The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-07

fcctually clear the wound of any poi.
sonous taint
Many cililons are following the lead
of the street commissioner and other
officials and are putting their resi-.
donco property in trim to catch the
eye of the visitor next week Weeds
are coming down, low-hanginB limbs
are being removed from the trees and
the lawns and gardens are assuming
their best appearance.
A citizen complains to this Office
that little children In town have got
in the habit of running out into the
streets with n cold Indifference to the
approach of horses which Is alarming.
He. himself very narrowly avortcd
running over a little tot on n street
last night and considered II merely
good luck that the accident did not
happen other drivers have noted the
same fact Unless parents will keep
the children off the streets, n tragedy
may occur in some Norfolk home.
Notices have been put up warning
tcamstcrs not to hitch to electric light,
telegraph and telephone poles. The
hundred new hitching posts are being
placed and II Is thought that these
should be sufficient for temporary ty.
ing of teams without tying to the
poles On the third and Fourth II is
expected to keep teams off of Main
aud Fourth streets as much as pos.
siblc, giving good clearance for the
fire department in the event they are
called, and making room for the street
attractions and events.
Pierce Leader: Mr. and Mrs. John
Porter of Norfolk are now residents
of Pierce, and we are indeed pleased
tO welcome this ostimahlo young Cou-
pie to our midst II will be remcm.
borcd 10y Pierce people that Mr. Por-
ter a few months ago was married to
Miss Lydia Asl,cy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Askey, living west of
Pierce ON the Willow MIR Porter is
driving medicine wagon throughout
company and the said company has
county depository at Doualdsons
drug store.
The weather seems inclined to set.
tie down and behave itself in this inn
portant epoch in Norfolk's 1905 his
tory and the citizens are duly CRATE.
fut but know better than to begin to
rejoice before they have within their
grasp what they desire In the weather
line. For two days the forecasts have
promised showers, but no showers
worth mentioning in this season of
floods have come. The winds have
queted down, the clouds disappear at
times, and sunshine and warmth pre-
vail In quite generous proportions
The wind continues from the east
but 1t is just possible that it has
pumped the east dry of showers and
that for the next few days the tenn
perature will be warm aud the wealth
or fair
A crowd of titty-thrcc young Indians
eurouto home from the Genoa school
to thclr homes near Niohrara, Bris-
tow aud on the Rosebud reservation
out from BoucstCel were in Norfolk
over night and left for the north at
noon, The redskins wepc both girls
and boys, going home for their sum.
mor vacations. They were divided up
among the three hotels in Norfolk
last night there being too many for
any one to accommodate with the
regular Friday night rush at hand.
In one room sixteen girls were put to
bed They were all bright little red.
men, with modern American ways
about them. One little fellow with a
scar On his face was asked the cause
of it, II was playing baseball" ho
said. He said that he would rather
be at homo than at school, he thought
hut still he wasn't Just sure about
that, either.
Lincoln Journal; Uuder Secretary
Francis of Crawford, who has charge
of the water shed formed hy the Mo
brara, the White and other rivers in
northern Nebraska, was at the Office
Of state Engineer DohsuH yesterday
crease for many years in the northern
part of the state" said Mr.. Francis
! Rain has been plenty this spring
but it is not always thus, and the own
crs of lands have begun to find on
the value of irrigation. At ReSen
the state department is having 4 nict
question to solve in the storage o
flood water. Many ranchmen in wha
is known as the bad lands have bull
dams across gulches for the purpos
of storing storm water. In some cas-
es others have built dams above thcs
with the determination of storing wa
ter for domestic purposes Under tn
law the storage of water for domesti
purposes is given the preference, bu
If this is allowed, the men lower dow
will get no water and they are nov
complaining. State Engineer Dobsol
h.,.g - 4 4.