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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1910)
WMHAV. NOVKMIIKH To Make Thlt Horse Center. Norfolk and vlclnltj coufd lie well known all o\oi the country IIH u fancy horse btccdlng center If the plan of 0. I. CnilHon. the Hcluntlllc horHo breeder , IH vvoikod out. At an open mooting of the * Coinmeiclal club at the city hull , called foi the purpose of cnnsldeilng the matter , Mr. Carlson explained In an Inlet ostlng addioss , that about IIfly tlmioughbied breeding inarcH should he putchaBud hy farm- cis of thlH vicinity ( or the pin pose of broiullMK fancy hoisos. It IB not a difficult thing to bilng thu thoiough- hrcd Htotk IIIMP to ho sold , hut they Hhould he kept horu , said Mr. Carlson. Norfolk and \lclnlty should nmdo a breeding center ot fancy Block and In time make1 a reglsti'ilng point for UIH ! kind of Block. Mr. Carlson's ser vices In proc.uiliig those anlmulH direct at cout for the fnrmeis would ho giatls. On account of shott notice for the calling of the meeting only a fair alzod crowd of business moti wore ropicflented. U was decided that Mr. Carlson nhould incut at a latur date to bo named by him with the directors of the Commercial cluh , who will formu- Into platiB which the cluh will carry out It was dcchuud that farmciB will ad fnvoiahl } on tlil.4 pioposltlon and lake advantage of Mr. Carlson'H offer Harvard-Yale In 0toOGame. . New Havou , Conn. , Nov 1 ! ) . The game between Yale nnil Harvard 10- united In nolthci side being ahlo to score Final score : Yale 0 , Harvard U Yale "tamo hack" today sulHclontly to hold a stiongor team to a scoreless tic for the llrst time In the hlstoiy of Yale Held. The Hatvard loam was not quito ng- srossivo enough to got to Yale's gonl line , although in the last poilod the i crimson had a good opportunity for a Hold goal from Ynlo'a 15-yard line. Harvaid chose to rush and lost the bull immediately after on a fumble. This was the nearest that Harvard came to ucoilng. A few minutes later Yale , by good kicking , got the ball on Haruml'H 35-yaid line and In the last two minutes of play Captain Dalet failed at n goal by twenty feet , I Yale played a wonderful defensive game , hut could make few gains In succession through the Harvard line. Although the game ended quietly , close followers of the sport gave Yale the credit of the contest , while Har- v.ird followers wore disappointed. Michigan Wins Over Minnesota. Ann Aibor , Nov. 19. Final score : Michigan , G , Minnesota , 0. This was the result of the western championship football game here to day between Michigan and Minnesota university teams. I The llrst half resulted : Minnesota 0 , Michigan 0. | The third qunttor ended with still no bcore having been made by either i side I In the last quarter Michigan scored a touchdown The Wyoming Smallpox Scare. Cheyenne , Wyom. , Nov. 19 An offi cial investigation of the smallpox ep idemic on the Aiapahoc Indian reser vation shows the scomge to be not so onil as at llrst reported. There have been onlthlituen deaths instead of nlnetj thiec. as leported. The dis ease is In violent lorm and much ex citement still prevails as now cases appear daily. SATURDAY SIFTINGS. E P Weatherby rctui ned from MadIson - Ison I I \ \ H. Rains has gone to living on ' business. 'j I AV Muchow of Hartington was in the city i Mrs Gustavo Schulz of HosUlns was 1 in the city , William Zutz of Hosklns was a vis itor in the city. Au&ast Pofahl of Hadar was a vis- I tor in the city. I C. C. Gow retuined from Uusluess , trip to Madison. . H Mapes went to Chicago to attend I. i a telephone meeting. I ' Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sutton of Colon , were visitors In the city. i Miss M Noonan of Stanton was hero visiting with friends. , Mrs. M. Stoelling of Butte was in i the city calling on filends. , M C Ha/en returned from Albion , where ho attended dlstilct court. Mr and Mrs Ciook of Meadow drove weie in the city in their auto ' mobile i Miss C. H. Ocumpaugh returned from Omaha whoio she spent a few days' with frit.uls. Constable John F. FIjnn icturned 1 from a business trip to Siou\ City and Omaha. Mrs Joseph Pliant and her son i , nonjtimin Pliant , have gone to Omaha . , where they will visit with relatives Mis M Iiviu and daughter. Miss Derris Irvin. have gone to Kansas City whore they tv 111 spend Thanksgiving with relatives. Geoim 11 Spear is sufteilng from a sore ankle and fears ho ma > ho getting - , ting one of his old fashioned attacks of rheumatism. Mr and Mrs Louis Hantonberg left ' for Ogdeu. Salt Lake and Los Angeles ! , and from theio to Salem , Oie. , for' ' their future home. [ Martin nruebaKor , who has sold his' I farm two miles noithwest of the city to Herman Hille , Is contemplating ii ' | move to Oregon to make his future homo. I I ' Fri lay was "pay day" at the June- , tlon .o the employes of the Northwestern l-1 western road , who kept the ticket j agent very busy handing out the paj'j | checks during the afternoon and night. Mrs A 12. Chambers of Norfolk was ' operated on Friday at Rochester , Minn. , by Dr. Charles Mayo for cnron- ( ic appendicitis and complications , and the patient is reported to bo doing nicely. Albert Wright , a "corn picker , " was lined $7.10 In Judge Klsoloy's court Saturday for being drunk and dlsor dcrly. ills pleading for release and pity because of old age softened the heart of the Judge , who gave him free dom with a reprimand. I'lvu of the beauty chorus In "Tho Genius , " have really been winners In beauty contests In their homo cities. Air. Woodruff , the star of the play , says that Moil H Singer nas a won- doilul o.vo foi selecting piottgills. . They are very much In evidence In the ten tinkling song hits A. C Htear has received reports of the serious Illness of his biothor-ln- lavs' , Dr. F. 0 , Walters , at Seguln. Tex. Dr. Walters sustained two broken rlby In a tnllioad accident In California some ( line ago and has been falling lapldly. Ho Is well known in Norfolk , having lived hero a few years ago. Much excitement was caused In the olllco of the Westein Union Telegraph company early this morning when the largo boating sto\o exploded. Man aged Lanciislei had just opened the door of the stove to replenish the lire when the explosion occuried , piobahly Irom coal gas. No dnnmgo was done and no one was Injured. The room , however , was well filled with smoke for some time. Oil foi Sojith Thliteenth stieot will be purchased hy the Commercial cluh Immediately. The puiposo for the pur chase this year Is to Insuio the guar antee of the ptlco given on the oil I The grading will be commenced on the street Immediately after the touji- , ty surveyor gives the contractors the igiado. The contuicts have been signed and are now In the hands of the county commissioners. , Harry Doyle , a "coin picker , " re- j celved a $710 line for being drunk , in police court Saturday moinlng. " 1 just got through with two weeks' corn husking , Judge. I nm a working man. " "Well , then you have money for your , fine , liavo you not ? " inquired Judge . Elsoloy. "No , Judge , I had it , but it's I gone now , " replied Doyle. He was put in jail for a short time and then oidered out of town. Frank Allen "came back. " Friday i ho was given one hotii to leave the I city hy Judge Elseley , before whom ho appeared because he was drunk and dlsoiderly , and Saturday morning he faced the judge again with more serious charges against him. Night patrolman O'Brien's icport stated that Allen was drunk and had attempted to steal a bicycle belonging to George Davis. Allen received a Jail sentence A husking bee was held on the Fred Dederman farm last Friday. In the corn picking Miss Noia Dederman held her own alongside hen brothers. She picked sixty-four bushels in nine hours out of a Held averaging forty bushels to the acre. Arthur Deder- man won the contest with 140 bushels ; Harry Dederman was second , 116 bushels ; Miss Not a Dederman third , aged 19 , sixty-four bushels ; Ralph Dedeiman , aged 1G , fifty-live bushels The remains of Mrs. Lulu Cnnote , formerly a Norfolk resident , who died lecently in Los Angeles , Calif , were scheduled to anlve In the city Satin- day evening , accompanied by Mrs. Chapman , a sister of Mrs Canote Funeral seivices will be held at the Fiist Methodist chinch on South Fourth street at 2 30 Sunday after noon , aftei which inteiment will take place in the Piospect Hill cemetery beside Mis. Canoto's husband , Robert Canoto , who died heio two yeais ago South Dakota News. Hie destioved the J. P. Keller resi dence ' at Miller. .1 D. liinton , a pioneer business man of ' Planklngton is dead. The Great Northein road will build _ a ! new louiulhouse nt South Shore John Matuchn , who lives near Ka ' doKa , has been anestcd on a chaige of ' arson. Eight Mormon missionaries from Utah and Idaho are proselyting In Wa- tertown ' and vicinity. Titus D. Price , a well known Yank- ton ' attorney , Is sciiously ill in n hos- pltal at Ransacllaer , Ind. Urookings county voters voted an appioprlation : of $100,000 for a new couithouse at Brookings. Tom Connors has been arrested at Gettysburg on a charge of obtaining money under false pietenses. George E. Thompson was sentenced to ten ycais In prison for robbing a man of $10 at Watortown , S. D William Hlalr , a prominent resident of Sanborn county , fell dead , just after - tor kissing his young son good night. The diphtheila scare at Lead Is sub siding The schools have been closed and ban placed on public gatherings. Huron voteis by a large majoiity gave the N'orthwestetn road the right to lay a sidetrack along First street In that city. The Klks lodge at Abeideen has purchased - chased the Dakota Farmer building and will make a fine club house out of it. Decause he threatened to kill his family , Robert Curtis , a homesteader in Perkins county , has been jailed at nison. "Irish" King of Stickney lies In a dangerous condition in a hospital at Mitchell as a icsult of an automobile accident. Maishal Millnrd Limpo of Utlca , who was arrested for minder after killing John Cheek , who resisted ar- rest , has been icleased on $15,000 bonds. The trial of Mrs. Nellie Mc.Mahon for the murder of David P Thomas , a well known attorney , has begun nt Sturgis The defense will bo either temporary Insanity or self defense. , The killing occurred in the office of , Thomas. I While butchering a beef at Urldge- water , John Lebor received a bullet in his leg. Ho does not know who shot at him. Marie Welsh , aged 14 , lost two iln- gers while holding a chicken while her mother chopped its head off The i air. turn VHP , mother's aim was not good. There was a snowfall of a half Inch In the Jim river valley. Walter Johnson Is the now proprie tor of the White Rock Journal. Congicssman llurko's campaign ex- IICIIBO account was $575. Huron voters authoil/.cd an Issue > f $10,000 for a now water system. J. H. Maynard has Issued the first number of the Advocate at Waubtiy. Safe crackers are reaping their an nual harvest In the smaller South Da kota towns. Andrew Kelson , n farmer near Har old , was thrown fiom his automobile ind severely Injuied. A In ass band has been organized at Timber Lake. J. M. Evans has > " > mi elected as leadei. A special election will bo held nt Madison on December 9 to vote a pro posed Issuance of sewer bonds. Yeggmen , If they me wise , will steer clciir of Tilpp , as the business men have purchased several fierce blood hounds. Goveinoi and Mrs. R. S. Vesxey have gone on a tilp to the cast In cole- hiutlon of the twenty-fifth anniversary of theii wedding. The mntriago of M. H. Ryan , a piomlncnt business man of Brldgowa- tor , and Miss Nellie O'Rourko , occur- led at Uildgewater. John Bcshnra of Lone Lake , has puiclmsod a half Interest In the town- site of Alaska and pioposcs to erect new business houses. Hunting hy automobile is becoming populin at Gettysburg since two busi ness men ran down n flock of grey geese in n buz wagon. While attempting to cross In front of an Incoming Great Northern pas senger train at Hnrcl , Miss L. Gher was struck and severely injured. James D. McNair of Huron who suf- feicd seveie burns In a gns explosion at Wessington a few days since is rapidly Improving , but his escape was miraculous. Charles Dagunola tins been arrested at Sioux Falls on a charge of arson in connection with the destruction of buildings on a farm in Edmunds coun ty , where he was employed during the summer. He was arrested as he got off a train from Chicago. Wayne Normal Beats Wakefield. Wayne , Neb. , Nov. 21. Special to The News : The Wayne state normal football team won an easy victory over the Wakefield high school team. At the end of the first half the score was 23 to 0 In favor of the normal , and in the first three minutes of the second half they scored another touch down and goal. The game was then called on account of darkness. The score being 29 to 0. Kerwin Is Bound Over. Butte , Neb. , Nov. 21. Special to The News : At the piellminary hear ing of the Con Kerwin murder trial held at Butte , Kerwin was bound over without ball. M. F. Harrington and W T. Mills appeared for the defense , and County Attorney Harrington was assisted hy John A Davies. A large crowd was in attendance. National Horticulture Show. Council Bluffs , la. , Nov. 21. The national - tional hoitictiltiiral congress began a ten days' meeting this aftei noon. Gov- 011101 Can oil of Iowa welcomed the delegates on behalf of the state , and Congressman Walter I. Smith on the pait of the city. The display of hoi- ticultuial products is very large , forty- seven states being represented. The cash pi i/os ouered nggiegate $ . ° , r ,000. The Iowa stat corn show is in prog- less in connection with the horticul- tuial show. NEW ORLEANS-FRISCO ROW. Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con- ! nress Will Listen to It. San Antonio , Tex. , Nov. 21. The twenty-first annual session of the trans-Mississippi commercial congress will begin hero Tuesday morning. It promises to be more notable than any of the previous twenty meetings. Among matters of interest is the struggle between New Orleans and San Francisco for Indorsement as the place for holding the Panama canal cxposlton in 1915. All Louisiana is backing Now Or leans. In consequence that city will have 358 accredited representatives to the congress. Only Texas with 723 delegates will exceed that number. California will send twenty delegates. The congress will be welcomed to San Antonio by some prominent busi ness man yet to be selected. The re sponse will bo made by W. J. Biyan. Five cities are active candidates for the 1911 meeting of the congress. They nro Omaha and Lincoln , Neb. , Jlllllims , Mont. , St Joseph , Mo. , and San Antonio , Tex. HE'S A TRAMP TELEGRAPHER. | Just In From "Chy , " He Feels Sorry Over Change at Omaha. . J. P. Barnhart , day chief operator ' , of the Westein Union Telegraph com pany at Omaha who was recently np pointed to a higher position in line of duty , is very well known by teleg' inphers along the Northwestern line In this territory. Chief Operator Barn hart has held the day chlefshlp at the huge Omaha office for many years and Is known by tramp telegraphers as one of the best chiefs to work un der in the country. Ho Is known never to forget a face 01 name J. H. Owens , night chief | opoiator of the same ofllco , also well , known throughout northeast Nebraska and remembered aa giving great relief to the congested wire service during the Donestcol , msli when hundreds of messages from the Trlpp country vvoro able to move only by his oxpouness as n wire chief , culls Mr. Barnhart the | best chief oporato" 'ii the cou-i'iy ' iTho Omaha ofTljo of the telegraph i company employs over 100 tologrn- pliers among thorn being expert opera tors known In the telegraph world no being on the "block" most of tholr lives. Many of thopo "rounders" nro known to have applied for positions nt the Omaha olllco fifty dlftt-ront fines and have never been lofusod cmplojmci.t by Mr. Ihunlnrt. A tramp tolcgrapnur passed thiough Norfolk Friday and declined MIC Oma ha olllco on the "hum. " 'Bainoy , " as Chi f Dnrnhait Is nick named by the opeiatois , "Is gone , " nild the tramp. ' Ho haa given mo a job over fifty i lines and I Just blow In from Chy ( Chicago ) end am on the block. " Old time telegraphers , mini an tne late Andy Swan , I r1. Cody UeitPatd- well , "Kid" Thornton , Ulinmv Ciovvley. K L. Huntley -ind hundreds of oMiers vho have worked ut ) liom niousongor boys to Associated Piets operators , will miss "Barney s" lacy at the chief's desk In the Omaha olllco. "Bill Rtis land , the tiafllc chl-'f , Is still there , " snld the tiani ) ) operator , "I ut Vanity Is not there to lvo the old timers a job We were .ihv.ns good for a few hours extra In tlio dull SC.MOII when Bainey was th ro to hand out tin voucheis , but It's not the snmo "Om" ( Omaha ) olllco anymore. " The tiamp opoiator , v\ho has work ed on nearly OVIM.V rallioad line In the countiy as an "OS" man , ( night operator ) , as i "commoiclal" man in ncaily eveiy ! urie i ity in the Mai" & and IIH operator In many largiievn paper ofllces , declined he must get "tin dor covet" for the winter , n-id has now accepted an "Ob" position on the Noithvvestein road. Piobably next spring when 'business picks up , " he will go back to cominc-idal work , but be declines he will noi go hack to Omaha. "Barney Is gone and it's no use j They don't stand for a man taking a f nil- any inoie. " ' Spencer 16 , Gregory 0. Giegory , S. D. , Nov. 21. Special to The News : The Spencer high school football team defeated the Giegoi.v high school team In a game hero Sat urday , 1C to 0. The game was played In wet snow that melted as it fell. Football Results. Michigan , G ; Minnesota , 0. Yale , 0 ; Harvard , 0. Iowa university , 38 , Washington university , 0. Indiana , 15 ; Purdue , 0. Wisconsin , 10 ; Chicago , 0. West Point , 17 , Trinity , 0. Maiciuette , 42 ; Carroll college , 0. Carlisle , 12 , Johns Hopkins univer sity , 0. Lincoln high , 22 ; Sioux City.J ) . Wayne high , 10 ; Pender , 0. Oakland high , 28 ; Wayne normal , 0. Gregory high , 0 ; Spencer , 1C. Atkinson 12 , Neligh 5. Neligh , Neb. , Nov. 21. Speical to The News : By the Atkinson high school football team defeating the Neligh hoys on the field of tne form er by a scoie of 12 to 5 Saturday af- tcinoon , makes It possible for a Thanksgiving game at the Rivcisidc park field between these two teams , as each team has won a game and it Is the intention to pl.i.v the "itibbei" hcie next Thursdaj afternoon Tills , however , is not absolute ! } ceitnin , but definite woid is to bo received by the Neligh management today , who hrve piomised to pay the expenses of the vNuoib and give them half of the gate icceipts 18 Football Deaths This Year. Theio have been eighteen deaths Horn football this season Though laige , this list is onh half the sl/.e of last jeai's death list Magner to Referee Fight. "Patsey" Magner of Sioux City , the P veteran pugilist and fight referee who refereed the Sullivan-West fight in Norfolk , has been engaged to referee the Sullivan-Davis mill at Giegory on the night of November 24. Every auto mobile In O'Neill has been chartered according to a letter received here from M. F. Kirwln , a Sullivan admirer. The automobile party will go across the country to Spencer from O'N611I. At Spencer they will embark on the late train for Gregory. The majority of the O'Neill fight fans will go to , Gregory via Norfolk. The fact that "Patsey" Magner will referee the fight assures both sides a clean contest. Suiii > t > n 15 imported in excellent con- dltion He has undergone a severe workout which will be continued un til next Wednesday. By no means will ho leave any chance to any of his opponents to wicst from him the title of middleweight champion of the woild. which he claims Lee Davis , on the other hand , Is also repoited in the pink of condition at Giegoiy , wheie the betting Is about even. Davis is known at Gregory never to have lost a fight and he has many i backets. At O'Neill there is no betting , the O'Neill i fans holding their money un til : Gregory is reached when the long green | fiom O'Neill will bo plated on Sullivan. A repoit fiom Gregory says $230 to $200 was bet on Davis Saturday. Court House is at Winner. Winner , S. D , Nov. 21. Special to The News- The building which has been occupied as n court house In Lamro was removed to Winner Satur day and with it the remainder of the county records and county officers. Winner Is now the county seat In real ity | and It is thought there will be no further ; fight. Verdict In Pierce Case. Pierce , Neb , Nov. 21. Special to The News : After having been out for twenty-four hours , the Jury In the case against Ross Ascroft , charged with murdering Ilany Ropp , a Yankee Rob inson circus employe , returned a vor- diet Saturday night of "assault and I battery , " compelling the defendant to t pay a $100 line and to pay all costs of the prosecution , amounting to btttwcon $1,000 and $2,000 , or go to Jail in pay inont , at the into of $ .1.KI : a day The time ho has been In jail already was allowed to appl.v. Ascroft said that ho had no com ment to make In passing sentence Judge Welch said that manslaughter might have been the verdict and that undoubtedly Ascioft's demeanor dur ing the trial had something to do with the verdict. Ascroft was with thu Yankee RoUn- son clicus when It appeared In Plcico last August. Ropp , a drunken and vicious follower of the circus , was beaten so badly that he died ASCI oft has no money to pay the costs with , It is said. Schtndlcr Loses a Finger. Niobium , Neb , Nov 21 Special to The News. A few fin met s In this pait of Knox count ) have finished husking their coin , but the nmjoilt > arc still In the Hold The weather so fai has been veiv favorable Otto Schindlei , who owns a coin-husking machine , was so unfoitunate as to lose a flngei a few da.vs ago while us ing his machine RATE BATTLE IS RESUMED. , Struggle Over Great Advance In Freight Rates , Continues. Washington , Nov. 21. The struggle between the railroads and the shippers OVCM the pioposed sweeping ad unices In freight rates hy the custom trunk lines will he lesumed bcfoie the Inter state commeico commission today , tM shippeis occupying the field. Th * hearing comes over from last month , when the rallioads rested their case in what constitutes one of the most important ' lute battles ever ( ought out before the commission. The case primal lly affects sereral thousand tariffs embraced in what aie { known as class tatcs of ah immense trafllc through the official classifica tion tenltoiy , the sweep of railroad domain that embraces New England , the middle states and over to the II llnolb-Indlana line and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. A Brooklyn Church Burns. Now Yoik , Nov. 21 Bad flies in two wldelv separated sections of the city today drove hundreds ot persons in panic Into the stieets and caused piopeity damage approximating $150 , 000. The worst damage was that at a flic which destioyed the Tliroop Presbyterian chinch in Brooklyn and damaged adjoining buildings. The loss was $125,000 Henry M. Hoyt Dead. Washington , Nov 21 Henrj Mar- , tyn Ho > t , conselor for the department' ' of state , died at his home her s > t 8:20 : jesterday from peritonitis | Woman Killed In a Runaway. Gregoiy-Tlmes Advocate' Tuesday evening about S o'clock Mrs Anton Christianson met instant death ns a lesult of a mnaway accident. Mr and Mrs. Christianson and two if sons vveie on their way home in a lum ber wagon. They stopped at the de pot to get a box of express just after the evening tialn had pulled out. The team being rather fractious thu oldei boy i dimmed in the wagon with his mothei to watth the team while the father and jounger son went into the depot for the box. It seems the box pioved too heavy for them and the help of the older son was needed Mrs. Clnistlanson staid with the team , hut got out ot the wagon and stood at their heads. Just as the box was being loaded In the \vagon the team started , knocking Mrs. Christianson down and both team and wagon pass ed over her body. Medical aid was at once summoned , but life had de parted , instant death having been pro nounced. The lemalns were taken to the home of Mrs. Hcnning. Mrs. Christianson was a woman past middle age and moved here with her husband early last spring fiom Atkin son , Neb , Last Week of Labor Meet. St. Louis , Nov. 21. Aid for the stt Iking garment workers in Chicago and for the building trades in Los Angeles was recommended at today's session of the annual session of the Ameiican Federation of Labor which began at noon , by the resolutions com mittee. The sentiment of the dele gates indicated that the recommenda tions would bo granted Other mat teis which the delegates had hefoie them weie the questions of jurisdic tion between the Mine Workers and the Westein Federation of Miners and the Caipenters and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenteis The Canadian question and the electirnl/workers' ! disputes are still undecided Action will ho taken on questions dining this , the last week of the convention. Among other things to bo decided will bo the next meeting place Rochester , New Yoik , Atlanta and Oklahoma City are seeking the next convention. JOHNSON GOING PACE. Chicago , Nov. 21. "The next time Jack Johnson steps Into a prize ring will bring out a new heavyweight champion " Close fi lends of Jeffries' conqueror here today declaie the above Is the fact In Johnson's case. They nco not surprised at the reports fiom the east and say n breakdown of the big black has been coming for some time. "Too much auto scorching and too much prosperity , " Is the way they put It and In their fears the mother of Johnson shaies , following the report of the champion's collapse at Lowell , Mass. Hears Voice 1,000 Miles. A mother 1,000 miles away In Cin cinnati , Ohio. Saturday afternoon was made glad by the voice of her son , who talked with her over the long dis tance telephone from Norfolk. The young man called nt the No- The Famous Gives the Best Light at Any Price When you pay more thnn the Rnyo price for n lamp , you are paying for extra decorations that cannot add to the quality of the light. You can't pay for a hetter light , hecause there is none. An oil light has the least effect on the human eye , and the Rayo Lamp is the best oil lamp matte , though low in price. You can pay $5 , $10 , or $20 for some other lamp , and although you get a more costly lamp , you can't get a hetter light than the white , mellow , diffused , unHickering light of the low- priced Rayo. Hns n strong , durable shade-holder. This sea- eon's burner ndus to the strength and nppcnrancc. Made of solid brass , nickeled , und easily polished. Once a Rayo User , Always Ono Dtaltrt EMryuhnt , If r t at yours urltt t r due nplM ti > tht nrantl affni ) Standard Oil Company ( IncorpornU J ) hiaska ' Telephone office Satuiday af ' lornoon l < and asked if It was possible to talk fiom NoifolK to Cincinnati Ho was tpld it was and a few mo j ments after giving the name of the j ho wished to talk to In the dis tant city ho was shut away hy himself In the long distance booth. Five min utes later ho came out of the booth smiling. "It was my mother I was talking to , " he said to an official of the company. "I henid her voice just as plainly as if I was in the same loom with her. I novel had to teepnt one word. " It cost the young man exactly $9.75 for the talk , but he declaied it wis well worth the money. "THC CABBY" TWOST P. A Musical Selection Dedicated to Ad vertising Man on The News. Among the several now pieces of music written recently by Professor Otto Voget of this city , and which will soon be sent to the publishers to be pilnted , Is a pretty twostep entitled "Cabby" and dedicated to C. B. Ca- hanlss , advertising manager of The News. The musician had just finished writ ing ' the new music one afternoon when Mr. Cabnnlss called on him. The professor , aware of the fact that the advertising man was fond of music , especially twosteps , played his now composition. The caller was delighted Civv with the catchy notes and commented favorably upon It. When he left the professor had a name for his new writing. He would call it "Cabby" and with the consent of Mr. Cabaniss he dedicated the new music to him A beautiful cover Is being designed for the twostep. A joung man returning homo in the wee hours of the morn ing seated in n cab smiling in a satis fled manner will be the feature of the front , covering. VOLPP CHOOSES SEAT. Knows Advantage in Getting Favor able Location. State Join mil Members elect of the next leglslatuie , especially the ones who know the value of choosing ll seat on the flooi in an advantageous position , keep diifUng into Lincoln to make tluli losoivntloiis with the see- rolnij of state Yosleiday Fred Volpp , siMiatoi eleil liom Dodge count ) , canto down with Phil Kohl of Wayne also ii inemhei elect of that hod } , in tow. They met John M Tanner of Omaha In Lincoln , and the tlneo discussed plans foi the coming session and also looked over the giound with refer ence to suitable seats Mr. Kohl was elected as a democrat to the senate over Charles McLcod of Stanton , long Identified with the re publican state organisation. He mod estly says his majoilty was only 708 o'01 his opponent. This will bo Mr. Kohl's lli.st expedience In tne logisia tine That Is why ho sougtit the uhel teilng pi election of Fred Volpp , who is now a tiled and seasoned veteran. In legislative ways. Two yeaia ago Mr. Volpp , who hails fiom Scrlbner , came down to the legislature as timid and. diffident as it is possible for Mr. Kohl to be , and he remembers how it goes. Then he was aided and trained in things legislative by Frank Ransom and L'd How ell of Omaha , who also weio doing the light thing In the mat ter of advice by "Doc" Tanner. Now both Volpp and Tanner do not need experience. Ransom and Ho well will not walk the familiar paths this win ter , but Volpp and Tanner will be there , having inherited the leadership togas from their Influential predeces sors. It is a matter of some Importance to legislators who have an ambition to shine that seats in good locutions bo seemed. KANSAS INCREASE 15 PERCENT. Population of Nebraska's Sister State- Is Now 1,690,949. Washington , Nov. 31. The popula tion of Kansas is 1,090,949 , according- to statistics of the thirteenth census , made public today by Director Durand. This Is an Inciease of 220,451 or lfi.0 percent over 1,170,11)5 ) in 1900. The inuease in the previous decade from 1S90 to 1900 was 11,373 , or 29 per- cent. The best advcitised stoic In this erIn In any city wouldn't change places with the second-best advertised store foi an > consideration whatever ! for the B } * building its lines through lands then worth loss than $5.00 per acre , the Union Pacific Railroad has aided in increasing the value of those lands many-fold. The assessed value of all property in Nebraska has increased from $171,747,593 in 1900 to $398,985,819 in 1909. There has been no more important factor than the Nebraska railroads in creating this enormous wealth. The resultant prosperity has increased the value of the railroad. In 1900 the Union Pacific Railroad paid taxes in the State of Nebraska amounting to $299,855.44. In 1909 it paid $578,112.44. Progress for the Union Pacific means progress for the whole State. Every mile of additional track laid , every train or station , creates wealth , which is not shared only by the Union Pacific Railroad but by every citizen in the State of Nebraska. \Vc have a book on Nebraska and its resources which will be mailed to some friend in the Bast for the asking. Please send us his address. IJvery Union Pacific Ticket Office is a bureau of railroad information. Make your wants known there , or write to me. GERRIT FORT , Passenger Traffic Manager Omaha , Nebraska ( G13) )