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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26
PACKING PLANT IN SMALL CIT

Sioux Falls is again worried over
its packing industry. A few weeks
ago the packing plant at that place,
which had long stood idle, was pur-
chased by Sioux City man and there
was renewed hope that the industry
might be revived and pushed into
worth while calibre. But now comes
word from Chicago that combine"
has bought the plant for the purpose
of preventing its use, simply to keep
the packing business of that territory
conferred in Sioux City and st. Paul.
1t is probably true that the big pack
ers would not relish the idea of an
independent packing plant at Sioux
Falls. They would probably not be
delighted with such a project in Nor
folk. But that it is possible for an
Independent packing plant to exist and
prosper is demonstrated in South Oma-
ha, where the independents operate
one unmolested, as we'll as in other
packing points. One Norfolk young
man, Isaac Powers, jr,, is manager of
very successful and growing pack.
ing plant at Jacksonville, ILL.,, a city
located much the same with respect to
st. Louis and Chicago as Norfolk is
to Omaha and Sioux City. 1t would
appear that if packing plant could
succeed there, Independent of the
large companies, there should be all
the more reason why one should sue
coed here, at the very gateway lead
ing out from the greatest territory in
the world.
This is what the Sioux Falls Press
says of the situation there:
The Press is in receipt of signed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

II was, credit must be given to Neigh
for the progressive spirit which
prompts men to risk their all for the
sake of going on and up.
But even that was not enough. The
further west you go the more pro-
gressive are the people, according to
popular theory. And the impression
apparently had reason foundation.
Valentine is located a couple hundred
miles west of Neigh. Both are in
Nebraska. But 1t took Valentine to set
a new mark. Captain McCloud was
fished out of the river. He was hang.
ing to clothes line rope. What was
first thought to be a drowning person
proved to be catfish weighing 1902
pounds. Was 1t true? Ask the cook.
SO shrewd westerner as DR.. Warner
of Butte asked The News II 1t were
true. The sporting editor throws up
his hands at the query. 1t sounded
we'll And at all events, true or un.
true, 1t was seeing Neigh and Verdi
gre and going them one better.
Surely Valentine paid to sit in the
game.
No doubt these fish yarns were read
by thousands Of people throughout the
northwest and laughed at None took
any serious view Of the stories fact
or fiction. But there is a serious side
to them, just the same. They demon.
strate why America and particularly
the west has gone forward when other
nations remained stagnant. 1t took
resource to come up to that first story
from Verdigre and then to beat 1t out
with better one. How much more
play Of minds resource, therefore, was
found in equalling and surprising the
Neigh fable?
We profit by example. The spirit
which brought the Neigh story after
Verdigre, and the Valentine yarn after
the other two. That spirit has made
safety bicycles from the old high
wheelers, auto-cycles from the safety
and automobiles after that. That
same spirit has brought submarine
boats that go down and airships that
go up, and race horses that go mile
in less than two minutes, along with
trains that leap along at the rate of
hundred miles an hour.
1t has been that spirit, this summer,
which brought nature fables of ami
mails stalling trains. First mother
bear stalled a train. then a swarm of
bees did the stunt, later came the
bunch of moths and now the climax
is capped by the misquito which STALL
ed an Iowa train. Smaller and always
smaller have become the creatures
that stopped the locomotives, showing
that enterprise and progressive spirit
among space fiends which is found
only IN different form among the pio-
neers who have built nations.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26
THTTHKE1D MONOTOLY.

The price of cotton thread, which
long has stood ut Ave cents, has beer
doubled to dime. A few weeks age
the price shot up to six and then sew
en- cents. Now II is ten. Within q
few days the price has been doubled
And the matter Is to justly come vi
into the courts. The government Is
going to investigate, as 1t ought
There Is no justification for increas
ing the cost Of white thread 100 pei
cent.
Five cents has long been the stan
dard price Of spool OF thread, II
the price on postage were suddenly
made four cents instead of two, the
country would wake up and take no
tice, To the women folk Of the ma
ton the price of thread is even more
important than the price Of postage
stamp.
To many women the price Of thread
means much In their lives. Many
seamstresses, particularly In the larg-
er cities, earn few cents n day In
sewing garments that are to be sold.
With the price Of thread doubled, they
will earn still less than they do now,
so that the increase will work hard
ship upon them.
While 1t is said the cost of raw cot
ton has increased, as well as the price
of labor in making thread, yet i'm
proved machinery has come to hand
and is doing more of the thread pro
ducing than 1t used to, increasing the
out.turn and therefore offsetting the
cotton cost.
1t is said that the thread industry
is practically controlled by one firm.
Having a monopoly on practically all
of the output, this one concern can
control the price. Believing that they
can get ten instead of five cents per
spool, the monopolstic firm advanced
the price.
1t is claimed that the thread Of the
world is under the Coatses and the
Clarks of England, They control the
English Sewing Cotton company and
through that concern the American
Thread company.
Women OF the country will rise en-
masse at the increase in thread pric-
es, which do not seem to be justified
by conditions, and they will earnestly
hope that the government will succeed
in effectively altering the matter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26
IN THE RAIN BELT.

The Trip county portion of the
Rosebud reservation in South Dakota
will be opened at some time after
next spring to settlement by the white
man. That it will within few years
be converted from an immense grazing
tract upon which today only cattle
are raised, into a garden spot produc-
ing corn and wheat just as vigorously
as is today produced by Gregory coun-
ty, is assured. This settlement will
not only add more territory to Nor
folks possibilities, but it will add to
the Importance of this. northwest in
every way.
They used to say that the trouble
with Gregory county was the lack of
rain. When the settlers took up their
claims in that portion of the ceded
reservation 1t was predicted that a
few seasons would drive them out be-
cause there would be no moisture.
But Gregory county has just as much
or more moisture than Nebraska ever
since the white man went and settled
1t up, and there is no chance today
of finding any abandoned homesteads
in that region. Gregory county is in
the rain belt.
Trip county Is just as much in the
rain belt as Gregory. Rains and
SHOWS, in fact, come down from the
Pacific northwest, sweep directly over
South Dakota, strike Nebraska, go
into Kansas and then turn northeast,
moving out toward the Great Lakes
and out the st. Lawrence river. Last
Saturday night Trip county was
soaked with rain. West of Tripp in
Meyer county a heavy rain fell. The
prairies were made muddy and the
creeks overlooked. There is no lack
of moisture there today
Old timers in that section declare
that the climate has changed. Wheth.
er that is true or not is a matter which
matters little now, insomuch as today
there is plenty of rain. The land is
fertile in many places and fine farm.
ing section will no doubt soon develop
there.
They used to say, in years gone by,
that Iowa was too far west and that
it never rained in Iowa. People who
went to Iowa found that there was
plenty of rain. Then they laughed at
those who had courage to come to
Nebraska. 1t never rained in Nebras.
ka. But Nebraska seemed to be right
in the path of the rain storms. And
now they're finding that it rains in the
most distant northwest.
Trip county will bring many thou.
sands OF homeseekers into this terri.
tory. They will see Nebraska at its
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26
Notice to Land Owners.

Attention is hereby called to the
law relating to the cutting of weeds
along public highways, which requires
that weeds must be moved on or be-
fore August Is, otherwise the road
overseers will cause the same to be
done and charge expense to adjoining
lands.
j. H. Harding,
John Malone,
Burr Taft,
County Commissioners.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

best. They will settle up a region in
Norfolk's territory. The next year
will add possibilities to Norfolk's fu.
ture.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Toasts should always be drunk with
some cool beverage there is so much
hot air about the average toast
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

We are having fewer fires since the
practice of getting rid of bedbugs with
gasoline was abandoned.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

It's wonder people do not hate
George Washington and Abe Lincoln;
they are so generally admired
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Every editor knows there are plenty
of fool papers, and that his will be-
come one unless he is careful
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

An old-fashioned Atchison woman
says it is a shame for man of a
family to be crazy over baseball
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

A woman hates to be jealous almost
as much as she likes to make some
other woman feel that way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Entries for the political races will
close shortly. One starter may run in
two races IL he wants two.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Time goes so fast, as we get older,
it hardly seems worth while to put
moth balls in the winter clothes,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26
ATcHISoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

A baby is mighty useful as an ad-
ditional excuse for woman not being
ready on time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

From now till September 10 the Nor
folk boy will save his pennies.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

They talk so readily the wonder is
prize fighters don't become auction
GERS, instead of drifting into the sa-
loon business.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

the band boys to beat the band each
concert night.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Those cowboys and Indian polo play
are are unquestionably fine riders.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

That's a fool notion you are har-
boring" man said to friend today.
We'll" the friend replied, "it's not
the one I'm harboring."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

When a man follows his statements
with "You understand" it's fairly
safe bet that you don't.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

with the courage a boy feels when he
first kills a snake.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Right now, with the fever just start
ing, would be about the proper time
to own an automobile store in Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26
AROUND TOWN.

The Norfolk band is making right
good music.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

There is a band of boys who bother
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Automobiles are getting as thick as
mosquitoes in Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Only one week more-and then the
races. It's time now to get a season
ticket.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

concert night.
From now till September 10 the Nor
folk boy will save his pennies.
Those cowboys and Indian polo play
are are unquestionably fine riders.
Entries for the political races will
close shortly. One starter may run in
two races If he wants two.
Right now, with the fever just start
ing, would be about the proper time
to own an automobile store in Norfolk.
Norfolk ought to put up signs on
various crossings about town: auto
mobile crossings. Look out for the
cars"
It's p. d. hot.
Give it time and the new gulch will
gulch.
Who could blame the political pot
for boiling in this weather?
Only one week more-and then the
races. It's time now to get season
ticket.
Again Norfolk escaped a severe
storm and only got a gentle rain to
cool off the air.
The young groom named Pike, re-
Gently arrested here, has been held at
Fremont for a piker.
There is no more exciting game in
the world than polo properly played,
and these cowboys and Indians are
reckless enough to put genuine ginger
into the contest.
To get wet or not to get wet. That
is the question. Whether it's nobler
in the mind to get soaked through and
through or, wearing raincoat, swell
ter and run together.
Now for the races.
Get tip on the horses before you
bet.
That Iowa lad had to come to Nor
folk to learn thing or two about the
world.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

That Iowa lad had to come to Nor
folk to learn thing or two about the
world.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Get tip on the horses before you
bet.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Who could blame the political pot
for boiling in this weather?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Again Norfolk escaped a severe
storm and only got a gentle rain to
cool off the air.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Norfolk ought to put up signs on
various crossings about town: auto
mobile crossings. Look out for the
cars"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

Now for the races.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

It's p. d. hot.
Give it time and the new gulch will
gulch.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

The young groom named Pike, re-
Gently arrested here, has been held at
Fremont for a piker.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

There is no more exciting game in
the world than polo properly played,
and these cowboys and Indians are
reckless enough to put genuine ginger
into the contest
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-26

To get wet or not to get wet. That
is the question. Whether it's nobler
in the mind to get soaked through and
through or, wearing a raincoat, swell
ter and run together.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
"CHARLEY'S AUNT"

The Fortnightly Club of the Con-
gregational Church will prese mt the
farce comedy "Charley's Aunt,
Thursday evenings February, 20, 1907,
at the Grand Opera House.
This is an old bnt exceptionally
good play. and no work has been
spared to make it one of the best
amateur affairs ever put on in De-
corah. A strong cast has been
selected. several of whom have dis
tinguished themselves heretofore in
home talent productions.
Miss Jennie Shea, who won fame
as Mrs. Malaprop'' in 1.-The Ri
walls, Mr.. George Johnson, who made
a hit as Prosper in "A Scrap
of Paper" and Mr.. L. F. Button.
who has delighted DEBORAH audiences
in both dramatic and operatic roles,
have Leading parts and bid fair to ex-
cell themselves. The Others in the
cast are all budding geniuses and only
need your support and encouragement
to bring them to the front.
Miss Macha Vance is directing the
production. An orchestral program
is heing prepared.
Cast of Characters.
Stephen Burdette. Solicitor, Oxford
DIR. Dana Jewell
Colonel Sir Francis Norman, Late
Indian Service 49,. w. +. Baker.
Jack Norman, Undergraduate .....
....... .. l.. +. Button,
Charley Wychom, Student, Oxford
................. Albert Vance.
Lord Fencout Babberly, Oxford
............. George Johnson.
Bassett, College Scout M. w. Daubney
Donna Lucia D'Alvadores. from Brazil
...........M Marguerite Freeman.
Kitty Ackley, Burdette's Ward ......
...... .... Jennie Shea
Phyllis Burdette, Burdette's neice
~. ....... Helen Snowdon
Ella Buckeye, an orphan, Ethel Beard.
The Maid ....... Myrtle Christen
Curtain rises at S:l5.
Prices 30 and 80 cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
Ice Goes Out oil River.

Sunday night, or rather early Mon
day morning the ice went out of the
river, and came down with such a
rush that it was as high for time as
ice went ont. The center pier of the
concrete bridge was somewhat dam
aged, by the cakes of ice chipping of
the concrete. At the power dam down
the river. no damage was done except
that the water rose rapidly,and filed
the bunk and mess houses on the
banks. Five feet of water and ice
flowed over the top of the dam.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
Electric Railway Surveys Here.

Mr. G. D. Weiser has received from
Mr. w. p. Mason, the promoter of
the Minneapolis, Rochester and Du-
buque electric railroad, blue prints of
the surveys made during the past
summer. They show the contemplated
right of way from Dubuque to Min
neapolis, and give evidence of the
large amount of work necessary be-
fore they could be prepared The
fact that S25, 900 has already been ex-
pended upon these surveys and pre-
liminaries gives credence to the belief
that the road will eventually be built.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
THE TINE. THE PLACE. AND THE GIRL. :"
Underlined at the Grand Opera House
Thursday Evening. March l4th.

The Askin-Singer Company proposes
to present in DEBORAH soon the latest
Chicago musical success, entitled
The Time, the Place and the Girl. I"
This attraction has been the feature
of Chicago theatricals for six months,
since the beginning of its engagement,
and it is likely to remain in that
pleasant situation for as much longer
as its managers care to have it.
Frank r. Adams and Will M. Hough
are the authors for its book and Joseph
f.. Howard of it's music.
The leading character in the play is
that of Happy Johnny Hicks, played
with rare ability by Arthur DEACON
square young gambler, good hearted
and honorable, and blessed with a
philosophy as golden as the sunshine.
Hicks with his rich young friends,
Tom Cunningham and Laulie Farm.
ham, participate in scrap" in a
Boston gambling house, and Cunning
ham smites one of his opponents over
the head with wine bottle, thus
putting him out of the gambling bust
ness for awhile. They escape tc
sanitarium where Cunningham meets
his lady love, and where Hicks en-
counters his fate in the person of the
pretty head nurse. The threatened
approach of the officers of the law
prompts Cunningham to ask Hicks to
take the blame for the escapade--e else
his love chase will be futile. Hicks
does this and then learns that the in
jured man is brother to Molly Kelly,
the head nurse, and the apple of his
eye. s~i-.
The chief charm of the play is found
in the two Demonstrations OF Molly
Kelly and Johnny Hicks. Both of
them are unusual to stage convention.
ality, and their colloquoys, bristling
with smart, epigrammatic slang. are
to be classed among the most legiti-
mately funny incidents of musical
comedy. There are ten attractive
musical numbers in Mr.. Towards
score, all of them what the popular
song public terms Hits. - They
have had the sanction of every concert
band and cafe orchestra in Chi cago
for the past six months.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
Married Last Evening.

AS announced in our last issue Mr..
Edward Bear OF this city was united
in marriage last evening at 6 80
O'Clock to Miss Pearl j. Marcus of
Chicago. at the parlors of the Great
Northern hotel, and the congratula-
tions OF their numerous friends here
and elsewhere have been showered
upon them in profusion. They left
Chicago last night on the honeymoon
trip TO Florida, and will return via
Lafayette, Ind, arriving here about
March It'll.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
Public Program.

There will be public program
given by the Amphictynic Literary
Society in the Luther College Audi
forum Friday evening, Feb. 22d at
O'Clock. All are invited to an eve-
ning's free entertainment. Reserved
seats for all and return transportation
for some. Como carly TO avoid tine
rush.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
Commercial Club Meets

The DEBORAH Commercial Club held
its regular meeting at the city hall
last evening. There was large at
tendance, and the meeting was en-
thusiastic. Reports of committees
previously appointed with reference
TO securing industries for the city
were listened to and discussed. and
constitution and bylaws adopted. The
club will hold regular meetings ON
the first Tuesday Of each month, at
the court house.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
For Testing the Eyes Of School Children.

DR.. A. j. SweZey of this city has
just had printed at this Office series
of diagrams on cards, to be used in
the testing of the eyesighr of the
children III the county schools. The
cards contain Snellen's Letters, and
other diagrams and drawings, and
will be given free by the doctor to
the schools throughout the county.
accompanied by instructions as to
their use. The purpose of the cards
is TO ascertain if the eyesight of any
of the school children is defective. so
that it may be speedily corrected
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
B. Anundsen Guest Of Honor.

At the home of Vice Consul j. b.
Visit and wife on last Wednesday
evening, was most enjoyable recep-
tion TO Editor b. Anundsen, in honor
of the recent bestowai upon him of
the Order of St. Olaf, by King
Haaken of Norway. After "a bounte-
Gus spread, feast of intellectual
talent was enjoyed. in which Mr..
Visit congratulated Mr.. Anundsen
npon the high honor conferred upon
him, and speeches We're made by Prof.
G.. Bothne, 4. p. Johnson and X.
Gerseth. Mr.. Anundsen replied in
a few we'll chosen remarks, after
which the evening was pleasantly
5 pent in social pleasures.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
X. of 2. Anniversary.

The local Knights of Pythias and
their ladies celebrated the anniversary
of the order at the lodge hall last
evening with enjoyable festivities.
A banquet was served at 6 80 O'Clock,
which was followed by amusements
of different natures, closing with a
dance later in the evening The
occasion was great, enjoyed by all
present
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-20
Marriage at 0ssian.

On Thursday at the home of the
BRIDES parents near Ossian occurred
the marriage of Mr.. John Vincent
DeCou to Miss Tillia Peck. Both of
these young people were brought up
in that neighborhood and enjoy the
respect and esteem of the community.
The best wishes of all are extended TO
them