The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-16
SATURDAY SETTINGS.

WHO Is Ill l,dndiJ Nolo', hoo
been sent for.
Superintendent Reynolds is expect
ed home this evening from trip OF
inspection over the South Platte dis
trict of the Northwestern.
Harold Oman, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. II. Oman, has been sent to Call
fornia in search of relief from hay
fever.
The open air concert given by the
Norfolk band last evening at the cor
ner of Fourth and Main, attracted a
large crowd of pleased people to hear
good program.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Hall have rented
one of the houses belonging to Judge
Powers on North Ninth street and will
begin housekeeping there next week.
Mr.. Halls mother will continue to re-
side on North Eleventh street. Mrs.
w. f. Hall has just returned from a
five weeks visit at Columbus.
]. w. Humphrey, formerly of this
city, has closed his tailoring establish
ment in Omaha and gone to st. Joe,
Mo. Mrs. Humphrey and son, Ora
ham, will remain for time in Omaha.
Arrangements are practically COM
pleted for the annual picnic OF the
Sons of Hermann to be held at Hille's
grove north of town on Sunday. A
number of grand lodge officers of the
order are expected to be present to
take part in the festivities.
A team belonging to l.. l.. Hecken-
dorf. attached to coal delivery wagon
| belonging to G.. w. Braasch, INDUCED
in a lively runaway about o'clock
| last evening on Main street. Not
much damage was done. The horses
became frightened at an automobile.
Spencer Advocate: Boyd county
has won a grand reputation for great
crops and prosperous farmers, but new
er in her history did she ever yield a
greater crop of small grain than this
year, and the same will be said of
corn and other crops if the balance of
the season is fairly favorable. To be
a Boyd county farmer means plenty,
plenty, plenty.
Fairfax, S. D.. Advertiser: The f.
nal sorting of the census cards of the
last state census in 1905, shows the
Johnsons are the leading family in
the state with a total of 5,940 bearing
that name. The Andersons follow with
5,13O; then in order come the Olsons
with 1850; Smiths, 1880; Nelson's, g.
$50; Petersons, 1910; Hansons, 1880;
Browns, 1920; Jones, 1895; Williams
1850. The Smith, Jones and Brown
families have to give way to the names
which are of Scandinavian origin in
the northwest, and Johnsons, Ander
sons and Olsons take the lead.
The thermometer did not register
quite so high a mark Friday as it die
the day before, only reaching "a, anC
fresh breeze tempered the heat Sc
that humanity got through the day IL
much better condition than on Thurs
day. Friday night, however, did no
cool off so quickly as is usual in this
country, the heat remaining until lat'
this morning, the mercury only get
ting down to "A during the night
With sunrise Saturday morning ;
fresh breeze came up and the day BIZ
fair to be more moderate in temper
ature.
: A series of interesting experiment
!, has been inaugurated by the Chicag
& Alton railroad, which will be con
Quoted for several weeks to determin
- the advantage or disadvantage of stee
, local cars over wooden cars. For seN
eral years the Alton has been replaC
[, ing wooden coal cars with steel car
of greater capacity, and lately eng
neers have been complaining that stee
4. cars are much more difficult to handl
!. in the train than wooden cars, the re
l. alive weight of the train being tn
J. same. AS the trucks of steel an
l. wooden cars are identical, officials ar
Y. skeptical at the difference in the pull
The tests will be made with trai
of 5000 tons of coal, the weight to /
II the same in each test.
s. Commissioner Taft is a good de-
v. disappointed over the non-arrival (
o. material for the Norfolk avenue birds
le over Corporation gulch, to replace II
S, one temporarily built over the gulC
st last fall. Material for the bridge WI
&c promised by the contractors about Il
middle of June, but 1t Is not here y
and there now seems no immedia
/; prospect of getting 1t. The constru
e, ton force of the contractors have bee
r. here some days waiting for materia
to work with. The bridge now ov