4 THE NORFOLK' WEEKLY / JLPgTL S
Tlrt Norfolk Weekly Haws-Journal
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The Journal , Eutabllshod 1877 ,
THE HU8E PUBLISHING COMPANY
W. N. Huso , N. A. Huso ,
President. Secretary
Every Friday. By mall per year. > 1.CO
Entered nt the poHtofllco at Norfolk
Nob. , an second clans matter.
"TelephonesEditorial : Department
No. 22. Business Office and Job Roonu
No. H 22.
The National Editorial assoclatlot
Ja planning a trip to the Panami
cnna.1 , H will bo a very entcrtalnlnt
trip , but the editors need no Instruc
tion in throwing dirt.
The now club women of China do no
spend their time railing 'against tin
tyrany of man , they have selected i
more potential object and proclaim ai
their mission "rebellion against moth
ors-ln-law. "
President Taft and a majority of hli
cabinet are fond of horseback riding
and the pace sot by Mr. Roosevelt ii
this line will bo kept up , In fac
Secretary Bnlllnger bought Mr. Reese
roll's favorite mount.
The wireless telegraph stations o
the army In Alaska have proved tha
mountains are not inmirmountablo ob
atacles to electric waves , by sendint
messages readily 1,200 miles over tw <
ranges of snow capped mountains.
Hereafter English is to be taught li
all the public schools of Guatnmala. I
the knowledge of the English tongui
continues to spread Americans cai
soon travel all over the world and no
feel the need of any other language.
The Chinese are very rapily ac
quiring the English language , especial
ly In the coast cities. Isn't It fortunate
tunato that Americans are not compelled
polled by circumstances to acquire i
working knowledge of the impossible
Chinese tongue ?
The president of Brown university
contends that the great souce of un
truth in American life is not so mucl
a deliberate desire to lie , as It It
sheer laziness and Intellectual sloven
llness , which resorts to the easiesi
refuge available.
Oregon , Idaho , Washington are go
Ing into apple raising on a large scaleNe
No less thanr 25,000,000 apple trees
have been planted In these three states
and the growers claim that on the
basis of former yields , these new trees
alone will soon be producing almost
as many apples as were grown in the
other states last year.
Richard L. Metcalfe is the latest
democrat to be mentioned In connectior
with the race for the party nomlna
tion for senator. There is no flnei
democrat than Richard L. Metcalfe
but the party leaers might as wel
save their energy for the state has
had enough of democratic legislatures
for the , time being and the indications
now are that Senator Burkctt wii :
succeed himself without much dlffl
culty.
Leading lumbermen of the Unltec
States think this government shoult
Imitate the laws in Europe and not
tax growing timber before It becomes
suitable for lumber. This would en
courage land owners to replant trees
in the denuded forests and do more foi
the future timber resources of the
country than all the reserves the gov
ernment can set aside. Make It ar
object for land owners to plant trees
and they will be more likely to do It
PLANT A TREE.
Thursday will be Arbor day In Ne
braska. And though the weather has
been Inpropitious to date , that shoult :
be no 'reason for not planting a tree
Trees have made a new Nebraska
More trees will add wonderfully to the
state's valuation. Every tree planted
IB worth a great many dollars to the
commonwealth , as well as to the In
dividual property owner.
Don't neglect the trees. Plant one
Thursday. v
THE TURKISH ROW.
The news from Constantinople
grows more and more alarming and
tbo indications become stronger and
stronger that the present sultan will
be forced from from the. throne.
The sultan aroused a revolution
among the troops against the Young
Turks. The Young Turks are prepared
pared to fight and to cling to the con
stitution which they forced the sultnr
to grant some months ago.
In the meantime America has sent
two battleships to protect Americans
In Constantinople In case oftrouble.
The Right Hon. Winston Churchill
British minister of colonies and
wlduly known in America through
bis fascinating literary productions ,
In a recent account of his expedition
through British East Africa
traversed almost step by step the
route to be followed by the Roosevelt
party. According to Mr. Churchill the
most interesting portion of the jour
ney lies through the Uganda protec
torate where the forests , foliage ,
flowers and butterflies are surpassing
ly beautiful. Sinister beasts and ser
pents abound but the most dangerous
and subtle fee Mr. Roosevelt will have
to guard against Is the deadly tsetse
fly which when infected with fever be
comes the most dangerous enemy o
these beautiful but disease breeding
fastnesses. The tstso-fly first ap
pcnrcd In Uganda In the summer ol
1901 and within five years had klllce
two out of three of all the inhabitants
no loss than 200,000 persons dylnf
from the poison which It spread.
2&-CENT RATE IN MISSOURI.
The action of the Burlington rail
road In Missouri In announcing that i
will voluntarily adopt a 2ccnt pas
scnger faro rate May 1 will probablj
succeed In amicably settling the long
drawn-out dispute in that state be
twcen railroads and people over thi
passenger fare law. The action of thi
Burlington Is nn admission that tin
road Is able to make a profit at ZM
cents , and it would be difficult , ii
view of this concession , for other roadi
to successfully maintain a 3-cent rate
Judge Smith McPhcrson's rulim
that 2 cents was non-compensator ;
and that 2 % cents would be apparent ! ;
a fair rate , is pretty well vlndlcatei
by this action on the part of the Bur
llngton. In view of the court's rullni
It seems likely that It will be hard fo
the state , at the present time , to forci
the establishment of a 2-cent rate , bu
even if this is not gained , the Burling
ton's concession will mean much ti
people of Missouri.
And the railroads will find that thli
move of voluntary concession will wli
them more popularity than forcing i
lawsuit on the 3-cent rate.
LOOKS WELL FOR NORFOLK.
Norfolk at this time seems to bi
upon the threshold of nn era of pros
perlty such ns has not been known fo
many years. There Is nothing o
"boom" growth about the situation
nor Is n "boom" with Its disastroui
after-effects desired. But the growtl
of the territory tributary to Norfolk I :
taking on such substantial proportion :
thnt Norfolk's way toward prosperltj
seems to be greater than It has evei
been before.
Twenty years ago when Norfolk hat
a "boom" ' there was nothing to bad
up the hope for Immediate develop
ment. The north line of railroad out
of here , for Instance , at that time
went only to Crelghton ; now it ex
tends 160 miles into the new north
west , and there Is every prospect 01
its extension still further within the
next few years. Meyer county is te
be opened within the next five years
throwlnc still more farming tcr/Horj
within the radius of the fertile regior
already reached ! . thro.ughvNjrfplk ns i
gateway. And there is .pretty1 llvelj
talk at this time whether it wll
amount to any thing or not remains te
be seen of the real building of the
long hoped , for Yankton-Norfolk rail
road , which would open still more
territory to Norfolk.
There Is more activity In local rea !
estate than there has been In some
years ; there are more homes belnj
built right now than In many years at
one time. There is prospect of paving
being acomplished within the next
two years. Business institutions are
branching out and taking advantage o :
the new field being opened up to Nor
folk. New Industries are graduallj
coming to the town and those here are
growing.
There's no denying things look wel
for Norfolk at this time. There are
still possibilities to be developed ;
there is a brick yard and a candj
factory and a pickle factory and r
sugar factory building that ought tc
be turned Into real live Industries em
ploying labor. And they will be. Fac
torics are coming into the smallei
cities and this is going to be a fac
tory center some day. It may not
come right away , but Norfolk will be
more and more an Industrial center.
And with the rich territory it haste
to draw from , there Is no reason whj
it should not , within ten years , become
a very much larger and more im
portant city than it is today.
For the territory tributary to Nor
folk Is just beginning to bud out.
TAFT MAY ENTER TARIFF FIGHT ,
There is a growing belief , in Wash'
Ington , reports say , that President
Taft will very soon have to enter the
tariff arena and make it clear to congress
gross and the country Just what he
will stand for In tariff legislation. This
is indicated In Thursday's message ,
It seems apparent that the president
hesitates to clash with congress , be
lieving that more Is to be acconv
plished by peace than war , but that he
will have to let congress know what
he wants and what the people want , is
an increasing belief In Washington.
It is the growing belief of senators
that when the country fully under
stands the purport of the senate bill
it will appeal direct to the white house
for relief , and that President Taft , In
answer to the appeal , will have to
take an open stand , knowing that con
gress will not pass a tariff bill which
ho would be likely to veto.
"In my judgment , " said a republi
can senator of national reputation to
day , "the consideration of the tariff
bill In the senate Is likely to bo pro
tracted until the middle of June.
"When the house had the bill un
der consideration , the country made
known Its objections by an appeal to
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K" " 'if * t -ar-nT- * *
tbo feenntc for remedy. Ever } * scnntoi
knows how great thnt appeal wan
After looking over the senate bill an
tlclpate thnt the country will be nbk
to make It evident nt the whlt <
house that we have the Dlngley 1)11 )
on our hands ngaln. In Unit event r
number of conferences , between the
president and the senate leaders , wll
be necessary , and I expect to see
number of hitches , before an agree
ment is reached ,
"In the meantime , the debate In the
senate will go on largely about notli
Ing. The dcmociats jvlll make u fake
fight against the bill In vain. Per
sonally , I believe congress will b (
lucky to get away from Wnshlntgor
by July 1.
"As In the house the democtats an
widely split in the senate over the
lumber schedule. It Is generally un
derstood , that the senators frorr
Georgia , Florida , North Carolina ant
Louisiana lead heavily towards a hlgl
protection to southern lumber and I1
is believed possible that onougl
democratic votes may be found In the
senate to offset a republican defcc
tion for free lumber or oven to re
tain the house rates of one-half the
Dlngley bill. With the possible ex
ceptlon of the Louisiana senators , 1
Is not understood that any democrat !
could be persuaded to vote for UK
republican bill as a whole.
THE BEST ADVERTISING.
A handsome compliment was pah
the newspaper by Carl D. Spencer o
Indianapolis In an address before tin
state laundry men's association. Hit
subject was that of advertising , how
to more interest the people In laundrj
work and the best methods of accom
pllshing this. The speaker after dls
cussing the publicity feature held
"That but one kind of advertising does
the laundryman any good and , that Is
newspaper advertising. "
Mr. Spencer sized up the thing about
right. For publicity in reaching where
most desired , the members of the
family , there is no better way than bj
using the column of the newspaper
Possibly some interests may be reach
ed by other means , but where the
family life Is concerned and Interest
ing the women , the only really effec
tlve means Is that of the press. IE
fact , newspaper advertising Is In these
days more relied upon than ever anc
many business Interests while usinj
other public means , spend their largest
amounts of money with the newspap
ers because It pays by a good deal the
most to the dollar of expenditure.
Spasmodic advertising , however
may be likened more to throwing
hand bills on the * streets , for ( while
nothing Is lost , , of course , for some'
body sees them , yet for effective pro
cesses of reaching and informing the
pubJip mind , the newspaper columns
are the most reliable. There Is some
thing attractive , something In the na
ture of a personal talk with the people
to be had In an advertisement ,
especially one written imparting In
formation pleasantly and efficiently , tc
be found In no other or better way ,
Advertising to produce good results
should be repeated and then kept or
being repeated. Advertising for s
month or so In every year of course if
a help , but repeated half a dozen times
or months during the year is better ,
Advertisements well written , properly
changed , afford excellent means of Influencing -
fluencing trade. But this should nol
be occasionally , it should be main
tained with vigor.
No merchant ever advertised but
that It advanced his 'interests ' , but the
best results are secured when this is
kept up continually ; not occasionally ,
but continually. It Is not saying one
cannot do business without advertis
ing. He can , but the real successful
ones , the growing ones , the money
making ones , use the newspaper , and
they use them liberally and with judg
ment.
AROUND TOWN.
Don't forget It plant a tree.
It's pretty nearly soda water season
again.
The prodigal sun has finally re
turned.
Dog-gone these cur dogs. Lt's start
a crusade.
Network stockings will soon be on
the ankles again. . _
Back combs are made principally to
fall out.
Scotty blew In his coin and now has
blown into Gregory. '
Spring has come again and gone
again and winter Is back again.
A tennis racquet would do better
service as a snow shoe this year.
Will the size of the loaves of bread
Increase as the price of wheat goes
down ?
Hear that scraping noise in the cel
lar ? That's the last of. the coal sup
ply.
Practically all Norfolk's mouth 's '
watering for a paved street.
This kind of weather makes a man
feel as though he'd like to wear an
open-work shirtwaist.
There are plenty other dogs around
here ; It ought to bo about time for the
johnny-jump-Ups.
If Patten's wheat corner had come
while the farmers had the wheat li
their hands , they'd feel keener toware
him.
Didn't wo tell jou to sell that wheni
last Saturday ? Well , that's when yoi
should have sold It , anyway.
Mistah James Juffrlca says ho'i
ready and willing to take on Mlslnl
Jack Johnslng and Sandy Griswold * i
vindicated.
It Is n sad commentary upon this gov
eminent that wo allow n lot of gamb
lers in Chicago to boost the price o :
food to an almpst Impossible point.
One pretty effectual way of check
Ing tuberculosis , would bo to put th <
lid on "clap in and clap out. " "tin-tin,1
and some ofthoae other old-time kiss
Ing games.
Probably the automoblllst with t
rapid car will charge that it was i
man owning an Icewagon who com
plained because" other machines go toe
fast.
A hundred years from now the Taf
family cow win bo referred to , like
Jefferson's hitching post incident , ai
a sign of the simplicity of presldentia
ways in 1909.
There are several good opportunl
lies for practlpal men to revive In
dustrles with success in Norfolk rlgh
now : There's a good chance for i
brick yard , a candy manufacturer am
a pickle manufacturer.
But suppose /the woman borrowec
the eggs when hey were worth 11
cents a dozen , and returned then
when they got up to 34. If she bor
rowed a dozen , how many ought she
bring back ?
OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIES
The Methodist church at Crnftoi
will be dedicated Sunday.
Gregory , S. D.fr will be asked to vote
bonds for a new school house.
Miss Blanche Worley has been elect
ed assistant principal of the Battle
Crek schools.
W. E. Flake of Douglas , Wyo. , ha
been elected superintendent of the
Ainsworth school.
Principal Kemp of St. Edwards will
succeed Principal Wilson as the head
of the Wayne schools next year.
Prairie fires continue to be reported
from the Rosebud country. None ol
the fires have as yet reached serious
proportions.f I
J. M. Clark , living seven miles south
of Plalnvlew. was fatally hurt In n
runaway this week. Thursday his re
covery was not expected.
' Ainsworth" , Pierce and Norfolk are
among , the north Nebraska towns
which have so far announced prospea
tive Fourth of July celebrations.
The Elkhorn Valley Press assocla
tion will convene nt Long Pine , June
6 , and an excursion to Hot Springs ,
S. D. , is now b lng talked of.
A Methodist evangelist , who is con'
ducting revjva meetings at Madison ,
parts his hair in the middle and wears
a white.vest. JHis name Is F. A. En
slow. .
Ed Porter brought back to Butte
from New Mexico to answer the
charge of selllpg mortgaged property
was bound over to the district court
under $750 bonds.
The Battle , Creek Enterprise was
Uventy-two years old this week. An
one of the best weekly papers In Ne
braska it Is a position to look forward
to many prosperous birthdays.
The Wayne Democrat states that
Senator Randall at the recent Wayne
normal banquet "took ocaslon to
thank Wayne county for electing him ,
as where he was better known he did
not run nearly so well. "
Leon Manville , principal of the
Dallas schools , was fined $10 in a Dal
las justice court on the charge of as
sault and battery as a result of the
whipping given the two Slaughter
children. Manville announced that he
would appeal.
William Barnett , accused of stealing
fifteen head of horses from Hugh
O'Neill , who was arrested on a North
western train near Lynch , was to have
his preliminary trial today In the
county court at O'Neill.
Lincoln Star : Fred Simon of Madi
son , Neb. , was fined $5 and costs in
Lincoln police court on the plea of
guilty to a charge of assault upon
some unknown man In a saloon Satur
day evening. Ho was unable to pay
his fine.
Wayne wilt beat the state to It on
the daylight saloon bill. The Wayne
council has asked the city attorney to
draw up an ordinance closing the sa
loons save from 7.n. in. to 8 p. m.
to take effect at the beginning of the
new municipal year , May 5.
Clearwater Record : Mr. Travis , a
show promoter arid manager of Bcitne
note , is hero organizing a company to
go on the road. We understand that
some of our local talent will bo em
ployed and the play to bo used IB to
bo "Tho Dixie Girl , " the Initial num
ber to bo played hero some time In the
near future.
Ainsworth Democrat : A Long
Pine man found a ppckctbook contain
Ing * 300 on a Northwestern passcngoi
train , and after diligent search found
the address of the owner. The money
was returned to the careless one whc
IhciJ cast , and the latter must have
been a tight wad , as he sent back the
magnificent sum of $5 as a reward foi
the Long Pine man's honesty.
Tlltlen Cl'Izcn : One of the progree
slve men of Tlldcn suggests the forma
tion of A high school athletic assocla
tion , to bo composed of the high school
studentb of Tllden , Ncllgh , Oakdnlc
Elgin , Mi-adow Grove and Battle
Crock. Thp plan Includes a public
contest during the closing .days . of the
school ycnr. It such an organization
can be affected , the results would un
questionably be' satisfactory In evorj
way.
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Gregory Times : E. L. Senn , the
well known newspaper man , head ol
the Dakota Publishing company which
operates one dally and thirty weeklj
papers In western South Dakota , hole
number 330 In Trlpp county. Ho filet ;
on a fine quarter adjoining the govern
ment townsltc In 102-74 , and wll !
establish his residence there before
fall. He has nnounccd that ho wll
establish a paper there shortly. Othei
parties are arranging to put in a bnnli
and mercantile houses , and Indian
tions are that ere long there will be t
live town In northern Trlpp county.
The fifth annual banquet of the Al
blon commercial club was held'Thurs
day evening. Toasts were responded
to by D. J. Poynter and James T
Brady. The principal speakers of the
evening-were H. M. Bushnell of Lin
coin and E. R. Gurney of Fremont
the gathering was by far the mosl
successful on the organization has evei
held. The membership has beer
doubled the past year and has a ceo nip
Hahed a large and splendid work foi
the \city. The Inspiring and helpful
addresses enthused the members great
ly and the outlook for the new year IE
very promising. The officers of the
club are F. S. Thompson , president ;
W. H. Illlian , vice president ; F. A ,
Doten , secretary.
PRAIRRIES
Wayne Democrat : George Dend-
inger got on his glad rags Tuesday
night , expecting to go to the banquet ,
but was disappointed like the fly-
being unable to get a ticket George
has been a faithful , enthusiastic em
ploye of the college ; his heart always
troubled with the grief of the Piles ,
Ted Perry was just getting ready to
prepare for the session , when he met
George and heard his sfory. Now ,
there may be better fellows than Ted ;
men who never got Into a scrap , but
take it out in Hens and Y. M" . C. A.
doings for the good of the boys , but
his heart Is just as big as a summer
pumpkin , and as soon as ho heard
Dendinger's sorrow he took the fellow
home , gave him his ticket , and told
him to go and enjoy himself.
Wayne Democrat : County Attornej
Davis and F. A. Berry were called to
Hoskins Wednesday night to investi
gate an alleged assault by Fred Zlemer
upon August Deck , and upon returning
to Wayne Thursday morning a com
plaint was filed against Zlemor , who
Is bartender In Peter Kautz's saloon
F. A. Berry says there was a con
spiracy among a number of Hoskinttes
to have Deck decked out to the bad.
It appears he had had some trouble
previously wjth Zlemer and the night
of April 12 he was attacked and re
ceived Injuries that confined him * o
bed at this date. The bad blood was
occasioned over the election , Deck
having been' dry candidate for village
trustee. Sheriff Mears went to Hos
kins Thursday morning bringing
Zlemer with him.
Lincoln Star : Senator Charles Ran
dall was in Lincoln Thursday holding
funeral services over S. F. No. 122.
This bill was intended to allow banks
carrying county funds to deposit
United States , state and municipal
bonds or farm mortgages with the
county treasurer to secure the public
funds. Under section'11371 of Cob-
bey's statutes , the section pertaining
to bonds for county funds , only surety
bonds may be used as security. But
the man who drew the bill looked up
the index , saw the words "deposit of
county funds" and thought that that
section was the one he wanted to
Knock out. Ho therefore knocked.
But this Is not the section affecting
uonds and consequently the law re
garding the security to be given for
county funds remains as it 'was be
fore.
'District court at Pierce was adJourned -
Journed by Judge Welch the latter
part of the week. In the case of the
state vs. Shafer , petty larceny , the
defense tried to prove an alibi but
failed. As young Shafer has already
served four months In the county jail
Judge Welch gave him ten days more
and taxed the costs to the defendant.
The case of Kldder vs. Powers for
commission on land was decided in fa
vor of Powers. Kldder Is a land agent
it Scrlbner and claimed that ho sent
men here to Powers to buy land. The
farmers whom Kldder claimed ho sent ,
till went on the stand and swore that
Kldder did not send them to Powers ,
rhe other jury cases were laid over
until June 21 , when the same Jury
will be called. The case of the state
vs. Jerry Hammerly will bo then
called. Hammorly Is charged with
) reaklng Into Abraham Bros , store last
'all. ' It Is also hoped that by that time
.he supreme court will have decided
ho cases of the alleged Hadar bank
-obberj ) , who are hold In Sioux City ,
riicso cases will be decided by the
supreme court of Iowa some time In
luno.
WOULD KEEP tHE
BOYS IN SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT HUNTER Or
THE BOY WHO WANTS TO QUIT ,
REPLY TO SCHOOL CRITICISfV
City Superintendent of the Norfolt
Schools Makes Plea for Bays to Staj
In School Points to Large Percentage
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age of Girls In Hlfjh School.
.Norfolk . , Nob. , April 17. Edltoi
Jews : Critics of our public schoo !
system very frequently charge thai
our schools are not effective and thai
boys and girls turned out from then
are not fitted to get along in the
world. Business men sometimes jotr
this "anvil chorus" and advise younf
men to spend their "teens" elsewhere
than in the school room. So eminent
a business man as Charles M. Schwab
lately president of the United States
Steel corporation , snld In a speech t
few years ago , "A boy Is foolish te
spend his years after ho Is sixteen Ir
the school room. Ho would much bet
ter begin early on his business career. "
This type of advice , added to the
general criticism , falling on the al
ways too attentive ear of the younj
boy , leads him to believe his time
wasted In the school room when he
might be making a dollar a day. The
result Is that In far too many of oui
communities from GO to 75 per cent
of the students In the upper grades
and especially In the high school are
girls. The girls seem to bo securing
a "corner" on education as well as or
the good positions In many business
and professional lines.
This very prevalent view of success
held by so many boys and young mer
and born of the crltclsm , and uvlce ot
so many of their elders , Is a fatal
error , fatal to most Individuals whc
act upon it and to most communities
where it is the prevailing public sentl
ment. For , although our American
public schools are not above criticism ,
they are nevertheless effective ; al
though many educate a few very high
ly they still educate the masses well ;
and It Is with the equipment furnished
iby the great American free school sys
tem that most of our people have tc
meet the affairs of life. In proof ol
this I can cite no higher authority
than the census report of 1900. The
results given by the census report are
as follows : Among 40,700,000 adult
inhabitants of the United States In
1900 , 8,000-were listed as persons
eminently successful In a business or
professional way. 4700,00 of this adult
population had no schooling whatever ,
Of these only 31 had achieved marked
success. This is less than one
eminently successful person in every
150,00.
Of the above mentioned adult popu
lation , 32,800,00 had a common school
education. Of these 808 were num
bered among the eminently success
ful , which Is less than one successful
man to every 40,000.
2,100,00 of the reminder of.the adult
population possessed a high school
education and 1,245' of these were
numbered among the 8,000 successful
ones , giving this class a ratio of one
successful person to every 2,000.
The college-bred adults of the coun
try" were 1,120,000 In number , and of
this comparatively small portion of the
total , 5,768 were considered eminently
successful. This ratio Is 1 In every
200.
200.These
These figures are evidence of two
things : First the large number with
at least a common school education
shows that our schools are eminently
democratic that they are for the
masses and not for the few. Second ,
the Increased number of successful
men in each class as the amount of
education Increased In each succeed
ing class shows that the criticism that
3ur schools are not effective and do not
assist men and women in successfully
meeting the affairs of life , Is absolute
ly grpundless. This means that the
boy who leaves school because of this
false advice before he has at least
a high school education is throwing
away his best opportunities for the
future ; that for the dollar earned to
day he is sacrificing many dollars In
the tomorrows to como ; that he Is the
fellow who is holding the penny so
close to his eye that he cannoti see a
dollar six inches away. "
A closer observation of the above
ratios presses still another conclusion
upon one * : For a boy to have a com
mon school education means that his
(
chance of sucess Is about four times
! is great as if ho had none. For him
tp have a high school education multi
plies his chances of success by twenty
and to complete a college or univer
sity course multiplies his chances
again by ten. That is , the college man
lias , other things being equal , 200
shances to succeed where the man
who has quit school at the end of the
eighth grade has one.
Of course this does not argue that
: he genius , even though uneducated In
the common meaning of the word , will
not succeed. Many Instances can be
: lfed of the almost uneducated man
who has been brilliantly successful ,
aut in every instance such a one has
narked native ability. Ho has over
come his handicap In equipment by
' 01 co of his personal genius. But the
> rdlnary boy or man of today has not
his personal genius. Ho cannot afford
o throw away the advantage offered
> y good equipment when BO many
jqually as bright as he have It.
With these things In view one can-
tot escape- the conclusion that not
nly the best ethical Investment but
nfflo the bcat financial and biiHlncna
Investment for parents of children
and for a community ns a whole IB to
foster a sentiment which will keep
the > oung of the homo and of the com
munity in school.
Yours for the boys and girls of Nor
folk , Fred. M. Hunter.
About Norfolk.
Nlobrnm Tribune : In speaking of
the teachers' mooting there last week ,
The Norfolk News wants to know how
Pleicu comes to always get such hand
some schoolmn-ams. What means this
discrimination on the part of The
News ? Wcrn't our teachers there ?
Norfolk Evangel : Some people
wore surprise that Governor A.
C. Shnllenbcrgur signed the drastlo
bill limiting the hours of the
saloon business , but surely these
who heard his recent address at the
banquet In Norfolk will say , lt was In
his heart to sign such a bill.
Herrick Press : Wo see ) by The
Norfolk News that Norfolk has iccent-
ly been Invaded by n crusade of school
nia-ams. Wo also noticed all kinds of
flattering remarks concerning the out-
* ard apopnranco of those same wielders -
ors of the birchen rule. We do not
know for sure whether the writer of
those lomarks was telling the tiuth or
merely doing It to keep on the good
side of the above mentioned teachers.
At any rate ho would have had plenty
of food for discussion had ho hap
pened to drop into Herrlck about
noon last Thursday. School teachers
have long borne the reputation for be
ing the homllcst set of creatures on
earth but the aggregation thnt attended
the meeting hero last week were of
a decidedly opposite class. Judging
from their outward appearance they
ranged in age from twenty up ami
represented the cream of the Rose
bud so far as school teachers are con
cerned.
The New Service.
Butte Register : The Norfolk News
evidently intends to keep up its icpii-
tatlon as n "scooper , " as on Monday
The News office was connected direct
with the Associated .Press by a leased
wire.
Ainsworth Democrat : The Norfolk
News , that hustling dally , is now re
ceiving its press report by leased wire ,
in Its own office. This Is certainly a
piece of enterprise on which The News
should be congratulated.
The Normal School.
Alnsworth Star-Journal : Well , the
Ainsworth normal has not yet ma
terialized. But we made a good fight
and convinced the state that our town
occupied an important position on the
map. We have every reason to bo
proud of the fight we. made and of the
excellent work done alongtthat line by
our representative , Hon.'B. S , Harring
ton.
ton.The
The Ainsworth bill passed the house
by a good majority but died Intho
senate.
However , the Chase bill passed both
houses ] It provides for the location
of a normal school In the big Sixth /
congressional district. That , of course , -
does not contemplate Kearney , which
already has one , nor any place at the
extreme east or west of the district.
It really contemplates a location along
the Northwestern roatj In the north
west , as communities on the Burling
ton can reach Kearney very easily.
To locate the school over there would
be a block In the way of the growth of
the Kearney school and leave us on
the Northwestern without normal
school privileges. *
Ainsworth Is a candidate for that
location , ns we believe that our town
can better accommodate the needs of
this territory than any other point In
the district.
A Chanc- for Murphy.
Verdlgre Citizen : County Superin
tendent E. A. Murphy of Center , was
looking after school matters In the
city this week. Ed is a bright young
fellow and just the kind of a man we
would like to see take a hold of the
reins of the Citizen when we depart
for our claim.
When the Farmer Goes to York.
Beatrice Sun : York , the model pro-
tilbltlon city of Nebraska , has taken
mother step toward keeping the farm-
3rs away from town by voting out the
pool and billiard halls. Games one !
places of amusement are provided in
the clubs and Y. M. C. A. , but these
places are open to members only , and
most of the members live In the 'own.
When a farmer or anyone from out
jf town comes fn he can attend to his
Business and get back to work. As
the York Democrat observes , the
farmer's place is out in the field at
ivork , and the people of York propose
.o keep him there. York is a n.'tired
'armors' town , and it was that .jlewent
hat decided that the places of tmiice-
iient must go. They don't play bil-
lards themselves. It Isn't a mlsdc-
nennor to whittle a stick of soft pine
> r the top of a dry goods box In York ,
ind visiting farmers will' have ? to con-
Ine themselves to that form of amuse-
nent.
There never was a home talent play
; lven that didn't exclto In somebody's
nlnd the opinion that It ought to be
opeated. And there never was ammo
mme talent play repeated that didn't
all flat. This Up Is given free of
iharge to the Nlobrara home talent
Iramatlsts , who made a success of
heir play Saturday , and to others.
A single lump of anthracite coal
volghlng seven tons was recently
aken from a Pennsylvania mluo. It
vlll bo placed In a museum cither In
Joston or Philadelphia , as the banner
ump.