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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
Ell. TRACY TOkANSASC CITY
BECOMES FARM LOAN INSPECTOR
FOR FOUR YEARS.
FOR PRUDENTIAL LIFE COMPANY
This City June I to Make His Home
in Kansas City, Entering on New
Work-WiII be Greatly Missed.
IFrom Wednesdays Daily

E. II. Tracy, who has just returned
from a trip to Newark, N. j., and New
York City, has accepted the position
of farm loan inspector for the Pruden-
tial Life Insurance company for the
territory of Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri
sas City, Mo-, after June !. Mr.. Tracy
has for number of years been a mem
Der of the firm, Tracy & Durland, and
also a member of the Nebraska Real
Estate Corporation of Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy will leave Nor
folk as soon as school is out and their
daughters have finished the present
term, in the spring. They have lived
in Norfolk for more than a score of
years and have a very large number
of warm friends here who will greatly
regret their departure but who will
join in congratulating Mr.. Tracy upon
his appointment to the important po-
sition that he goes to accept.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy have been prom
inent in the social life of the city and
they will be genuinely missed. Mr..
Tracy TO rmore than twenty years has
been prominent in the business life of
the town. He was formerly captain
of company l., Second Nebraska, the
Norfolk militia company and afterward
became a major in that regiment dur
ing the war with Spain
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
COMMEND INSANE HOSPITAL.
Superintendent of Nurses in Omaha
Pleased With Institution.

Miss Blackson, superintendent at
the Clarkson hospital, Omaha, accom-
panied by Miss Dorsey, who is in
charge of the nurses relief assoca-
ton in Omaha, have spent two or
three days at the Norfolk hospital for
the insane, getting acquainted with
matters of interest in connection with
the work done by and offered to nurs-
es in this institution. The Norfolk in
sane hospital is now affiliated with the
Clarkson hospital as training school,
work done here being credited to the
nurses in their course of study look
ing to diploma.
Miss Blackson was very much
pleased with conditions found here
and stated that the scope of work was
very large. She expressed the view
that young women learning to become
professional trained nurses were get
ting very excellent training under SUI
perintendent Young.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
ALL FAVOR UNION DEPOT.
Business Interests Of the City Unani.
mously for Union Station.

Norfolk business men unite enthu.
sastically in the plan just taken up
by the Commercial club for the effort
to secure n union depot in this city.
All agree that 1t would be worth the
cost of the right of way east of town,
If the Northwestern can be induced to
bring trains up town, and all will he
brought back by Mr.. Hoffman and Mr..
Mathewson after their conference with
General Superintendent Braden.
81 would be willing OF give 500 to-
ward the plan," said Il. N. Vail. 81
believe 1t would be the best thing Nor
folk has gone after in a long time"
Another man said that he could see
where many other benefits, both in a
civic and business way, would result
from the union depot.
Norfolk is eminently railroad
town." said a professional man. I'VE
depend very much upon the railroads
for our prosperity 1t would be better
for Norfolk and better for the rail-
roads to get closer together and
union depot would accomplish the pur-
pose. Harmony will help us both. 1t
was unfortunate that the Northwest
erns main line depot was not built up
town originally, both for the railroad
and for the town. But that is gone
by and | believe that 1t would be a
great thing from either viewpoint to
get together on the proposition. 1t
would bring the officials closer to us
and work to the benefit of all parties"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
INDIANS SFECT LANDS
ALLoTMENTS BEING TAKEN IN
TRIP COUNTY.
A THOUSAND CLAIMS HANDLED

The Government viii Have to &c,
This Number Out OF the Way Before
the County Can be Opened for Set
Element.
Bonestcel, s. d.. Feb. 81 Special
to The News: great many of the
Indians who are entitled to allotmcnts
In Trip county, that portion of the
Rosebud reservation soon TO be
opened, are now busly engaged In So
lecting their allotmcnts, and from
what can be understood, they are go
their selection. and not pick all their
land along the creeks as heretofore,
but are going to take into consldera.
ton the future value of the land and
IL Is generally understood among those
who seem to be in the best position to
know that they will choose the level
land as near the east line as possible
so that they will Immediately be bene-
flied by the Northwestern extension to
the Trip county line.
From information that can be
learned at this writing II is generally
understood that there will be at least
900 Indian allotments to be handled
by the government before the county
can be opened to settlement, but this
can be done very rapidly, as most of
them will locate right off the map,
they having II good knowledge Of the
country and consequently the greater
number of the Indians will be pre-.
pared to act quickly
Most of the allOtmcnts to be made
will be for unallotod children but all
their allotment elsewhere on the Rose
bud, and be allotted any quarter they
desire under provision Of the Burke
bill just passed. A great deal of in
terest Is being taken in the progress
of this work, as some are of the opin-
ion that a large number of the Indians
of Meyer county, the county located
west of Trip county, and on the Rose
bud reservation will have their allot-
ments changed to Trip. However, 1t
is not believed this will be done for
the reason that it Is understood the
Indians located in the western part of
the reservation are perfectly satisfied
with their allotments, and they will
not change them unless they are in.
duced by some of the so-called wise
heads of the Sioux Tribe.
Already there are not less than a
dozen information bureaus doing bust
ness from this point. They are dish
ing out information about the Trip
county opening. We understand that
the greater majority of them are meet
ing with good success, which goes only
to show the amount of interest taken
by the public in Uncle Sans lottery
for this uneXcelled land.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
TOWN WANTS UNION DEPOT
COMMERCIAL CLUB APPOINTS A
COMMITTEE TO ACT.
TO SOUND RAILROAD FIRST
Directors Of Commercial Club Appoint
ed a Committee to Call Upon Gen.
eral Superintendent S. M. Braden
to Discuss Union Depot Possibilities
tFrom Tuesdays Daily.l


The matter of securing a union de-
pot in Norfolk has been taken up by
the Norfolk Commercial club and a
committee was appointed to call upon
General Superintendent Braden of the
Northwestern at an early date for the
purpose of learning what attitude he
will take regarding the question. Mr..
Hoffman and Mr.. Mathewson were Sc
lected as this committee and they will
probably visit Mr. Braden at his of
flee tomorrow morning to discuss the
possibilities of the matter. It was
considered by the club directors that
the possibility of inducing the North
western railroad to run its mainline
trains up town Is most important
feature Of the situation, and therefore
this will be the first point investigat-
ed.
The matter of a secretary for the
Commercial club was not settled and
the matter is still entirely indefinite.
A Plan That Will Help.
A plan that is contemplated to help
the city and the people living around
Norfolk, alike, was brought before the
club by Mr.. Butterfield, who has re-
turned from the state meeting of Ne
braska Commercial clubs. This plan
is that all of the merchants and bust
ness men of the city, during the com
ing summer, shall pay a visit to all of
the farmers around Norfolk, thus get
ting better acquainted with Norfolk's
friends in their own homes. The plan
is that the merchants and business
men shall all go together for this visit
The matter of legislation to help
the city was left with Mr.. Burnham,
and he was given power to secure any
help from the city that he may deem
essential in carrying out the plans
along legislative lines which are con-
templated to benefit the community.
Drop Church Matter.
The directors decided to drop the
matter of attempting to cooperate
with the congregation of the st. Pauls
Lutheran church so far as the loca-
ton of their new building is concerned
should think that the club wished in
any way to interfere with plans of the
church.
Mr.. Butterfield was appointed, to-
gether with the secretary, as a com
mittee on good roads and the matter
of better highways will be investi-
gated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
CHARGE IS CHILD MURDER
FORMER NORFOLK TELEGRAPH
OPERATOR IN TROUBLE.
BABY FOUND DEAD IN SUITCASE
A. F. OImotz, Who Left Norfolk Two
Weeks Ago and Was Married Next
Day, May be Arrested in Omaha
Charged With Murder of Babe.
fFrom Wednesdays Daily.l

a. f. OlmotZ, a telegraph operator
who was employed in the Union Pa
ciic and c., st. p, NJ. & o. depot in
Norfolk up until two weeks ago, has
been arrested in Omaha charged with
infanticide. The body of his two-days-
old babe was found packed in a suit
case for shipment. physician on the
stand testified that when he called to
attend the mother at the child's birth.
she said she wished il was dead. He
told her when to feed the babe and
the mother refused. When the physi-
clan called next day the child was
missing. The mother said that her
husband had made away with it. a
post-mortem examination showed that
death was due to suffocation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olmotz were only mar.
ried a short time ago at Emerson,
Neb. They were married the day al
ter he left here, which was about two
weeks since.
Olmotz has been arrested for first
degree murder and is in Jail at Oma-
ha. His wife is being watched. He
was agent at Florence for the Omaha
road, being transferred to that point
from Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
JACKSONS FOUNDED TOWN
THEY FINISHED NEW DALLAS ON
ROSEBUD.
PREPARE FOR ANOTHER RUSH
Old Dallas Was Left High and Dry on
the Prairie With No Depot TO En-.
liven the Scene, so the Town Was
Picked up Bodily and Moved.

The Jackson brothers, three sons
of Ex-Governor Jackson of Iowa, are
the founders of the town of New Dal-
las. S. d., which bids fair to rival
Bonesteel's lively days when the new
Trip county portion of the Rosebud
reservation Is thrown open for settle
ment. Ernest, Graydon and Frank
Jackson are members of the firm,
Jackson Bros, who have established
this town half mile from the edge OF
the millionaire tract which Is to be
thrown open by the United States gov
eminent to settlement by the white
man a year from the coming spring
The Jackson brothers were former
ly located at Fairfax, where they
fought Loyalty for the interests of that
town when the crowds went to Bone
steel. Later they established the town
of Dallas out on the reservation. c..
b. Salter of Norfolk and later DR.. f.
G. Salter were both pioneers of Dali
las. They hoped for a railroad. But
the fates decreed that steel should
point another way and Dallas was left
high and dry on the prairie, with no
depot to enliven the scene.
SO Dallas was moved. The town
was picked up bodily and rolled along
the plains of Dakota, on wheels, To its
new site, five miles the other side of
Gregory and a half mile from the lands
which, by virtue of the bill just passed
in congress, made possible by Major
McLaughlin's treaty with the Sioux,
are to be thrown open for settlement
early in 1908.
The Jackson boys went to Fairfax
from Des Moines, where their father,
who has many friends here was gov
ernor of the state of Iowa. They liked
the west and have stuck to it for a
number of years. Last year Ernest
Jackson, while he and Mrs. Jackson
were visiting in Fairfax, lost their
home at old Dallas by fire which, 1t
is thought, must have been set.
During the rush days in Gregory
county Horton Munger of Omaha, son
of Federal Judge Munger, spent the
summer with his sister, who is Mrs.
Ernest Jackson. The federal judges
son enjoyed the rush and spent spare
moments in "spieling" for midway
attraction
1t was said when Gregory county
was opened that there never would be
such another rush. But here, four
years afterward, comes a rush which
promises to rival the first.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
Newport News.

Mrs. Ed. Green of Kirkwood is sick
NJ. Il. Smith has returned from a
visit with his family at Omaha
c. B, Chestnut bought the T. j. Lee
residence on Second street.
Joe Gilg bought the quarter section
south of his place known as the MI
gent land.
Cuyler e. Graham of New York sold
to w, Purdy a quarter section in Kirk
wood precinct.
ID. II. Zehner bought 100 acres in
Newport precinct from Wharton &
Adams of Omaha.
Rev. f. f. Dillon has recovered from
his late illness and visited this hay
port recently.
his land in Kirkwood precinct Tues
day.
DR.. f. F. Dodd and twelve other
Odd Fellows visited Stuart lodge in
an all night session Monday.
Mrs Thomas Cowger returned from
st. Joseph, Mo-, where she made an
extended visit with her sister
Mrs. NJ. F. Laughlin has resumed
teaching the art classes here and at
Bassett.
John Menney writes from Sturgis,
S. d., that he has employment on gov
eminent work teaming.
C. NJ. Thompson and wife are at
Gregory, S. d., since Eunday.
Three of VIM. II. Alderman's chill
dren are i'll.
DIR. C. L. Sturdevant OF Atkinson
was here Monday to see Dick Balm.
gers son, who has rheumatism.
f. A. Kinney hauled the largest
four-horse load of baled hay on two
wagons tandem this winter, the load
weighing nine tons, $40 pounds, and
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
DAUGHTER is MINISTER'S WIFE
Child Of Late Nell Bailey Lives in
Pennsylvania-The Estate.

Allen Bailey Of Omaha, brother of
the late Lee Bailey, is in the city to
settle up the estate of the late Nell
Bailey He will make an effort to be
appointed as heir to the estate but be-
fore the property can be turned over
to him it is said that it will be neces-
sary to locate a daughter of Nell Bal
ley, who is the wife of a minister in
Pennsylvania.
1t is said that Nell Bailey, the next
day after Lee Bailey was shot and
killed and just before she was strck.
en- as result of the shock with pa
ralysis, declared that if she should die
she wanted her property to go to
Allen Bailey Of Omaha This state
ment, it is said, was overheard and
can be proven but the daughter must
be first found.
1t Is said that there will be about
$500 from the estate. Some of the
furniture has been sold
Allen Bailey is a plumber.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

Mrs. Elliott has returned from Oma
| ha.
Dr. R. C. Simmons was IN PlainvieW
Tuesday.
H. R. Ward left for Chicago yester
day.
w M. Sloan of Columbus is in the
city.
C. d. Weygint was in the city yes
terday.
H. B. Pearce was over from Wayne
yesterday.
w. e. Powers was down from Pierce
yesterday.
|. w. Alter of Wayne was in Nor.
folk yesterday.
C. E. Fraser was over from Madi
son yesterday.
C. Slaughter was down from Bone.
steel yesterday.
Arthur F. Mullen was a Norfolk Wis.
itor on Wednesday.
B. C. Doris was in Norfolk yester-
day from Plainview
w. r. Moore of Neigh was a Nor
folk visitor yesterday.
c. d. Van Week of Clearwater was
in Norfolk yesterday.
A. l.. Nordin of st. Paul was a Nor
folk visitor yesterday.
Wenzel Hiershe of SCOTS Bluff was
in the city yesterday.
r. j. Roush was city visitor yes
terday from Elm Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. |. Owens are visit
ing relatives in Missouri Valley.
Dr. j. c. Myers made business
trip to Hoskins Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Lemke were Nor
folk visitors yesterday from Wisner
Mrs. ID. S. Bullock leaves for Har-
Ian, Iowa, in the morning, for a visit.
The dance given by the band boys
in Marquardt hall last evening, though
not as largely attended as some of
their former dances have been, was a
very enjoyable affair.
The last number of the High School
lecture course will be given this even
ing in the Congregational church.
John b. DeMott, of wide reputation,
will give his lecture on Harp of the
Senses"
1t is reported that both Nebraska
senators favor Attorney Tom Munger
for the appointment of federal Judge,
to fill the position that has just been
created by the new federal judicial
division bill.
II. NJ. Mcintyre was a Norfolk Wis
itor yesterday from Neigh.
A. ]. Romig of West Point was in
Norfolk on business yesterday.
j. S. McNabb and daughter of
Creighton were Norfolk visitors yes
terday.
c. X. Durham of Fairbury was
transacting business in the city yes
terday.
George e. Schiller returned from
Central City last night. He expects to
remain in Norfolk for couple of
weeks.
Mrs. A. d. Howe and her guest, Mrs.
Bush of Bloomfield, went to Stanton
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
MAYPAVE THEEXIRAB[O
CITY ATTORNEY WEATHERBY
SUsTAINS MAYORS OPINION.
A Majority of the Resident Holders of
Property Between Bridge and Sew
enth Street May Legally Petition for
Paving of That District.

City Attorney Weatherby sustains
the opinion of Mayor Friday that a
majority of the resident property hold
ers between the bridge east of First
street on Norfolk avenue, and Sew
enth street, form a legal majority to
petition for the passage of an ordi-
nance requiring the entire district to
be paved.
The decision of the city attorney has
not yet been submitted to the mayor,
but this will be the substance of the
decision, according to a statement CIV
en- by Mr.. Weatherby to The News.
This decision will have an import
ant bearing upon the paving ordinance
which the city council will probably
soon pass.
Mayor Friday has stated that he
will help along an ordinance providing
for the paving of this entire section
and majority of the resident proper
ty holders between the bridge and
Seventh street have already signified
their wish that the district be paved,
by signing a petition which was filed
last week by Mr.. Burnham with the
city clerk Action will probably be
taken, it is said by Mayor Friday, at
the next meeting of the council a
week from Thursday night.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
WOULD BE SIMPLE SOLUTION.
It Was Thought Union Depot Would
End All Depot Controversy.

Several business men about the city
have asked The News whether or not
there was any motive which prompted
this paper to not print the name of
the business man" who suggested
that now would be a good time for
Norfolk to seek a solution of the de-
pot matter by way of a union depot,
bringing all trains up town. There
was no motive excepting the fact that
the business man referred to was
connected with this paper, the idea
having suggested itself to w. N. Huse.
editor of The News, when the supreme
court adjourned without giving a de-
cision on the street closing matter.
For the simple reason that it was the
papers editor, the name was not Civ
en-, but rather than have anybody
think that there was any real motive
behind it, Mr.. Huse is willing to pub
licly assume responsibility for the sug
gestion and to further state that he
believes that it is a matter which
ought to be taken seriously by Nor
folk and worked out with serious in
tentions.
The fact that no decision on the
street closing matter was rendered,
recalled the controversy under which
the city has been laboring for a year
regarding the vacating of Phillip av-
enue. A number of citizens living in
that section of the city have protested
against the closing of the street for
hot
portant thoroughfare now travelled
much by children enroute to school
and by many enroute to several
churches on the street.
1t was believed that this controver-
sy would not die out with the court
decision, and that there would be bit
terness engendered if the depot were
built.
And the thought came that, by
means of a union depot, the whole
matter could be settled simply and
with everybody well pleased The
old plan of buying right of way east
of town and swinging the Northwest
ern tracks into the city by way of the
NJ. & o. track, joining east of the
bridge, was revived, and the plan was
put forward. 1t would mean a great
advertisement for Norfolk and would
bring the headquarters into the heart
of the business section.
While it is true that not much en-
thusiasm was shown by former-Gener-
al Superintendent Hughes over such
a plan, it is equally true that the new
general superintendent, Mr., Braden,
might view the matter differently and
it was considered at least worth an
effort on the part Of the city at this
time, while the depot matter is I'M
settled and just at time when all
depots in the town really need re-
building.
1t is believed that a union depot
would bring Norfolk and the railroads
who form so vital a factor of this
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
THE DEFENDANT NASDRUNK
HENRY OLTMAN, SR., ON TRIAL
AT STANTON.
CHARGED WITH HORRIBLE CRIME
The Old Man, Who is on Trial for In.
cest Committed With His Daughter,
Comes Into Court in seastIy State
of lntoxicaton.

Stanton, Neb,, Feb. 27.-Special to
The News. The preliminary eXami-
nation of Henry Gilman, ST., on the
charge of incest committed with his
daughter, was begun yesterday morn
ing before County Judge w. p. Cow
an. Two witnesses had been exam
ined when the adjournment for the
noon hour was taken, and the defen-
dant was committed to the county Jail.
On reconvening of court it was an.
nounced that parties unknown had
conveyed a bottle of alcohol to the
accused and that he was in a beastly
state of intoXication His attorneys
thereupon applied for a continuance
the ground that the condition OF Oft
man was such that he could not be
given a fair trial" This motion,
which was over the objection of Coun.
ty Attorney Bberly, was sustained and
the examination thereupon was con-
tinued until the 27th at 9 o'clock a. m.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

city's industrial life, into closer touch
with one another. to the mutual ben.
eft of both parties, and It Is believed
that there is no reason why both Gen.
eral superintendent Braden and Super.
intendent Reynolds should not see Il
railroad benefit in the matter, and thus
cooperate with the city in securing
this much desired change.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
NEEDED NO OPERATION.
Frank Dederman is Improving With
out Aid of a Knife.

j. F. Dederman has returned from
Rochester, Mimi, where he accompa-
MED his brother, Frank, to the ST.
Mary's hospital. Mr.. Dederman
thought that he would need a surgical
operation for kidney trouble and he
looked badly when he left here but
the Mayo surgeons declared that he
was in no need of surgical operation
and that medicine will do more for
him than knife They are treating
him in the hospital there and his
brother says that, when he left Roches-
ter, the patient was already looking
and feeling much better, being now
able to eat well and sleep at night,
a luxury quite unknown TO him for
some time before,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01

the largest one wagon load with four
horses which weighed five tons, 1900
pounds.
A large number OF horses passed
here cnroute to the auction nt Bassott
Tuesday
n. NJ Sagnscr and John Thompson
went to Bassctt Tuesday.
j, NJ l}assctt returned from south
crn Missouri Tuesday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
RANDALL'S BILL LOST.
Regents viii Not be Required to Sell
Text Books at Cost

Lincoln Neb, Feb. 27-Speclal to
The News; Senator Randall lost ont
today In his attempt to pass bill malc.
ing 1t n criminal ofcnsc or regents OF
the state university not TO sell text
books to students ut cost The meas
IRE was indefinitely postponed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-01
WANTS REDS TO PAY TAXES.
Memorial to Government Regarding
Thurston County Lands.

Lincoln. Ncb., Feb. 27-Spocial to
The News; Senator Wiltse today In
troduced a memorial asking the gov.
eminent to compel Indians in Thurs
ton county to bear their share OF tax.
es. The memorial alleges that 10
out of 100 sections of land are OK.
omptcd
The Insurance bill was made a spe
clal order for 2 o'clock this afternoon.