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S OCIETY
Pleasures of the Week.
Tuesday being the seventy-second
lilitlulny of Mrs. II. Wnrnor of War-
norvlllu , 11''i' ' neighbors and friends
surprised her by Inviting her old-time
friends to tlio number of twenty-live ,
iiiiiny of whom brought boiintlfiil Mow
ers and others gifts. Those who could
not bo present responded by letters
and tel < oim of esteem. The affair was
HO HUceoHHfuUy planned Hint It was a
complete surprise , Hho having no In
timation of it until the crowd walked
In nl 11 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Warner
were also Horunaded by tlio Warner-
vlllo band , composed of young men of
tlio neighborhood.
Mrs. Philip Harmony was hostess
at a delightful bruakfiiHl at 9 o'clock
Thurmlay morning. Mrs. Sturdovant
WIIK the guest of honor. The guests
found places at beautifully appointed
tabloa , and thoroughly enjoyed the
tempting menu. After breakfast a
game of live hundred was Indulged In ,
Mrs. A. II. Klosati winning the high
acoru.
Mr. and Mrs. F. 10. Davenport presided
sided nl a 7 o'clock dinner on Wednesday
day evening to compliment Mrs. O. .1.
Johnson. The tablea wore prettily nr
ranged , where twonty-flvo guests found
places. Urldgo followed the dinner.
The honors went to Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs. W. 1' . Logan.
Mrs. O. L. Hyde c'literlalncd the
neighborhood kensington and a few
other frlenda on Tuesday afternoon
to compliment Mrs. Sturdovant and
Mrs. .1. P. Galsor of Kansas City. The
afternoon was a hoclal one , followed
by a delicious four-course supper dain
tily served.
Mrs. I ) . S. Uiillock entertained the
neighborhood Kensington on Wednes
day. Mrs. 10. 10. Gillette , Mrs. Sturdo
vant and Mrs. Mlsklmmlns were guests
of the club. At the close of a very
pleasant afternoon Airs , Bullock serv
ed a tempting supper.
Miss Julia Martin , who has spent
the hist two years in Korea as a nils
slonary , Is expected In Norfolk next
Thursday for a visit with her sister ,
Mrs , P. 10. Davenport. Miss Martin
has many friends who will be pleaset
to meet her again.
A largo number of friends am ;
neighbors surprised Miss Alma Hach
crt at her homo east of the city. He
frcshmonts were served by the ladles
of the party. Music was enjoyed.
Col. Cotton and daughter , Mrs
Mathowson , entertained a small com
imny of friends at supper on last Sat
urday evening In honor of Mrs. O. J
Johnson of California.
Mrs. Warrjck and Mrs. E. P. Weath
crby entertained a small company o
ladles at a I o'clock luncheon or
Wednesday. Mrs. O. J. Johnson wa
tlio guest of honor.
The Ladles' Aid society of me Second
end Congregational church enjoyed .1
social session in the homo of Mrs
John Koerbor on Thursday aftornooi
Miss Edith Wamlell entertained ;
dozen young ladies at a supper part
on Wednesday evening.
The ladies of the Methodist chare
met In the church parlors on Thurs
day afternoon.
The Presbyterian Aid society me
with Mrs. F. A. Bryant on Thursday.
Personal.
Mrs. O. L. Hyde Is soon to have th
pleasure of a visit from three cousin
from Scotland , Mrs. Margaret Lov
and Misses Nettie and Rena Marsha
The ladies sailed for America last Sa
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Sturdovant hav
gone to Gordon , Neb. , for a visit wit
Mrs. Sturdevant's parents before go
ing to their new home in Rushville
Minn.
Miss Letha Hlakeman returned las
night from Simpson college to spen
the summer vacation with her parent :
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Blnkemnn.
Mr. and Mrs. J. n. Maylard an
daughters Victoria and Josephine an
son Jack drove to Battle Creek o
Thursday and spent the day.
Miss Helen Reynolds returned hoin
from Premont on Tuesday , whore sh
visited over Sunday with Misses Rut
and Gertrude Mount.
Mrs. J. P. Gaiser of Kansas Citv
Mo. , is in Norfolk for a visit In th
homo of her brother , Maurice Irvln
Oakdale News Items.
Miss Dora Loronson arrived the lat
ter part of last week to spend the
summer with her sister , Mrs. II. C.
McDonald.
Anna Warwick arrived homo lasl
Thursday evening , having completed
a year as Instructor at n school about
live miles north of Plnlnvlew.
Clyde Baskett visited homo folks
the last part of last week.
Roy Means came up for a visit with
his sisters and other relatives last
Thursday , returning to Columbus Mon
day morning.
Eston E. Erlckson returned home
last Saturday , having finished his year
as professor of the Drlstow schools.
Ivan Torpln returned homo from
"Wesleyan last Saturday afternoon to
spend the summer months.
Roy Leach , son of D. C. Leach , liv
ing three miles south of here , return
ed home from Chicago last week ,
where ho has recently graduated from
a dental college. For the present he
Is working with Dr. Teagarden of No-
light , but expects to look up a perma
nent opening soon.
Miss .Cecil lOvans left on the early
morning train Saturday for Peru ,
whore nho will attend summer school
until about August I.
II. C. McDonald moved Into the
lioiiHo vacated by A. G. Heach last Sat
urday.
Itov. Mr. Green of Nollgh preached
at the Methodist Episcopal church
bore lasl Sunday morning. In the
ovonlng ho preached at tlio U. 11.
burch at a union meet Ing of tlio
IcthodlBt and United Urethren eon-
rogations.
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. I'ayno of Nellgh
. 'ore Sunday visitors at the home of
co. W. Park.
Theron llrodboll , brother of 10. A.
irodboll of this place , came up from
University Place last Thursday even-
ng and will he employed on the John
lal/achor farm during the summer
lonths.
Mr. and Mrs. George 10. Matson were
lassongors to Alnsworth Sunday , re-
timing Monday noon. While there
hey arranged to have their household
; oods shipped to this place , as their
lew residence Is about ready for oc-
upancy.
Misses Maymo Ryan , Lottie Iladloy ,
Omma Buck and Llbblo Dill left on
ho early morning train Monday for
, where they will attend sumner -
nor school at the Wayne normal.
Miss Myrtlco Uralnard spent a con-
lo of days this week visiting Nellgh
Heads.
A. G. Reach , who has been connect-
3d with the O. n. Manvlllo real estate
Inn for some months , severed his con-
lection with that firm the llrst of Iho
nonth and departed Monday for Sioux
31 ty to look up a location at that
) laro. Ills family will follow later.
Monday morning the oldest son of
W. L. Adams , who Is employed by
"lurry Stiege , was driving ono of Mr.
Stiege's teams , which became unman
ageable and throw the boy out , ono
ivheel passing over the boy's head , cut
ing a gasli about Hvo inches long.
The boy is , however , recovering nice-
y and will soon be able to bo about
ils work again.
J. P. Hoyd visited friends and rola-
ives here Monday afternoon and even-
ng from Nellgh.
A. J. Dlesh , contractor , commenced
Monday morning to tear out the resl-
lonco of II. L. Ingalsbeo and has now
commenced the erection of a new two
story residence in its place.
Pour bums were arrested In town
Tuesday morning by 10. A. Drodbal
ind others and placed In the city jail
on the charge of being suspicion
characters. In the afternoon they
were brought before Justice Cooper
ind two of them were fined $5 am
costs each , and two of them were re
leased on condition that they leave
town immediately , which they did
The two lined were held on the charge
of drunkenness and vagrancy ,
close lookout Is being Iccpt for more
of them.
Prank Nosbit of Tilden was visiting
relatives here Wednesday afternoon
Messrs. Norwood Wildermuth are
engaged in installing city water in tlio
residence of W. T. Pletchcs this week ,
Miss Edna Stringfellow came homo
on the evening train Wednesday fron
Wesleyan university to spend the sum
mor.
It is rcoprted that Prank Dworal
and "Young Gotch" have agreed to
wrestle again at Neligh on next Frl
day evening.
The road grader completed the roar
east of town Wednesday morning and
in the afternoon graded between Fiftl
and Taylor streets and the bridge eve
Cedar creek on. Mill street.
Mrs. Charles Thompson came nr.
from Randolph Wednesday evening
for a visit with friends and relatives
here.
It Was 101 in the Shade.
The mercury boiled up to almos
101 in Norfolk Friday , going sllghtl :
above the 100M. mark on the ofllcia
government thermometer. It was tin
hottest day of the year thus far. A
night came a trace of a shower an
later a better one , with .09 of an inc
of rainfall. Showers wore reporte
yesterday from Oakdale , O'Neill , Va
entino and points west.
Showers fell all over northern Nebraska
braska and southern South Dakota
during the night , according to reports
received in Norfolk at the Northwest
ern headquarters. The rain was not
heavy at any point , but tlio showers
were general.
The concensus of opinion among
grain men is that the drouth and the
hot weather have damaged wheat and
oats in places and that the outlook for
corn could not bo better. Conditions
are not startling witli respect to wheat
and oats , and a soaking rain within
the next few days will materially im
prove the general crop outlook.
Sixty Koreans Drown.
Dlagovlesptcpcnsk , Asiatic Russia ,
Juno 10. Sixty Koreans were drown
ed while attempting to escape from the
steamer Muravieff Amurski , when the
vessel was destroyed by lire in Amur
river Thursday night.
Stork Brings Three.
Newcastle , Neb. , Juno 10. Mrs.
Finn of Newcastle became the mother
of triplets yesterday three girls.
Mother and babies are reported as doIng -
Ing well.
Hard Time to Get Weddlno License.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hartford will
spend ten days fishing at Wood Lake.
They left Saturday for that summer
resort The trlp'll bo their honey
moon.
Mr. Hartford and his brldo-to-bo ,
Miss Maude Clark , went to Stanton In
an automobile early Saturday morn-
Ing. And they almost didn't get a
wedding license. It was because Coun
ty Judge Cowan Is such a sound sleep
er , that the young Norfolk couple had
such difficulty In securing the proper
legal papers for the marriage cere
mony.
The groom knocked on the door at
Judge Cowan's office , and then knock-
il again. Hut there came no answer ,
nly slumber was within. More
nocks brought moro audible signs of
umber , but no further response.
Finally Miss McKenzIe , the tele-
hone operator , by strenuous efforts ,
ucccodcd in awakening Ills Honor ,
ho license was secured and Rev. J.
' . Pouchor , pastor of the Mcthodlsl
hurch , formerly of Norfolk , perform-
d the ceremony.
Mr. Hartford has grown up In Nor-
oik and Is superintendent of the Asa
C. Leonard drug store. The bride Is a
aughtor of Mr. and Mrs. William II.
"lark , 400 South Tenth street , and nu
ll recently was employed In the o.'Ilce
f the Sugar City Cereal mills as sten-
graphor. She has lived in Norfolk
imny years and has many friends in
ho city.
Chinese Gttidylnn Geography.
President T--OII C'hlu Lai of the Wat-
wupu , noticing that the negligence of
uty in the performance of diplomatic
flairs liy ( he various Chinese ollldals
( jiusod liy their Ignorance of th1.1
icloiioo of tlio earth , thereby causing
ompllcatlons in settling the boundary
[ Uosllon , has given Instructions to the
arlous subordinates that they should
duly geography and a bureau for In-
. cstlgatiiig the science of the earth
hould bo established. The boundaries
f the border of the northwestern por-
lon of the three eastern provinces
hould be llrst Investigated and prepa-
ation mailo to answer the boundary
luestlon with the power concerned.
ATTELL NEAR RETIREMENT.
njury to Fighter's Shoulder Will Prevent -
vent His Staying In Ring.
Rumors are current In boxing circles
hat Abe Attell. the American feather
weight champion , may bo compelled to
retire from the ring. AttclPs physician
says the champion cannot box again
or a year because of the broken shoul-
Jer bone.
Attell Is more than twenty-eight years
old and Is said to be rather dubious as
o the future , for he fears a return of
he Injury when lie attempts to resume
operations.
If Attell decides to retire there will
bo a scramble for his title. Jem Drls-
cell , the English champion , may well
ay claim to It , but Drlscoll announced
recently ho was through with the ring
forever.
Young Ingerton Looks Good.
Ingcrton of the Boston Nationals Is
the most promising third base prospect
that has broken Into fast company
since the discovery of Baker. Ho is a
natural Holder. Hue thrower and heavy
bitter at least bo Is hitting just now.
Las'xer to Visit America.
Dr. Emanuel Lasker , the chess
champion , will visit this country In
October and Introduce Mrs. Lasker to
his American friends. Recently the
champion joined the ranks of the ben
edicts.
NEW BROWNS EXCEL
HOLDOVERS IN ABILITY.
New York and Cleveland
< r > were
certainly kind to the St. Louis
Browns last winter. About the
only silver lining to the nimbus
shrouded outlook of the team
this spring has been the uni
formly good performance of
Catcher Clarke , whom the Naps
-i- turned over to the Browns for
A Art Griggs , and Laporte and
Austin , whom $3,000 , with Hari
ri ) 7.oll to "boot , " obtained from the
" Highlanders.
Those throe men have made
up nearly half the attacking
strength of the Browns.
If there are any moro at homo
Hko those the Drowns are open
for negotiations at all times If < ?
the terms are ns modest ns
those of the Instances cited.
Flege Case Argued.
Lincoln , Juno 10. The case of th
state against Wllhelm Flego was ar
gucd In supreme court. Flego wa
convicted of the murder of his sistei
Loulso Flege , on his farm in Dixon
county and was sent to tlio nenlten
tlary for life. The case of Joe McKa >
convicted of tlio murder of Alber
Drown , in Antelope county , was als
argued. McKay was sent up for life
This Voice Grew Here.
There's a "man with a voice" 1
Chicago , who got his start In Norfolk
By and by he'll get into Iho Chicag
papers with a big full page featur
story about him , and his picture. Tim
is , he will If the Chicago papers ar
alive.
Ever ride down to Norfolk from Da
las when Clyde Hayes was brakema
on that line ? Then you know abou
It. If you tried to sleep between Spen
cer and Lynch , on that old early morn
Ing train , you swore to beat the car
when the brakeman came through a
Verdel and yelled out the name of th
town.
You wouldn't have cared , If th
voice had been just an ordinary ever
day voice. But say , when old Clyd
Hayes put steam Into those voca
cords of his , you could have hear
him a mile away In the thick of a ba1
tie , with cannon booming all aroun
him and shells shrieking through th
air.
Some voice , that Dut that's wha
got him his present job.
Now he's caller at the new North
western passenger station In Chicago
which has just been thrown open t
the public. And he's made a te
strike.
A week ago , before the date fo
opening the station , a couple of doze ;
regularly equipped trains were backe
Into the station In order to try out th
tracks and get employes Into th
swing of things. And they say tba
when Clyde Hayes opened up on tha
gang of trainmen with his caller *
olce , ho nearly created a panic.
Everybody quit work for an Instant
ml stopped still , just to turn around
ml see what had happened.
Clydo Hayes Is a son of C. S. Hayc
f Norfolk. Ho Is 27 years of ago.
lo graduated from the Norfolk high
chool In 1900 and obtained distinction
> y his humorous readings In declama-
ory contests.
Intercollegiate Championships.
After months of practice college nth-
ctcs are now putting the finishing
ouches on their training for the Inter-
olloghite track ami field meet which
vlll bo held In the Harvard stadium ,
Cambridge , Mass. , May " ( ? and i7. !
The 11)10 ) meet was productive of
mly oiu record , but In view of the
great performances of a number of
iion In their preliminary workouts It
vonlil not be .surprising If records by
ho wholesale should go by the board
n the stadium.
Although dual meets have been
carco so far this season , there have
icon occasions on which the merits of
be various teams can bo judged.
Nearly nil the universities , with the
exception of Princeton and Pcnnsyl-
ania , have lost heavily by graduation ,
but new men from the under class of
a year ago have boon developed , so
hat this moot should be as Interesting
ns any of It.s predecessors.
Craig of Michigan. Roidpath of Syra
cuse , Derna of Cornell , Chlsholm of
t'ale , Durdlck of Pennsylvania and Joe
Homer of Michigan , all winners of
events last year , are still In competl-
Ion , to say nothing of any number of
the men who scored second , third and
fourth places for tbolr respective
cams. As races on paper do not al
ways come true when the men are
running along on the actual cinder
path , predictions as to the outcome of
he meet seem a little out of place.
However , In reviewing the material
that is on Imnd for this year's tests It
s probably best to begin with Penn
sylvania , the winner of the 1010 moot.
The Quakers , despite the loss of
Ramsdoll , who showed up so brilliant
ly a year ago. will bo very strong in
; lie sprints , for Minds has been run-
nine up to his old time standard.
For the lunger distances Murphy has
a lot of good mon In Billy I'aull. Doyle ,
Foster , Gray , Church , Levering and
Wollo. On the whole , the Quakers
liavo a good fighting chance to repeat
their victory of a year afro.
Yale has been greatly weakened
since the 1910 moot , although George
Chlsholm , winner of the high hurdles
© lill , by American Press Association.
( IE01IGI2 CH1SHOLM , YALE'S CUACK HUH-
DLElt.
at the Penn relay meet recently , and
Robert Gardner , who tied with Babcock -
cock of Columbia in the pole vault last
year , are still In college. Yale can't
reasonably hope t'or much this year.
Cornell , as usual , is uot very strong
in the spring , but has some corking
peed mon for the distance events.
However , with the squad Trainer
Moakloy has on hand the Itlmcans are
hoping that the Red and White's
chances in tlio intcrcolleglatcs may bo
better when the time comes around
than they noom to bo now on paper.
At Harvard things seem to bo a little
bettor than they were last year , al
though none of the performances In
t.he class games were especially nota
ble.
Princeton still has Cook , Dwlght ,
Spears and Simons , who scored in tlio
Intcreolloglijtcs last year , and several
other men who look very promising.
Michigan has three stars who will
probably show up very well In the In-
tcrcuilcglatcs. Craig , who won the
220 last year , is running better than
ever. Homer should have things his
owii way in the shotput , and Hanavan
will give I'aull the run of his life In
the mile.
Dartmouth has some very good mate
rial this year , of which Harry Hlllman
Is making the most.
Harry Babcock , the captain of the
Columbia team , seems to be about the
only man the Blue and White has who
can be relied upon to do much of any
thing.
Fred Thompson.
Wlnnetoon , Nob. , June 10. Special
to The News : Fred Thompson , n Wln
netoon merchant , died Thursday fol
lowing an operation which was per
formed after ho had been ill with ty
phoid fever. Ho was born November
30 , 1877 , at Lndora , la. , and was mar
ried to Carrie Dyers May 11 , 1904.
Besides a wife , he Is survived by two
small children , a mother , two brothers
and two sisters.
Think Girl IB Dead.
Hlbblng , Minn. , Juno 10. After a
week of continued searching , and after
covering every possible nook of the
woods , the short swamps and the
swamps whore they are passable , the
hunt for Allco Graff , the girl who dis
appeared from Bengal last Sunday has
been given up. Only her father re
tains a belief that she Is allvo. Ex
pert woodsmen , used to the hardships
of the forest , have returned to Bengal
acknowledging defeat. All declare
thai she could not Hvo In the swamp
country a week without food or shel
ter.
Is Cobb Worth $10,000 a Year ?
Leaving out the thrills and /citing
down to hard cases largo round canes
of a value of one buck each what Is
Ty Cobb worih to the Out roll club'/
I In. ha ! Sure you laugh. That Ims
all boon thrashed out before. Sure It
has. Hut still It offers an Interesting
diversion If you haven't anything to
do.
Recently Cobb had a real day , whip
ping the Now York Americans prac
tically single handed , lie scored from
first on a single and from second on a
passed ball and ( lion capped his basu
running feats by rapping out a two
bagger which sent two runs homo
abend of him and scored himself while
Catcher Sweeney was disputing the de
cision on Bush. On the defense he
made a couple of neat catches , on ono
of them doubling the fleet Hcmpblll
off first.
And now to get down to the mer
cenary side of the picture. Ty drawn
a salary which scars around the $10-
000 mark , and back In the winter time
when the baseball scribes are clinging
to tlio payroll by their eyebrows a
discussion was started as to Ty's being
wortli $100,000 to the Detroit club's
owners.
There is a largo number of people
who dispute the fact that the Georgian
is wortli $100.000 and earns $10,000 per
year. In figuring a man's earning ca
pacity the only safe way to handle the
dope IH to sl/.e up the return duo di
rectly to his efforts to his employers. '
In Cobb's case tills cannot be done
with accuracy , but a good line Is avail
able. The Tigers have been tearing
up ( he western teams of the league.
They walked over Now York In the
opener , and then the Yanks turned and
grabbed two. What wiw the resultV
The faint henrtcd ones promptly pull
ed the Uhie stun" and went around
sighing "They've blown now. The
cast will walk through them. " But did
they ? We guess nut.
If Now York had made It throe
straight the result would have been
noticeable In the falling off of the at
tendance. But the Tigers pulled It out
of the fire , and Cobb was the chief
raker.
What was the result ? Cobb's feat
meant in the neighborhood of an addi
tional $1.000 In the box ofllce the fol
lowing afternoon over what would
have boon there if tlio Tigers had lost
the day before.
And Cobb does such tricks many
times during the season. When the
team goes oust thousands will turn out
to see Cobb play uot to see the game ,
but to boo Cobb people who don't
know a baseball from a pumpkin.
And moro dollars will roll Into the Do
trolt club's coffers.
Yes ; it would appear that Ty Cobb
Is worth his $10.0fU ) per year and could j
not be duplicated for $100,000.
TIGERS MISS DEL GAINOR.
First Baseman Who Had Wrist Broksn
Best Detroit Ever Had.
Although Jennings has a good sub
stitute first baseman In Ness , still the
Tigers miss the services of Del Gal-
nor. The latter recently bad his wrist
broken by a pitched ball thrown by
Photo by American Press Association.
DE&OAINOB , TIOEltS' TOUNO FIRST SAOEEH
Jack Coombs and will bo out of the
game for some time.
Galuor is the best llrst baseman the
Tigers have ever had. Ho Is a grand
fielder , a fine thrower , a heavy batter
and remarkably speedy. Del was bit
ting at a . :5.0 : clip when ho received
the Injury that put him out of the
game.
France Tnkes to Tennis.
In France tennis Is enjoying a big
boom Thy frog eaters will soon be
contenders with the Americans , Eng
lish and Australians for the world's
racket honors. The Parisian youths
are making a scientific study of
strokes and strategy , and the game is
having widespread popularity.
Bodie Making Good For White Sox.
Ping Bodlo. who made so many homo
runs last year In the Pacific Const
league that the secretary had to get
au addlm ; machine to keep track of
them , ts umklng good with the Chica
go \YliIto Sox He Is stinging the ball
at the rate of 308 per cent
Sheppard Plant Trip Abroad.
Melvln Sheppnrd Is planning n Brit
ish Invasion the coming season , and U
looks us If Texas Ramsdell of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and Harry
Qlsslng would accompany him.
HAVE UNTIL JUNE 15.
Rome , Juno 10. Stormy weather to
day caused three French aviators who
have reached Rome In the Paris-Rome-
Turin race to abandon the contemplat
ed start on the final leg of the race.
The schedule called for a concluding
night of 391 miles , taking the contest
ants llrst from Rome to Florence for
an olllclal stop , then over the Appen-
lues to Dologna , another olllclal stop ,
and thence to Turin ,
The crossing of the mountain peaks
called for the most daring exploit of
the whole 1,1)00 ) miles of the course ,
and great Interest In the test had boon
aroused. Throngs were early at the
aero'dromo to BOO the lllors got away.
Adverse weather conditions Inlluonced
Andre Roaumont and Roland Garros
soon after they reached the Hold to
glvo up their hope of starting. Pryo ,
the Gorman aviator , was moro deter
mined and made Hvo attempts lo got
Into air , each time being compelled to
descend. Finding a strong wind was
blowing over the Apponlnos , he , too ,
decided to quit.
Vldardt , tlio fouith contestant who
lias reached hero , did not appear and
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
Dr. J. II. Mackay returned from Mad
ison.
Benjamin McKcen of Madison was
In the city.
John Robinson returned from n busi
ness trip to Omaha.
Mrs. E. R. Chaco of Stanton visited
with friends In the city.
Mrs. J. D. Smith of Nellgh Is visit
ing her sister , Mrs. II. Warner.
Miss Carrie Brush has gene to Cop-
pcrlleld , Ore. , whore she will spend
the summer with her sister , Mrs. II.
L. Singer.
Mrs. Dertlia Pllgor returned from a
visit with her daughter , Mrs. E. R.
Chace , at Stanton.
An important mooting of the Elks
will be hold this evening.
Miss Leon Schaplolgh is suffering
from an attack of measles.
The Norfolk Ice Cream and Cone
company's olllco was robbed of $11.
No trace of the guilty parties has been
found.
Martin Kane , engineer at Iho local
postolllco , Is enjoying a fifteen-days'
vacation leave.
Hoi n. to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith ,
corner Norfolk avenue and Eleventh
street , a daughter.
Some of Madison's landmarks , the
beautiful shade trees on the main
street , planted forty years ago by E. F.
Prince , are being cut down.
In spite of the threatening weather
a fair crowd of dancers attended tlio
dancing party at the Country club
house Friday evening.
Sixty or seventy Indian school chil
dren of the Genoa Indian school , en-
route to their homos at Santee , ar
rived here Friday night and left early
Saturday.
Charles Milnor and his daughter.
Miss Nova M. Mllncr passed through
the city onrouto to their homo at Pair-
fax from Omaha , whore Miss Mllncr
underwent treatment at a hospital.
Tlio Elkhorn Life and Accident In
surance company will move from the
Citizens National bank building Into
the Koenigstoin block and will occupy
tlio rooms formerly occupied by Paul
Grant.
The Second ward poll books were
inspected at Madison Friday afternoon
by attorneys on both sides of tlio
mayoralty contest. City Clerk Ed
Ilartor brought back ono of the Sec-
end ward poll books last night.
William Salisbury , district plant su-
peilntcndcnt of the Western Union
Telegraph company , war. In the city in
connection with the work of removing
the telegraph poles from Norfolk av
enue. The company has until July 1
to comply with the new ordinance.
W. R. Par etor , commercial agent of
the Union Pacific Railroad jompany ,
and P. II. Davis , of the Lusc Land
company , ha\o rented the rooms in
which the Elkhorn Life and Accident
Insurance offices are now located , in
the Citizens National bank building.
Prank Garrett , manager of the Harle
Haas Drug company of Council Bluffs ,
and formerly a Norfolk citizen , was In
the city enroute from Deadwood to his
home at Council Dluffs. Mr. Garrett
commented favorably on the wonder
ful improvements going on In Norfolk.
The Christ Lutheran schools were
suspended for the summer vacation
Friday afternoon. Thirty-nine students
graduated on Palm Sunday. When
school opens again next September
there will bo about eighty students en
rolled. The school children gave a
picnic In the Pasowalk grove Friday
afternoon.
A. O. Hasten and Master Joseph Wil-
ley hold the season's record for catch
ing the two largest catfish in this vi
cinity. Thursday evening Mr. Ilazen ,
with a throw line , captured a ton-
pound catfish. The fish measured
twenty-two Inches , Wllley's llsli
weighed a little over ten pounds and
measured a few inches more in length
than the fish captured by Ilazen.
The three consolidated general offi
ces of tlio Nebraska Telephone com
pany , trafllc department , commercial
department , and plant department , will
bo located on the second floor of the
Cotton block. Arrangements have
been made with tenants of this block
to make room for tlio new offices. The
district accountants and local man
ager will have the oiFices in tlio Me-
Clary building.
The Nebraska Telephone company
has purchased the Krotter telephone
Interests at Donesteel. Guy H. Pratt ,
division commercial superintendent ,
and M. J. Sanders , district commercial
agent , returned from Donesteel and to
day it is reported by telephone officials
that the deal was closed on Mr. Pratt's
visit to Bonesteel. Fred Scott , com
mercial agent of the Bonesteel district ,
was in the city today.
Abe Levlno declares that It Is both
dishonest and unjust for any one to
claim ownership to any coin left on a
counter by an abscntmlnded customer.
Therefore he claims ho was in the
right when he administered a kick tea
a small boy who was guilty of entering
his place Oi ouslncss Friday morning
and pocketing a twenty-flve-cont piece
which was left on the counter by ono
customer. The boy claimed ho fouAd
the money on the counter and that so
long as no one claimed It , It was his.
Twice yesterday afternoon box cars
on the Union Pacific freight train , en-
route to Madison , were sot nllro from
sparks of the engine. The wind wait
blowing a gale and when the train
came to the Union Pacific bridge south
of the city , the llrst tire was discov
ered. Water was brought up from the
river and the bln/.o was extinguished
by the crow. At Warnorvlllo another
car was found burning and a section
crow did the work of lire HghtoiH thin
time. Grans along the rlghtofu >
burned for some distance.
Mather & Vanscolk , local contract
ors , were the successful bidders for
the two CailHon buildings , on which
work will commcnco at once. The
two buildings will bo located on Nor
folk incline and Second strool and
each will bo lift by ! ( ) . There were
cloven bids filed. The buildings wilt
bo ono story In height , and will bo
constnoted ! of pressed Illicit. Ono
car of the brick Is already In ( bo city.
I'ho Commercial club building will
contain four rooms. The other build
ing will bo occupied by Mr. Carlson ,
and ' will contain live rooms.
Arc Puttlnn Oil on Road.
The oiling of South Thirteenth
street ' , from the city limits to a point
throe t and a half miles south. Is arous
ing much Intercut In Norfolk. Many
vlaltors are making the trip to the
wo no of activity and are commenting
very favorably on the llrst work of Its
kind In north Nebraska.
J. T. Moore , under direction of tlio
Commercial club , and County Com
missioner Hurr Taft , la In charge of
the work. Mr. Taft constructed an
oil spreader , a tank with a regular oil
spreader connected. This Is placed on
an ordinary wagon , on the rear of
which release brakes are placed.
The tank holds r.OO . gallons of oil.
The Standard Oil car has boon spotted
on a high track near the Northwestern
coal chutes at the JnncUon anil some
delay Is experienced In making iho
long haul. C. P. Christiansen Is actini
as driver of the spreader.
Tlio Commercial club has spout
much money in claying sandy spots In
tlio road , but W. A. Wlt/.lgman , chain
man of the oil roada committee , has
conceived a plan by which ho can save
the club and county much money.
There baa boon about $800 spout for
the claying of the road and there re
mains yet many sandy spota wnicntll
bo experimented upon.
For several hundred yards north of
a starting point , the oil has soaked
well In the sand and Mr. Curtis , the
Standaid Oil company's representa
tive hero , agrees with Mr. Wllzlgmnn
that two layers of the oil on sandy
spots will do as much good as the elt\- :
ing. The llrst few hundiod yards of
sand will not require any moro oil ,
bul further north , where the s.ind
"blow-outs" are extremely bad , it is
found the oil does not soak In roadilv
These extremely bad strips will b < >
gone over with a harrow , after \\hlih
ono moro layer of oil will ho admliiN
tered. Mr. Curtis declared tlio tand
will readily mix with the oil and as
phalt , which is contained in tlio ml
and a good load will be the result.
SGO a Day for Claying.
This will do away entirely with ( In
expensive woik of claying , and be
moro economical. It costs loss for the
second layer of oil than It does for
claying. It has cost about $ GO per d.ij
for the claying work. The Commer
cial club purchased an aero of tlay
gionnd on South Thirteenth stieet and
has deeded the properly to the county
The farmers are working in har
mony with tlio Commercial club and
arc giving much assistance to the
workmen on tlio ground.
Thirteenth street lias changed great
ly since the work has begun. For
nearly four miles the road has boon
graded and a glade grader is going
over the road continually.
Following the glade grader comes
the oil spreader. Air. Curtis had
charge of the brakes yesterday after
noon. At each trip , the oil spreader
comes closer to the city. Mr. Curtis
took his seat behind the spreader and
turned a lover which released the
heavy black oil from the tank. The
oil came out of pipes onto a low plat
form , from which it came down on
the road In an oven stream , covering
the entire surface. Where the sand
was dry , little bubbles would appear
and Iho dry sand would turn up the
oil. Thcso are the spots which will
have to bo gone over once more to In
sure a satisfactory foundation. Had
the sand been wet , Mr. Curtis declares ,
the second layer would bo unneces
sary as the oil mixes freely with wet
sand. With the dry sand , however ,
there is no foundation , the oil will
soak in about ton Inches , but will
eventually turn up. Therefore it is
necessary to mix tlio first coat of oil
with the dry sand and then give It a
finishing layer. Then the oil spreader
reached strips in the road where the
sand had received a layer of clay , the
oil changed the yellow to black. It
soaked in well , and dried quickly.
Looks Like Asphalt.
On Inspection of the first work ,
which was declared satisfactory by
Mr. Curtis , it was seen that the oil and
sand had mixed well and it gave tlio
road a look of the first workings of an
asphalt pavement. It Is planned by
the county to finish the oiling of the
road to Madison , after the Norfolk side
has been finished. Should the idea of
Mr. WItzlgnian prove a success , this
part of the oiling will bo more econom
ical , Inasmuch as there will bo no moro
claying to do.
After the first of the oiling has been
finished a street In this city is to bo
oiled , Ono question to bo solved Is ,
whether or not there is danger of chil
dren who run on the oiled street cur
rying into the homes some of the oil
on their shoes , thus ruining carpets ,
etc. This question , It Is said , has caus
ed the delay In oiling ono of Norfolk's
most beautiful residence streets.
Chairman Wltzlgman made an In
spection of the first oil work Friday
afternoon and he Is satisfied with the
work so far as It bos progressed. Com
missioner Burr Taft , who la donating
much of his time to make the work a
success , was also a visitor on the road
and took active part In the work.
