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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
CARNIVAL Of THE F|REMEN
CONTRACT SIGNED WITH PARKER
AMUSEMENT COMPANY.
IN NORFOLK JUNE 8 TO 10
The Same Parker White City That
Was in Norfolk a Few Years Ago
Under the Auspices Of the Firemen.
Was Success at That Time.

The convention committee of the
Norfolk fire department has signed the
contract with the Parker amusement
company to bring the Parker shows
to Norfolk for the week of June 8-13
Carnival week will be extensively ad.
vertised in this section of Nebraska
and with fair weather is expected to
bring good many north Nebraska
people to Norfolk.
The Parker white city" was in
Norfolk few years ago under the
auspices of the firemen. The car
nival was a decided success.
The firemen need funds to enter.
tain the state firemen's association
when 1t comes to Norfolk next winter.
The local firemen hope to write the
name of Norfolk in big letters in the
memories of their state guests. The
firemen will get ten per cent of the
show receipts taken in by the Parker
shows and twenty-five percent of the
concession fees.
The firemen have just about raised
the funds which they needed to meet
such incidental expenses as advertis-
ing the carnival extensively in this
vicinity.
The Parker people will bring ten
regular shows to Norfolk. The inten-
ton is to have the shows placed on
the side streets leading off of Nor
folk avenue. The contract calls for
three free attractions to be given twice
day.
The carnival shows will arrive in
Norfolk Sunday. A sacred concert
will be given Sunday evening by the
carnival band
Arrangements may be made to have
diamond ring voting contest con-
nected with the carnival.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

City Engineer Salmen will hold over
until the election OF 1903
According to the unofficial returns
Salmen had majority Of seventytwo.
This was also according to the flg-
ures received at the city clerks ONCE.
But under the official canvass the sew.
enty-two majority collapsed with
thud and another republican candidate
sailed under the wire by a margin OF
two votes. The vote in the Second
ward had been wrongly announced
election night as l44 for Salmen and
lO7 for Seymour when it should have
been just the other way. Seymour
when he found he lived outside the
city limits said that he would not make
the race but his name was never re-
moved from the republican ticket on
the official ballot.
The only other change that the Off.
cial examination Of the poll books
made in the returns published In The
News was that Ed Harter's vote in
the Fourth ward was cut from 1874 to
l24. His corrected majority is 1873.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

ing without warning on the thirteenth
and continuing undated for two days.
A Norfolk man who recently return
ed from business trip through Ne
braska says that the "Walthill Ind
ians' are being organized in Walthin
again this year and that they will be
one of the strongest teams in this
section OF the state. The Indians"
will probably play in Norfolk this
summer The more important posi-
tons on the team are filled by real
Indians.
The Madison Chronicles education
al column conducted by the county
superintendent contains the following
item this week: Miss Myrtle Bennett
who has had charge OF the eighth
grade at Tilden for the last four years
has accepted position in the Norfolk
schools. Miss Bennett has made an
enviable record as a teacher and a
disciplinarian, and richly deserves the
promotion.
The following committees have been
appointed in connection with the an
nual banquet and reception of the Nor
folk high school alumni association:
Committee on decorations, Misses
Stella Luikart, Jennie Schwenk and
Edith Estabrook; program committee
Misses Lena Mills and Clara Rudat
and third member to be selected by
them. Invitations to the banquet and
reception will be issued in a short
time by the alumni secretary, Miss
Georgia Austin, AS customary Super
lntendent and Mrs. Bodwell, the high
school teachers and members of the
board of education and their wives
will be special guests alumni night.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

to the Commercial club directors at
their Tuesday meeting
The Lincoln Committee.
The committee to represent the rail.
road employees of this division at the
general rate hearing in Lincoln next
Monday was selected at the first meet.
ing 1t consists of; J. +. McGrane.
representing the trainmen, c. Briggs
representing the conductors, c. j.
Hibben representing the engineers, c.
NJ. Wurzbaoher representing the
agents and telegrarhers, John Daugh.
erty representing the firamen nd w.
r. ODonnell representing the track.
men.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
NEW SILVER DISTRICTS
SMITH & SON OF INolANoLA, IA.
GET CONTRACTS,
COST is LESS THAN YEAR AGO

There We're Eight Bidders Before the
City Council For the Sewer Work
to he Done This sprins-Priees Have
Dropped Materially.
The contracting firm Of Smith &
son ~ ludianola, Iowa, was awarded
the contracts last evening for the
three new sewer districts which are
to be put in this spring. The Iowa
Irm gets district No. 2, on South t1ith
street between Park and Prospect aV
euues for $76420; district NO. j, west
of the tracks and south OF Norfolk aV
.nue for 81, 569S0; district No. 4, the
B.ights for $3,660.20 The total con
tTsct figures up to $6Ol3.25. Mchay
.r Omaha won the third district con
tract by 1906 but by an agreement
tran sferred the contract to smith q
e,pn who had won the bulk OF the
work and who were only few dollars
above the Omaha figures.
Norfolk councllmen were surprised
N, the low figures that the bidding
competition brought forth. Eight
sewer contractors, four from away
were In with bids. The figures were
considerably lower than the figures
ssotsined last fall Members OF the
council figure that the cost per run
aias front foot OF property In the new
districts will probably run as low as
q or so cents. Sewer district NO. L
coat CT cents per front foot.
The bidding seemed to indicate that
there is not the activity In construc-
ton work that there was last year
The bids were as follows:
District No 2, Smith & Son OF In
dianola. $76420; Mckay OF Omaha
S8o6.95; Kinlin of Kansas City,
$3.50 30: Endres OF Norfolk. $S6465;
Dentou OF Norfolk. $934.30 Burritt or
Norfolk. $l,0OS.2O; Rish of Norfolk,
yt.o28T0: Gary OF Dennison, $1,oSo6o.
District No. 3, Mckay OF Omaha,
1859 80; Smith & Son of lndianola,
Si,58B IS; Kiulin of Kansas City, ST.
1G8.55: Endres OF Norfolk, $1,7SO.62;
Dsotou of Norfolk, $1,960.l7; Rish or
Norfolk. $2O27.55; Burritt of Norfolk,
S4.075 %; Gary of Dennison, $2,24405.
District No. 4, Smith & Son, OF In
,dianoIa, $3,66020: Mckay ofOmaha,
Se.336 SIS: Endres of Norfolk, $i,4O7l5;
KinIin OF Kansas City, $4,49545; Rish
of Norfolk $4,72S4S; Denton OF Nor
tSak S4.976.35: Burritt of Norfolk, $5,-
s0s. IS; Gary of Dennison, $6,2S0.SO.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
FRIDAY FACTS.

G. T. Sprecher was in Elgin yester
day on business.
A. ]. Durland arrived home last
evening from Ewing.
e. e. Coleman and w. H. Brakeman
made business visit to Ainsworth.
J. s. Smith returned yesterday after
noon from short business trip to
Newport
e. l.. Clark of Minneapolis is in Nor
folk on a visit with his sister-in-law
Mrs. w. E. Mullen.
Miss Nellie Bridge arrived home
from Lincoln yesterday to spend her
university vacation of Easter week
in Norfolk.
Clyde Smith of the firm of Smith
Brothers has been in Rapid City, S.
D., this week attending the stockmen' S
convention.
Sam Erskine, Roy Luikart, Charles
Landers and Elmer Hardy, Norfolk
students at the state university, are
home from Lincoln to spend the spring
vacation in Norfolk.
Mrs. Elton Sherdeman, who has been
quite Ill for several days. will go to
Falls City with her mother, Mrs. ].
NJ. Jellison, to take treatment. Falls
City is Mrs. Jelison's home.
Born to Mr., and Mrs. Morris Car
berry, daughter.
Mrs. Frank Siedschlag, living on
South Fourth street, is very sick
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Brakeman moved
into their new cottage on North Elev.
enth street yesterday.
The D. w. c. club was entertained
last evening by Miss Hertha Viergutz
at her home south of the Junction.
The noon train from the Black
Hills was delayed about three hours
yesterday by a minor derailment west
of Valentine, One of the engine trucks
it was stated, left the rails.
A little son of Fred Hickman living
northwest of the city was run down
by colt and badly bruised. The lad
was playing with some horses and
colts and got in the way of one of the
animals.
Meadow Grove News: Miss Ella
Hauptli, one of our teachers of our
public school at this place, has been
elected as Fifth grade instructor of
the Norfolk high school Miss Hauptli
will be greatly missed here in the
school room. Meadow Groves loss
and Norfolk's gain.
The oldest citizens are recalling
that just thirty-fve years ago Wednes-
day the april blizzard" of 1873 was
raging. 1t was one of the worst
storms in the history of the state, com
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
BIGGEST WoopMAN IN STATE.
Fred soche, the Norfolk Giant, viii
Attend Convention,

Fred Boche, the biggest Woodman
in Nebraska and possibly in the Unit,
ed States, expects to go to Lincoln
next month with the Norfolk delega.
ton to the state convention Of the
Modern Woodmen of America Of which
he Is a member. Members Of the Nor
folk delegation will have special
Modern Woodman uniform made for
the big Norfolk man.
Fred Boche stands six feet eight and
three-quarters inches in his stocking
feet. AS he also belongs to the Nor.
folk aerie of Eagles he is probably the
biggest Eagle in the world, certainly
in Nebraska.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
California Wine Men Fight Adulter.
atom

dtion.
There is no better wine made in any
part Of the world than that made in
our own United States-in California.
The soil and climatic conditions in
certain parts Of California far surpass
those in southern France-famous for
centuries for its rare wines and cham
pagnes. In California the grapes at
tain greater size and contain more
rich juice than in any other part Of
the world. On account of this the
vintages of California have been high.
ly praised by experts in both America
and Europe-as possessing that won
derful and matchless flavor Of the
rare wines OF oldentimes-impossible
to counterfeit
1t is an actual fact that many thous-
ands of dollars worth of the best Cal.
ifornia wines are shipped to Germany,
France and Italy every year-there
bottled under well advertised foreign
labels and sent back to America to be
sold for enormous prices.
Again, it has been the case that I'M
scrupulous dealers throughout the
country have been mulcting the peo-
pie by selling them so-called "Califor-
MIA wines" that had never seen the
beautiful vineyards of the Land of
Eternal Sunshine"
1t was found that nearly all real
California wines sold through dealers
had either been adulterated or spoiled
by careless handling thereby running
their matchless quality and delicious
flavor.
To stamp out this evil the leading
wineries of California, the foremost OF
whom Is the Santa Rosa Vineyard COM
pany, with wineries in Sonoma county
and main Office in Los Angeles, have
inaugurated the excellent plan Of sell
ing direct from the producing winery
10 the consumer. Under this method
it is impossible for the wine TO be
tempered with the consumer receives
the wine in the best of condition and
at prices impossible for any local
dealer to duplicate.
To inform the public thoroughly as
to this method and plan of selling, an
nouncements will apepar in this and
other leading papers throughout the
United States giving all the details
and offering all who appreciate good
wines the opportunity to become ac-
quainted with the real pure California
vintages under the modern method
of producer to consumer" Many
thousands of dollars have been sub
Scribed to this educational campaign
as the men behind the movement be-
lieve that it will show the public the
actual condition of affairs This de-
termined effort of the great California
vineyards to stamp out adulteration
and substitution has attracted univer-
sal interest and deserves the support
of every fair minded person in Amer
ira
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
SATURDAY SETTINGS.

i w Ransom and d. Reese were
IN Omaha today on business.
Mrs. P. f. Sprecher went to Col
sMhus today for a short visit at the
aSspital with Mrs. Hardy.
Nrs. Ed Flynn and son, Mark, OF
Valentine are visiting with her pa
yeats. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Fox Mrs
aqynn was formerly Miss Rose Fox.
! g. Smith is in Omaha.
A little son was born Friday to Mr.
mad Mrs. II. Il. Owen.
IL +. Barnhart has returned from
Crater and Creighton.
oMrs. Eli Beiersdorf has returned to
her home In Harrington.
Justice Lambert has been In BOYD
sSOanty on business trip.
u. C. Hazen arrived home Friday
evening from business trip to Creigh'
asA.
MSS Leila Craft came home from
Wayne normal to spend Easter with
Aer mother.
Miss Minnie Braasch, who Is teach
Sak school near Pierce, came home for
ksastes Sunday.
Mrs. Whitney. who has been at the
Aome of her parents, Judge and Mrs
I. Powers, for several months, will re
tam sO Chicago Monday morning, by
say OF Omaha.
sNMr. and Mrs. c. A. Miller OF New
man Grove will be the guests OF Mr.
and Mrs. South over Sunday. Mrs
Miller arrived last evening and will
As joined by her husband this evening
Ms Miller is the editor of the New
NM Grove Reporter.
n. A. Rainbolt put on his fishing
clothes Saturday afternoon and set out
far the EIkhoru river. 1t was his first
experience with the line and rod this
spring Mr.. Rainbolt being man
With a high sense Of the fitness OF
things did not propose to return with
= heavy string the first time out but
merely took advantage OF the rare
uayoc OF the afternoon to renew his
,aoquaiutsnce with the stream to the
svuth aud to figuratively break the ice
hcr the fishing season now.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Melon
nd. a son.
Carpenters are putting up the
frame work of a cottage which Charles
msdIey is having erected on South
with street.
The 1908 sidewalk crusade is on,
-ras city has issued its first batch OF
ASmimg sidewalk notices to owners of
-eefective walks.
Madison Star.Mail: Sheriff ]. ].
Clements returned Friday from Lin
0ssn where he had been to take Oscar
Aesaor to the asylum under the dipso-
asSniac law.
According to the Neigh Register a
marriage license was issued in Neigh
30 Ralph R Forrest OF Creighton and
Mss Mary E. Barnhart, daughter of
Attorney and Mrs. II. f. Barnhart.
Reports received from Mrs II. e.
Rudy at the Columbus hospital con-
Einue 90 be encouragind, Even with
che best possible progress, however, 1t
will be sometime in May before she
A. able TO leave the hospital.
The contract with the Midland
h.yceum bureau OF Des Moines for a
Norfolk chautauqua has been drawn
sp and will be presented TO the Nor
Folk Commercial club directors at
their meeting next Tuesday.
j II. Carter of Madison while at
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
.SAlMEN IS NOT ELECTED
OFFICIAL CANVASS SHOWS ERROR
IN RETURNS.
BUT SEYMOUR LIVES OUTSIDE
Bennett Seymour Was Found Last
Night to Have Been Elected City
Engineer by Two Notes.-The Doesn't
Live in Town and Can't Qualify.

Live in Town and Can't Qualify.
There was no election TO the Office
of city engineer at the city election
this month This was the effect OF a
resolution adopted by the city coun.
Gil last evening after an official can.
vass Of the election returns had dis
closed the fact that Bennett Seymour
on the republican ticket had defeated
City Engineer Salmen by two votes.
Mr.. Seymour lives outside the city linn
its. The city attorney gave it as his
opinion that the successful candidate
could not qualify because he was not
a resident. AS a result of the action
of the council in declaring no election
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
% PUMP BY ELECTRICITY
CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTS THE Bull
LOCK PROPOSITION.
MEANS A SAVING TO THE CITY

Pumping at the Norfolk Water Works
Station viii be Done by Means Of
Electricity Instead OF Steam-Flat
Rate $t75 Monthly.
Electricity will replace steam at the
Norfolk pumping station. The city
council last evening accepted the prop
osition of the Norfolk Electric Light
& Power company to furnish pump
| and motor and to take over the opera.
ton of the city pumping station for
$l75 a month
The city council adopted the follow.
ing resolution:
Resolved. That the proposition of
the Norfolk Electric Light & Power
company be accepted at "A fiat rate OF
$l75 per month. the company to fur
nish pump and motor with the fol-
lowing amendments: That the propo.
sition include. without additional ex-
pense, the flushing of al new street
hydrants and new sewers, street
sprinklng and that MIGRANTS are to
be flushed according to ordinance No.
POS and sewer flush tanks may be
dumped twice every twenty.four
hours; that the mayor, city attorney,
city engineer and Councilman John C.
Spellman be authorized To make a
contract accordingly and submit con.
tract to this council for approval"
This resolution was supported by
Councilmen Buchholz, Dolan, Garvin,
Haase. Kaufman and Spellman.
Councilman Craven was absent and
Councilman Degner refrained from
voting.
Before action was taken the coun-
Gil was presented with typewriter pc
titions signed by 1863 Norfolk citizens
asking for favorable action of the cleo
trio lighting company's proposition.
The Provisions.
BY the terms of the proposition the
electric light company will install
new belted power pump and an cleo
trio motor at the station stand all the
expense of maintaining and operating
the plant except the item of repairs
and insurance on the buildings, keep
the standpipe filled twenty feet from
the top and keep in readiness for an
emergency one of the present pumps
and steam boilers. The contract
stands for six years. The company
receives from the city five cents per
thousand gallons on water used by
new consumers who connect after the
contract is made.
A Saving to the City.
81 believe this contract represents
to the city an annual saving Of from
81 900 to $1,500," said one councilman
in discussing the matter after the
proposition had been accepted. 1--WE
found on an examination of our books
that for the last ninety-three months
our general pumping expenses av-
eraged $3.50 per year. For this SER
vice we pay the electric light company
$1,000. Present consumers are going
to use more water than they have
been. We were just about at the
point where we would have to hire
an additional man at about $500 a
year. AS the machinery aged our
annual expense bill increased. The
money we save in six years will rep.
resent a reSDectable sum -
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
IMPORTANT DECISION.

1t Is important that you should de-
eide to take only Foley's Honey and
Tar when you have a cough or cold as
it will cure the most obstinate rack
Ing cough and expel the cold from your
system Foleys Honey and Tar con-
tains no harmful drugs. Insist upon
having II. Kiesau Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

Foleys Orino Laxative is best for
women and children. It's mild action
and pleasant taste makes 1t preferable
to violent purgatives, such as pills
tablets, etc. Cures constipation.
Eiesau Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
Iowa Seed Corn

Robbins Golden
yellow the percent
Sample free Price bushel $500 y 75
In 10 bu lots at $175
We furnish
seeds
thing
f. |. SEED CO Nonas Ia
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

Some men claim to be free and in.
dependent. when in reality they are
only obstinate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

You WILL recognize Ar
buckles Ariosa Coffee in the
cup, any time, by the taste.
That "taste" identifies It as
the straight pure Brazilian
and distinguishes it from the
make believe Mocha and
Java, and sundry other mis-
branded or misnamed inn.
postures.
The improvement in the quality of Ariosa
is the natural consequence Of our own COM
mercial development, and promises more for
the future. Sold in sealed package only.
for your benefit
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24
NEW PETITIONS ADOPTED
SUBSTITUTED FOR THOSE WITH.
DRAWN FROM CIRCULATION.
MASS MEETING OF RAlLRoADERs
One Petition Drawn Up for Signature
Of Railroad Employees, the other to
be Submitted TO Business Men to
Appear Before Commercial Club.

Appear Before Commercial Club.
The following petition to the state
railway commission will be presented
to the business men, farmers and
other citizens of this section of the
state for their signatures:
To the Honorable Members of the
State Railway Commission of Ne
braska:
We, the undersigned citizens of
northeastern Nebraska, realizing the
grave Importance of your action in
the adjustment of freight rates, and
desiring that exact justice be done
to the shipper as well as the railroads,
respectfully request your honorable
body:
That in the readjustment Of freight
rates, the net results of your work will
not reduce the present income Of the
railroads, for the reason that any fur
Their reduction in their income will
still further affect the service and the
working agreement which is at pres.
ent in force between the employees
and the railroad companies.
We believe that the above and fore
going reflects the concensus Of opin.
ion of the business men and all inter
ested and affected parties in this sec
ton of the state.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

ARR,c1dp BRoe. New 1or. City.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

There We're Eight Bidders Before the
City Council For the Sewer Work
to be Done This Sprins-Priees Have
Dropped Materially.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-08
A NICE POINT,

They have been having a queer con- troversy up in Massachusetts town. as The New Haven Register details it. and 1t Is a matter which might tax the wisdom of Solomon to solve correctly and satisfactorily. It seems that the severe drought which prevailed had become a serious matter. and the pas- tors of the churches decided to ht Id a special meeting to pray for rain. One of the ministers went to a printer and inquired what would be the charge for one thousand hand-bills announcing time and place of tho meeting, and was told that the bills wo I'd be print ed anl f lain resulted iron their prayers tEere would be no charge for the pr'riing.
 These were what We might call the preliminar'es of the case. The meet ing was held as arranged, and on the next day there was a cloud passed over the town and a fe drops of rain fell. Opinions differ aE to the quunti- ty that fell. one witness giving out that ten drops of water fe.i. and others varying to quantity. but. all are will- ing to testify that some drops were seen. Now the question comes. up as to whether the printer slI Iould be paid for his work. He was to make no charge If there was a rain immediate Iy or soon after the prayers had been offered, and the matter to be de- cidcd is whether a few drops Of water constitute a rain. One cefirition of rain given by the dIc;ionaIy is rain drops falling to the earth. and inas- much a3 drops really fell it may be claimed that this was g rain.
 We are told by one oi the poets that little drops of water make the mighty ocean," or words to that effect, and if that is true then may it not be true. that the little drops constitute a rain? 1t is a nice question, and as the Yankees are proverbially close in their dealings we may expect each side to contest. If the matter will only get into court we may reasonably expect some learned disquisitions on the subject.