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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1909)
TUB NOHOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUNAL FRIDAY JANUARY 15 I'JOU ' ACCIDENT WAS FATAL. Alnsworth Farmer Dies From Fall Off Windmill. AliiHWottli , Neb , .Inn. 12. Special to The NOWH : .lolin M. ( JiiHtnfoii , mi old plouoor , was bin led hotu Hiinda.v afternoon with Masonic honors. 'I'hu ( lucciiHud WIIH liorn in Kslorjoiland , Scotlnnd , Match 28 , IK IS , anil died In St. Joseph hospital , Oinatia , last Thin mlny. On Snlurdii } . January 2 , ho was IK- III ) ; a wliiilinlll on liln place a few miles ciiHt of town when tlio frame work gave waj anil ho foil backwards HoiiHi eighteen feet. HlH loft nun wn lnill ( > Hhattoiod and ho miffoiod man } Intoinal Injinlcs. Dr. Lamhly WIIH calli'd and ho Hummnnod Dis Homy mill Smith to lilH aid and Ills In JuiloH woio attended lo acuidlng to the best medical skill Howovoi , an hu did not Impinvc IIH wits hoped. ln > WIIH tuhuii b > lr Lamhl } and Miss Mabel ( iiistafsou , a daughter , to Otnaha Wednesday inclining. Mir. ( IiiHtafHon came to Amoilea wlion hoIIH twonl.v , locating In 1111- nolH. Ho came to Nobtasku In the early ' 70s , locating In Fuinns county. Ho lived for a tlino In Giant county and caino luno In I'.IOO. ' lie WIIH a good neighbor and u Kind husband and fa ther. lit1 was a Biicei'SHful fanni'r and biiHlnoHH man and will be gioutly ' missed In this conininnltj. Ho loaves u widow find seven ehlldion to niouin bin UIHH Just 6,500 , Miles of Talk. If till the tolophouo "talks" made In Norfolk In a uaoio combined Into one noise , It would echo fioni Tilbco to the other coast If all the coiivc'isatlons which trickle thiongh the centinl ofllce of the No liitisUn cotnpunj In N'oifolk woie tied end to end the t wont-four horns' Htreani of talk would inn o\oi two weeks and then have the last woid to say. say.Tho The "telephone voice" Is almost nn much lined In NoifolK IIH the natural voice. Some Noifolk business men hold moio convocations o\er the loluphonu tnan they do "fiico to race. " Just 0,500 , Talks a Day. Did } ou o\or tliluk of the number of toleplione talla made In Norfolk lu n single day. The Nebraska company maUes n tinoo duS lecoul once a .vcar. Hoio Is this } cats recoril : .lannaiy t , (5,751 ( talks. .lannary 5 , 0,21 ! ) talks. lanuaiy 0 , 0,525 talks The total for tlnee dn.\s Is 10,52s talks. It would be a busv bunch of "hollo glils" who could catch the gist of 20,000 talks In tin co da.\s. G.OOO Miles of Talk. As the nvoiago telephone instiument Is piobabl } about half a mile .10111 the cential ofllce in Noifolk , the avoiage con\oisutl'ii has to go a mile. So tbeio aio 3,500 miles of talk a daj without doubling up on single eonvotsutlons. From 10 to 11 Busy. The "busy" boms In the central of- flco aio fioni 10 to 11 In the morning Women aio gieat telephone talkers and they talk the most between 10 and 11. Once in a long time the busiest hour In the da.v Is between H and 4 In the aftoinoon The telephone day inns fiom 7 In the morning until 10 at nivht. ; People begin to talk In the winter at about 7 o'clock , In the summer bcfoio 0 oclock. Faun Hues me busy In the e\cnlng. Hut 10 o'clock Is alwa > s the jumping off hour in the evening MADE EYES AT JOSLYN. Stono. Spoke Lovingly and Looked Lovingly at Husband , Wife Says. New Yoik , .Inn 11 A lomaikable inati imonlal document made Its up- peaiauce In the count > cleik's ofllce In the shape of a bill ot paitlcnlais llled by I'nti Joslti In her suit to IP- cover $50,000 damages ftom Minnie Iieno Mather for alienation of uffec- tlons ot Alfied H Joslii , who Is in 1'ails Mrs. Joxlvn's suit came on for trial befoie Justice Biady and jury in the supreme couit Miss Mngher was not piesent , it being explained that she is still In Fiance attending to her old job of stenogiapher for .loslyn. Her attorneys said she now Is a legal resident of Franco. So Is Joslyn , who by the way is suing for separation on the gionnd that his wife icfused to join him In Fiance since ho lied thoie in 1UOS The bill of paitlculats says : . "Annlo Iiene Magher , defendant , loolu'd at the plaintiff's husband longingly , lovingly , sweetly , Inviting ly ; by looks and motions , by what she did say and speak by words , and with her eyes and manneis , she challenged the plaintiff's husband's love and af fection. "Sho caused the plaintiff's husband to take supper with her at various hotels and other places , and to Invite her to wine suppers dm Ing which and on vvlith occasions she thiew llery. m longlni : and loving looks at him and used all the wiles ot the lover's art and the modes of endearment so as to cause him to love her and consider her the not plus nltia of vv onion ( whatever that may be ) , and she ic- pauled him possessed of all the quali ' ties she admlied and adoied In a man 4 as an Adonis. " TO ELECT OFFICERS. Commercial Club Directors Meet To night to Organize for the Year. The rccontlv elected boaid of di rectors of the Noifolk Commoiclal club will meet this evening with Sec- rotar.v Stuigeon to organi/e for the coming } ear. Praise for County Attorney Eberly. Stnnton , Neb , Jan 11 Special to Ino rsovvs1 At their session last week the board of county commissioners awarded the county printing to the three Stanton county papers , Stanton Register , Stanton Picket and Ptlger Herald , at full legal rates , divided equally. The Register WIIH the sue- coHHfnl bidder for blanks and station- ry. ry.Dr Dr . Undorbtirg and Hardy wore It-signaled IIH county physicians. The only change In < onnty offices WIIH that of count } attorney , D 0 JIuiHo Htieeoodlng ( I A Kborly Mr. Eberly IIIIH Boivod eight \oars and It WIIH only hlH poidtlvc lefusal to lie- nine a candidate 01 to HO much IIH illow his name to be lined on the bill OH ! that prevented bin le-nonilnatlon He him made a splendid oil leer , a Fad which the people of the county IH well IIH the boaid of county com- nlnsloneiH fully nppioclate. In ovl- lotico of thlH appieelatloti the boaid passed by unanlmouH vote the foi- owing lesolntlon , Mr. Kingston , Den'ociat ' , voting lieaitll\ with his ll < publican iiHHoclates : WheieiiH , the letliing county at toiuey , Coorxo A lObeily , has been for font } ems last past the legal ad v Iser of the boaid and as such we have found him faithful , titiHlwoithv mil Invaluable. And wheieiiH , to the pcisoual knowl edge of the membeis of this boaid as a public pioso ( nlor ho has at all Union been piompt and vigilant , elfl clout and Impaitlal In the enfoieo nieiit of the cilinlnal lawn of the Htate. And vvheieas , ho has been to a inni lied degree able , painstaking and sneeesHtuI In the peifoimance of the duties of his office and in the tians action of public business entilisted to his caie That theiefoie , we as a boaid of eountv I'ommlsxlnnois , as a mink ol our appieclatlou of his sot vices as eountv iittoinev of Stauton county heiebj extend lo Cic-oigo A Kboily , a vote of thanks and a vote of con- -'latnlntlon foi the i nininonilabli lecoul he has made as a public official And the ( ouutv cleik of Stanton county Is heieby dlieited to iccoid this losolntlon as pint of the pie ceedlngs ol this boaid Noitb Nebiaska has few better at totue.vs than Mi Kboilv , and none moie luithful to tint } or ( onslstenl and conscientious in Hie woik which falls to a pia thing allotnoy , besides being agieeable In his manner ol dealing with men Music Prof. Loses Voice. Pi of. Keeso Solomon , instiuctor In music In the public schools of Noifolk and In one or two other Noith No > biaska towns , has lost his voice. Mr Solomon not onlj can not sing but he can not talk. He communicates with his famll.v and with tilends bv wilting Mi. Solomon Is sulforing fiom In llamatlon of the vocal coids to the ex tent that one sl.le of his tace and his tongue have been vlitnally paialy/od. Tills condition is said to bo due to ovorwoik. The muoic iiistructoi of com so had to give up his work Fildaj when the attack caino on He was , however able to be down town during the after noon. He can still eat and Is not seiiouslj inconvenienced save in his piofesslonal woik and In holding oia ! conveise. The attending phvsician slated that Mr Solomon was better Satmdaj and would piobabl } complete ! } legaln his voice in a few days , although a icst of a week or ton das may be neces bill } The Criminal Always With Us. Washington , Jan. 11. In a vlgoious message sent to congiess today Piesldent Roosevelt declines the con dition of the penal and lefounatoiv Institutions of the national capital to bo about as bad as can be , and lecom- mends Immediate and geneious legis lation to conect the cijlng evils. The message is based upon the ro- poit handed him b } a commission consisting ot" Judge Wendell P. Staf- loid , John Joy Kdson and Uoboit V l.a Dow , the appointment of which was lecommonded b > congiess , and which , after a tlioiough examination of the \aiious institutions of the Dis- tilct of Columbia , made a tour of in spection of some ot the piincipnl cit ies of the conntiv lor the inn pose ol finding the most approved methods of cm ing for the wmds ot the public The lesult of the commission's labors Is the lecommendatlon of a iiullcal change In the system now in vogue and Includes the conversion of the piesent jail Into a house of detention , the establishment of a lefotinntoi } and a woik house , each upon a thousand acre fat in , wheio the In mates can be employed in shops and upon agtlcultuial work ; and the adoption of a parole law and a ptoba- tlonai } system. The piesldent comments upon the fact that the jail and work house now in use are frightfully overciowd- ed. "In most cases , " ho says , "two or three prisoners are confined In a single cell not large enough for one , and , In togaid to the fact that all the prisoners of the jail are maintained In idleness , he says , "they belong , moreover , to n class of piisoneis that specially need and dread to be put to woik. " Discussing the overctovvdlng of prisoneis mid the compulsory associa tion of the innocent with the guilty , the commission says : "That men and women should be sent to these nar- iow and ciovvded cells , the Innocent with the gullt > , the Hist offender with the haidened criminal , in one piomls cuous assembly , to conupt and be corrupted by each other , the lazy to bo humoied and fosteied in their lazi ness , the Industrious to bo depiived of every form of emplo.vincut , to bo fed like beasts and maintained nt the public * chin ge , not only with no ptos- poet of Impiovement in their condi tion but with the moial cottnlnty that they will coino out far worse than they wont In , Is n fact that has become - como a stench In the nostrils of the whole community and ought to bo felt as a shame and disgrace to the whole nation whose representatives nro re sponsible for Its existence. " In spite of the progress made by civilization , the commission finds the general situation gloomy in the ex treme. "Tho confession must be undo that noclety IH still In n state if Helgo , " Hays the tepoit. "If wo louht It we have onlv to notice the tarn and bolts on every hand , the watchman , the policeman , every where Aftet four thousand yearn of Hoclal older of one neil or another , ifter two thousand yearn of chrlH tlanlty , It Is Htlll the fact that those who have must maintain their POSHOH HloiiH b.v foice or the thioat of force I'ho mailed hand of government IH nor e\er > house and shop and bank vault In the clvllbed world , and ap put out ! } II must bo HO for centuries to come. The cilinlnal pioblem must bu looked upon an piactlcally perma nent. " Faces for the Homesteader. Homestead life on tie nosebtid uralilo will soon be a loallty foi Nor folk land wlnnois along with othet lucky enough to diaw Tilpp county fauns. "A Few Facts foi Ilomo.s cadets" Is the title of an nitlcle In the Latino lout mil , the onlv newspaper In Tilpp county. The Join mil sa > s : "Among the things that a home steader wants to know about mo the necessmy tools to woik with , the kind of plants that should bo giovvn the ( list vents , and what mo the neces- smy buildings Theio Is bound to be moie or less dlftetence of opinion and peihaps what would do for one would not do foi anothei Fiom the limited Knowledge the editoi has , he gleans the following facts which mav bo of Intelest to the homesteadois. Lumber vs. Sod. "The Hist thing alter the home- steadei lias llled and picked out his ( punter Is to get settled The Imptove- metits 01 iiocossni } buildings he will have to put up will depend to a huge extent on his men w It one Is looking foi oonomof ( time and money , the quickest , heallhlist and most ocnnonil oil buildings me fiame buildings Not onlv lei fouiteen months' losidomo but also lei live \cais Sod houses me the onlv othei buildings pinctlcoble outside of lumbei , as cement Is out ot the question on account of thoio being no good building sand 01 giavel In the count v. Theic Is sand In the count v. plentv of It. but so far none baa been found that is lit foi building lin ) poses The Sod House. "The sod house Is quickly con stituted , depending to a gieat extent on the cost ot laboi and the cost of the doois , windows and loofs ll\- peits could put up a house In mice or loin clavs for a man and his wife to live lu , but geneialb fiom two to tlnee weeks can be llguied on. Their one gieat advantage lies in the fact that the sod house is a winm wlntei house , but Its disadvantages mo many. -Mice and mound squinels find It a fine nesting place ami In damp went hot tluv me damp and unhealthy , besides needing lonsldeiable topnli- Ing all the ttn-e In the spnng the condition ot the -sod and weather may piove nut.iv 01 able and make the cost ot electing a sod house1 moio than a fiame one A good shack 10x12 , eight tcet hiuh to the celling can be oh tallied for about $125 A cheaper shack might be- made fiom shlplap , 2x4s and plentv of tar and losln papei A bain that would house font head of stock can be bulk lor about ? 100 , and ultogcthei $2.10 will about cover the uecessaij impiovements In the way ot buildings the flist .vear. Cost of Wells. "Water can be obtained fiom depths Kinging 11 oni six to twenty-five feet , in an } pait of the county. There me no wells In the count } that aie known to be mi } deeper than twenty-live feet. The cost ot sinking a well Is seventy- fl\e cents a foot A windmill costs all the way ftom $50 to $75 and n water tank all the vva > ftom $15 to $25 'tae soil is easily penetiated cm account of there being a clav sub-soil and then sand and giavel "The best land is in the noithein and cential pint of the county. There will be plentv of Indian land to lease and tent at fiom fifteen to twentj-Ihe cents mi acio The Indians will un doubted ! } sell their land in tills count } as last as the } can get patents or deeds to their land Wilto to the land ottices heie foi fmther Infoima- tlon. Expense of Plowing. "It costs $250 to $ H.OO an note to get sod plowed The main reliance will be hoibos Plows pulled by gaso line and steam will be used , but they have to have pleiuof laud to plow and the soil cannot be too wet. "The main means for tianspoitatlon will be by means of big fieight wagons , while quicker service will bo fntnlshed b.v automobiles and buggies li may seem stian e , but a lailioad does not aKvavs mean piosperity to a commuiiitv. It has been the expei- ience In localities west of heie that dm Ing the fioightlng pciiod beloie the lailioads canu1 In they witnessed their gteatest piospetity. For some leason or another there is n great de mand for all the taim ptodncts and the pi ices of the local market are as high and even higher than the eastern markets The tallioad Is bound to come , but It is not such a necessary thing as people think it Is. The rail road , even If It stntts In the spring , will not be doing business for at least a year. Commuting. "Commuting is pa.v Ing nil the money into the goveminent that Is tequlred to pay for the land , and living on the land fouiteen months ; also to erect buildings and till some of the land in order to show that the homesteader Intends to make the land his home. "HollnqulshmeiitB mo wheio the homesteader has llled but has failed to put up a building or live on the land dining six months Immediately following the filing The law gives a homesteadei six months to get on his qnaitcr , and If nothing Is done b } that time , then the homesteader loses nil light to the land which teveits to the government again , and then anybody can file on It Theie will be no to- llnqnlshments in tills county until after the first of September , 1909. "The necessar } faun Implements mo a plow , haitow , disc , com planter , cul tivator , seedei and binder. Tripp Crops. "Sod coin Is the principal crop as It ptepares the land for small gialn. Flax Is also a gooa first year's crop. Oats do well when sown on ground sown to flax All the small grain do well after the first year Potatoes do well the first year. The seed Is placed In the sod and grows between the un der side of the sod and the ground. Corn , wheat , oats , bay and live stock will bo made products on whlcb tbls count iv , will depend for Its prosperity. The soil mid lay of the land can't bo bent by any other county of Its HZO. ! " May Make More Disclosures. Washington , Jan 11. in the few re maining weeks of President Moose- veil's administration enough will de velop , It IH lepoited , to put several membeiH of the piosont house of top- icscntatlvoA In a most unenviable light In cannot be stated just at this time how the dlsclosines will be made , but enough Is loin nod to war- unit a statement that the piesldent. by simply potmlttlng to be made pub lic some of the facts that me In his possession . conceinlng the ptlinai } campaigns of Borne of the membeis of congiesK , can. If ho so deslieti , put thorn out of the i mining next .Near , when mi other congieHslonal election Is to be held Whethei Mr. lc , < iaovoll will do this or tot will soon be known , lie Is not ! ' a "qulttoi" or a "bluffer" In an } thing hetindei takes. Are Just Ordinary Men. Much Is hemd conceinlng the debate - bate on the passage of the lesolutlon to lebnke the piesldent , mid of the Meat effoits made by the house to piove to the country that It Is a high moial bed } whose conduct and Integ- ilty is above icptcmch , and should not I bo questioned , either peisonally 01 collectively. Hut plainly speaking , the house of lepiesentatives does not dIffoi nutlet lull } tiom any other body of li',10 ' men. It Is an able oigaul/.a- lion and each state sends men of cali ber and foi ce to Washington , but the house mombeis mo just oidlnaiy 'men ' , aftet all , subject to all the weak- i nesses of which their follow cltl/.ens aie subject Some of the membeis play a good baud at poker , attend hot so i aces , when they can get to j one , and ventuie on the outcome of n I piesldentiul election bv backing theli ' judgment with their mono } . Scene of Many Fights. Dm lug the last few veins thoie iiiive been many peisonal list lights in congiess , wheie hair was pulled and ees blackened after the lie had been passed. Congiossmmi Chailes Napoleon Hiiimm , of PeiiiiBlvanlu , once Inn led a 1m go volume of Con- giessloiml Hecoids at the head of a fellow Republican who was then tryIng - Ing to lay a foundation for an Ananias club. John Wesley Gaincs got Into a fight not two yems ago in a swinging dooi , and ho and his antagonist weio wliiil- ed aioiind and aiound with gieat tnpldity , each tiylug to get at the other. John Slitup Williams and David A. DeArmond clinched mid gouged each otheis' e.vos two } oais ago this win- tot Tom Reed , when speaker , dared Joseph Hallov , then the floor leader tor the minoiitv , who tlneatencd Reed pei tonally , to step light up to the speaker's lostiuni. Thoie is a long list of concessional fights , lows , anests mid couit pioceedings con- coining the membeis ar d the sona- tots. Heflin Drew a Revolver. Tom Hcllin of Alabama , last winter diew a levolvor in a stieet car and shot at a negro , missed his maik and seiiousl.v wounded a white man who lay foi weeks in a hospital. Students of conmesslonal pugilistic encoiinteis recall the caning of Sen ator Summei b.v Tombs , and the at tack on G. A. Giow , who pulled the wig of Uiooks , his antagonist It is enl } a lev } eiis since the liquor bar in the Insenieut of the capl- tel was abolished , but theio mo many senatois and congiessmeu who take a squaie drink whenever the } feel like it , fiom the buttoimllk cocktail , which is the vice piesldout's favorite bov- 01 age , to a Klin ? WHIIaii's highball. Theio are all soils of tompoiamcnts and characteiistlcs in congiess , but both blanches can bo depended upon ahMi.vs to maintain and uphold Its own dignlt } TUESDAY TOPICS William Lowe of Hattlu Cieok was In N'oilolk toda } on his wa } to Madi son on business. Mrs Coin A Heels will loturn Ibis eveniin ; from a two weeks' vacation spent in Illinois and Michigan She j will be accompanied by her niece , Miss Winifred Hn/.en Among the dav's out of town visl- tois In Noifolk weie : N. A. Harvey , Wansa ; A. 13 Dillon , Oakdale ; Allle Klebou , Winnotoon ; W. K. McCord , Albion ; Mr and Mrs. N. E. Gardner , Gregory , S D. ; A. R. Domans , Fied Septko , Donesteel , S. D. ; Fritz Hud- den , Genoa ; A , N. Asbury , Page ; C. M. Gilman , Pierce ; Miss Martha Prer. Pilmrose. While Judge Welch has not an nounced the day thai he will go lo Madison to enter up decrees In several pending cases he has Intimated thai these decisions may be expected about the flist of Fein nary. "Hogs will be worth $1 per 100 pounds moio within a month than they nto now. " This Is the forecast of a Noifolk stockman , who atttlbutes the low pi availing prices to the fact that many half-fat pigs ate being sent to the nmikct. Roberl McKibbon Is 111 wltis pnou- monla. Miss Mattlo Conloy of Schnylor Is visiting fi lends In Norfolk. William Xittz and Ernest nehmor of Hoskfns woio In Noifolk Tuesday aftemoon for the annual stockholder' meeetlng of the Noifolk National bank. Senator F. J. Halo of Atkinson was in Norfolk Tuesday to attend a meet ing of the dlrectots of the Noifolk Na tional bank , The Wednesday club will meet wllh Mrs. John R. Hays Wednesday after noon. The West Side Whist club will meet with Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Draden Thursday evening. Mrs. C. U Anderson , who waa very HotlotiHl } 111 , Is believed to bo on the road to recovery. Mrs 1) Roes , who has boon quite III with neuralgia for the past ton da.vs , was much hotter \esteidiiy af ternoon. The lire depattnieut holds Its tegular meeting at the clt.v hall Wodnosda } evening. At this meeting final detail ! ) for the eiitoilalnment of the lit omen's convention will he taken up and dis posed of. Honi } llaase tecelved a telegiam ( luting the mottling announcing the set ions illness of IIH ! wlfo at Water- town , Win. Mis. Haaso has JIIH ! ruf- feie'd a stioke of paritlvsls. Mr ll'iase left on the noon tialn lor Waleilown Miss R V Mason Is acting llbiailau of the Noifolk public library. Miss Mason was designated as acting Ulna rlan b.v the genet ai consent of mem hois of the Ilium } bomcl , which UB a lesnlt did not hold Us expected moot ing } ostoidny aftemoon The llbiaiy Is still open only on Satin da } after noons. A. Rnudklev , who for the past nine } oats has tiaveled for the Womoti- How aid company of St. Paul , began this week in the cnpaelt } ol Itiivellng salesman for the nuiIo-Tyitoll com- pan } , the laigest ciockei } dealeis lu this cottnti } , with licadquaiteis at Chicago cage The foi iner company has been absoibed bv the latter. Mr. Ranilklov will continue to cover noithoiiHt No- biaska with his hondquaitcis at Nor folk. folk.A A meet Ing of the Men's club of Ihe Flist Conmogalional chinch met last evening In the chinch pat lots. "No- biuska" was the subject of a toast ie- sponded to b } Ktlvvln Hooth , ji , pastor of the chinch. Other toasts weio given b } Cltv Superintendent F , M Hunter , vice picsidoiil ot the club , who piesided , C. C. Gow , D. Rees and Rev. J. 12 Ctaig , of the Second Con- giegationnl chinch. Piano solos vvoio phiod during the evening b } C. J. Bullock and Lou ell ICiskino. N. C Scliult/ , societal } of the Ne braska ictail dealeis' association , was In the cit } toda } Among the mattois which In ought Mr. Schnltheie was the $5,000 damage suit In ought b } Robeit Fenskc of Hosklns against Chailes Heischlag of the Hndnr sa loon , and the L.von Homllng mid Suioty compaii } of Omaha The suit was llled In the dlstilct con 11 nt Pieice by Mapes & Ha'/en. Fenske was tin own enl of the Hadar saloon and badly pounded up. Ho admits that he may have been a lltlle clemoiisliatlve him self but las that to the liquor which the saloon man sohf him. Fonske claims that ho snffeicd very scvoie in- jmies fiom a heating and kicking given him by the bat tender whom , it Is claimed , tlnow him out at the saloon keeper's oideis. Wolfkiel-Wlles. James T. Wolfkiel and Amy 13 Wiles of Noifolk weie mauled Wednesday in Slou.x City. A. L. Killian the Piesident. A. L Killian , piesldont. II. A. Pasowalk , vice piesident. J. D Stuigeon , societal } . Tieasuioiship and vacanc } on board to be filled at the next meeting. The Commeiclal club dliectois , meeting last evening with Sociefny J. D Stuigeon , organised for the } eai's woik by choosing A. L. Killian as piesi dent and II. A. Pasowalk as vice piesi- dent and lotaining J. D. Sturgeon us secretary. Uoth in the election of its offlcois and in an informal discussion of the } cat's woih ahead the boaid gave signs of a unamimlt } of opinion which aiguecl well toi a successful slait In the now } car. The directors meol again Tuesday , when Iholr oigani/atlon will bo com pleted C. J. Fleming arid J. n Unase weie named as a committee to look up a suitable mooting place for the dltec- tors , who plan to return to the prac- lice of holding weekl } meetings at the noon hour. hour.C. C. S. Bridge Resigns. C. S. I5iid o nas lesigned fiom the board of dliectois. Although not a member of the club nt the time the annual meeting was held Mr. Diidgo was neveitheless chosen a dhectoi. His place will be filled Tuesda } . SAYS HORSE DOESN'T ' "LIFT" Marwood Claims That "Pull" Is the Proper Word. Editor News : Does a horse pull , push or lift a load ? I too have teacl something of the discussion thai has been going on in cerlaln Sioux Cily and Omaha papets and was much In let esled In the theory thai Dr. Mackay advocales In Monday's News , and which ho states Is substantiated by Diltish , Canadian , and othei govoin- mcnt repoits , Hint Iho horse neither pushes not pulls but lifts the load. The atithoiitlos cited by Dr. Mackay do not piovo , to my mind , that the hoiso lifts the load , but enl } that the hoi so has lifting power. The contio- vorsy In Iho afotcsald papois was concoinlng this question , "Does the hoi so pull or push the wagon ? " The ptoofc cited by Dr. Mackay explode the absuidlty of the hoiscs pushing the wagon bul do noi piovo that the horse olthet lifts the wagon or that ho does not pull It While a horse's stiongth Is meas ured scientifically by the number of foot-pounds ho can lift In a given time by means of a rope , pulley and weight It seems to mo thai It Is potfectly proper to say "The horse pulls the wagon. " To "lift" Implies movement perpen dicularly It also Implies that the lifter , In the absence of pulleys or other means of multiplying strength , Is able to stand under the load lifted I have seen a small dray-team on a side-track draw a loaded freight car weighing at least fifty tons. If placed under this load the horses would be crushed to a HhnpelesH mass Would Dr. Mackii } nil } thin team "lifted" the cur ? I would also take exception to the Idea expie.ssed lu this statement , "to move a heavy load a hoise must him Holf have weight , a coiiHldeiiible per ceul of which need enl } bo fat ' I e If a hots < > only IIIIH the weight , It mallei s not If his weight Is Imgel.v fat M } expel lence IIIIH been that If to a noi mill muscular IIOIHO of twelve bundled weight , a bundled pounds of fat be ad clod , while lie might be able to stint a slightly heavier load he would not bo able to diaw it neml.v so fin be I'oie exhaustion us he could have done beloie be added Ihe fat Weight Is not a icccssniv Indlcii tlon of an animal's pulling Hticiiglh I have HCCII a little spun of mules diaw a load all da > long that would have e\ haustttd a much heavlei team of hoi sen , mid } ot be as livcl.v mid as leady to kick ( he lint oil vciin head when night comes as the } weie In the motnlng. I see no leason fiom nil the pi oofs I have so fur seen cited lo abandon the old-fashioned Idea thai "the hoisc pulls the wagon. " R F Mmvvood. A. O. U. W. INSTALLATION. Semi-Public Installation of Officers Followed by Oyster Supper. The newl } elected offlceis ot the Noifolk lodge of the A O. U. W weio Installed last evening with appiopilato ceiemonies at a semi-public Installa tion In addition to a good attendance of membeis some thlityllve ladles weie piesent. The olllceis Inducted Into office weio : J. II Lough , past master woik- mmr Kd Mullen , mastei woikman ; Kd Conley , foioman ; W. L Pinker , overseei , Aitlnn Waid , guide , C L Anderson , financier , John Quick , to- , M. Moollck , lecoidei , Ceoigo Knapp , Inside watch , O J Daniel , out side watch ; Dr. W. II. Hagey , medical examiner Thoie was also ono initia tion and one lelnstatenient. Deputy A It Dillon was the Install ing olflcer. The evening closed with mi oyster supper In 0. A. R. hall. Northwest Weddings. Andiew Hultquist and Miss Maude H. Tottcn vvoio mauled in Hlgin North Nebraska Deaths. W. II Paikei , a foi mer lesident of Chi } Ridge , near Kldln , died last week In Lincoln. Ponca Engineer Dies on Duty. Poiica , Nob. , Jau 12. The cltlens of Ponca weio shocked when the news flashed ovoi town that Sollni Mattlson , the city engineer , was found dead in the pumping station In ( ho evening The cause ol death at this lime Is un known , bul was picsumabl } hetut falhne Ho had bcon n cltl/cn of Ponca foi man } } oais , was fifty } eats old , and leaves a wife and Iwo small childen ) , Iwo biothois and llnee sis- tcis , two of whom live In SiouxCll } . BIG WOLF ROUND-UP TODAY. Ptanley and Lyman Counties Are Be ing Scoured. Sioux Falls , S D , Jan 12. Special to The News. One of the most sys tematic wolf lound-ups in the history of westcin South Dakota , is taking place today In a wide extonl of ler- litoiv situated In the soutlieiii pait of Stanlo } and western pint of Lyman counties The i omul up pat ties , mount ed upon ponies , gathered eaily this moinlng and were divided into four wings , under competent captains. ICach wing went In a different dliocllon and the country lei man } miles aiound is be-In1 ; caiefull } seaichod for wolves as it WTS customar } for the old-time cattle i ound-iip paitles to seaich foi cattle None of those -pat tlclpating was penult ted to cair.v a rifle , being limited to shotguns mid lariats as weapons Neither aio do-rs other than hounds taking pait in the roundup. That it will be one of the most oxclllng wolf round-ups over pulled off in South Dakota appears ceitaln Wolves aio numoious In that section and It Is ox- peeled that many of thorn will be killed. Hawarden Hotel Destroyed , Hawaiden , la , Jan. 12. The Noith- westetn hotel of this place , owned by Will King , caught flro fiom an ovei- hcated stove and was almost enlirely clestiocd. The loss is full } covered by Insurance. Smallest Baby Dead , Sioux , City , Jan. 12 After living for thltteen days , swathed In bandages , her every action watched to preserve If possible the tiny spaik of life , the Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. E. Dolph , 1501 West Fointh street , died fioni infantile convulsions. The baby was the smallest over born In Sioux city. city.On On December 28 the stork visited the Dolph homo and loft the tiny bit of femininity , who was the wonder and admiration of neighbors and rela tives -if the famil } Weighing only sixteen ounces and only fifteen Inches In length , the lltllo one was perfectly foi mod and seemed to bo healthy. DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS 'LOADED. Another North Nebraska Boy Dan gerously Hurt While Hunting. Crolghton Liberal : Alfred Poggen- f.co , Iho cloven-oar-old nephew of Pete Thompson , was brought to the Kalur hospital Wednesday noon fiom Magnet with a set Ions wound In his left breast and there is enl } slight hope for his recovery The boy took a 32-cnlIbei revolver out of the older brother's tiunk on his parenl's farm three miles south and ono mile cast of Magnet , and started out hunting. A DELICIOUS morning * * bcvcrngu n delight ful accompaniment to lunch eon or dinner lich , fra- jjrnnt , exhilarating It is alvvnvs "jtisl nglit , " full strength , smooth and pil.itaUc , with never a "off" lasU'or flat ness. OLD GOLDLNiinn unusual blend which reveals cotfe o (50 ( dues * new to you. TONE nnOS. , Duo Motncs , low / ' The i evolve ! WIIH cocked and while ? milling the lovnlvor so that the bmiol minted townnlH his In ens ! , the boy stumbled over a coin stalk with the esult that the icvolvei was dlK- lunged , the ball entering the left u east about on and one-half InchcB to the tight of the left nipple DIH Kalm it Knlar vvoio called on Tuesday : 'V oiling to take chin go ol the case * mil bionghl the nnloiInnate luiv to thcii hospital Weduesihi } noon and ! an effoit Is being made to locate th'j bullet with the aid of X-uis Sixteen Below Zero During Night. 10 below 201 o In Noifolk IS below In Iho lllack Hills 2 lo 5 below In the Rosebud 22 below } ostoidi ; } at KliUwood. Neb , near New pott. It was aiiothei coldest night ol the year In Not folk Not lu two jem has the mm cur } chopped low CM than It did Monday night In tills cit.v Tuesda } inclining saw a changi of wind to the south , with Indications for ilslng tempoiatuie This Is the woutli er loiecast. 22 BELOW NEAR NEWPORT. That Was Dcgtee of Frigidity Recorcf- ed at Kirkwood. Nowpoit , Neb. , Jan IJ. Special tc The News : It was 22 ° below /oio ne- ccitlliig to the sell leglslei ing thor- mometei at Klikwood postolflce sc vcu miles noi th of heie al 7 o'clock vtt- teida } moi nlng Alnswoith , Neb , Jan. 12 Spicla.1 to The News : The moioni } ( hopped to 10 below yoio heie Salindav nli'ht and was enl } 5 below the wannest pait of Sunday. ICE HARVEST IS ON. River Frozen to Depth of Sixteen or Seventeen Inches. Valentine , Neb. , Jan. 12. Special to The No\vs. The Not thvvesterii inll- load company has begun theli annual Ice haivest at this place and expert to be hoie two weeks al least The Ice Is in fine shape being about sixteera or seventeen Inches thick and a-tloar as a cnstal The } gonoiali } employ about a bundled men and thlitv or forty teams The last two da\n has been spent in getting the chute and c-veiy thing in leadlnoss , and wuik is now jnolng lu good shape. rieiiwatei , Neb , Jan. 12 Special to The News1 'R. H. Norwood < gang of Ice-cutters have commenced l > m- vestlng the season's ciop on thu Hvan's baou noithwest of town and no filling the Ice house of f'haci < fc Ron The Ice h of excellent quality and neail } a foot In thickness BLIZZARD ANNIVERSARY. Twenty-One Years Ago Tuesday the Big Storm Came. Tuesday was the twonl } ( list annl- voisary of the big bli//ard of Januaiy 12 , 1SSS , which took so man } livesus this counti } . Many people still \ivld ly lomomber it. It was a watm day when snddonl } the wind veered to the noi th , snow fell and a storm raged that has never had an equal. Death of L. Smith. Valentine , Neb , Jan 12. Special to The News : Word tcached hoie of Hies death of I , Smith , a resident > f this city w'io has been In a hospital at Omaha for the past month , having ; undergone an opoiation for stomach ttonble. His body will bo taken to Hecinor , Nob. , for burial , Deemer beIng - Ing the home of his relatives lies leaves a wife and no ehlldion Ho is an old settler here and has been a farmer for iho past voar or so Notice of Administrator's Sale. In the dlslrlcl couit of Madi > m county , Nebraska In the mnttoi of the applic ati.i if Jack Koenlgsteln. admlnlHtratoi of the estalo of Wllholinlna Mav de ceased , for Ic-avo to se-11 teal < - i > Notice Is heiobv given that in purhii auco of an older of the Hon Ansnn \ vVokh. judge of the district .on it of MadlHon county , Nobiaska. m.i i mi the 2d chi } of Janiiar } , 1901 , im n , , . sale of the jeal estate hon'lmii ! . d > be lined there will be sold m pul.li vendno to the hlghe-st bidder fi > i < jish upon the piomlses hoieln d < i < niji < l in snld count } on the lib < la\ if i . i > ruary. 1909 , at the hour of lo o.i.uk a. in. the following described t ul t s tale , towllLot twenty (20) ( ) and an undivided Inteiost In lots twnt > emci and Iwentv two , all In block one of Riverside Park addition to Noifolk Madison county , Nebraska Said sr.Io will lomaln open one hour Dated this 8th day of January , 1901) . . , . . . Jnck KoonlKsteln. Administrator of the estate of Wll- holmlna May , deceased.