The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-14


will have modern front and will be.
a forty-foot, one-story building. lt
must be completed by August To-
Tiden Citizen: According to the
racing schedule of the North Nebras.
ka circuit, all entries for Tilden races
must close one week before the first
day of the Norfolk event. This is
looked upon by local sports as either
an injustice or an oversight, and steps
are being taken to have the ruling re.
vised so as to legaize entries up to
one week later than is provided by
the present arrangement.
Several hundred South Dakota Ma.
sons in special train passed through
| Norfolk at midnight Saturday enroute
from the eastern part of the state to
the grand lodge meeting at Lead, S. ID.
| The special consisted of seven sleep.
ers, a baggage car and a chair car. 1t
left Sioux City early Saturday evening
and passing through this city over the
/ Northwestern arrived in Lead Sunday.
| The grand lodge convened in Lead to-
| day.
Norfolk and northern Nebraska were
visited by heavy rains Saturday aud
Sunday. The rain was much heavier
in the western and extreme northern
part of the state than right here i'm
| Norfolk, where the rainfall amounted
to los inches. West of Chadron on
the Lander line of the Northwestern
| six miles of track were washed out
At Inman on the main line about TWEEN
| ty feet was washed out and trains de.
layed for a short time
Tilden Citizen With the exception
of Professor w. c. Green all the non
resident teachers of Tilden public
school have gone to their respective
homes to spend vacation. Miss Nc
Kiver left on Sunday for Norfolk, Miss
Putney went to Oakdale, and Miss
Bennett to Long Pine Monday; Miss
Cloyd took the train on the same day
for her parents home near Battle
Creek and Miss Barney started for
Idaho Wednesday,
The Norfolk band will furnish three
days of its superior brand of music for
the Norfolk race meet and street car
hlVal which Will be held here July 81
ana August ] and ,. President Groes-
peck mas just MADE arrangements lor
inns organization. Attractive posters
advertising the races ana carnival VIII
soon announce TO NorioIk ana the
, northwest Ihe coming event. Secre'
tary Barrett has scores Of letters from
various street carnival attractions
seeking TO get INTO the Norfolk car
niVal
Rapid City Journal. "The Nashville
Students gave a very entertaining pro-
gram last evening to a wellGlled
house The jig dancing was about the
best ever given here, everyone who
came on seeming TO be better than the
one who was ON before. The jokes
were for the most part new. and some
were better than those usually given
The company is good one for a fun
giving entertainments and pleased the
people This troupe appears at the
Norfolk Auditorium Wednesday night
lat popular prices.
Fremont Tribune: c. A. Randall Of
| Newman Grove was i'm the city last
evening on his return home from Lin
coin. Mr.. Randall is very much
pleased over the success of an clcc-
ton to issue school house bonds had
last Friday. 1t was voted by major
ity of five to one to issue $4,000 in
bonds for a fine building. The propo-
sition was defeated in January while
Mr. Randall was at Lincoln as state
senator. When he returned home he
got busy, with the overwhelming re.
suit recorded Friday
Simon Mayer, referred to in the fol
lowing item from the Lincoln State
Journal is brother of Sol G. Mayer
of Norfolk and is well known in this
city: Simon d. Mayer, senior mem
Der of the firm of Mayer Bros, left
last night for vacation trip to the
Pacific coast. Mr.. Mayer is accompa-