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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-29
FRIDAY FACTS.


NJ Nichols of Foster was in the city
Thursday.
b. F. Preston of Osmond was here
last evening.
II. w. Abts was in town over night
from Columbus.
E. NJ. Starcher of Fairfax was in
town over night.
Joe p. Muller of Humphrey was in
town over night.
Henry Brinkmeyer of Seward spent
the night in the city.
A baby girl is reported at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Kline.
II. p. Gill of st. Edward transacted
business in town yesterday.
f. Moore of Creighton was visiting
friends in the city yesterday.
r. A. Notes of Randolph transacted
business in town last evening.
j. Higbee of Meadow Grove was
city visitor yesterday afternoon.
Senator w. A. Meserve of Creighton
was Norfolk visitor Thursday.
Miss Mary McDole goes to Omaha
tomorrow morning to visit few days.
Mrs. c. II. Vail went to Sioux CITY
this morning to visit with her friend,
Mrs. Howe.
Joe Hight and Miss Myrtle Clark are
visiting friends at Walker, Iowa, dur.
ing the Yuletide.
Mrs, Martin Erickson of Hoskins is
in the city looking after her ante
Christmas shopping.
Willis Mcbride and family of Elgin
Will be guests at the C. II. Reynolds
tireside during Christmas time.
Miss Fleming left at noon today for
her home in Aurora, where she will
spend Christmas with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. e. p. Weatherby and
Mrs. Warrick went to Omaha today
to spend Christmas with Mrs. Shoe.
maker.
Miss Helen Tanner of Battle Creek,
who is just returning from school at
Girton Hall, Winnetka, H., visited
with Norfolk friends between trains
yesterday.
Louis Beltz and his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Frank Beltz of Stanton, called on
friends and did Christmas shopping
yesterday.
Miss May Olney of the city schools,
will spend her holiday vacation with
her friend, Mrs. Robert L. Cheney Of
Leslie, S. d.
Evan S. Mickey son of and book
keeper for Governor Mickey, was in
the city yesterday and paid visit to
the Norfolk hospital for insane.
AL. Hermann, who has been EN-.
ployed by Mr.. Fuesler, the tailor, has
gone to California to secure employ.
ment and improve his health.
Mr. Shreve Shinn of Sioux City, a
coffee chef and expert, is entertaining
the public today and tomorrow at the
Fair Store with a coffee party and in.
Vites you to come and see him.
Senator f. J. Hale and daughters,
Misses Elizabeth and Leah, were in
the city Thursday, having come from
Battle Creek to attend business mat.
ters and look at the ante. Christmas
sights.
Miss Bessie Freeland left today for
Sioux City. From there she will go to
Cherokee, Kansas, and visit during the
holidays, after which she will go to
her parents, who have recently moved
to Greeley, Colo.
Emil Mescher and wife and John
Winter and wife of Ixonia, Wis, are
here visiting relatives, the former with
his uncle, julius Wichert near town.
and the latter at the home of his pa.
rents, Mr., and Mrs. Karl Winter.
a. c. Anderson, formerly one Of the
commissioners of this county, but of
late years a resident of Houston,
Mimi, is here visiting old friends and
acQuaintances, and reports that for.
tune has favored him up in the north.
land.
Mrs. II. T.. Truman goes to Boulder.
Colorado, today to join her husband
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-29
THE PORTER IS HARD HIT
THE AUToCRAT OF THE PULLMAN
FEELS EFFECTS OF REFORM.
WILL ORGANIZE LABOR UNION

with the DiScontlnuance OF the Pass
the Pullman Car Porter Finds His
Means of Living Gone and Wants
More Wages.
Chicago, Dec. 23. Discontinuance
of railroad passes has ruined the busi-
ness of the Pullman car porter. The
reform may please the railroad presi-
dent, but the autocrat of the diner and
sleeper views it in another light 1t
has driven him into an ordinary labor
union in the hope of protecting his in
tereStS.
Pullman car porters hitherto have
depended largely on the tips" of pas
sengers. Their wages have been fixed
accordingly. Now, the passenger who
used to ride on pass pays his tip into
the ticket Office for transportation.
The eXpectant look of the negro porter
is met with the chilly stare of man
who feels that he is not under obliga-
tion to the roads or any of it's servants
The porter cannot live on the chilly
stare, as he was wont to do on the tip,
and he is to demand better wages,
hence movement TO organize the
Pullman porters has been started.
The organization is known as the
American Association of Railway EN-
ployes.
A porter on the Lake Shore road said
he believed the only salvation of the
dining car porters was to organize a
union and fix scale of wages, without
taking tips into consideration. "Tips
are so far and few between now that
they are not worth considering" he
said 1--WE ought to be paid living
wages and we can get that when we
are well organized
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-29

cinct assessors, but 1t was defeated by
the friends of the revenue enactment
who claimed that the election of the
assessors locally would bring about a
return to the old haphazard method OF
assessment. The plan broached now
indicates that an effort may be made
to retain the appointive. - Lincoln
News.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-29

WANTED - Bright, honest young
man from Norfolk to prepare for pay.
ing position in Government Mail Ser.
vice. Box One, Cedar Rapids, la.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-29

Almost everybody In Norfolk who
can read reads The News. Advertis.
Ing In The News will bring results.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-29

What could be nicer for a Christmas
gift to young man or young lady
than beautifully engraved cards?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-29

Try a News want ad.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

which appeals to me beyond all 9TH
ers-the effect of impure foods on in
valids. People who are under the
care Of a physician, and are com.
PEELED to eat prepared foods should
know at least what they are getting.
If the foods which they buy as pure,
are found upon analysis to contain
ingredients which have proven harm
full to them, they should have some
recourse at law to punish the maker
of this fraudulent food. A simple In.
stance is sufficient to illustrate the
point. There is at this time great
demand for gluten flours. They are
recommended for certain diseases,
and there are various preparations on
the market which are sold at high
prices. Many Of the so-called gluten
flours contain but a small percentage
of pure gluten: they are filed with
chalk and starchy substances, ana are
not Mt all what is claimed for them.
This is one example; hundred others
could be named"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
GIANT KANSAS CORN.
Exciting Experiences of Boy Lost In
Field of Growing Grain.

A report which seems to have come
from the Portland Exposition states
that a great object Of curiosity there
is corn stalk of mammoth size reach
ing almost up to the very roof or the
agricultural building. The history of
the stalk is perhaps as marvellous as
the object itself.
1t appears that prior to the last
hot wave which swept over the coun-
try, farmer in Kansas sent his IF
teen-year-old son out to take a look
over the corn field and notify him Of
the prospects. In order to do this the
son went to the implement shed which
this wise farmer had provided and
procured q ladder with which he
climbed one of the cOrnstalks. After
surveying a fine growth Of corn for
miles around, the boy started to climb
down, but in his excitement ut the
prospects of the golden harvest which
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
Uncle Sans "COnscience Fund. -

The conscience fund of the Treas
ury is not, as is popularity supposed, an
idle fund which is added to from time
to time, lies dormant. and is never
used. Contributions to this so-called
fund are turned into the regular gov
eminent receipts and on the books ap-
pear under the heading "TO Account
Conscience" This account was opened
by the United States government in
1911. 1t would not be fair to infer
from this fact that the American con-
science had its awakening at so late a
date in the country's history, but that
year witnessed the first return to the
government, as the result of the ''still,
small voice." of money of which 1t had
been defrauded some time before.
President Madison found on his desk
one morning an unsigned letter in
which the writer confessed to defraud-
ing the government of 81, for which
his conscience had made him suffer
sorely. This amount was enclosed with
the request that it be turned into the
National Treasury, the writer express
ing the hope that this full restitution
and repentance would restore a clear
and easy conscience. Contributions
have since been received varying in
amounts from a 2-cent postage stamp
to ten thousand dollars or more.
Up to date the amount received from
those who have defrauded the govern.
ment and become conscience-stricken
Ia over 100000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
TIE FLOOD OF NOAH.
Geology Proves the Foundation OF
the Biblical Account.

There are Biblical doubters who scoff
at the idea that there ever was great
flood, yet the testimony of the geolo-
gists, to say nothing of Ignatius Don
nelly's theory of the submerged CONT
nent of Atlantas, proves that at one
time the entire earth's surface was
covered with water. Professor Wright
of Oberlin, who has made geology a
life study, brings us new light upon the
subject. In writing on the subject Of
the Contributions of Geology to the
Creditability of the Flood" he states
that the level of the land changes con-
stantly. The highest mountains were
once below the sea-level, as is proven
by the finding Of sea-shells on the sum-
mits of the highest peaks. All Of Cen
trail Asia was once covered by water
and is now drying up. In fact the dry
ing out process has been going on for
thousands of years. The Turkestan and
Siberian low-lands were once sub
merged, while evidence is shown that
the Desert of Cobb was once a body
Of water equal to the Mediterranean in
size and depth.
The valley of the Jordan in ages back
was covered with water to depth of
from 1000 to 1,4O0 feet, while changes
Of level and climate in Asia seem to
prove that the Deluge once passed over
the entire country.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
Chemist Rner On Pane Eood.

DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, the chief sf
the Bureau Of Chemistry Of the De
partment Of Agriculture, has Just re
turned from q tour Of the British
Isles, France and Germany, where he
has been studying the preparation Of
food prOducts-packing, shipping, and
human consumption Of foods. DR..
Wiley is pure food man. He be-
lieves that we should all have pure
food, or at least know what II is
adulterated with, and he is one OF the
most active advocates In the country
of national pure food legislation.
1.-The question of pure food" he
said, lis one that should be better I'M
derstood. and more actively engaged
in by people generally. We have Sc
cured legislation enabling us TO pre-
vent the importation of impure and
harmful foods, but the people are ap-
parently careless I'm regard to domes-
tic manufacture. There is one feat
ure Of the pure food investigation
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
|Basket-WiIloW Growing
INDUSTRY BEING FOSTERED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

Secretary Wilson's statement that
Lhere are no bad acres I'm the United
states Is again brought TO light
through the efforts of the Department
OF Agriculture TO induce more general
attention TO the culture of the basket
willow. There are very many farms
In this country which contain some
low land. and through which runs a
small stream. This portion of the
farm is too often allowed TO run
to waste. dense growths Of weeds and
scrub prospecting in the rich. moist
soil, and the locality rarely visited by
the farmer except when In search Of
some stray cattle which have come
down to the brook for q drink.
Although introduced In this country
as early as 1910. willow growing IN
America occurs only in restricted To-
calities throughout relatively small
portion of the country. On account
OF the isolation of these groups of
growers with little or no connection,
and because the growers are not in
touch with basket makers, there has
been little chance for improvement,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

portionate share of the government
work and responsibility, and 1t is
with view of relieving him Of por-
ton Of his official burdens that the
President suggested the ACCESSIBILITY
Of the transfer Of the Panama Canal
work to the State Department
Secretary Roots acceptance of the
trust would enable Secretary Taft to
devote more of his time to the con-
slderation of important questions af-
fecting the government Of the Philip
pines and the business of the army
generally. 1t Is known that Secretary
Taft has no personal ambitions In
connection with the Panama canal
work. and Is entirely willing, as a
matter Of general expedlency, that Its
supervision should be transferred to
Secretary Root as the head of the
State Department.
Secretary Root, however, with all
his ability for hard work, is under.
stood to have no hankering after the
canal job.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

his father would reap, he had failed
to notice the rapidity of the growth or
the stalk which he had assembled. AS
quickly as he stepped down, so much
more rapidly the stalk seemed to grow,
and he was no nearer the bottom than
when he started.
His father, noting the absence of
his son, saw that it would be useless
for him to hunt through the jungle Of
waving corn, SO he climbed to the top
Of his windmill and his anxious eyes
beheld his boy waving his red bandana
in despair. Hastily summoning his
neighbOr and his other two sturdy
sons, they proceeded with axes to
chop down the wicked stalk. Their
axes, however, failed to find the same
mark twice, 80 rapidly did. the stalk
shoot upward. Night came on with
out their accomplishing anything and
the boy was left to what appeared to
be a terrible fate. Like most Kansas
boys, however, he was awake to all
his opportunities, and existed for a
long time on the raw corn, having con-
sumed so much that he later notified
his parents by means Of a message
written on one Of the dried corn leaves
that he was getting so fat there was
danger Of the stalk breaking with his
weight He wrote that he believed
more balanced ration would relieve
his fears, suggesting the planting of
beans at the base Of the cornstalk as
an expedient.
However, before the beans could se,
cure enough growth, the drought
came on and stopped the growth Of
the stalk and the boy was enabled
to climb down., thus saving his life.
AS mementos Of the occasion, the had
gathered up the corn cobs which he
had thrown down from his lofty seat
amounting to something over four
bushels and peck, and on these he
has been working, turning them into
corn-cob pipes which he g exhibiting
at the Truth Bureau Of the Portland
Exposition.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

bundles of these cuttings should then
be kept In running water until small
leaves or sprouts appear, when they
will be ready to peel.
Pretty white Willows!
Willows thus peeled are of a fine
white color, while those which IN
dergo steaming or boiling for the re-
poval of the bark are of a dark color,
being stained by .coloring matter con-
tanned in the bark; but experience has
shown that the articles made of boiled
willow are much more durable than
those made from the white rods of
spring peeling. The operation Is so
simple that old persons incapable of
labor can make fair wages
doing this sort of work.
And yet the farmer may ask, is
there a market for willow ware in
this country? The United States con-
sumes the largest amount of willow
ware of any country in the world.
From one district in Germany alone,
us far back as 1893, in spite of the
panic existing at that time, S230,OOO
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
Biz Crops This Year.

Secretary Wilson has returned to
Washington from tour of the North
west, where he was shown some
great crop yields. He expresses 1t as
his belief that the farmers have more
money now than ever was theirs be-
fore, and that with such full treasure
chests there is no danger Of an indus
trial panic. The years crop of
wheat, corn and oats will be larger,
according to Mr.. Wilson's experienced
judgment, than were the big crops of
last year. He says that the area capa.
BILE of raising durum or macarOni
wheat is now pushing well into the
desert region. The yield of this
wheat alone this year, it is believed,
will exceed 20,000,000 bushels,
wheat, by the way, which grows
where other wheat will not grow and
which six years ago was an unknown
thing among American growers.
Mr. Wilson gives us the pleasing in
formation that housekeepers will find
the prices of meat dairy products and
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
To Make OId-Fashioned Yeast.

Boil two ounces Of the best hops in
four quartz Of water for half an hour |:
styQt - let the hquof cool down to
erm<h Of new milk then put In
pail hehdfnl Of seit md half a
Shfar, beat uih one pound of
e0qk with soile e the liquor
mix well az toeether. Let
stand tntii, the third day,
tn el,tee pounds Of potatoes
ooile6 ~ mashed, let It stand a day
longs, stirring frequently and keeping
= near the fire in an earthen vessel.
then strain and put in bottles and IL
= ready for uAe. The advantage Of
this yeast L. that It ferments spontan-
eouny not recurring the aid Of other
yeast II well cooked and Kent IN I
cool place, Il win keep six months or
moea Il has been Thoroughly tegted
ana never fails b make delicious lieht
hesa6
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

exception through the country will
lows are planted from inches to a
foot apart in rows 2h feet to n yard
distant from one another, thus allow
ing from about $4,000 to $4,000 to the
acre. This method of wide planting
IL followed for several reasons, it of
course being cheaper to plant fewer
cuttings, and the cost of cultivation
being reduced, the wide rows allowing
for the use of pillow. 1t is also un-
derstood and held by the higher
authorities that the more shoots from
q stool or stump, the greater the yield
Where the cuttings have been planted
on meadow or corn land, the first year
the rows are hoed two or three times.
and later run through with a light
plow. In later years only the pillow Is
used. On bottomland, however, they
are only cultivated once, and there
fore only erased with q sickle.
To Produce Straight Rods.
The Department Of Agriculture has
found that though there may be OBJ
iectiOn to close planting on account Of
1ncreased cost and greater amount
~ cultivation necessary, both
kGayier yield and longer, more even
md and better rods are obtained
G6aighter, less branchy, and less Ia.
I4ting. While yield of four tons
green rods per acre may be OBJ
[6& IN twelve years where the hollis
&f planted in rows three feet apart,
~ distance of one foot between
M over six tons are obtained from
4cfe planted 29x9 inches, in. only
gears. The Department also ad,
- that the cuttings should be MOI
than twelve inches in length, and
ltd with the buds pointing up
~ and that when placed in the
md each cutting should be per-
perpendicular. When Willows
janted close together all weeds
Hress, the foes Of the willow,
~ be. kept out
1fp should be cut the first year,
Il no valuable material can be
~, for II this II delayed until
eond ysar, there Il apt to be q
ty - branch, % that les yalu-
6tefial can b. cut. This cut.
qI1 ~ done during the winter,
{DeGlber 1 To- March I, and a.
ogound - possible. The
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
CONTROL OF CANAL HATTERS
Transfer to the State department
Under Secretary Root.

1t seems to be generally accepted
that the control of all matters in con-
nection with the construction Of the
Panama canal Is to be transferred
from the War Department to the
State Department. Under the law the
work is to be performed under the di-
rection Of the President, and he origi-
nally intrusted it to Secretary Taft on
the general ground that all national
engineering works were properly the
business OF the War Department. 1t
Is now realized that Secretary Taft
has great deal more than his pro-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

While this is not true of the condi-
tons In western New York, the trade
there demands only the cheapest
grade Of the steamed willow. But
steam-peeled rods have a dark color,
and hence cannot be used for fine bas-
kets.
Willows Grow on Corn Land.
The general idea Is that willows
will grow only on very swampy
ground, but experience shows that all
serious attempts made on we'll
drained soil, even though of poor quail
ity, have been successful. The ground
Is prepared just the same rs it would
be for corn or wheat. Willow plant
ing generally is done in the autumn;
should be in rows, the sets or cut
tings, according to older methods be-
ing placed about ten inches in length
and planted in the ground until about
only an inch and a half protrutles
above the ground. Almost without
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

worn of fine willow ware was i'm
ported. Since that date, however, the
value of willow imports has decreased
due, probably, to the increase OF viii
low growing in this country.
The manufacture of willow is what
might be termed "h0use industry
in which the men, women and chill
dren are engaged in peeling and split.
ting the rods and weaving the bas-
kets under contract.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

poultry lower this winter than they
have been for some time, owing to the
heavy grain crops. Fattening cattle
on corn at 30 cents bushel, he said,
is not a profitable performance, and
that Is what the farmer has been do
Ing for the past three years; but with
this years grain crops, the farmer
should find at the end of the season
that his margin Of profit is greater,
and In the due course Of events, meats
should be cheaper.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

Prior to 1859 the Speaker Of tie
House Of Commons vas paid Q SALARY
Of pounds . day and . Tee Of s
pounds q even. prints bill DosDed. I
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-19
MUCH INDIAN WEALTH
Each chiekasaw will Have S.. 10000
and Seven Hundred Acres o. Land

Every Chickasaw Indian will
have $1,000 in cash to his credit
and 100 acres Of land when the
tribal affairs of the Five Civilized
Tribes are finally settled. This
means that an Indian family Of five
persons will be worth $4,000 in
Dash and twice that much in real
estate. The Chicksaws will be
second in wealth 70 the Osages
among all the people Of the world.
The per capita wealth Of the
inhabitants Of the United States ap
proximately is only $4,000. The
90, 900 Indians Of the FIVE tribes
will have several times as much
money as the 500, 900 white ar
;stocr cy Of wealth in the proposed
new state Of oklahoma would large
ly becon6ned to the Osages in what
is now Oklahoma and the Chicka-
saws in what is now Indian Ter
ritory.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-19
TO MEET JOINTLY
Chce avs And chickashaws will settle
up Affairs
Sptciai 10 The State Capital.

Speciai to The State Capital.
.Ar.more, l. r., Dec. r6.-Thc
a aw legisla IRE Of likely tc
res 'gu today to reeonvene January
2o, when the Choetaw council also
The two' 10 les have
a number Of importan matters in
common that must be disposed of
before tribal relations c-ass aud it
is expected al the session to be
held then thar they will m Ike a
settlement Of their affairs
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-19

The regular annual III citing Of
the Shareholders Of the F rst Nat
ional Bank Of Chickasha. will Re
held on the second Tuesday in Jan.
the 9th. between the hours Of 9 q (.
Ill. and 4 pm for the election Of a
Board of Direc o7s, and the tral s.
action Of any other bu iiness that
may properly come before said
meeting 95-oI
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-19

have the most complete line Of
candies ever brought to Chickasha.
Y. w. Darnell. o6-Ioo