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PIIE NOKFOLK WEKICIiY NliWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY. FKHIWAKY 14 1908.
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HARRY WOODALL PREFERS NOR.
FOLK IN FINANCIAL WAY.
OSCAR JOHNSON'S ORANGES
Former Prominent Norfolk Business
Mnn Now Owns Eighteen Acres of
Orange Trees at Orange , Cal , , Thirty
Miles From Los Angeles.
Oscar J. Johnson arrived In the city
nt noon from IIH ! now homo at Ornngo ,
California. Ho will bo In town for
flomu 11ino , visiting with hlfi sisters ,
Mrs. G. S. PnrUer mid Mrs. J. S. Math-
owRon , and arranging for the shipment
of his liorso and other property to Uio
Pacific coast. Mr. Johnson now owns
an elghtccn-acro ornngo farm at Or
ange , which Is about thirty miles
southeast of Los Angeles , twelve miles
from the sea.
Orangeu on the Johnson ornngo
farm arc just now coming into ma-
turity. Mr. Johnson has 700 trees that
nro six years old , and these will bear
this year. Ho has a number of other
hundreds which hnvo Just been plant
ed. They do not bloom until the fifth
year.
Orange farms arc high priced prop
ositions. Ono farm of eighteen acres
yielded $13,000 last year. Ono that
Mr. Johnson looked at yielded $ G-100
on four acres. It was for sale seven
acres of It at $15,000.
Several carloads of oranges are
whipped out of this town each week.
Orange Is a city of 3,500 people. It
Is not every portion of California that
will grow oranges. A few miles away
they will not thrive.
Mr. Johnson has seen a number of
Norfolk people out In California. Har
ry Woodall , who Is now conducting
a cigar store in IMS Angeles , Is com
ing back to Norfolk because Los An
geles Is dead dead since the money
stringency and Mr. Woodall believes
ho can make more money In Norfolk
than In Los Angeles. At that , he'd
rather live In Los Angeles than any
other city he ever was in. He will
be back here this spring.
Heal estate values have fallen off a
third In Los Angeles. In one region
where there were no rooms available
a few months ago , there uro now thlr-
ty-fivo vacant buildings.
Sam Garden , who Is at Pasadena , re
cently "wrote to Mr. Johnson urging
him to accompany Gardner on a duck
hunt In the Imperial valley. The
ducks are so commonplace that the
ranchmen will furnish guns and am
munition to any person who will kill
them. They are considered a menace.
Ono party of people , Mr. Johnson
vouches , shot into a Hock and picked
up 100 dead ducks.
f'WILL ' THAT DOG BE AN ISSUE ?
Mayor and Councllmen Are Receiving
Complaints on Dog.Killing.
Norfolk has not become so accus
tomed to shooting that the crack of a
revolver on Norfolk avenue has ceased
to occasion excitement. No real
shooting having occurred In Norfolk
for a moon or two , the slaughter of a
dog on Norfolk avenue the other day
continues to create something of a
furore along Norfolk avenue where
many people witnessed the attempted
1 official and public execution of the
canine in question.
t-y Many complaints in regard to the
shooting of the dog have been lodged
with the mayor and with councilmen.
All of which arouses the interesting
question as to whether or not the mur
der of a stray cur could be made an
issue In city politics. A city election
is approaching.
Friends of the administration allege
that they have a damaging indictment
against the murdered dog. Critics
say that the murder was premeditated
and that the dog on the occasion did
nothing to provoke It. Of course , the
more serious proposition is that dogs
should not be shot on Norfolk avenue
"The next man who shoots a dog on
Norfolk avenue will be arrested , " said
M. D. Tyler. Mr. Tyler was one of
the many citizens to express indigna
tion , declaring that ho himself would
Hie a complaint in court on a recur
rence.
NEBRASKA NEWSPAPER MEN.
Extensive Preparations Are Being
Made In Lincoln for Convention.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the twenty-sixth annual
meeting of the Nebraska Press asso
ciation which will bo held in Lincoln
February 24 , 25 and 26.
Among the prominent features of
the week will be a lecture by Ed. W.
Howe , editor of the Atchlson Globe ,
on "Daily Notes of a Trip Around the
World. " The Lincoln Commercial
club will tender a banquet to the as
sociation and the Lincoln Typograph
ical union will tender a ball and re
ception. W. J. Bryan will bo present
and tell the newspaper men some
thing of newspaper making in other
parts of the world. Secretary Will
M. Maupln is striving to make this
the banner convention in the history
of the association and there Is every
Indication that the attendance will be
large.
Sims Goes to Lincoln ,
C. D. Slmms , M. Elliot and John
Stevens leave Norfolk today with their
families for Lincoln , where they are
to bo connected with the Sims Pickle
and Preserving company. Mr. Sims
is president and manager of the com
pany. Mr. Elliot , who is a pickle ex
pert and will have charge of the
plcklo processes in the factory , Is one
of the directors In the new company.
The Sims Pickle and Preserving
company was Incorporated at $25,000.
Stook In the company is being sold ,
It ID already on a working I
Thf secretary of the Lincoln j
romnu'rclal club Is vice-president of
tinni'w company.
The Sim * company has leaned a
building In I'nlverslty I'liicu for live
montlm. This Is their temporary loca
tion. They have a large building In
nut Lincoln In Bight for u permanent
ocatlon.
Mr. Sims said that he was very
sorry to leave Norfolk , that ho left
niiny frit-nils In the city and that ho
wished well for the local plcklo fac-
ory.
MAY BUY BIG MACHINERY.
Council Will Look Into Water Works
Pumps Would Mean $6,000.
The question of purchasing an on-
Irely new set of pumping apparatus
for the water works plant was brought
it'fore the city council Thursday oven-
ng. The question was Introduced by
Mayor Durland as a subject for Inves
tigation and consideration. It was
estimated that the now equipment
would cost about $0,000.
Mayor Uurland reminded the coun
cil that the water works plant had
icon constructed In 1888 and that like
everything else that nourished in Nor-
oik In the eighties It had grown old.
The mayor spoke especially of an In
novation in water pumping , a Fair-
milks-Morse suction gas producer and
engine that is said to economize on
ioal by utilizing coal gas. The Stan-
on water plant Is so equipped and
he mayor suggested a visit to Stan-
ton. He said that H. A. Pasewalk had
seen the pumping engine1 at Stanton
and spoke highly of Us work. Mayor
Uurland thought that If by an invest-
: ncnt of $0,000 the city could bo saved
over $1.000 a year In repairs and coal
bills that new machinery should bo
nstallcd.
The appointment of the invcstlga-
: lon coinmltete to visit the Stanton
ilant was authorized and Councllmen
Craven , Bucholz , Dolan and Kauffman
were named as the committee.
City Engineer Salmon said that he
iew nothing of the merits of the now
engine but that It was a proposition
that nothing was as certain as steam.
The new engine was something with
which the counctlmen were not fa
miliar and about which nothing can
be known until after the Stanton visit.
Mayor Durland declared that the
matter was brought up merely for in
vestigation and discussion. The new
engine would replace the present boil
ers and engines which have been in
use for about twenty years.
Must Buy Tickets In Missouri.
On and after February 9 passengers
who have foiled to purchase tickets
will not be allowed to board Burling
ton trains in the state of Missouri.
Notices to this effect were posted in
every ticket ofllce and passenger depot
of the road in the state Tuesday. They
read as follows :
"On and after February 9 , passen
gers who are not provided with tick
ets will not be permitted to enter cars
on trains leaving stations in Missouri
where ticket offices are maintained.
Tickets must be shown to trainmen
before passengers will be admitted to
cars. "
The only other Missouri road which
has taken like action Is the Alton. It
Is another annoying result of the two-
cent fare law.
New Road Is Financed.
St. Louis , Feb. C. Construction of
the St. Louis & Oklahoma Is to be at
once resumed by tlje Monett & South
western Construction company with a
largely Increased force. The latter Is
to Issue $150,000 of bonds , with the
privilege of increasing this to $10,000
per mile. Within sixty days the laying
of steel Is to begin.
The railroad named Is to be 300
miles long and decrease the distance
between St. Louis and southern Okla
homa , Texas and Mexico more than
100 miles. The line will go by way of
Tnhlequah , Okla. ; Muskogee and Me-
Alester , with a spur up to Joplln , Mo.
The section now financed is from Mus
kogee , Okla. , to Joplln , Mo.
Union Pacific Motor Cars.
Omaha , Neb. , Feb. C. Motor cars
urned out In this country at the
Union Pacific shops here and In use
on Its branch lines , are attracting the
attention of those In charge of rail
way affairs of foreign countries. To
day a cablegram was received at
Union Pacific headquarters from M
Schaufuss , minister of public works
and communication of the Russian
government , asking for Information in
detail as to the motor cars , with espe
cial reference to their adaptability to
Russian railway service. Full information
mation was promptly given in re
spouse to this request of the Russian
minister.
Got This Pair at Night.
A police court page :
"Earl Graham , disorderly conduct ,
fine $5 and costs , total $11.10. Paid. "
"Anna Glendale , disorderly conduct
and unlawful cohabitation , fine $5 and
costs , total $11.10. Paid. "
This bit of unsavory police court
history was written as a result of a
night raid on a room In the Pacific
hotel made by Frank Flynn , acting
chief , and Night Officer Kell. The raid
victims were brought to the city hall ,
Police Judge Elseley hustled out of
bed , pleas of "guilty" entered , the
fines paid and the prisoners released.
The names given were supposed to bo
fictitious.
The man went up the Bonesteel line
on his release. The girl was said to
have come from Stanton and to have
stopped In Norfolk on her way for a
visit to Hoskins. She took the Sioux
City train out of Norfolk.
Chief Flynn was not in Norfolk at
the time but declared that if ho had
been hero he would sought to have in
creased the punishment handed the
man.
APPARENTLY HAS REVENUE COL-
LECTORSHIP WON.
GET TOGETHER ON PATRONAGE
The Nebraska Congressional Delega
tion Has Agreed on the Method of
Apportioning Appointments Cold
and Heavy Snow In East.
Washington , Feb. C. From a staff
correspondent : The conference of
the Nebraska congressional delegation
leld last night to discuss the appoint-
nent of Internal revenue collector In
Nebraska to succeed Elmer D. Steph-
eiison , failed to reach a conclusion
mil the delegation adjourned until Sat-
.irdny , February 15 , nt 10 o'clock when
.ho matter will probably be settled.
Either Hammond or Rose will be
named , and In all probability It will
ie Hammond , who Is still here.
The Nebraska senators and con
gressmen last night adopted the fol
lowing agreement by which federal
mtronage In the state will be distrib
uted during the sixtieth congress :
1. All postmasters to bo recom-
nended by the republican members of
: he house from their respective dls-
: rlcts , except in the home towns of
senators , where each senator shall
uivo the entire Jurisdiction.
2. All officers whose division shall
cover less territory than the entire
state shall bo recommended by the
najorlty of the two senators and such
republican members of the house
whoso districts In whole or in part
ire Included within the jurisdiction of
such office.
3. Local and district officers located
it the homo town of any member of
ho delegation shall bo selected by
such member.
I. All recommendations for federal
ippolntments hereafter to be made by
ho president , of state-wide scope , and
all such appointments from the state
"or offices outside the state , shall be
distributed as near as may be among
the different congressional districts In
he state on a salary basis , provided
.his action shall not apply to appolnt-
nents or to promotions except as to
! ho increased salary ; provided , also ,
that this section as to distribution
shall not include cabinet officers or
appointments In the diplomatic ser
vice.
5. The meetings of the delegation
shall be on call of the chairman or a
majority of the delegation , and the
expenses of attending such meetings
during recess shall be borne fully by
the members.
C. The vote shall be taken by roll
call.
7. Upon the adoption of this plan
there shall be selected a chairman and
secretary , who shall also act as treas
urer.
Snow and Cold in Washington.
There was heavy snow and a cold
wave In Washington last night , / .
FRIDAY FACTS.
J. D. Sturgeon went to Anoka at
noon.
Dr. H. T. Holden was In Omaha
Thursday.
Jack Koeulgsteln was In Battle
Creek on business yesterday.
James A. Walton was called to MI1-
er , S. D. , at noon by the death of his
father.
Mrs. M. D. Wheeler returned Thurs
day evening from Crete , where she
lias been nursing her daughter , Miss
Jennie Wheeler , who has a mild at
tack of pneumonia. Miss Wheeler is
considerably improved in health.
Among the day's out of town visit
ors in Norfolk were : O. P. Kennard ,
Plalnview ; Fritz Volzke , York county ;
Annie Kern , Naper ; W. M. McCorkle ,
Columbus ; L. E. Champney , Dallas ,
S. D. ; C. E. Young , Shenandoah , Iowa.
Miss Mary Feldhahn is on the sick
list with the grip.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Conrad ,
living near Hadar , a son.
James E. Bramall of Omaha , age
fifty-five , and Maude E. Purnell of
Atkinson , age twenty-seven , were mar
ried in Omaha.
R. E. Williams went to Meadow
Srove Friday.
C. E. Burnham returned last even
ing from Omaha.
Senator F. J. Halo of Atkinson was
In Norfolk yesterday.
W. J. Baker of the Rosebud agencj
was In Norfolk Friday.
George Schiller of Central City is in
Norfolk at the Oxnard.
Morton Seymour came up from Mad
Ison Friday to attend the Trinity
guild dance.
S. L. Foster of Plalnview was In
N7orfolk Friday , returning from a bust
ness trip to Omaha.
Charles Mapes and Horace Corel
came down from Plalnview and are
guests at the home of A. J , Durland.
Frank Woods , cashier of the Firs
National bank of Spencer , was In Nor
folk over night , returning from Chi
cago.
cago.Mrs.
Mrs. Sophia Bellinger of Wahoo ar
rived In the city last evening for a
week's visit with her mother , Mrs. E
Nethaway.
Mrs. O. R. Meredith Is home fron
Beemer , where she went to attend the
funeral of the two year old child o
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sechrlst.
George B. Chrlstoph will go to Fre
mont next week to attend a meetlni
of the state board of pharmacy whlcl
will be in session Tuesday , Wednesdaj
and Thursday. Examinations fo
state certificates will be given Wednes
day.
General Manager F. Walters of Oma
ha , executive head of the Northwest
ern lines west of the river , was In
Norfolk Friday afternoon. He arrive
In the city at noon and expected t
return to Omaha in the morning. 1
was said that his visit had no slgnifi
cance.
H. A. Pasewalk and A. Degner re
turned from Meadow Grove , wher
they went as representatives of th
Norfolk commercial club to Inspec
ho now Hvans-Carr hay press. They
vero well Impressed with the auto-
nailc knoltor. A report will be made
o the Commercial club Tuesday morn-
tig by Mr. I'asewalk.
The Norfolk Long Distance Tele-
hone company Is to Install a now fire
limn system In connection with
ending In lire alarms over their
vires.
Plcrco Loader : W. C. Ulrlch saw
Jrnco Cameron star in "Little Dolllo
Dimples" at the Norfolk Auditorium
aturday night. Ho was well pleased
vltli the play.
John Rclmors , a young farmer llv-
ng four miles west of Pierce , caught
its heel in the lines when his horses
ecamo unruly and , falling over back-
vards , broke both bones In his left
eg between the ankle and knee.
A message received by Chief Flynn
ast night stated that his daughter ,
iiss Agnes Flynn , who was operated
n for appendicitis Monday , had been
bio to be up a little. Miss Flyiin is
ecovering rapidly from the effects of
ic operation.
Miss Leslie of Hoskins , a seventh
rado teacher In the Madison city
chools , was compelled to give up her
cliool work this week on account of
threatened attack of appendicitis ,
he has returned to her homo in Hos-
Ins for a few weeks vacation.
It Is understood that the attorneys
or O. P. Herrlck on his suit against
'orfolk on the sewer contract will
eek to have the case continued In
10 district court next week. The
Ity , on the other hand , will probably
sk to have the case tried next week.
It is slated that the Armour coin-
any contemplates moving its Norfolk
reduce headquarters from the pros-
nt location near the Northwestern
relght depot to a now location on
'orth Seventh street. It is said that
f this is done the buildings will be
nlarged.
The Norfolk pickle factory has been
losed for a few days on account of a
clayed shipment of olives from Mln-
eapolls. The factory will open again
[ onday. The company will have a
ew man in Norfolk in a short time
o succeed M. H. Elliott , the com-
any's pickle expert , who goes to Lin-
oln.
Secretary J. P. Bailey of the state
rganizatlon of the Y. M. C. A. Is to
old two meetings at Madison next
unday , a meeting for men in the af-
ernoon and a union meeting at the
pura house In the evening. Mr. Bal-
ey will be a prominent figure in the
tate Y. M. C. A. convention which
omes to Norfolk next week.
Ilosklns Headlight : Henry Tiedje
vent to Omaha with Wm. Anderson's
attle Monday , to see what chances
here were of bringing home his
aughter , who is in the hospital at
liat place. Her recovery Is very slow
nd if she does get well she will be
cripple. She Is the one who was
ccldentally shot at Christmas time
f last year.
Councilman Dolan is a reformer , an
rt reformer. The Fourth ward coun-
flman in the council Thursday even-
ng introduced his pet reform to the
meeting , a proposal that all telephone
) oles in Norfolk be painted , preferably
minted green. It was said at the
meeting that the telephone companies
bjected to painting poles because
paint is injurious to the life of the
iole.
iole.After
After , a discussion running some-
hlng over a year the city council has
leclded to bring condemnation pro
ceedings In order to open Pasewalk
wenue west of the Union Pacific
racks. The street Is open on the
east side up to the tracks. P. Staf-
ord , A. Morrison and J. S. Mathew
on were elected appraisers Thursday
evening by the councllmen on formal
ballot.
No change In the officers or direct
ors of the Elkhorn Building and Sav-
ng association was made at the com
pany's twenty-first annual meeting.
\ E. Davenport and Dr. H. J. Cole
vere re-elected to the board of direct
ors for terms of three years. The list
of officers follows : Dr. H. J. Cole ,
iresldent ; A. Degner , vice-president ;
1E. . Odlorne , secretary ; W. A. Wit-
zlgman , treasurer.
Thomas Rlley was arrested last
night by Officer Kell and lodged In
lall on a charge of being drunk and
Ighting an officer. He was as husky
an offender as has been in the city
[ all for a long time. Rlley was a blg-
; or man than Kell and Norfolk's night
officer Is a rather healthy specimen
of manhood. Riley resisted arrest in
a strenuous way. John Moore was
'vagged , " and Dennis Deagan was an
other tramp "jugged. "
Columbus Tribune : The Spedden-
Paige stock company closed a week's
management at the North opera house
last Saturday evening. They played
to exceptional houses all during the
week , culminating their stay with the
largest matinee ever held In the house.
The members of the company were all
well up in their lines , and their playIng -
Ing was evidently appreciated , If the
crowds In attendance are any criterion
by which to judge their acting. The
large number of bills they put on and
the different specialties produced
seemed to please and the prices
charged took with the theater-goers.
O'Neill Frontier : Mrs. Conrad of
Norfolk , whose husband Is a fireman
on the Chicago & Northwestern , died
at the home of her father-in-law , Frank
Conrad , at Inman Tuesday. Deceased
was a daughter of M. Miller , living
about six miles south of Inman. She
had been sick the past three weeks at
her home in Norfolk and had a pre
monition that she would not recover
and requested that she bo brought
homo to die , and had been at Inmau
but three days when the summons
came. Deceased was twenty years
old and leaves a husband and twc
children , besides her parents. The
funeral was held at Inman , the re
mains being Interred in the cemeterj
there.
BERT SHOEMAKER STILL IN JAIL
AT WEST POINT.
AWAIT KENNARD TRIAL HERE
Two Criminal Cases In the Cumlng
County District Court Suddenly
Came to an End for This Term.
Shoemaker Charged With Robbery.
West Point. Neb. , Feb. 7. Special
to The News : The two criminal cases
which were to have been tried In the
district court this week have como to
an abrupt end. The case against Bert
Shoemaker , charged with the robbery
of Charles Miller , has been continued
over the term to await the outcome of
the case against his partner , Ray Ken-
nurd , who IH now confined on a more
serious charge In the Madison county
jail , and the assault case against Aug
ust Wegencr , of Wlsncr , In which
Wcgener was charged by his sou with
an attempt to commit great bodily In
jury , was dismissed.
Shoemaker and Kennard were re
cently arrested In Norfolk while passIng -
Ing through , cnroute to Plaluvicw.
Kunnard Is held at Madison on a
charge of passing forged chucks.
Death of Mrs. Phllbrlck.
Crelghton , Neb. , Feb. 7. Special to
The News : Mrs. J. J. Phllbrlck died
liere yesterday of old age. She was
seventy years of age and had for many
years owned a general store here.
The store was conducted by a son and
daughter. Two daughters and a son ,
living here , survive. The funeral will
be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Baptist church.
WEDS HIS STEPDAUGHTER.
A Sioux Falls Man Remarries the Day
After He Secures a Divorce.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Feb. 7. Fred
Linen , a resident of Sioux Falls , Is
liavlng a somewhat unusual experi
ence In the matrimonial line. Di
vorced one day by his wife and mar
ried the following day to his step
daughter , with the question of the le
gality of the marriage to his stepdaughter -
daughter raised , is a part of the ex
perience of Linch.
When Linch and his stepdaughter
appeared at the office of the clerk of
courts In this city and procured a
marriage license they gave their
names as Fred Linch , aged 35 , and
Miss Gertrude Souvergner , aged 19.
To secure the license It was necessary
for both the prospective groom and
bride to swear that they were not re
lated to each other. As soon as the
license was granted the couple pre
sented themselves before County
Judge Bailey , who performed the mar
riage ceremony.
The law was looked up and In the
civil code , part 3 , under the head of
personal relations and marriage , was
found the following :
"Section 39. If either party to a
marriage be Incapable from physical
causes of entering into the marriage
state , or if the consent of either be
obtained by fraud or force , the mar
riage Is voidable. Every marriage of
a stepfather with a stepdaughter , or
of a stepmother with a stepson , is Il
legal and void. "
It is understood that the attention
of the state's attorney has been called
to the matter.
MRS. OWENS OPERATED ON.
About Seventy Gallstones Are Re
moved Apparently Doing Well.
Mrs. N. I. Owens underwent an op
eration for gallstones Friday morning ,
the operation being performed by Dr.
Salter , assltsed by Dr. Long of Madi
son and Dr. Brush. About seventy
stones were removed. Mrs. Owens
came out of the operation apparently
successfully , although the critical pe
riod is not yet passed.
A NEW AUCTION PLAN.
Which Will Benefit Farmers as Well
as Norfolk Business Interests.
Auctioneer George B. Carroll of this
city today announces a new idea of
marketing in Norfolk which ought to
prove a benefit to all of the farmers
of this region , as well as to the city of
Norfolk. Mr. Carroll , beginning with
Saturday , Feb. 15 , will hold auction
sales on his own account and will sell
at such auctions all of the property
that is brought to him from Norfolk
and the surrounding territory.
Every farmer who has a few odds
and ends which ho desires converted
into cash , will be able , under Mr. Car
roll's plan , to find an auctioneer ready
to handle the goods. As it is expected
that a largo number will bring in In
stallments of goods for the auction ,
the plan will make it worth while for
Mr. Carroll.
The first sale will be held Saturday ,
Feb. 15 , on the Foster lot , between
Fourth and Fifth streets on Norfolk
avenue.
Such sales have been going on In
some cities for a long time but thU
will be an innovation so far as Nor
folk is concerned.
WILL SERVE MEALS DOWN TOWN
Only Half the Delegates Have Bear
Provided For Thus Far.
At a fully attended meeting of the
entertainment committee for the Y. M
C. A. convention held last Tuesda ;
evening In the office of Mapcs & Hazci
it was voted to serve the delegate !
with dinner and supper both Frldaj
and Saturday at Marquardt hall.
This step was taken In the hopi
that the relief afforded by taking ou
these four meals from the householi
might Induce the ladles to voluntee
to accommodate the delegates who
have planned to attend. At present
snmctlitiiK loss than half of those dele
gates are provided for.
The service of the four meals at
Marquardt hall will bo entirely of the
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 rise to their accus
tomed high plain of hospitality at this
most Important time.
All pledges of entertainment should
bo made at once to relieve the anxiety
which now rests upon the committee.
The committee Is composed of the
following gentlemen : Dr. C. W. Ray ,
M. C. Ha/.en , L. M. Booler , E. A.
Moore , Rev. W. J. Turner , D. Mathow-
sou , W. J. Gow , Dr. Parker , Herman
Klesau , Rov. J. U. Hinds , Ray Hyde ,
llov. J. L. Stlno , W. W. Weaver , Dr.
Meredith , E. E. Coleuian , L. H. Led-
ercr , M. W. Becker , Rev. J. C. S.
Wcills , J. B. Maylard and Fritz As-
mus.
ANOTHER WEST POINT FACTORY ?
It Is Said That a Sulky Plow Plant
May be Established There.
West Point , Neb. , Feb. 8. Special
to The News : Another new factory Is
In prospect for West Point. It Is pro
posed to establish a plant for the man-
ufncture of sulky plows. The plow
Intended to he manufactured Is pat
ented and Is a marked Improvement
upon the old style sulky ptow In that
the draft Is directly upon Uio plow In
stead of Indirectly , the plow going one
way and the team pulling In a tangent
direction. The draft upon an eighteen-
Inch plow of this design Is less than
that upon a slxteen-lneh of any other
make. The project Is backed by local
capitalists who have the means to In
sure success.
COULD MEET WASEM.
Jack O'Leary Thinks Downs Could
Throw Oscar Wasem.
Jack O'Leary has found a man whom
he thinks can throw Oscar Wasem
the crack Lincoln wrestler whom Nor
folk has seen on the mat and who Is
popular in this city.
Jack O'Leary has an athletic club
In this city and Is a professional
wrestler. This week after his West
Point match he went to Arlington ,
here he met Jack Downs In an exhl-
itlon wrestle.
In Downs O'l-eary thinks he has a
nan who can handle Oscar Wasem ,
, 'ho meets the best men In the conn-
ry. Downs has the weight and
'Leary says he Is clever.
A match between the two men may
e arranged for Norfolk.
TWO OLD SOLDIERS BURIED.
wen A. Hart and D. M. Holdridge of
Tllden.
Tllden , Neb. , Feb. 10. Special to
Phe News : Two old soldiers were
aid to rest in the Tllden cemetery
esterday. They were Owen A. Hart
nd D. M. Holdridge , both victims of
aralysis. Mr. Holdridge had been in
10 Norfolk hospital for a couple of
nonths. He was sixty-seven years of
ge. Mr. Hart was younger. He sue-
umbed to a third attack of paralysis.
BIBBERS FALL EASY.
Why "Luck" Favors the Bibber Ex
plained by Norfolk Doctor.
"Drunk men are never hurt. " You
ear that said everyday. How many
eople know why.
When a man falls from the water
vagon and takes a literal tumble af-
erwards , people say "Any man but
drunk man would have been killed. "
md they straightway credit some evil
; enlus with a guardianship of the tip-
ilers.
Dr. Mackay was discussing the mat
er the other day and said that the
vhole mystery of the drunk man's
uck was due to a very simple fact.
"The drunk man never tries to save
Imself. That Is all. How many falls
> vould be serious If we did not throw
ip our hands wildly In an impossible
jffort to save ourselves ? . The drunk
man's unconscious motto Is 'let well
nough alone. " Accidents are usually
augmented by violent and impulsive
attempts to escape danger. "
"That's all , " said the doctor.
EXPECT TRIPP DRAWING SOON.
Dallas News Says That It Will Come
in July and August.
Dallas News : It Is now very def-
nltely settled that the president's
proclamation opening Trlpp county to
settlement will be Issued in the near
future and that the registration draw-
ng and filing will take place during
the coming summer.
When the Indian department took
up the matter of allotting the Rosebud
Indians they decided to wait until the
allotting was entirely completed before
confirming any of the allotments.
This decision has been the only ob
struction to an early opening. Pres
sure has been brought to bear on the
Indian department for some time to
Induce that department to confirm the
allotments as soon as the papers were
forwarded by the allotting agent.
This the department has decided to
do , and Monday all applications for
allotments taken up to date were for
warded to Washington.
With the exception of a few changes
In allottments yet to bo made , prac
tically all applications for allotments
wore In the hands of Allotting Agent
Scrlvcn. All applications will bo In
his hands in the near future and ae
soon as the applications tor allotments
are confirmed by the Indian department
mont the president's proclamation will
be Issued.
That the registration will occur ir
July , the drawing In August and tin
filing during the last of August ant
the month of September seems ver :
HANDSOME NEW BUILDING 13
PROVIDED THERE.
ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE !
New Masonic Temple at Long Pine
Has Plate Glass Front , Maple FloorIng -
Ing , Hard Wood Finish , Large Vault
and All Modern Improvements.
Long I'ine , Nob. , Fob. 10. Special
to The News : The postolllceiui
moved Into the new room In the Ma
sonic temple and It IH now 0110 of the
bent offices In the state. 11 has plain
glass front , maple flooring , hard wood
llnlKh , Is equipped with a largo vault ;
and Is furnished with the latest devices -
vices for convenience , and all In oak.
U ID a credit to and In keeping with ,
the growth of the town. The patroiifi
of the office certainly appreciate and
feel proud of the beautiful place the
postmistress , Miss 15. Mao Davlssou ,
lias furnished for the mall .service.
Beatrice Warren Breaks Her Arm.
Tilden , Neb. , Fob. 10. Special to
The News : Beatrice- Warren , daugh
ter of G. C. Warren of this city ,
slipped on an Icy sidewalk yesterday ;
and broke her arm.
AN OLD TYPEWRITER.
Was First Smith Premier Machine
Brought to Norfolk.
A typewriter In the office of Mapen
it Ha/.en has a real claim to distinc
tion. It Is the first Smith Premier
typewriter ever sold In Norfolk. Tim
machine was purchased by the First
Norfolk state bank In 1893. Of course
the machine has retired from active
service In Mapcs & Hazon's office , but
it Is still hammered occasionally.
Painful Accident.
Valentine , Neb. , Feb. 8. Special to
The News : Mr. Adams , who Is em
ployed In the butcher shop of Baumaii
& Hachorlor , met with a very painful
accident and one that might have prov
en more serious but for help and
prompt action being near at hand.
He was washing out the sausage
grinder while the power was on ,
and caught his hand in the grinder.
Before the machinery could bo stopped
it had crushed his middle and third
fingers of the right hand down to the
first joint , entirely losing that portion
above the joints. Mr. Adams was for
merly employed as traveling salesman
for Swift & Co.
The democratic county convention
for ( lie selection of six delegates to
the sMte convention will bo held hero
Fb , 29. A. M. Morrlsscy Is chairman.
Arthur , the seven-year-old son of G.
E. Tracewell and wife , Is sick with
scarlet fever. Although the attack ls >
In a light form the family is under a.
thlrty-five day quarantine.
Neligh Store Changed.
Nellgh , Neb. , Feb. 10. Special to
The News : A change of ownership
In the Nellgh cash store took place
this morning when the same was
turned over to C. B. VanKIrk. Mr. E.
S. Newlon , who has built up a splen
did business during his residence
here , Is yet undecided as to what he
will engage In.
See .Meteor.
Valentine , Neb. , Feb. 10. Special
o The News : A meteor , beautiful in
s brilliancy , was witnessed about 10
'clock by several townspeople. The
orgeous spectacle was seen In the
orthwest about twenty-five degrees
hove the horizon. The sight lasted
or about a half hour and just as it
escended below the horizon a train
f fiery sparks followed In Its wake ,
naking a very brilliant sight.
Estimate of Expenses.
At the regular meeting of the board
f county commissioners , held on the
4th day of January , 1908 , an estimate
f the expenses for Madison county
'or the year 1908 was made"as follows :
'ounty ' bridges $22,000.00
County roads t. 12,000.00
Riprapplng streams 3,000.00
County Institute 100.00
County printing 1,200.00
County attorney salary 1,000.00
Care of paupers 3,000.00
Fuel , postage and expense. . 1,500.00
Books , stationary and sup
plies 1,500.00
Election expenses 2,500.00
Salary county assessor and
deputies 3,500.00
Soldiers' relief 800.00
oor farm expenses 1,000.00
County superintendent's sal
ary 1,400.00
alary of clerk of the board. COO.OO
! ounty commissioners salary 3,000.00
Bounty on wild animals 500.00
Jailor's fees 1,500.00
Janitor's salary and county
officers' assistants 1,500.00
District court jurors and
county officers' fees 7,000.00
Insane fund 1,200.00
Aid to agricultural societies COO.OO
Furniture and repairs on
court house 1,500.00
Clerk of the district court ,
salary 500.00
Salary sheriff and assistants 1,800.00
By order of the board of county com
missioners.
Geo. E. Richardson ,
County Clerk.
Western Grown Garden and Field
Seeds , Including snake and other cu
cumber , prehistoric and other corn ,
both sweet and field. pencilarla ,
squash , melon , mammoth sunflower ,
and hundreds of other seeds , 1 ecu.t
and up per packet , ( also sell In bulk )
direct from grower to p > anter. Gar
den Guide and descriptive price Hat
free. Address H. M. Gardner , seed