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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1908)
THW KOKb'OLK WtitiKLY NEWS-JOURNAL ; PHI DAY , FEDKUAUi 2U9fV $ . NORFOLK FIREMEN DECIDE ON DIG CELEDRATION. PRECEDED DY CARNIVAL WEEK The Norfolk Firemen Last Night De termined to Ask Parker's White City Company for Week Ending With Fourth of July. \Vlih the blowing snow of n Fobru- iy blizzard whirling through the air , Norfolk Is setting about to make prop- nrntlons for uvcolc's carnival mill n big Fourth of July colobrntlon. To celebrate the Fourth with nu elaborate holiday niul to precede the celebration with a week's carnival was the decl- i.lou of HIP executive coininlttco of the Norfolk lire department at their meet ing lasts night. The committee decided to ask for Parker's "White City" for the week ending July ! , the week to close with u big celebration that would bo a north Nebraska event. Lust year Nor folk spent the Fourth In nearby towns. The llnnnclal motive of the new plans of the lire department Is to raise funds to help meet the expenses of the state association In Norfolk next winter. The department has chosen this executive committee to have charge of tin * association meeting next winter and. Incidentally , the mid-summer car nival to raise funds for the winter meeting : J. 13. Haaso , chairman ; C. 10. Hartford , chairman entertainment committee ; H. II. Reynolds , chalrjian banquet committee ; V. A. Neuow , chairmen reception committee ; V. V. Light , chairman hotel and decorating committee ; Fred llcllerman , chairman advertising committee ; H. W. Winter , chairman finance committee. The following commlttcemcn have since been announced : B. R. Hayes , It. H. Reynolds , W. P. McCuuo , H. W. Winter , entertainment committee ; Ed Mullen , Ed Brueggeman , William Leh man , finance committee ; M. Green , Ed Mullen , Fred Hellorman , Ed Brueg geman , P. J. Fucsler , banquet com mittee ; W , P. McCuue , P. J. Fuesler , John Krantz , J. E. Haase , reception committee ; H. Froloff , John Schelly , advertising committee. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. George Brooks of Ba/.lle Mills was In Norfolk yesterday. T. G. I light was expected Wednes day evening from his South Dakota homestead. Dr. G. A. Young , superintendent of the Norfolk insane hospital , is in New York on a vacation trip. Mrs. J. Earlo Harper of Clearwater Is In Norfolk on a visit with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Walker. Justice "George Lambert went to Madison today to testify as to the status of a suit brought before him. Miss Hllzabeth Sharpless has re turned from Omaha and Is again the guest of her sister , Mrs. Jack Koenlg- steln. E. A. Unllock went to Omaha today to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the state electrical as sociation. Millard South , a Doanc college student - dent who has been in Norfolk on a visit with his parents , returned to Crete yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Clark left yes terday to visit with Mrs. Clark's fa ther and mother at Roscoe , Mo. En- route they will stop In Kansas City for a short visit with relatives. M. C. Hazen returned Wednesday morning from Nellgh , leaving on the morning train for Madison , where the buit brought by John A. Wishard against D. A. Ommerman was ready tor trial In the district court. Among the day's out of town visit ors In Norfolk were : H. Solenberg , Jr. , W. Dlven , Meadow Grove ; LE , Champnoy , Dallas , S. D. ; P. Dawson , Rndicott ; E. L. Bedal , Blair ; Mrs. J , Coombs. Spencer ; C S Smith , Madi son ; F Fritz , Pierce. 5. Beck left at noon for Spencer. A. Beatie of OaUdalc was a Norfolk visitor. Mrs. W. F. Gilbert was up from Madison. L. P. Kcrbcl of Spencer was in Nor folk Wednesday. A. J. Durland left at noon on a busi ness visit to Omaha. Dr. H. T. Holden was lu Hadar Wednesday afternoon. R. W. Rohrke , the Meadow Grove banker , was In Norfolk. Chief of Police J. F. Flynn was in Madison Wednesday afternoon. T. M. Elder and L. R. Elder of At kinson were In Norfolk yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John Locht were Bat tle Creek visitors in Norfolk Wednes day. Father Tevis Is spending the week in Dale and Broken Bow lu Caster county. C. A. Smith left yesterday with a party of twelve land buyers bound for Texas. County Attorney J. A. Van Waganen passed through Norfolk Wednesday re turning to Pierce from Lincoln. Ed Weber was In Norfolk returning to his homo In Odessla , Wash. , after a visit with relatives In Pierce. Miss Fay Livingston will go to Bat tle Creek to attend the funeral of Miss Barbara Scott In Battle Creek Thurs day. day.C. . W. Pratt of Stanton Is a north Nebraska boy to Join the navy. The married ladles of Crofton enter tained their husbands at a leap year dance. The W. R. C. will serve chicken pie dinner In G , A , R. hall on Washing tou's birthday. Post F. T. P. A , will hold a regular meeting Saturday , Fob , 22 , at the Ox- hotel at 3 n. in. plug two car loads of mixed pickles to an Omaha purclmttor. An examination In the Sunday school l Mielior ' training course will be given a week from next Monday evening. Minn Floy Faucett of Norfolk won the piano In a subscription contest ronduptod by the Sioux City News , The public solo scheduled for the James Coylo farm was postponed from Tuesday until next Monday , Fob. 21. The llfth dance In the series given by the HlkH will ho given next Friday evening In Marquardt hall. Dancing at 8IO. : ! Madison county lost an old settler last week In the death of W. H. Jen kins , a prominent farmer living south of Meadow Grove. The Antelope County Fair associa tion was organized at a meeting in the Nellgh court house. Shares at $2 each are to bo sold over the county. W. S. Fox , the Union Pacific con ductor , is to erect a substantial resi dence on KoenlgHteln avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Mrs. J. U. Maylard and Mrs. J. C. Stltt on Tuesday and Wednesday at- oriioons were hostesses at 1 o'clock unchcons given at the home of Mrs. Stltt. A north Nebraska paper says that eastern markets may still be panic allllcted but that In the great north west "everything Is lovely and the ; oose honks high. " The ladles guild of Trinity church will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Gylnn. A full attendance Is re quested as Important business is to come before the meeting. Wlnslde Tribune : A bunch of kids bombarded a freight engine last Sat urday afternoon with snowballs and succeeded In breaking out n window In the cab before they quit. A dancing party will be given in Marquardt hall on Friday evening , February 28 , the dance being given In return for the leap year dancing party given by the Trinity guild. On Thursday the Ladles Aid society of the First Congregational churcli will meet with Miss Martha Davenport Mrs. Odlorno assisting. All ladles ol the congregation are Invited. Homer Hill , charged with deserting his eighteen year old wife whom lu married on March 21 , 190C , was bourn over to the circuit court last Mondaj by Judge Chambers in Bonesteel Bond was fixed at $500. Jack O'Leary , dropping wrestling foi the prize ring , takes on a twenty round light at Dallas , S. D. , next Frl day with Pat Stephens. The fight wll bo called at 9 p. m. Friday. Stephen ! is said to bo a heavier man thai O'Leary. The latter has been In train Ing In Norfolk. A new orchestra has been organized In Norfolk by a number of young people ple of this city. Among those In the orchestra will be : Harry Butler , cor net ; Walter Howe , drums ; Harry Paull , trombone ; Miss Helen Friday , piano ; Herman Schelly , violin ; Lorin Brueggeman , violin. Leaving a boiler of scalding water setting on the floor while she stepped to another room on an errand , Mrs. John Kellogg of Verdel a moment lat er was startled by a scream. Rushing Into the kitchen she found her little two-year-old daughter In the boiler. The child died within a few hours. .1. H. Conloy , deputy president of the Eagles , recently held a successful meeting at Hartington where eighteen new members wore added. On March 9 Mr. Conloy will start on a regular trip of Inspection , visiting the Eagle lodges \falcntino , Crawford , Chad- ron , Alliance , North Platte , Grand Island , North Bend. Fremont and Blair. Valentine Republican : The railway annual Ice harvest Is quite an item In a tlnanclal way to this community as the pay roll for the work each year averages something like ? 2,375.00 , and a greater portion of the help is local , Take this amount and It will be seen that sufficient ca&h to buy consider able family necessities is put Into clr dilation through the Ice business , and every little helps , you know. Pilger Herald : Max Hill , son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hill , met with what might have been a fatal accident. He and hit ! older brother were scuflllng over a rllle , when it was discharged , the bullet striking him in the right side of the breast. The bullet struck a rib and glanced around to the right side , lodging In the flesh where it still remains. He suffers no pain to speak of and unless something unforseen happens will get along allrlght. Columbus Telegram : Columbus is the home of a real live playwright. In a recent letter John Neumarker writes that he Is now staging one of his own plays , with a company of his own. And this lu addition to perform ing Ills duties as dramatic critic for a largo New York dally paper , and serv ing as Instructor In a dramatic school In Brooklyn. He expects to visit Co lumbus next summer , but does not promise to bring along his company. Fremont Tribune : Delegates to the annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian association convention at Norfolk , Including the Fremont and Fremont college representatives , re turned from Norfolk. They occupied a special car attached to the train down the main line of the Northwest ern. Some of the Omaha and Lincoln men arranged to spend a portion of the day in Fremont and made an in spection of the new building here. "Tho convention was a good one and the biggest over held in Nebraska , " said Secretary T. C. Marsh of the Fre mont association when he arrived home. "We all had a good time. " Pierce Leader : Wednesday fore noon an awful tragedy was almost enacted In Pierce. Jake Rail , the father of Mrs , August Freeman , formerly - morly Mattie Rail , and who Is Impli cated In the lawsuit now pending , drew pynlynr and bowle-knlfo upon the and defendant lu the above suit. Rail had been drinking and was In an ugly mood , and wanted to start things , but bystanders blocked bin little game , and he showed the whlo : feather. AH I a result the olllcora of the law took ; him In hand and he was assessed a I line of something like ton and the trimmings for pursuing wild and wool ly tactics In a civilized community. Butte Register : Joalah Coombs and Frank Bralthwalto met with qulto an accident last Sunday while on tholr , [ way to Unite with their big Rambler I nutomobllp. It happened just as they were rounding the first sharp corner this Hide of Sionccr. | .install was al the helm and It seems that he didn't .slow down enough and as a result the big machine "slewed" over , run off the grade and turned turtle , breaking one wheel Into many pieces. However the occupants were hurled Into the air and landed at a safe distance , un injured , but badly shaken up. Of course Hitch accidents are bound to occur and all first class automohillsts must got used to It sooner or later. Joslah will get his diploma now Just as soon as he succeeds In running : > vor some poor , unfortunate , old duffer und caving In his "slats. " Hosklns Headlight : The wrestling juatch scheduled for last Saturday evening between J. D. Walton of Nor folk and Herman Porela of Orchard , was attended by a very small audl- juce , the match two weeks before be- .ng such a tame affair that the people had lost confidence In the wrestlers , The match was by no means called off on this score , however , and a very In- foresting bout was given. Walton won the first fall In twenty minutes , after a fine exhibition of holds and strength , At the second call to the mat the con' testanls went at It In earnest , and fl nally Porela was given the decision at the expiration of eight minutes The third and final bout was called t draw at the end of fifteen minutes Perela having Injured his left knee ir the second bout , and the gate monej being Insufficient to continue undei the circumstances. At the concluslor of the malch Mr. Walton spoke o : starting a wrestling school In Hosklns J. M. Huglln of Hoskins has an ode relic. It is a sheet of printed paper which In its original state , was abou I six or eight inches square , but foldei down to an Inch square and petrified It Is in such a fine condition of pros crvatlon that letters can be dlscernei upon It by the aid of a magnlfyini glass. That these letters are discern able after the paper has been exposei to the several conditions embodied litho the different stages of petrlfication 1 strange and puzzling. Mr. Huglii found this little curio over fifty year ago in the heart of the Rocky mour ains in Wyoming , and the regiment of which he was n member was male- ng that memorable march over the old California trail into Utah to sub- : lne Brigham Young and his Mormon followers in 1857. This piece of paper was evidently dropped some ten or twelve years before by some one who > assed over the trail during the great rush to the gold fields of California , and underwent certain chemical and atmospheric conditions which reduced it to its present state. Mr. Huglln has been requested to send It to the Smith sonian institute at Washington where it will be examined by the scientists there. Their deductions will be sent him. Omaha World Herald : While in Omaha Miss Grace Cameron , who is presenting "Dolly Dimples" here , is being entertained by her sister. Mrs. Bruno C. Hanson , 1018 North Thirty- third street. She and her parents and her brother held a family reunion Sun day , her parents being Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Kerr of Falls City. Her brother , C. H. Kerr , Is musical director and manager of the company. "It has been a number of years , " said Miss Cam eron Monday , "since I lived in Omaha. I began my musical education in this city under the direction of Mrs. Her man Kountze. Since going into the atrical work I have had a number of important engagements. I was prlma donna with the Boslonlans and after ward 1 was with 'Foxy Quillor , ' 'When Johnnie Comes Marching Home , ' 'The Tenderfoot , ' 'Nancy Brown , ' Savage's grand opera company , 'The Normandy Wedding , ' Tiff. Pa ft' . Pouff , ' and then I had a vaudeville tour to South Af rica. " The music for the piece. Miss Cameron Is now presenting was com posed by her brother , C. H. Kerr , who for three years was musical director for Hammerstein's theater , Now York. He lias been gone from Nebraska some fifteen years and In that time has been making a name for himself In the mu sical world. NEBRASKA POLITICS. Plain view News : Congressman Boyd is a busy man down at the nation's capltol these days. We note with pleasure that ho gets almost every thing lie goes after In the way of ap propriations. Tuesday's dailies con tained a report where ho had secured a $12,000 appropriation for the rebuild ing of the bridge across the Nlobrara river , connecting the town of Nlo brara with the Santee agency. Con gressman Boyd Is the right man in the right place and his constituents are now glad that they made It pos sible for a man of such sterling qual ities to serve them. His renomlnation and election Is not questioned by any one. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Industry Is a bettor friend than talent. The moro a man knows , the more ho hates a fool. A brlght.Atchlscm girl says there are two kinds of young men hero : those who take the girls places , and those ROMINENT FARMER HAS DROPPED - PED OUT OF SIGHT. A/AS / LAST SEEN WEDNESDAY FOOTPRINTS , APPARENTLY HIS , LEAD TO HOLE IN ICE. SON THINKS HE IS DROWNED Started Toward Fred Boche's ' Camp. Brother of Herman Boche , Who Is to be Tried Next Week for Second Killing Had Just Sold His Farm. The dead body of William Bochc was found late Thursday on n sand bar a half mile below the hole In the ce through which he was believed to have sunk Wednesday. The body had been carried down stream by the Elkhorn's current till it struck a sand bar at the Henry Koh- loff farm. The remains have been taken to the family home , on the Elkhorn. William Boche , a prominent farmer living southeast of Norfolk , and a brother of Herman Boche who is wait ing trial for murder next Monday , has disappeared from his Elkhorn river farm. A man's footprints have been traced from the Boche farmyard to the Elkhorn river , while out in the river Is a hole In the Ice through which Boche Is supposed to have fal len. len.Word Word that William Boche had prob ably gone through the Ice of the Elkhorn - horn was brought to Norfolk early Thursday afternoon by Paul Bochc , a son. The son said that he was con vinced that his father's body was be neath the Ice , accidentally drowned. Was Last Seen Wednesday. William Boche was last seen by his wife Wednesday morning. Wednes day evening the family became alarmed and that night and Thursday morning a search was'made. . Foot prints which they had every reason o believe were William Boche's were marked In the snow leading to the Slkhorn river. The tiacks led to the iver and there stopped. Out in the river was the open place. This hole has been scraped with poles but the water is running. Headed For Fred Boche's Camp. South of the William Boche farm and across the river is the camp of Fred Boche , a cousin , Madison coun ty's giant hunter and trapper. It Is towards this camp that William Bo- clie is supposed to have been going when he crossed the treacherous Elk- horn. horn.William William Boche Is a man of some fifty years , nearly all of which have been spent down on the Elkhorn river two or three miles south of Norfolk. His father William Boche , sr. , was a pioneer Madison county settler who died last February leaving , it waa thought , several hundred dollars in gold buried on his premises. Some put the amount at $4,000. William Boche is a married man with three sons and a daughter , the youngest a young man of about eigh teen. A brother , Herman Boche , is to be tried for murder in the district court at Madison , the trial being set for next Monday when he must an swer for the slaying of Frank Jarmer last May. Was About to Move Away. William Bocho was about to leave Madison county for a farm In Knox county near Bloomfield. He had sold the ICO-acre farm south of the city to J. H. Conley and had secured a farm near Bloomfield upon which he and his family were to move this spring. In this connection Mr. Conley left Thursday morning for Bloomttekl. Next Wednesday Boche was to hold a sale of farm implements , hay and other things which he did not care to take north. H's farm 6n the Elkhorn - horn was valued at $11,000. Was Due in Norfolk. Wednesday morning one of the Bo- clie boys started to Norfolk with a load of oats. William Boche was to follow with a horse and buggy. A little later he was seen by his wife. He was then out In the yard fixing some of the things he was going to put In the sale. That was the last she saw of him. The son falling to fln.il his father in Norfolk returned home. The horse was still in the barn but It was sug gested that the father might have walked to Norfolk , not an uncommon practice. The son took a second load of oats to Norfolk In the afternoon and not finding any trace of his father here , returned home. Wednesday af ternoon Boche had an engagement with Mr. Conley and the latter won dered that he did not appear. Family Becomes Alarmed. The family became alarmed Wednes day evening. Wiith no trace of the missing man since Wednesday mornIng - Ing and with the footprints In the snow loading to the river , the famlb Thursday had little hope that his body was anywhere but under the Icy waters tors of the river Inquiry among relatives and neigh bors developed that Bocbe had appar ently vanished from the countryside In the river the most plausible expla nation of his disappearance. Was In Good Spirits. William Boche , according to friends who have seen him lately , was In good | spirits and thought well of his pros pective chaitgu of location. Witnessed Ives Killing. Nlnotri'ti years ago William Boche was n witness to the killing of George ivos of Tllden by his brother Herman. In fact , It was to save William Uocho's life that Herman Bocho claimed caused him to attack Ives with an ax. Ives had been gathering ) ounj ? cottonwood trees along the banUo of the Elkhorn nn Boche land not far from the place whcro William Boehe Is bupopt-d to havi gone through the Ice. Herman Bnehe was acquitted. THEY WILL GIVE $2,500 , TOWARD NORFOLK BUILDING. ONLY ONE PROVISION IS MADE MUST BE ON SAME LOT AS PRO JECTED PUBLIC LIBRARY. OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS SOON W. H. Butterfield & Son of Norfolk Have Started the Y. M. C. A. BuildIng - Ing Fund With a Liberal Sum Sim ilar Contribution In Sight. W. H. Butterfield & Son announce their willingness to contribute $2,500 towards a Y. M. C. A. building for Norfolk. The condition upon which this con tribution is made is that the projected Norfolk public library and the Y. M. C. A. building shall both be located upon the same lot. More to Follow. It Is confidently expected that other contributions of like amount will be secured. Arrangements for a general canvass of the city are now being perfected. Woman's Club to Help. At a meeting of the Woman's club , which has been instrumental lu the movement for a Carnegie library In Norfolk , it was voted to assist tlie Y. M. C. A. project In every possible way. Contribution Will Please. The announcement of the willing ness of W. H. Butterfield & Son to contribute $2,500 upon conditi&u that both buildings bo located upon the same lot , will please Norfolk. This generous contribution will mean very much , indeed , toward these two public institutions which Norfolk so much desires , and a universal senti ment of sincere appreciation will un questionably go out from all Norfolk to W. II. Butterfield & Son. Theirs is one of the wealthiest firms in northern Nebraska. The family is prominent in Norfolk and the state. W. H. Butterfield has extensive ranch ing and live stock interests. George D. Butterfield , junior member of the firm , is president of the Nebraska Na tional bank of Norfolk , one of the im portant financial institutions of Ne braska. NEW CAR WILL BE TRIED OUT IN THAT VICINITY. SEVERAL MORE TO BE BOUGHT A Dispatch From Chicago Says That the Motor Which Was Taken Off the Norfolk-Bonesteel Run Is Now In the Northern Division. The Northwostern's motor car which was recently taken from the Bonesteel run , is out of the repair shops and has been sent to Wisconsin for branch line work. The arrival of the car in Wis consin is referred to in the following Chicago dispatch : "The management of the Chicago & Northwestern road has decided to use gasoline motors for branch line work in Wisconsin. The fact of these cars which is to be put In service be tween Evausvillo and Afton , Wls. , ar rived here yesterday after a success' ful trip from Omaha. The car trav eled only in daylight and no attempt at a record was made , but It Is stated that on some portions of the route a speed of sixty miles an hour was at talned. The car has been In use for several months between Norfolk , Neb. , and Bonesteel , S. D. It was pur chased from the Union Pacific rail road , which , It Is stated , has agreed to build several moro similar cars for the Northwestern. The car is driven by a 200-horsepower gasoline water- cooled motor , and will seat sixty pas sengers. " West Point News. West Point. Neb. , Feb. 20. Special to The News : Theodore Wolff , a young farmer of St. Charles township , and Miss Elizabeth Hose of West Point were united in marriage at the Catholic churcli yesterdaj morning. Tin soung rtmplf will remove to Stan- oi. . C' muy Immediately , to make their ' .omo Do not trust your secret to your mutual friend unless you trust his d. PROPOSITION FOR JOINT SITE FOR TWO BUILDINGS. BEGINNING TO GROW IN FAVOR Would Make It Easier for Both Com- mltteca to Raise the Amount of Money Required and Give Desirable Location for Both Buildings. The proposition advanced by The News that the Interests of the public library und the Y. M. C. A. building would probably bo best served by mak ing joint cause In the purchase of a single lot on which to place both build ings , at first viewed askance , Is be ginning to grow into favor and may be adopted as the solution which wilt serve to secure for Norfolk both the Cnrnoglo library and the Y. M. C. A. building. Yesterday two prominent Norfolk citizens , ono a man who has the in terests of the library at heart , the other one of the principal supporters of the Y. M. C. A. building proposi tion , said that , the one-lot Idea was coming forward and that under pres ent circumstances It was probably n proposition which ought to bo adopted. The joint site suggested by The News was thu corner lot , 100 by 170 feet , south of the federal building , and It was this site that both gentlemen had In mind. Both men fook the very earnest po sition that neither proposition should appear in the public mind Us any way opposed to the other. One of the men outlined a course of action that may bring a library site within easy reach. He proposed a conference between the library board and the executive committee of the Y. M. C. A. building campaign as soon as the latter committee Is organized. Then If an agreement could be reached the Y. M. C. A. committee could agree to purchase part of the lot from the library board at a stipulated price , a sum which would probably reduce the amount to be raised by library sub scriptions to a sum within easy reach of the library board. The slto south of the federal build ing has been generally accepted as the idonl location for the library. It finds favor with Y. M. C. A. supporters be- cn..se it would place the building a uttle nearer the Junction and the rail road men. THURSDAY TIDINGS. A surprise party was given Wednes day evening for Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hal- versteln on the occasion of their sil ver wedding anniversary. Bishop II. W. Weaver of Denver will , it is announced , dedicate the new $25,000 Methodist church building at Albion on Sunday , April 2G. Madison county friends have been Informed of the marriage of Miss Myrtle Rice , foimerly of Warnerville but now of Milwaukee , to William Oretz , a business man of the latter city. Miss Rice has many friends In the county and In Norfolk. Manager G. T. Sprecher of the Ne braska Telephone company is doing very well after the operation In Omaha Monday for the removal of a small cancerous growth from his lip. Mr. Sprecher has left the hospital and will be back in Norfolk Saturday or Sun day. day.Fred Fred E. Blust and L. A. Hanson , members of the firm of Blust & Hansen - sen which has purchased the Aug. Kiiro meat market , nro to bring their famlllos to Norfolk. Mr. Hanson conies from Tllden , Mr. Blunt from Avupn. Iowa. Mr. Knro will engage In the stock business. Governor Crawford was announced this wool : as a visitor In Gregory coun ty. The South Dakota chief execu tive \\lio wants to secure Senator Kit- Iredgo's seat in the United States sen ate , was expected to speak at Burke and Gregory and possibly In other Gregory county towns. The splendid church homo of St. Paul Ev. Lutheran church Is virtually completed save for the arrival of ( ho stained glass windows. While how much delay will be occasioned by the non-arrival of the windows Is not known , It will bo at least a month before the building can bo dedicated. Definite arrangements towards dedica tion will not be made until the date Is more certain. Bruno Honsen was visiting his fa ther at Tllden when his visit was cut short last week by a message from his next door neighbor In Omaha tell ing him that a big water main hud broken In the basement of Hanson's home. From the telephone conversa tion Mr. Hanson inferred that the water was spurting from the up-stalrs windows. He took the first train to Omaha , where he found that the piano was not floating , that the upholstered furniture was still glued and the dam age was confined to the plumbing. Independent telephone service In Norfolk is still hold up pending the arrival of equipment. At present the Independent company's subscribers are limited to nineteen farmers on two farm lines which the company has con structed. A. Zackeat , Charles Duel , G. Rouckor , Frank Duel , George Hoff man , Win. Wand , George Klmmerle , John Dinkle and C. L. Low and Wil liam Preusker , William Low , Mike Rinkel , J. II. Massman , A. B. McGIb- ben , L. L. Low , J. A. Walmsley , C. Shlpman , J. M. Lederer and II. Gron- Inger are the farmers on these first lines which have been connected with Battle Creek , pending the construcllon of the city lines In Norfolk. The hour of the Commercial club meetings has been changed from the forenoon to the noon hour. If the In novation proves a success the direct ors of the club will take lunch together each Tuesday noon in a down town restaurant. Commercial club affairs will be Informally discussed during the lunch. Following this the direct ors will step over to President Dur- land's office for a short business ses sion , where they will handle their club business with dispatch. The Tuesday morning meetings have been breaking into the business affairs of the di rectors but by the new plan it Is thought that the same amount of busi ness can be cared for without the sac rifice of the private business of the members. Some people are so apt to say the wrong thing that it isn't safe for them to talk even to themselves. EXPANSION BRED SOW SALE \W \ W ' : r J i T braad Look P te v ! * / - v S' 4 ' 38305 ! vMM jfS 'k : ' 17 times sweepstakes and i sg&2 Z' fy . > ( t fa\rf - n..L . first prize winner iu , A tfr ! * * i * \ ' "fVi-r * > ? f ' - . - f Nebraska , Kansas v- * . * % . " " " * * . . " ? * i $ ' 5s > and Missouri : : : : : : AT KRANTZ DARN Norfolk , Saiurday , March 7 consisting of 20 gilts , Expansion blood of the big kind , and 15 year lings , all bred for early farrow to such boars as the noted Expansion , "King of big boars , " und Grand Look , the "sensational" sweepstakes winner of 190G and 1907 , and other young boars of the same breeding and type. Gilts weigh from 250 to 300 pounds sale day , and sows from 100 to Gr > 0 pounds. The outlook for the hog business was never better than at present. The late rush for the market will cause a shortage In the spring crop and hogs will be higher than ever this summer and fall. Now Is the time to start with the right kind the BIG ONES. This Is the consignment from the Expansion herds for the brood sow season of 1908 for north Nebraska , and we are proud of them. None "bigger and bettor. " They are the large , roomy , prolific "big- bone , " "big-litter" kind , the farmers' hog that fills the pork barrel with least feed In least time. We will also consign three young Grand Ixiok Expansion boars , herd headers. Pedigrees and guarantees sale day. Entertainment for parties from a distance. TIORMS. Bankable note or cash. Catalog on application. COL. T. D. PREECE and BRANSON , Auctioneers. J. E. HAASE , Clerk. H. C. Dawson Sons ENDICOTT , NEB.