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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
HIGH WATER MARKS.

The past week has been one OF mo
ment in commercial Norfolk. 1t has
not been record week for gaining
new industries or building castles in
the air. But it has been a week that
marked a highwater mark in Norfolks
commercial Importance in more ways
than one.
A Norfolk bank, for the first time
In the history of the city, reached
the million dollar mark in deposits.
Wednesday marked the biggest days
business ever transacted by the local
express companies. Both Incidents
which came along in the ordinary
course OF events, may serve as guages
10 the city's prosperity.
AS the territory radiating from Nor.
folk extends and increases, Norfolk is
constantly increasing In commercial
Importance,
This, as the commercial center Of a
vast area, is constantly drawing here
IN more and more lines OF business
the trade Of the northwest.
Norfolk is growing in Importance
The growth is a steady one and bet
ter one because 1t is steady. Every
highwater mark in any of the city's
Industrial barometers serves to give
satisfaction to Norfolk people. The
constant growth of the town in com
mercial way exemplifies Norfolk's
Judgment of itself, based upon Its 10
cation. ,,A
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
THE SCANDALMONGER.

When will takers refrain from evil-speakingi
When listeners refrain from evil-hearing.-
Hare.
God pity the innocent victim of a
scandalmonger!
Society hangs men who pV~der
their fellows with knives and ms.
The mob lynches those brutes who by
beast force rob innocent women of
their honor We put in jail the man
caught stealing mere money and we
send to the penitentiary that person
who deals in business frauds. The
commercial world shuns the man
whose word is false so far as com.
mercialism goes. But a worse Grim
inal than all of these, the scandalmon
ger, is allowed to run at large unmo
Tested by the law and not even looked
down upon as it should be by all thai
stands for decency in the human race
More vicious than the murderer OF
flesh who destroys life with a lead
bullet and pays his penalty on the
gallows, is this scandalmonger thing
that steals about in the dark and
with his victims back turned, sinks
deep into human characteristic as
precious and just as sacred as human
life-the poisonous blade of unbound
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
UNWRITTEN LAW.

Harry Kendall Thaw is not going to
have such an easy time next fall to
secure jury disagreement as he did
last spring In his trial for numbering
Stanford White. The "unwritten law"
plea which aroused for time so much
sympathy for Thaw and his wife, Ev.
elyn Nesbit Thaw, Is suffering from a
reaction. The "unwritten law" has
been overworked The brainstorm has
been used with too much effect and
sentiment is rising up in favor of yer.
diets delivered in strict accordance
with the written law
The trial of Thaw, the recent ac
quittal of Judge Loving in Virginia
and the acquittal of Frank Brink are
instances which serve to react against
freeing murderers under the "unwrit
ten law"
A Chicago professor took the unwrit
ten law wave as his topic for Fourth
of July and told students that the
SouI 70 Noulu ulSlhISSidtS IL the SIN.
custom continued.
1t is folly to make laws for the pun
ishment of murder and then to FIRE,
murderers because they are able t,
work upon sympathy outside the law
1t is folly to free men who ought t
go to the gallows. because they ar
parently were excited at the momen
of killing, when the law says the
ought to hang.
There will be reaction from thi
sort of yellow law. After a while
will be necessary to line up close t
the written law in order to enjoy fire,
dom.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
ATTACKS VACCINATION.

Ebert Hubbard ought to be smil.
ing. Ebert Hubbard dubbed himself
a Philistine because he wanted to
throw stones at the chosen people"
Among the chosen people," accord
ing to his early account, was Mr.. Ed.
ward Box. Later that portion of the
medical fraternity which upheld vac,
cination as a grand good thing for
preventing smallpox became the tar
get for missiles hurled by Fra Ebert
us. and now he ought to rejoice be
cause his attacks upon the vaccina
ton habit has been indirectly upheld
by one authority.
James r, Brewer, secretary of the
state board of charities in Maryland
after having made a personal investi
cation, takes the center of the stage
and announces a new danger which
people undergo, in his judgment, when
they submit to vaccination. He says
that vaccination is directly and pri
marily responsible for the alarming
spread of tuberculosis among US. He
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

have been studied in the practical op.
Grafton very comprehenslvely before
being settled. Now that 1t is settled
once for all in Norfolk, however, Nor.
folk people will hope that the step TAX.
en- will prove to be a wise one, bring.
ing benefit enough to more than Offset
the burden entailed. And Norfolk at
the outset will view the matter op-
timistlcally hoping that the second
system may prove as desirable an in.
stitution as Mr.. Stadelman, its general
manager, Is a citizen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
Rural Route No. 8.

Mr. and Mrs. John Faubel, jr., were
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Peter.
Mrs. Charles Herschlog and daugh-
tiers left Wednesday morning to visit
with her sons at Stanton.
Aug. Huebner made a business trip
Sunday morning to Stanton, returning
Sunday noon.
Sheriff Dryer and Attorney Van
Wagenen and families of Pierce were
in Hadar Sunday evening.
Two regular northbound freights
were delayed several hours last week
here owing to a misplaced switch,
which caused the coal tender to leave
the track. The proper official at Nor
folk was given immediate notice there
of and was ready to come up with the
wrecking train, but their services were
not required.
Oscar Huebner accidentally slipped
on the grass while playing at neigh
boris and cut cash fully two inches
long which caused the little fellow to
be quite restless, but he Is much better
today.
Mrs. Ed Morris is still quite i'll with
the attack of rheumatism at this place.
The bowery dance which was held
July the Fourth was largely attended
and everybody reported a jolly time.
The Hadar Concordia band is going
to Winside Sunday to furnish music
for a missionfest given there.
Misses Mary Brisso and Edna Nod
row went to Pierce on Tuesday.
Otto Huebner of Albion was in Ha-
dar over night Sunday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEwsJOURNAL FRIDAY JULY 49, 1907

holds that vaccine virus, taken from
cows, carries tubercul0r germs into
the system more rapidly than any
other method. He claims that the
time Is not far distant when the laws
will prohibit vaccination instead of
Furnishing those who refuse to submit
TO It.
Last winter Ebert Hubbard made
long attack upon vaccination. II
ended in n reply from some physician.
May we not expect reply from
some physician to the attack made by
Mr.. Brewer?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
THE NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

THE NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
An important step in Norfolks life
was taken when the city council
passed the ordinance granting fran
chise to a second telephone company
Whether or not it was a wise step,
considering the welfare of Norfolk as
whole, remains for the practical OPP
GRAFTON of the second telephone sys-
TEN to demonstrate. Now that the
franchise is granted however, it is to
be hoped for the sake of Norfolk s
future good that the innovation of the
second talking system may prove a
positive benefit and not a umrden. 1t
was a grave responsibility that was
placed upon the shoulders of the city
council when they were required to
solve the problem. 1t was a question
affecting the city not only for the pres
ent but for all time to come, and the
responsibility of determining whether
the voting of the franchise would be
imposing a burden upon the people OF
Norfolk or pushing Norfolk forward
along the route of commercial prog
ress, was by no means insignificant
1t was a question not to be settled
upon the basis of personal likes OIL
dislikes. 1t was problem not to be
solved by prejudice one way or an
| other II was an abstract imnersOna'
public question the effects of whose
settlement must be felt by the citi
zens of Norfolk during the entire life
of the city and because of the i'm
portance of this responsibility it was
essential that members of the council
investigate the various phases of the
dual phone question thoroughly before
casting the final vote. And while NJ
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
WATCH THIEF GETS THIRTY DAYS
Charles Russell Will Spend Month
In Madison Jail.

Thirty days in the county jail at
Madison was the sentence pronounced
on Charlie Russell Wednesday morn
ing, when Russell admitted stealing a
watch belonging to Chris Glissman.
Russell had no defense when brought
before Justice Eiseley.
Russell said that Wednesday mark
ed his first appearance as a prisoner
in court. He is young man Of TWEEN
ty-two claims to live in Minneapolis
and says that he is an orphan. Russell
has been in Norfolk for about a month
and will spend about the same length
of time in Madison.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

he can't make any claim to being old
fashioned.
If woman brags good deal on
her kin, 1t is a sign they live in an.
other town.
Hit John Barleycorn every time you
get a chance. Even behaving his best,
he is meditating mischief.
We have noticed that when a wo-
man hears that another woman was
never in love, she says, "Bahi"
The new neighbors next door always
turn out better than their furniture
looks when 1t arrives on a wagon.
Before she undertakes 1t, the av-
erage woman says every day for
week: 81 just must wash my head
today"
When an agent calls to collect, he
is not nearly as polite as he was when
he called to coax you into signing the
contract.
When a man kills himself for
woman she gets lots of sympathy, but
when woman kills herself for a man
she is laughed at.
The pudding with the most plums
in it for newspaper reporter Is the
ms n uhn hafnc hic L nd toll oil 81
knows about them.
If man borrows your lawn mower,
and fails to return it, don't become
discouraged and let your grass become
ragged; borrow another lawn mower,
and go to work.
1t Is going to be hard when a woman
gets to heaven and finds herself flying
around in a one-piece robe. with no
cause for feeling in the back If her
skirt and her waist are together.
People have been bothered so much
by soliciting committees that many
citizens who are amiable at all other
times, become disagreeable when APP
preached by such a committee. And
you can't blame them much; passing
the hat has become a tremendous nui-
sance. And half the time it is I'M
necessary.
An Atchison expert in flirting says
that when you take hold Of girls
hand, and she doesn't say anything,
but gets that cold, steel gray look in
her eyes, as if she had sick headache,
you had better let loose and run. But
If the girl grabs her hand away, and
says, Now you stop!" the expert says
keep right on; it's all right.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

Hit John Barleycorn every time you
get chance. Even behaving his best,
he is meditating mischief.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
PACKERS COME TO AGREEMENT


In Kansas City It is claimed that an
end to the packors.stoclNmon's hight
over postmortcm inspection of cows
is at an end. Packers in Kansas city
have agreed that the post.mortem rule
shall apply only to dairy COW stun, ana
this is claimed to be u victory for the
commission men. II is said that the
fight ended with that agreement
The fight began six weeks ago when
the packers put into effect n new rule
regarding the post-mortem inspection
Of COWS. The packers determined that
they would not pay for any cows until
after post.mortem inspection has
proved the animals to be sound. Com
mission men claimed this was unfair
and that the inspection ought to be
made on the hoof The commission
men in Kansas City look at the settle
ment as a winning for their side OF
the case.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12


manager, is a citizen.
AROUND TOWN.
But it's fine for the corn.
If you can't boost, don't knock.
1t was knee high by the r, all
right.
Maybe Herman doesn't like Joe's
board.
Two bands proved to be two many
at Hadar.
It's different kind of music in the
air at Hadar.
Now if we can only keep shy of an
early frost!
Norfolk is going ahead, despite
statements to the contrary.
Faith, hope, charity, these three,
but the greatest of these is charity"
The Hadar drouth is said not to
have been broken even by the rain.
Talk has a reputation for being
cheap. But 1t may become expensive.
They're wearing bunch of counter.
felt curls now that cost S. per bunch.
Talk is getting cheaper in Norfolk
Rates have been reduced on business
telephones.
A girl visiting in Norfolk says she
wouldn't marry any man who says
female" or "victuals."
An Omaha girl engaged to be mar.
ried says she likes her fance almost
as much as she likes her dog.
When book agent asks for list
Of susceptible literary people," for
heavens sake protect your friends.
in killing other men but he failed
three times yesterday to end his own
life.
How do you like to answer the tele-
phone, only to be asked by voice
that you do not recognize, "Who is
this, please?"
A Norfolk woman feeds pancakes
to the COW. The COW is still alive, but
it's days will probably be shortened by
several years.
With two telephone systems, will
there be twice as much talking in Nor
| folk? There's too much talking here
now along some lines.
The new phone bell will ring by
New Year and the new school bell
will ring by January Is. Meanwhile
the Bell phones will keep on ringing.
Who said Charles W. Fairbanks was
cold blooded? The vice president
| jumped into the lake to save a girls
life and without the slightest thought
of publicity or his presidential aspira-
lions.
When Oxnard bellhops meet Pa
cific bellhops on the street, they call
out: Hello, Foote." When Pacific
bellhops meet Oxnard bellhops on the
street, they call out: Hello, Schil-
ler."
Thirty-six deaths and something
less than 1000 injuries resulted from
celebrating the nations birthday.
Couldn't the nation be held response
BILE, inasmuch as it had the birthday
that caused the blood to flow?
With pretty nearly $4,000 being
spent for a new passenger station and
a new high school, there is building
activity to burn over on Philip av
enue. Within block, the two new
structures are going up. And each is
being built to replace building de
stroyed by fire.
Norfolk once more can thank its
lucky stars for having escaped Sc
we're storm. That bunch of tornadoes
that swept over the northwest. with
punctuation points at Long inc, Creigh
ton, Petersburg, Niobrara and Gregory
might as easily as not have swung into
Norfolk, but good natured fate pre-
served US.
A fourteen-year-old boy called GU
this last night to a comrade a hal
block away: 81 made a dime easy
Mamma told me she'd give me
nickle if l got home by half past six
got that nickle and then she sent mt
up town for some groceries. The fel
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

We have noticed that when a wo-
man hears that another woman was
never in love, she says, "Bah!"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

The new neighbors next door always
turn out better than their furniture
looks when 1t arrives on a wagon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

If a woman brags good deal on
her kin, 1t is a sign they live in an.
other town.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

If an old man likes a rocking CHAIR
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

Some men hate bull dogs so they
would censure one for chewing all
agent.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
ATcHlsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

The man who whines makes other
people look pretty good by compari.
son.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

he can't make any claim to being old
fashioned.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

Before she undertakes 1t, the av-
erage woman says every day for a
week: 81 just must wash my head
today"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

When an agent calls to collect, he
is not nearly as polite as he was when
he called to coax you into signing the
contract.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

Telephones; Editorial Dopartment
No. 90 business once and job Rooms
No. II ~.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

A fourteen-year-old boy called out
this last night to a comrade a half
block away: 81 made a dime easy.
Mamma told me she'd give me a
nickle if got home by half past six.
got that nickle and then she sent me
up town for some groceries. The fell
low in that - store cheated him.
self out of five cents and you see that
niekle goes in my pocket, too. Wasn't
that easy?" All of which goes to
prove that the place to begin in ele-
waiting the public conscience" is on
the small boy growing up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

Rvery Friday. by mail per year $50
Entered at the postotlicc at Norfolk
Neb ns second class matter,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

years of practical working, that The
News believed the city council ought,
in fairness to the whole people of Nor
folk, to make a complete investigation
in other cities which have already
gone through the experience and know
from practical operations whereof
| they speak. The view of one man In
another city, or a dozen men, would
not be sufficient upon which to base
an action of so much importance, fol-
good or bad, to the people of this city
The true worth to whole city, con
sidered from all sides, could alone be
cited as basis for voting upon the
franchise.
The question of a second telephone
system in Norfolk was one beyond
and above a personal matter. Per
sonally Mr.. Stadelman, general man
ager of the new company, is an ener
getic, whole-souled progressive anC
ambitious gentleman. He has made
friends in Norfolk, as he deserved, anC
Norfolk will only too gladly welcome
him as a citizen because he has tn,
earmarks of a "live wire" and becaus,
Norfolk today is in need Of just a
many live wires" as can crowd int
the city limits. But the question o
a double telephone system for cit,
was one broader than personal like
or dislikes. 1t was one that ought u
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

How do you like to answer the tele-
phone, only to be asked by voice
that you do not recognize, "Who is
this, please?"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12
The Norfolk Weekly News journal

The News. Established, 1881. ,.-.
The Journal, Established lStf'
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12

Herman Boche has twice succeeded
in killing other men but he failed
three times yesterday to end his own
life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-22
CLOAK Department
The line carried BY this the product the very best
facurers of Cloaks in the country, the
PerciNaI b. Palmer Line

Recognized money
low will be made
Ladies' Fur Trimmed Black kersey. splendid garment
in every respect. Would be snap at $4,000 OF 70
Special r this sale OI IL
Ladies' Black Broadcoth Cloak. Lined with the celebrated
Skinner Satin velvet collar ndtrmmedwithC d n IN
fancy braid. A $4,000 bargain For this sale 0I0.OU
The New Brown The very latest trimmed with soutash
braid, 1-2 lined full back. Same as above in M
black Old price $4,000. Special at O.UU
Kisses Cloaks Wine colored Beaver trimmed with velvet
and Fancy braid lined with the Kinner Z m
satin. bargain at $40 90. Sale price IOsUU
Childs Cloaks. Made Of Fancy Cloaking, very q TX
stylish. Old price $780, Sale price OIL u
Our Cloak Story long orbds any
but invite complete and special low
Ladies' Fleece Lined Vests and Pants. Inn
The 30c kind for OU
Mems Fleece Lined Underwear. 0nn
Cheap at 6Oc. Sale price only O0C
Boys Fleece Lined Union Suits. nno-
Big bargain Z0C
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-03-13
THE GROWTH OF TROUT.
Age, Food and Temperature Seem to
Have No Bearing ON Size.

The Salvelinus fontinalis. which Is
currently but inaccurately called brook
trout, was supposed for many years to
be a small fish. Agassiz was largely
Instrumental In exploding this fallacy.
1t Is not an uncommon thing for an
angler with ordinary luck to get six
or seven pound trout Of this variety.
1t is known that trout may grow to
weigh eleven or twelve pounds. There
is, however. great difficulty in account
ing for its variation in size.
In northeastern Canada there are
large streams and lakes in which only
fngerlngs have ever been found. In
the immediate vicinity of such water
three and four pound trout are quite
common, and seven and eight Founders
are not phenomenal. In all these wa
tiers crustacea do not abound; there are
no small fish of any kind except small
trout All the fish are pure fly feeders.
At some places, 1t is true, frogs abound.
but. taken as whole. the difference in
food supply Is not an adequate expla-
nation for the difference in growth.
There is no substantial difference In
the waters as to temperature. size, ORR
gin and course. Climatic conditions
are the same. The small trout taken to
virgin lakes In which there are no fish
have sometimes grown to a great size.
have sometimes remained small and
sometimes have not thriven. The an
glers who haunt these waters have not
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-03-13
A New York JevveIer.

There had been a difference Of opin-
ion as to whether the bill had been
paid. 1t resulted In favor of the Gus.
TONER, andl the collector from the jew
cry establishment on Fifth avenue
called to apologize. perhaps You will
De willing to pardon the mistake" he
sad, IF you knew how many accounts
we have on our books There are Co.
ooo of them. and we are sometimes
likely therefore to make mistake."-
New York Sun.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-03-13
Country Libraries.

The usefulness of urban libraries has
been proved up to the hilt, but the
question arises why similar advantages
cannot be supplied in rural districts.
AS a matter Of fact, they are more
needed in the country than in the
towns. The dullness Of country life is
constantly bewailed, and it can be
readily believed that young agricul-
tural laborer or young woman
brought up In the country would be
very glad to have the chance of the
wide choice of books which their cous-
ms In town enjoy.-Bristol Press.