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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1908)
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : Fill PAY , JULY 3 1'JOS. y SEVEN SALARIES RAISED AT NORFOLK P08TOFFICE. RAISE IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1 Now Flical Year Begins at Norfolk Postofflce Annual Report Soon. Government Building Inspector Here Repairs Will Do Made. Tlio nrrlvnl of July brlnga an In crease of $700 In the annual salary list of the Norfolk postofllco. Four clerks and two city cnrrlora aharo In the Increase. The postmas ter's salary Is alBO Increased. Beginning July 1 V. V. Light and II. W. Jonas , among the clerks , nro advanced from $900 to $1,000. F. W. Frecland and It H. Hyde arc advanced from $800 to $900. Among the city carriers C. A. Illchoy and George Melstcr are passoO from the $900 list to the $1,000 salary roll. roll.Tho The postmaster's salary will bo $2- GOO for the coining year , the Increase being based on Increased receipts. Building Inspector Here. Howard W. Thayer , a postofflco Inspector , was In Norfolk this morn ing and last evening , going over the government building. Several repairs will probably bo ordered by the de partment In a short time. It IB thought that the present white walls on the lower lloor of the building will bo tinted. Other repairs Include a storm door for the west entrance nnd the painting of the roof. New Fiscal Year. Tuesday was the last day In the fiscal year. The new year begins July 1. During the coming week the report covering the year's business at the Norfolk office will bo made out. THURSDAY TIDINGS. Miss May Barrett nas been quite sick. sick.Dr. Dr. 13. TJ. Brush Is having his office repapercd and renovated. B. K. Hoffnmstcr will bo In Denver during the democratic convention. L. N. Muck and W. M. Crowder , two blind men who have traveled over most of the United States , were In the city this morning. The potato bugs have arrived In forco. Large portions of some potato fields whore proper precautions against the bugs were not taken have been nearly ruined. Two hundred yards of ribbon was required to make the badges to be worn by Norfolk people making Fourth of July visits to neighboring towns. Mayor Sturgeon hopes to see the spec ial train to Madison crowded with Nor folk badge wearers. Train No. C from the Black Hills was two hours and forty minutes late yesterday on account of the derailing of a pair of trucks on a mnll car two miles south of Black Hawk. B. P. Olmsted , who retired some tlmo ngo from the Sturgeon Music company , has opened an ofllce over the Citizens' National bank In order to have better facilities to clear up his collections. Rev. Edwin Booth , jr. , pastor of the First Congregational church , who recently opened a down town study In the Mast block , has had the study room equipped with a well stocked library , desks , tables , a typewriter nnd a telephone. Smith & Son , the firm which won the contract for the construction of the new water main extension , had eight competitors In the bidding. The bids which were close enough to be figured out were as follows : Smith & Son , $1,545 ; Miller & Humphrey of Nor folk , $1,581.50 ; John Elslnger of West Point , $1,800 , ; Katz , Craig Co. , of Oma ha , $1,733,60. The now extension lies north of Norfolk avenue nnd west of Tenth street. Bralth & Son Is the firm which has had the contract for the last three sewer districts. Among the towns which are some distance away Dallas In the Rosebud country will probably draw the most Fourth of July visitors from this vicin ity. The big celebration In Gregory county Is held In Dallas , the terminal town on the Northwestern railroad. Among othora many people who do- Biro to see the Rosebud country , upon which the Trlpp opening Is to center all eyes for a second tlm& , nro planning to run up to Dallas for tile Fourth. A bin encampment of Indians Is a Unique feature of the Dallas eielebra' tlon which begins today and concluded the Fourth. Senator Halo of Atklnwrtl , In Nor- folk last evening , declared that after the ttehio'cruts ni\i\ \ nominated Bryan tor the prteftldViicy on the first ballot and 'eltnWr Gray of Delaware , Chand ler Vrt few York , Mitchell of Illinois Vir libvernor Douglas for vice presl- Vumt they would have put up their best ticket since the Lincoln admin istration. Senator Hale will take part In the convention as a delegate at large and Is naturally a trifle preju diced In favor of his prospective handi work. Senator Halo said that h'e ' was confident that government ownership would not be an Issue. Mr. Halo It'ad just returned from a short u\Ysmess " trip In the southeastern "part of the state , whore ho funnel crops In ex cellent 'HOSKlNS NEWS. * * Mrs. Dbdg'friVayne County Pioneer , 'Was 'Burled In Hosklns. HoskW , Neb. , July 2. Special to The \Vws : The body of Mrs. Dodge , \vldo < \ of the late Byron Dodge , was ImJught hero Friday morning from Sfoux Falls for burial. The deceased Vas ninety-one years of ngo find was ono of the early pioneers of Wayne county. nnfl Hyron Dodge of Harrington , grandson and BOH of the deceased , were present at the burial of Mrs. Dodge. Mrs. Andrew Johnson died nt her home early Monday morning of tuber culosis of the litngn. The deceased wan forty-thrco years of ago nnd loaves n himhand nnd < > lght children. Burial at the Swedish cemetery John Foster returned from a bunl- nosH trip to Chicago Sunday ovonlng. \V. S. Dual returned Saturday from a visit to his father at Colorado SprlngH. Mrs. (3. anther Is very low with an attack of appendicitis. Hov. Mr. ( Jruber preached In the Herman Lutheran church at Stanton Sunday. . ! . M. Hughlln loft for Kansas Fri day to go on his claim a few months. The Sunday school picnic of the Herman I3v. church was well attended and proved n very enjoyable affair. 13. Orttber of SL James , Minn. , and Fred Hruber of St. Paul , Minn. , are at the bedside of their mother , Mrs. 0. Grubor. Sam Nelson of Norfolk Is homo for a few days Installing telephones on the North Spring Branch telephone line. Hosklns will celebrate the Fourth and IB putting forth every effort to duly entertain n large 'crowd. The Hosklns Headlight has been bold. The new proprietor will soon take possession. PLANT GROWS ON BEER. Big Geranium , Seven Feet High , Fed on Stale Beer. The worst booze lighter In the Junct ion is a big geranium plant in the Owl rcHtnunint. This geranium plant Is seven feet high with a breadth of live feel. Nothing Is fed the big frekk plant same a quart of stale beer each day , yet It thrives and blossoms the year round. South Norfolk people with temper ance leanings view the big plant with suspicion nnd some hostility. They do not think that Its propensities for beer arc elevating or that Its happy growth lays proper emphasis on their view of beer as an unhealthy bever age. Anyway the big plant Is a confirmed toper. A SOUTH DAKOTA BANK CHANGE W. M. Pease Sells Interest In Commer cial State Bank of Wagner. Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 2. Special to The News : Two Sioux City men , In the persons of Dr. J. N. Warren and Nelson J. Warren , and a Nebraska man , L. V. Hnskell of Lincoln , have purchased the Interest" of W. M. Pease In the Commercial State bank , of Wag ner , Charles Mix county. Under the reorganization G. W. Williamson , of Wagner , who retains his Interest , will remain as president of the Institution , while L. V. Hnskell becomes vice presi dent and Nelson J. Warren cashier. The latter will take up his permanent residence at Wagner. Under the new management the bank will have a capital of $10,000 , with $5,000 surplus and undivided profits. Northwestern Train Derailed. Huron , S. D. , July 2. The north bound mall and express , over the Chicago & Northwestern railway , ran into a bunch of cattle on the track near Ordway. The engine , baggage nnd express cars were derailed. En gineer Michael Murphy and Fireman Fred Klrkow were severely injured. Mr. Murphy , besides being fearfully scalded and hurt about the head , Is reported to have received Internal In juries that may prove fatal. The train was in charge of Conductor Prothrow. TO STOP BANK "RUMORS. " Prosecution to Follow Statements of Suspicion Against Any Bank. Lincoln , Neb. , June 27. To start a rumor that any state or national bank la in an unbound condition will bo a misdemeanor punishable In Nebraska by a prison sentence , If the next legis lature passed the bill which has been prepared by the Nebraska Bankers' association. Secretary Hughes has sent out cir culars telling that such a bill has been prepared and asking all bankers to support the executive committee In an effort to secure Us passive1. The pttnlshmpnt mentioned In the bill Is a Hue of not more than $5,000 $ and Imprisonment at hard labor for n erm of not more than five years. At present a suit In an equity court s the only action which can reach n man guilty of injuring the reputation of a bank. As most men who make statements derogatory to a bank's con dition are financially lrresponslblek a suit will do no good. They must bo reached by ft. prison sentence , say the banker * , Dills similar to , thfe One of the Ne braska bankers hi'vb been prepared In every other * tule at the suggestion of the American Bankers' association. An O'Neill ' Race. O'Neill Democrat : One of the moat exciting events that ha8 ever beeu pulled oft in Holt county will bo the trotting race on July 4 , between the dpeedy driving horses of our city Jesse Mellor'e big bay , " \Vlsetm , " Bll Froellch's gray driver , "Spokane , jr , ' and Judge Harrington * * four-year-old colt , "Diamond , " drlvrtl by their own ers In half mile heAts , best three h five , will make a Jtico to keep O'Nell holding Its breath during Its progress Wm Mathers and Berger Bros. ma > each enter a > iorso In this race , and 1 they do will stand a strong show to win , but the real Interest In this even Is the three O'Neill horses. It Isn' the tlmo they will make that Is o Interest , "but "which can beat" Is the nil Im'itartant question. NEW BOARD THROWS LIBRARY OPEN TO PUBLIC. MRS. UTTER ELECTED LIBRARIAN Board Meets on Beginning of New Fiscal Year Will Keep Bishop Block Quarters Library Open Every Saturday. Norfolk for the first time in Its his tory has a free public library con ducted by the city1. Meeting on the first day of the now fiscal year , the library board yesterday afternoon took formal charge of the library which had been turned over to the city council by the library committee of the Woman's club. club.Mrs. Mrs. Robert Utter , who has had charge of the library in the past , was elected librarian for the coming year. It was determined that the library should continue to bo open every Sat urday until the situation is thought to call for a more frequent opening of the library rooms. Arrangements were made to keep the library in the Bishop block for the present. With yesterday's meeting the fee charged for library cards Is abolished. The library becomes In reality a free public library for all living within the city limits. New cards will be Issued , the only requirement being residence In the city and the endorsement of some taxpayer. Non-residents may obtain cards on the payment of on annual fee of $1. The president and secretary were named yesterday as a committee on by-laws. The library board announces that 100 new books will be placed on the shelves next week. Library Open Friday. The public library will be open on Friday Instead of Saturday , the latter day being the Fourth. Mrs. Robert Utter , librarian. ADVERTISES FOR FORTUNE. Family Possess Fortune , But Can't Find Box to Which Key Belongs. New York , July 1. In an advertise ment printed In a morning paper lies the last hope of n Tarrytown family of recovering a fortune estimated as high as $200,000 which Augustus Kon- road , eccentric miser , concealed while in good health and the hiding place of which he was unable to reveal after disease had suddenly destroyed his reason. Konroad died in the Poughkeepsle insane hospital In October of last year. Before his death he gave evi dence of desiring to tell the attend ants somthlng and he oven attempted to place his thoughts in writing in a letter to his daughter , but the result was an incoherent jumble of words. Kept Three Keys. At the end he had to be cared for as a baby , but through it all he in sisted to bo allowed to retain three keys one to his home at Tarrytown , a second to a trunk , which he al ways .kept locked , and a third the mysterious key , to a safe deposit vault , In which the family believes the written evidence of his wealth re poses. Since his death every effort has been made to discover this vault. Near-by safe-deposit companies have been asked to aid , the company making the key has been applied to , and these sources falling , Mrs. Konroad , as a last resort , decided to appeal for aid in an advertisement. JUST BELOW NORMAL. In Temperature , Rainfall and Cloud iness Week Was Below Normal. Lincoln , Neb. , June 30. The week ly weather bulletin issued today gives the following review of the week end ing June 29 : The week averaged , for the state as a whole , just about normal tempera ture , rainfall , and cloudiness. The dally mean temperature was Qtween 70 ° and 74 ° in the centraj nd eastern counties , which IB just about the seasonal average. It was jotween CC" and C8 ° in the western counties , which Is about three de grees below the normal. Monday and , laturday were generally the warmest days , with maximum temperatures near 00' , The rainfall was above normal In most of the state. It excBfedod one nch In most of the central and east ern sections , exj ( * > j > t In some north eastern couiillbB , where It was about one-halt Inch. The rain fell mostly i\ Heavy showers Monday night , Fri day and Saturday. In a few localtles he rain was accompanied by hall. The otal rainfall from April 1st to date s decidedly above the normal , except n a few western counties , where It s slightly below. TO BOOST DENATURED ALCOHOL Secretary Wilson Will Show Formers How to Make It , Omaha , July 1. Under the direction of Secretary of Agriculture James Wil son , a model denatured alcohol planl is being bulll \ \ \ Washington , which will probably make alcohol from fiiore different fn'iUorlals and fn more "wldel } separaleU localities 'than any slmllai plant Which will bo built In a good many years. This plant Is to be "Tama Jim's' traveling fuel maker , nnd It Is estl mated that In the next two years the secretary of agriculture will be able to show 500,000 farmers how to make denatured alcohol from the waste pro ducts of the farm. i The plan Js to build this alcoho plant in Washington , and move it tc the great national expositions nnd later It will make a whirling trip around the country to state fairs and other meetings where the largest num ber of farmers can see the simple process of making something just as good as the "civilized drug gasoline" for power and fuel purposes. The llrst visit of the denatured nl- cohol plant and the government ex perts who travel with It , will bo to the National Corn exposition , which Is to be held In Omaha December 9 to 19 , and will have an estimated at tendance of 300,000 farmers. From Omaha it will go to one or two agri cultural colleges and then across the Rocky Mountains to Seattle , where It will make alcohol out of everything from furs from Alaska to fish skins from the Columbia river at the Alas- kn-Yukon-Paclilc exposition , which opens there next June. Congress has appropriated $10,000 for the denatured alcohol demonstra tion and Secretary Wilson has whltten to J. Wilkcs Jones , manager of the National Corn exposition , asking that 1,250 , square feet of floor space be re served for his traveling alcohol plant. Dies of Lock-Jaw. Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 1 Special to The News : William Doaue , a young man who came to South Da kota about a year ago from Warren , III. , and located at Artesian , is dead as the result of being aflllcted with lockjaw. About three weeks ago , while employed at carpenter work , he was unfortunate enough to step on a rusty nail , which penetrated his foot to a considerable distance. DROPPED $150. Peter Anda , Casper Cowboy , Found the Pace Too Fast. Peter Andn , a CasperWyo. , cowboy , left on the morning train for Sioux City , short $150 In spending money. Anda claimed that he had been rob bed In a Norfolk resort. Anda stopped in Norfolk yesterday to see the sigu.d. He was interested and missed the Sioux City train. Dur ing the afternoon he strolled across the river. Ho claimed to have $250 In his jeans. After a night spent in hilarity Anda said he had been robbed of a largo part of his hard earned savings. The cowboy started out to file a complaint this morning but found that he had barely time to catch his train. He left , his heart sorrowful nnd re pentant , his pocket , as he claimed , still mourning the roll of flashers. Anda's story was weakened by the fact that he did not stay to file a complaint. COMMERCIAL CLUB WANTS NORFOLK - FOLK AVENUE KEPT CLEAR. THE DIRECTORS GO ON RECORD Resolution Adopted by Commercial Club Directors Declares Strongly Against Shows and Exhibitions on Norfolk Avenue. The Commercial club directors have taken a decided stand against street shows on Norfolk avenue. At the meeting of the directors yesterday af- ternootf the following resolution was adopted ; "We , the directors of the Commer cial club of the City of Norfolk , at our regular meeting June 30 , 1908 , adopt the following resolution : We hereby agree to use our best endeavor to keep Norfolk avenue absolutely free from shows or exhibitions that mar and obstruct our main business street , and we hereby resolve to stand by the mayor and council In their purpose to enforce the ordinances as they now exist In relation to the matter. " The city council in granting con cession privileges to the Norfolk driv ing club for the race meeting made provisions that Norfolk avenue and Fourth street should be kept free of booths and shows. CRUSHED TO DEATH. Piano Fell on Charles Mix County Man. Sioux Fallu , 8. D , , June 29. Special o Thb News : An accident with fatal Gfiults which has not yet been re ported in the dally papers occurred at Wagner , Charles Mix county , the Ictlm being Henry Bucholz , a well tnown resident of that place. While aiding In handling a piano at a rail road depot the truck upon which he vas standing was tipped over , throw ng the entire weight of the piano upon the unfortunate man. Ho suf fered two serious fractures of the ilp and thigh and received Internal njurles , which resulted Ih his death twenty-four hours later. Ho is sur vived by a widow ftud Bix children , In addition to olh f relatives. Heads Gun Club. BfoiVx Falls , S. D. , Juno 29. Special to Thfe News : The latest town In Dakota to secure a gun club is Spencer , McCook county , where such a club has just been organized as the result of a meeting of the marksmen of that place. The organization was perfected by the election of Rev. J. W DeMerrltt as president and Henry Kruso as secretary-treasurer. It 1 thought that a little later in the sea son a shooting tournament will bo held on the grounds of the new gun club In which all the gun clubs of tha part of the state will be Invited t participate. The new gun club ha ordered the necessary apparatus am practice will commence as soon as I has been received. IVIC CLEANERS SWOOP DOWN ON THE ROW. FFICER8 MAKE MANY ARRESTS Ivlo Federation President Starts Clean-Up on the til Famed Line. Swears Out Complaints One De fendant Will Fight. The Norfolk civic federation has tilled off Its first raid. Norfolk justice court officials , mcked by the civic federation of- cers , have swooped down on the 111- anted line again , bringing the deml- itlzctis of the Norfolk under world nto court. The complaints which precipitated 10 latest raid were sworn out by ilson II. Brewer , president of the , vic federation. Arrests were made ast evening. More arrests followed oday. About $150 In tines were paid tto Justice Lambert's court. Of this ver $100 goes to the school fund. All but one of the raid victims paid 10 lines assessed. Roy Manor , con- ccted with the Ingham house , said 10 would stand trial. This will force to civic federation to produce ovl- ence. Ono of the resorts which has moved tit In the country since the last raid vas included In the new attack. The Raid. Touching the recent raid instigated y the civic federation , the officers r the federation Issued the following : ntement : "At the Instance of the civic feder- tlon , the county attorney had the in- iates and managers of the houses of 11 fame , east of the city , arrested and irought into justice court , where they vero assessed a fine which they paid t once , thereby acknowledging them- elves to be violators of the law , or n other words , criminals. When uch characters get so bold and so agrantly disregard the law as to ecome a decided menace to the lorals of the community , it Is high me that every citizen who has the > est Interest of the people and the Ity at heart should aid In every way ossible in driving these blots from ur borders. And the end is not yet. " TAFT NAME AND HONOR LINKED War Secretary's Ancestors Set Him Example. Chicago , June 27. "As I study the istory of the Taft family , I learn that t Is noted for Industry , energy , and rugallty ; nnd when the dark clouds f war have hung over the nation , from 10 conflicts with the Indians down o the great rebellion , It has taken nn ctlve and patriotic part in the sup- ort of the government. " This summary of the inheritances f William Howard Taft was uttered t a reunion of the Tnft family at Ux- ridge , Mass. , Aug. 12 , 1874. "That our noble family tree Is trong and flourishing , we have abtind- nt evidence today. Its roots have truck deep , Its branches have spread Ide ; and , although some , while ling- ring in the deep shade of its foliage , may have lost sight of the summit , yet lore have been many brilliant lights , cattered here and there , that have ver pointed upwards to direct asplra- on and encourage hope. " This was another of the utterances f that day on which 300 Tafts and .wlce as many sons and daughters of he same blood traced their history ack to the revolution , through the olonlal period with its Indian wars nd even to Ireland and Wales , reclt- ng deeds of their ancestors with raise , Nominee's Father Speaks. The historical addreBB upon that oc- aslon was delivered by the 'late Al- honso Taft , father of the republican omlneo for the presidency , and the acts brought forward bear directly pen the life of the next president of 10 United States. Valentine 6 , Wood Lake 2. Valentine , Neb. , Juno 30. Special o The News : Valentine G , Wood Lake 2. That is the story of the Val ntine-Wood Lake ball game. The ame moved rather slow , looking like shut-out for Wood Lake up to the ast inning , when two runs were cored on errors , The score : Valentine 00013200 x C Vood Lake 00000000 2 1 Batteries : Wood Lake , Heddlng on and Corter ; Valentine , Luke nn < ! Fisher. Umpire , Ed Clarke of Valen Inc. Struck out , by Heddlngton 2 by Luke 12. 12.A A SNAKE STORY. Draper Homesteader Held Snake KillIng - Ing Bee. Sioux Falls , S. D. , June 27. Special to The News : Maurice Wendleboe , a well known homesteader residing a few miles north of Draper , Lyman county , claims to bo the champion snake-killer of that part of western South Dakota. In support of his claim to this title he states that ho killed a total of sixty-five snakes In a single day. Wendleboe says ho was proceeding tea a dam on his place when ho ran across a blue-racer , which ho succeeded in killing. At a point only a short dis tance from where the snake was killed ho noticed a hole , nnd thinking the mate of the snake might bo found In it , he procured a spade and com menced to dig. At a depth of only two or three feet ho claims he found the mate of the snake killed , and also sixty-two othet snakes of the same species. Wondle boo nny ho lost no time In attacking HID Hiuikos and that when he stopped from his strenuous exertions every Hnalu > was dead. But WondlelKo , according to his Htory , had not yet soon the last of tlu > tmako spe-cles for the day. In the ovonlng , while again near the place whore sixty-four snakes had met their WatorlH ( ) at his hands , ho Bays he ran across a rattletmako , which ho alao sent to Btiako heaven In short order. As NVoiidleboo has the reputation of boliig a man who would not tell a Ho under any circumstances , his story of the whok'Balo Blnughtor of snakoB Is accepted by his friends and acquaint ances as bolng true. FOUR TRAINMEN NOW DEAD. Fireman Harris Dies at Chadron One Dead Tramp Identified. Chadron , Nob. , Juno 29. Special to The NCWB : Fireman Harris , ono of the trainmen Injured In the wreck of train No. 11C , died yesterday , making the fourth fatality umoiig railroad men In the wreck. Harris" log was broken and he also received Internal Injuries. It WHH thought at the time that tlieBo Injuries would bo fatal. Ills home Is In Chadron. Ono of the tramps who was killed In the wreck has been Identified. A track has boon built urouml the wreckage so that trains are making the trip without delay while the wrecking crew of the Black Hills di vision is still at work clearing awny the wreckage. The bodies of other men whom the negro tramp claimed must be dead under the cars have not been found and it Is now known that several tramps who wore supposed to have boon killed never rode out of Chadron on the ill fated train No. 110. The negro tramp escaped without a scratch and claimed that there wore other tramps under the wrecked train who wore not at that tlmo accounted for and who , as the work of the clear ing up goes on , are now known not to have boon riding on the train at the time. Even as late as Saturday afternoon credence was given In Chadron to a report that seven tramps met death in the wreck. Fireman Harris' death , it Is be lieved , closes the list of fatalities con nected with the Friday morning wreck near Gordon. With his death the authentic list includes four train men and two tramps , the body of one of whom remains unidentified. The trainmen are Engineer Graham , Fire man Myers , Brakeman Elmer and Fireman Harris , all of Chadron. Two Survivors Reach Here. Herbert Heshett , a tramp printer , and Judd Deal , a tramp cook , arrived In Norfolk Monday morning and an nounced themselves survivors from the wreck of train No. 11G near Gor don. Some fifteen tramps , they said , made an effort to board the train at Chadron but not more than seven were successful in evading the trainmen. One of the tramps who was killed was George Ostergaard , a tall Swede who has been wroklng in the irrigated country near Belle Fourche. The other tramp victim they called "Jim" but knew nothing else concerning him. The two men here said they were sleeping in the eighth box car from the front when the wreck occurred. The car was torn from the trucks but they were not injured. The tramps who were killed , they said , were suffocated in the mud and water. They were in a car further ahead. The negro escaped by being thrown through the door of the box car. Two men with Heshett nnd De rfl were missing for a time. The two wreck "victims" said that their homes were In Waterloo , la. , but they left Norfolk for Sioux Falls. IMPORTANT SCHOOL MEETING HELD IN AINSWORTH. PLAN FOR A NEW BUILDING Meeting Votes Fire Escapes and Orders Fire Drill Increase In Teaching Force Is Authorized Nine Months School Voted. Alnsworth , Neb. , June 30. Special to The News : In another year Alns worth will probably erect a new sch6ol building. This was the sentiment at the annual school meeting yesterday afternoon. There was much discussion over the need of an additional school building The final decision was to provide temnorarv rooms for the coming yeai and to plan a new building for the year following. To this end the presl dent of the board was Instructed to appoint a committee to discuss the situation and report plans to an ad journed meeting to be held the last Monday evening in September. R. S. Rising was re-elected a mem of the board. Amos. Burwell sue ceeds Mrs. Ellen Ackeraan who de dined a re-election. A nine months' school term wa determined upon at the meeting. Th board was also authorized to hire tw new teachers if deemed necessary. Fire escapes were ordered placec on the second story of the presen building. It was also voted that the pupils should be perfected In flro drills so that the rooms may bo speedily cleared In case of danger. If you are Inclined to bo somewhat persistent In anything you undertake and do not reverse yourself when II comes to the matter of advertising your success Is assured. WOMAN'S CLUB COMMITTEE RAISES $600 SITE FUND. MEETS NEW LIBRARY BOARD Vleetlng of New Library Board to Or ganize Was Called for 3 P. M. Pub lic Library to be Formally Trans ferred. Having ralHod the $000 slto fund vhlch they had pledged , the library ommltteo of thu Woman's club met his afternoon with the now llbrarr umrd for the purpose of arranging formal transfer of the public library o the city hoard. The mooting of the now library oard was called at 3 o'clock for the mrposo of effecting an organization , 'ho hoard has not mut nlnco Its an ointment this mouth by Mayor Stur- eou. The Woman's club commlttoo , whloli tartod the Norfolk library and which ins Blnco boon Its sponsor , sot out oiiio weeks ago to raise $000 , which vould represent the purchase prlco dC ho Koenlgstoln lot on Eighth street nd Norfolk avenue. This fund wn alsod within the required tlmo anil vlll bo placed In the hands of the city > onrd. The library , which the Woman's club urns over to the city , consists of. bout 1,000 volumns. Following the mooting this afternoon lie various questions connected with he proposed Carnegie library build- ng and slto will bo In the hands oT lie now library board. LOOKING FOR RELATIVES. Frank Moreland While Intoxicated Was Run Down by M. & O. Train. Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 1. Special o The News : The authorities of thlu ouuty are striving to ascertain the vhereabouts of relatives of a man vlioso name Is supposed to bo Frank Morelund , whoso body lies in the undertaking rooms of Coroner L. D. llllcr , in this city , pending Instruc- lens from relatives as to what shall 10 done with the body. Moreland met his death as a result f ovcr-lndulgoncc lu Intoxicating Iquor. While in a drunken stupor he vent to sleep on the track of the ) maha railroad company near Valley Springs , east of Sioux Falls , and wan truck by a locomotive hauling a relght train. At the point where the mfortunato man went to sleep there s a sharp curve , which prevented the engineer seeing the object on the rack In time to stop the train. NORFOLK SAW ECLIPSE. Nearly Half of the Sun Obscured Sun day Morning. Attracted by an opportunity to ob- erve a partial eclipse of the sun Nor- elk arose early Sunday morning. The cllpse began about 8:30. : For a little nore than two hours people peered hrough smoked glass as the moon , lowly encroached on the suu , flnallr bscuring about half of its area. Then. Norfolk rubbed its eyes and hurried ff to church. No trace of the eclipse could be Iscerned with the naked eye. Through moked glass , however , the moon's outline was plain. Some of the more Ingenious ob- erved the eclipse by pinching a hole hrough a large piece of cardboard. atching the sun's imago on a piece of white paper. The magnitude of the eclipse was hlrty-eight percent at the northwest orner of Nebraska and fifty-four per- ent in the southwest corner. The eclipse was visible all over the United States. Its magnitude varied considerably. In the state of Wasblng- on it was only about ten per cent , hat is , only one-tenth of the sun's llameter was obscured , whereas IB Florida It was ninety-seven per cent. t would have been total in Florldn If he moon happened to be nearer the earth at the time than It actually was. As the facts want It , the moon nnS sun are at such distances from the earth , that the moon appeared to bo a little smaller than the sun , so that when centrally placed before It It was not able to obscure the whole sun , but eft a narrow ring of light visible an around It. For this reason the eclipse s called an annular or ring eclipse. This ring eclipse was visible In the United States only along a belt about eighty-five miles wide In Florida. It was well worth a journey of many : miles to see. Scientifically , however , an annular eclipse is not of much value , since It requires a truly total ecllpso to show the sun's magnificent corona , such as was visible in the United States on May 28 , 1900 , anfl will not bo visible again within our borders until June 8 , 1918 , ten years from now. A Romance Ends. Wayne Democrat : Judge "Welch went to Dakota City and entered a di vorce decree for Mrs. Mary McAllister McNamara , giving her $3,000 allmonr and the custody of four children. Thus ends a sensational romance , the couple created considerable of a furore when married some years ago. Try a News want ad. ARTESIANJVELL 'BASIN Wo have over thirty quarter sec tions lying in northern Faulk nnd southern Edmonds counties In the fa mous Artesian Well Basin of S. D. Prices range from $1C to $25 per acre. For further particulars address , Ward , Guernsey & Kendedlno , Carlyle , S. D.