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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15
FRENZIED JOURNALISM.

The following from the pen OF Will
who became known all over the Unit
ed States during the Mckinley cam
paign when he wrote whats the Mat
ter With Kansas" sizes up a custom
now about obsolete as follows:
Like Artemus Wards donkey, the
old fashioned rip-snorting editor who
is always roasting the opposition pa
per is an "amoosin cuss." at least
own community he is doubtless re-
garded as a reproach to his sex and
to his profession, II he keeps up his
hullabaloo too long and too ardently
but some of his outbursts are really
funny.
There Is in progress in a small Kan
sas town at the present time a news
paper row that reminds one of the
halcyon days when the rag across the
street was edited by lop-eared leper.
Unfortunately for the picturesque in
journalism, the lop-eared lepers are
nearly all dead, or in the poorhouse.
We seldom hear of them any more,
and we sigh for the touch of a van
ished hand, and the sound of voice
that Is still.
The editorial row above referred to
is producing some very quaint and
haunting epithets, which should be put
In our notebooks for future reference;
no man knoweth when he may be in
volved in row with the chap who
lives next door, and 1t Is well to have
a supply of destructive nouns and ad-
jectives within easy reach. Such a
book might be kept in the vest pocket,
ready for immediate reference in case
of trouble; a sort of First Aid to the
Bullyragged," as it were.
In this Kansas row, one of the ed
itors is described as a hyena that
prowls by night. The hyena that
prowls by night replies that his antag-
onist is to all intents and purposes a
polecat. The polecat appears slightly
dazed by this rebuke, but rallies brave
ly, and intimates that the hyena would
consider it no crime to steal the cop
pers from dead mans eyes, although
such a charge involves nature taking;
for what would hyena do with cop
pers-or, for that matter, why should
dead man wear them on his eyes?
The hyena ignores this accusation,
and expresses his profound conviction
that the polecat would rob a widows
hen roost. And so the cheerful con-
troversy proceeds. 1t is really refresh
ing, as viewed from distance, and
it is too bad that the Prominent Bust
ness Men of the town are protesting
against it. These Prominent Business
Men are always butting in. They
ought to be sending marked copies Of
the local papers all over the universe
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

has pointed out as strong argument
TEN were to be installed, the govern.
ment would become engaged In the
transportation of cumbersome bundles
OF freight at loss, that the postal
deficit would increase and that the
whole people would be compelled to
make up that deficit for the benefit
Of a very few centralized merchan-
disc houses in the biggest cities.
And this theory is now chung to all
the stronger in view OF the fact that
reducing the rate would further In.
crease the deficit.
1t Is also pointed out in response to
the postmaster generals newest
scheme to gain support, that the
amendment which he would cleverly
insert might easily be declared I'M
constitutional when 1t came to o test,
because 1t is a discrimination in favor
of the retailer in the small town and
because, contrary to all other forms
of our postal rates, 1t would create
unequal rates of postage for trans
porting the same package. This might
lead to different classifications on a
distance tariff, II persisted in, and the
entire fundamental principle OF our
postal system undermined and chang.
ed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

west as is this section and probably
more so. Our wheat is goodly part
OF the great agricultural product that
Is relied upon to draw from Europe
the gold that the country at large
needs for the basis OF credits and the
continued stability of business. The
eastern money markets will serve
their own interests in no better way
than by furnishing all the specie that
Is needed to supplement what the
northwest already has in stock for
that purpose.
The Wall Street Journal estimates
that the cotton and grain of this coun-
try will be sufficient, If promptly and
regularly shipped, to pull from Eu-
rope $25 100000 a week or at greater
rate than gold has been secured, with
great pressure, during the past two
weeks. In fact, there Is no other re-
liable means of getting the metallic
money that Is needed to replenish the
depleted New York bank reserves.
II is fortunate that the financial
strlngency, that Is being relieved, has
been preceded by succession of abun-
dant crops, sold at good prices The
wheat production of Minnesota and
the Dakotas, since 1901, has averaged
1870, 0O0,0 900 bushels year, being some
times more than 190,000000, and,
though the yield almost touched as
low as 150,000,000 bushels In 1904 the
price was then SO high as to fully
neutralize the shortage. These seven
years Of plenty have had no equal,
taken altogether, In the history OF the
northwest. They have enabled the
farmer to pay off mortgages and given
him money to lend.
The wheat crop news OF the whole
world indicates a great demand for
the grain that is now being delivered,
and has encouraged some to predict
a price of $3.50 a bushel before an
other year Is past. If 1.-THE Of that
nsistent demand Is the actual result,
1908 will be year of greater prosper
ity for the northwest than has been
known for years.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15
WILL MOVE THE CROPS.

The announcement that enough cur
rency will be Immediately sent west
to handle the crops of the national
granary, comes as further guarantee
that the prosperity which has been
known in this territory, must continue.
The northwest is bullying with its
abundant yield in grains and other
crops. All that is needed to bring
GUS conditions that have prevailed
for so long time, is the moving Of
those crops. And the importation of
currency from the east with which to
accomplish this will afford the desired
relief
The financial situation continues to
clear up. Forty millions have already
been imported from Europe and. al
though Europe dislikes this exporta,
tlon of gold, the relief is being felt in
America.
That present prosperity is not only
TO continue undated in this region,
but that the price of crops will so
higher and thus bring ever greater
prosperity to this region, is the opin-
ion of the st. Paul Dispatch. Taking
much the same attitude that has been
taken by The News, the Dispatch
says:
The east is as much interested in
t,novinp tho wheat cron of tha mort N.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15
THE BUSINESS WORLD.

Authorities on trade conditions re-
port a more optimistic tone every
where throughout the country, and the
general feeling Is that there are clear
skies ahead. While 1t was not so &C.
tive a week in wholesale and jobbing
lines, due to a disposition to wait and
what was going to happen, there is
every indication that the country is
adjusting itself to the new system of
credit instruments In the place of cur
rency, and that the prospects continue
to grow brighter.
1t is agreed pretty universally that
prices in most all commodities had ris-
en- to unreasonable heights and there
is every indication that there will be
reduction down to more genuine
levels. Wages have been reduced in
number of places and there will
in this particular, along with the re-
duction in the price of labor's output
One promising feature of the situa-
ton lies in the continued importation
of gold from abroad. UP to Satur-
day fifty-one millions of dollars in
gold had been imported, and it was
announced that probably 100 millions
would be brought from European
shores before the movement ended.
THE additional ,,opoy NIT into oiro,,
lation in America, tended to ease
things up materially in New York and
a dispatch said that conditions had
about been restored to normal
One most encouraging phase of the
situation came in the announcement
from New York that currency would
be supplied to the west for the pur-
pose of moving the crops. 1t Is de-
clared in a New York dispatch that
most of the gold that has already ar
rived from Europe has sought out
every portion Of the country through
the various financial arteries.
1t was denied in New York that the
New York banks desired to keep the
currency there and that they declined
to send money west. One big bank
was said to have allowed it's stock of
currency to run down to about one
fourth, for the sake of supplying cor
respondents out through the west.
In the territory around Minneap-
oils grain elevators re-opened and be-
gan buying grain again, issuing checks
in payment. The price of grain has
not materially fallen off and, though
live stock has dropped somewhat,
many authorities say that the prices
were above rational point and that
there will still be big profit for the
farmer in prices even now prevailing.
And more than that, the farmer is in
dependent enough to wait If he cares
to.
All In all, the financial skies all over
the country have cleared up and there
is every indication that the patient
will soon be up and around again as
usual.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15
SECRETARY ROOT TO RETIRE.

oEChE AM NOOl IL hE1 lhE.
The cabinet will sustain the loss of
one of its big men If, as it is reported,
Secretary Of State Root is soon to re-
sign on account of falling health.
It was reported some months ago
that Secretary Root was going to leave
the cabinet, but at that time it was
said his conservative views of govern
ment, as opposed to those Of the pres
ident, and the friction that had re-
suited between them ON account of
their different ideas, was the cause.
This assertion was denied and the
denial was pretty substantially borne
out by the fact that Secretary Root,
after taking a rest in the country, re-
turned to Washington to resume his
duties.
But the secretary's health, which
was bad some months ago, in spite of
the temporary benefit which 1t re-
ceived, has gone backward and unless
there should be a very material i'm.
provement within a very short time
II is predicted that he will retire from
the arduous duties of his present
work.
In many ways Secretary Root has
been the presidents right hand man,
in spite of the reported friction. 1t
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

If you'll just wait long enough be-
fore using your homestead right, you
may be given a whole state as a
claim. 1t used to be 100 acres, then
it grew to $40 and now there are
plans for homesteads two sections big.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15
REGARDING ANNEXATION TO CITY

There Is every reason to believe
that people living In the additions
adjacent to Norfolk will take advan-
tage OF the opportunity offered to
them to become voluntarily annexed
TO the city proper. BY voluntarily
seeking annexation, residents Of the
outlying districts will save a very
material portion of the past taxes Of
the city which, II these additions are
brought in by law. will fall upon the
incoming residents.
The cheapest way for the people
who live outside the Norfolk city Linn
ats to get into the town, will be to
seek annexation.
Norfolk is very much larger city
than the federal census gives 1t credit
for, because the people outside the
city limits are not counted In the fed.
eral census. Norfolk loses much
prestige that belongs to 1t, ON this
account. The true population, set
down in the census report, would re-
suit In benefit to all persons whose
Interests are in Norfolk.
1t Is also easily seen that II the out
lying additions were brought In, fire
protection and water, as we'll as other
improvements and convenlences, could
be extended to the remotest portions
of the community.
For the good Of all the people liv-
ing here, whether inside or outside,
the outlying additions should be made
a part of the city.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

A Y. M. G. A. building, with baths
and gymnasium, would make for bet
ter muscles and clearer brains in Nor
folk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

Murderer Harrison Clark has reason
to believe that Friday and the thir-
teenth make bad combination.
That's the day he's to be hanged.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

They used to say winter thickened
the blood. The circulation Of The
News hasn't been interfered with, as
the new fast press attests. ,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

The News pins Its faith to the pros
perity Of Norfolk and northern Ne
braska by installing big web perfect
ing printing press.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

The north Nebraska farmer doesn't
need eagles with which to transact
business; they can use turkeys for
currency about this time Of year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15
AROUND TOWN.

If turkeys had grain Of horse
sense, they would begin to be suspi-
cious on account of this high living.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

Norfolk is making gains in football
The latest defeat was down to ten
to nothing-about the most consol-
ing score yet. If time goes on, as it
ought to, there will be a game some
day in which Norfolk will win. The
beginning was away back in the days
of Norfolk-Pierce contests, in which
the score ran up to fifty to nothing,
or SO. The world grows better, and
football is being reformed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

One more innovation will soon be
moving toward the Rosebud. This
time it will be a motor car.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

That Fremont man found that pea
nuts contain the elements of death If
not of life.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

Up in South Dakota the ranchmen
are actually up against it to keep the
wolf from the door, in spite of their
wealth.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

When woman buys anything that
costs more than two dollars, all her
men folks are seized with an ambition
to convince her that she bought a gold
brick.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

When a woman watches children
burn leaves in the fall, it is with the
expectation of seeing one of them burn
to death.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

The poor man who gets rich often
affords the best example of a thor
oughly mean man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

ATcHlsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.
A superior manner is no sign of SUI.
periority.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

In England or Germany, If 1t is
question which has good time, the
husband or the wife, the prize falls to
the husband.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

How easy it is to put false story
in circulation! Don't assist mischiev
Gus and unreliable people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

- 'SEl'ooN SGSbE DUH y.
superior manner is no sign of SUI.
periority.
The poor man who gets rich often
affords the best example of a thor
oughly mean man.
When woman watches children
burn leaves in the fall, 1t is with the
expectation of seeing one of them burn
to death.
How easy it is to put a false story
in circulation! Don't assist mischiev-
Gus and unreliable people.
In England or Germany, If 1t is a
question which has a good time, the
husband or the wife, the prize falls to
the husband.
When a woman buys anything that
costs more than two dollars, all her
men folks are seized with an ambition
to convince her that she bought a gold
brick.
The man who smokes lives an I'M
happy life. His friends tell him he,
had better not smoke; doctors tell him
he must not smoke; his wife says he
"shant" smoke.
A man can never own so many auto
mobiles when he has grown rich that
he will have as good time as he had
In his youth riding around with the
grocer's boy.
A woman has this decided advantage
over man: When she says or does
anything foolish, she isn't charged
with being drunk.
Nothing makes a woman who does
house work quite so furious as to have
anyone even intimate that she does
not have to work much harder than
the women who work down town.
Country town stories: At Coolidge
there lives a man who is great
''talker" and the country boys in the
vicinity make up stories on him. Thew
claim that he once told this incident:
During the war, he was driving a team
attached to a wagon loaded with loose
powder The powder was being hur-
ried to a detachment of federal troops
surrounded by rebels. The driver in
lighting his pipe, set fire to the now.
der, but, by quick work, he shoyeled
out three or four bushels of the DOW.
der and saved the remainder. Anoth.
err; The same man once made a quick
trip with team Of colts. He men.
toned a certain road over which he
had travelled. why" some one said
you surely didn't come over that road
A twenty-foot span is out at the
bridge" The man was stunned for
moment, but finally said: "Is that
so? | noticed slight bump when
crossed that bridPeU
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

The man who smokes lives an I'M
happy life. His friends tell him he
had better not smoke; doctors tell him
he must not smoke; his wife says he
"shan't" smoke.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

A man can never own so many auto
mobiles when he has grown rich that
he will have as good time as he had
in his youth riding around with the
grocer's boy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

A woman has this decided advantage
over a man: When she says or does
anything foolish, she isn't charged
with being drunk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-15

Nothing makes a woman who does
house work quite so furious as to have
anyone even intimate that she does
not have to work much harder than
the women who work down town.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17

TT OF WARWICK AT A SOCIALIST
MEETING AND MRS. RIOS P-AsTOR-STOKES.
time, but 1t vas only recently that
they announced themselves rs out and
out Socialists. and they are trying to
live up to their theories by residing in
a cheap fiat in Il tenement district and
will devote most of their attention
hereafter to bringing into realiZa-
ton the cooperative commonwealth.
Though he lives the simple life, Mr..
Stokes remains president of a railroad
and three other corporations. Robert
Hunter. another settlement worker.
who married Miss Caroline Stokes, sis
ter Of Mr.. stokes. il also a Socialist.
In Germany the Socialist party re-
ceived a setback in the recent elections,
where the issue was the support Of
the government in its colonial policy.
1t lost nearly twenty seats in the
reichstag. and the reverse is said to he
the most serious the party has had
since 1887. On the other hand. it il
argued that socialism in the country Of
Karl Marx would make a better show
aus Al NAV NAtiNS, uCIC luc "olnIuk-
men are strongest, had adequate repre-
sentation in the reichstag.
England has progressed much fur
Their in the direction of socialism In
many respects than the United States.
Many things are under n system Of
public ownership there which are usu-
ally under private ownership in the
1Ynifn11 StnfAC T1Nn Dritf.1N ,A>.. a.,
now confronted with the question how
far to carry the principles Of common
ownership. The out and out Socialists,
under the leadership Of Kerr Hardie,
NJ. r., are trying to capture the Labor
party. which now has such Il large
membership in the house Of commons,
and both Liberals and Conservatives
vie with each other in seeing how far
they can extend their old party plat
forms so as to be with the tide flow
Ing In the direction Of public owner.
ship. The recent London county coun-
ell election showed reaction against
sOcialistic ideas and that scandals in
connection with public management OF
many enterprises, about which whis-
pers are now heard, may serve to turn
the tide Of public sentiment.
A notable feature Of the socialistic
movement in England is the large
number Of accessions to its ranks
from the rich and titled classes, even
women being numbered among these
converts. Most prominent Of them Is
the beautiful Countess Of Warwick.
once a great favorite Of the present
king and q woman widely known for
her philanthropic and literary act!vi-
ties. She has often addressed meet
ings of Socialists and Is said to be q
clever and democratic campaigner.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17
TRAPPED IN SAFE.
Dookkeeper Almost Loses His Life
Trying to Save Books From Fire.

Dookkeeper Almost Loses His Life
Trying to Save Books From Fire.
jeremiah Keane, bookkeeper, had a
remarkable escape from death while
shut up In a steel vault In the burning
store of Hearn & Keane, at Danbury,
Conn.
The young man Is a son of one Of
the firm. He was trying to save the
books, when some one pushed a big
stove against the door Of the vault. He
faced death by suffocation. and his
shouts and struggles were In vain.
At last, with almost superhuman
strength, he moved the stove a few
inches and forced his way out. But the
thick smoke that filled the room choked
him into insensibility, and he fell upon
the floor.
A few minutes later a fireman step
ped upon his PROSTATE body. He was
dragged out into the air with the books
In his arms.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17
TIE SOAPbERRY TREE.
Two ranstias Of Cad F!ant That Are
Used In Soep Manufacture.

Used in Soep Manufacture.
The soapberry tree, Sapindus mar
ginatus uti!is, has been quite extern
sively cultivated in Algeria for Its ber-
ries, which are rich in saponin and are
Sent to Germany for use in the manu-
facture Of soap.
Similar qualities are possessed by
the Florida soap tree, Sapindus mana
tensis utilis. commonly known as the
China soar tree, from the fact that It
was originally introduced from China.
e. Moulie Of Jacksonville. Fla, has re-
Gently been engaged in promoting the
cultivation of this tree in the southern
states by a free distribution Of seeds.
The tree grows to a height Of forty or
fifty feet and begins to bear fruit In
the sixth year. The berries are about
the size of cherries and consist of a
hard yellow-brOwn waxlike shell, IN
closing a large black seed. The shell
is rich in saponin, and If bits Of it are
agitated in water a lather will at once
begin to form. BY grinding the shells
a brownish soap powder is obtained
which possesses valuable cleansing
properties. The hard black seeds of
the soapberry tree have been used in
the manufacture of beads. They also
yield a fine oil useful in soap manu-
facture as we'll as in other industries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-17
DOORS AND DISEASE.
Scientist C~ontradiets Some Popular
Beliefs as to Origin Of Sickness.

Scientist c%ontradiets Some Popular
Beliefs as to Origin Of Sickness.
DIR. Adolph Gehrman contradicted
many of the popular beliefs regarding
the origin Of diseases in a recent lee
ture at the Public library building,
Chicago.
1T is a popular notion to associate
disease with odors," said the doctor.
"Many think that the stencil of the
stockyards, the SO called gas
and the like produce disease. An odor
from gases of dead matter, but
the doors do not produce disease. The
smell ma lie unpleasant. but it is not
disease producing. The air of the sew
ers is usually more free from bacteria.
which produces communicative dis
eases, than Is the air outside the sewer.
It is a popular belief that damp cellars
are places where disease is produced.
but the air of the cellar probably Is
better than the outside air. I think
there is more danger Of disease in dust
than is believed"