The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-22

and promises to remain sixteen years
longer.
John Koenigstein is preparing to
leave next week TO spend another win
ter In the south. He and Mrs. Koenig-
stein will visit their son. A. j. Koenig-
stein, in Arkansas, leaving next week.
The Tribe of Ben Hur will hold a
public entertainment and lunch at |.
o. o. f. hall Monday evening. State
Manager G. +. Wade will be present
and make arrangements for the com
ing campaign.
Miss Bertha NJ. Richardson of Battle
er to get on the $50 a month list.
Miss Richardson has been elected to
teach the winter term in district No.
80 on $50 salary.
Fremont Herald: The Norfolk News
is now talking of establishing farm
ers' exchange" for that city. The
News tackles everything. Recently
Brother Huse started in to remove the
capitol from Lincoln to Norfolk.
Smith Brothers declare that Norfolk
| Is right now more of a horse market
than South Omaha, and that next sum-
market. This firm is now in need Of
more yards to handle the business
they anticipate next summer.
r. S. Penney of near Albion, the
father of John Penney of Norfolk, died
this week at his home not far from
| Albion. Mr.. Penney had been a resi-
dent of Boone county since 1888. The
body was taken to Tabor, Iowa, for
interment, John Penney accompany
ing the remains.
1t was a string of mares sold in the
last Norfolk horse sale that topped
the market in South Omaha. c. A..
Smith of the firm of Smith Brothers
attended the Cooper horse sale in
South Omaha and on his return de-
clares Norfolk to be as good horse
market center as Omaha.
Battle Creek Enterprise Madison
county farmers are rapidly learning
the value of gasoline as a safe, sure
and economical motive power. Fred
Volk is the latest to install gasoline
engine, and handsome six-horse-por-
er Odds Is now turning the wheels Of
several labor-saving money-making
contrivances on his farm near Battle
Creek. The engine was purchased
through JOS Dittrick, local represen-
tative of the Odds factory.
II find business on the road is very
good" said we'll known Norfolk COM
mercial traveller. 81 have had a splen-
did business during the past three
weeks and during the past week took
a number of nice big orders. All that
is required for a continuation of ac.
tivity is confidence, and the crops
stored up in this region are certainly
ample basis for that. l anticipate an
excellent holiday trade and l believe
that the sales in all lines will be tre-
mendously big. People in the west
know that prosperity is bound to pre-
vail.
F. H. Garrett of Council Bluffs, for
the past fifteen years a commercial
traveller in the territory tributary to
Norfolk, has been called into the house
and elected secretary of his company
the Harle-Hass Drug company of
Council Bluffs. Mr.. Garrett has been
covering this territory for his present
company for the past eleven years.
Previous to this he had represented a
Sioux City house and had made his
home in Norfolk for few years. His
election as secretary of the company
was announced at the last directors
meeting. Mr.. CARROTS successor in
this territory has not been announced.
The past season has witnessed a num-
Der of advancements among north Ne
| braska travellers.
Hans Anderson of Norfolk will re-
ceive the Third district appointment
to Annapolis. Anderson had no COM
petition in his examinations yesterday
and will, so Congressman Boyd an
nounced, receive the desired appoint
ment to the national naval academy,
where the country's naval officers are
trained. The appointment to West
Point lies between Nye F. Moorehouse
of Fremont and w. r. Schmidt of Yer
digre. Moorehouse has been student
at the Fremont high school, military
academy and the state university.
Schmidt has been teaching school near
Monowi. The results of the examina-
ton will be announced by Congress
man Boyd, to whom the returns have
been forwarded by Superintendent
Perdue, who conducted the examina-
ton.