governor Sheldon for requisition pap- pers in the case of Homer Hill , a for mer resident of South Dakota who was arrested a few days ago in Boyd county , on instructions from the au thorities of Gregory county. Hill is charged with wife desertion by his wife , who is a resident of Burke , one of the new towns in the ceded portion of the Rosebud reservation in Gregory county and who is said to have been left by her husband in destitute cir cumstances. When the requisition is granted Hill will he brought back to South Dakota for trial at the next term of the state circuit court in Gregory county. Fifty-three years of active service for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad company is the record of Ell O'Dell , Galena division brakeraan , who was pensioned in 1901 , and came out from Chicago to visit old friends on the west Hues. Mr. O'Dell has lived in Chicago since he was five years old. Now ho is seventy-seven. The old railroad man began work for the com pany when it was known as the Chicago cage , Iowa and Nebraska , in 1848 , long before the road was built Into Iowa. He was a brakeman during all of the fifty-three years of service with the company. His retirement on a pension of $1 a day dates from March 14 , 1901. His proudest possession is n letter from Superintendent W. E. Morse placing him on the Northwest- orn'e roll of honor. Ho IB the com pany's oldest pensioner. HYDROPHOBIA IN MILK. Entire Nebraska Family Taken to Pas teur Institute , Lincoln. Neb. , Feb. 4. Special to The News : James Gollatly , a Hamll- Lon county farmer , with his wife , Used by Millions talumef taking Bowder with the l > rt > grandmother nnd nluo children nil wore tnkon today to the Pasteur in stitute In Chicago to be treated for hydrophobia contracted from drinking milk. M. Elliott to Leave. The Norfolk Pickle factory girls gave a farewell surprise for Mr , and Mrs. M. Elliott Tuesday evening nt the Elliott home. Refreshments wcro served during the evening , which wns thoroughly enjoyed by those present. Mr. Elliott and family leave in a short time for their new home in Lincoln. ECZEMA NOW CURABLE. All Itching Skin Diseases Which Arc Not Hereditary Instantly Relieved by Oil of Wlntergreen. Con eczema he cured ? Some physicians say "YoH. " Some sny "No. " The real question is , "What Is meant by eczema ? " If you moan these scaly eruptions , these diseases which make their first appearance , not at birth , but years afterward , nnd perhaps not i until middle ago then there can no ' longer bo any question that these forms of eczema are curable. Simple vegetable oil of wlntergreon , mixed with other vegetable Ingredi ents , will lilll the germs that infest the skin. Apply this prescription to the skin , and Instantly that awful itch Is gone. The very moment the liquid Is applied , that agonizing , tantalizing itcli disappears , and continued applica tions of this external remedy soon cure tlie disease. Wo carry In stock this oil of wintergreen - green properly compounded Into D. D. I ) , prescription. While wo are not sure that it will cure all those coses of skin trouble which are inherited , . we positively know that this D. D. D. pr dcrlption , whenever rightly used , will euro every last case of genuine eczema or other skin trouble , which did not exist at birth. We know this. Anyway you , your self , will know that D. D. D. prescrip tion instantly takes away the Itch the moment it is applied to the skin. Asa K. Leonard , NorfolkNeb. . Stop that itch today instantly. Just call at our store and try this refreshing nnd soothing liquid ; also ask about D. D. D. soap. 150,000 ACRES IN Winter Wheat This Year In the Best Possible Condition in Thomas County , Kansas. $150,000 Completed Construc tion Work in Colby in 1907. ICO acres , G miles from Colby , > / mile to school ; ,1-room house , new ; granary , stable , cowsheds , well , wind mill and tank ; 85 acres in winter wheat , new ground and one-third goes to buyer ; smooth nice land , $1,000 , easy terms. 100 acres smooth , nice land , l1/ miles to market ; 3-room frame house ; stable , henhouse ; 80 acres in wheat , one-third delivered to buyer , $3,200 , easy terms. ICO acres nice ; good frame house , painted out and in ; stable , henhouse , well and windmill with two tanks ; some alfalfa land ; iys miles to mar ket ; 1 mile to school , $3,500 ; easy terms. 320 acres , nice ricli land , smooth ; good neighborhood ; 100 acres in win ter wheat ; rich , deep soil , no sand , no stono. A bargain at $15.50 per acre ; easy terms. We own these improved places and others and will give a tenant fanner or any other man who wants a good home a deal on anything we have for small cash payment and the balance on long time. Some larger tracts nt low prices and on easy terms. Send for poster , address The Grain Belt Realty Co. Colby , Kansas. i German Farmers You want cheap , good farm land among your own people , J easy to buy , easy to pay for and * good when you have got it. We have it. A half township right among German farmers. Rich soil , level , no sand , no stone , no swamp , will raise 20 to 30 bush els of wheat and 30 to 40 bush els of corn to the acre , close to railroad market. Small Cash Payment balance annual or optional , low interest. No such chance of fered for colony purposes In a rich farm country before. . Write today nnd see what German farmers are raising now and for pint and particulars. GRAIN BELT REALTY CO. COLBY , KANSAS. -
